Hummingbird

One of the students in my watercolor class brought a

calendar she had created from her photos from her trip

to Ecuador. The photos were all exotic hummingbirds.

We could choose any of the birds to paint. I painted the

Booted Racket-tail hummingbird.

Fridays are so special because I get to go to a really special

art gallery called Paint Party Friday. Since anyone can

view these fantastic works of art, come by and see what

a variety of art works are there. Kristin and Eva are

the hard working hosts of the blog.

Old Rusty Bell

Again we had choices on what to paint in the weekly watercolor

class. I chose to do this old rusty bell. Thanks to Eva and Kristin

for hosting our Paint Party Friday each week.

Pier and Rope

Here is this week's watercolor project. Other than that, I

did no other art except a few valentine cards I am

sending to the homebound members of my church.

Here is my effort for the Paint Party Friday event.

A LIttle Bit of Art

Today someone is coming to pick up a lot of my surplus

art supplies and materials I don't think I'll ever use again.

She is home schooling her son and wants to have him learn

all sorts of art as well as the normal school subjects.

In watercolor class Monday we did some overlapping leaves.

That's about it. I have to keep aiming toward having

the perfect house to sell. It's been on the market for 10 days.

Not a lot of action yet, but it is still early in the spring buying season.

Know anyone wanting to live in suburban Richmond VA?

I spent a good bit of time this week organizing my paperwork

to give to my CPA so he can get my income taxes done.

What a pain this is every year! Even a financial pain since

he charges an arm and a leg to do the work.

I think I showed my Christmas 2016 poinsettia before.

When I  brought it inside it lost all its green leaves and

had the tiniest little pink ones on the ends of the stalks.

Here it is now. I feel like a proud mama because it is

finally putting out green leaves at the nodes. The pink 

leaves have grown larger and are a deep pink now.

I took a painting from 2009 and did a bit of Photoshop

Elements changes and added a quote from Helen Keller.

Have fun visiting all the Paint Party Friday artists this weekend.

Art Again!

My watercolor class started back up. Our project this

week was this icy stream and snowy landscape.

Then I went home and finished one I had started but

had given up on. Another snowy scene.

Sunday's sermon a couple of weeks ago brought

this scene to mind. I just did a sketch. Maybe later

on I can try to draw the figures better.

Thanks to the hard-working team of Eva and Kristin

we can visit each other at Paint Party Friday and

enjoy the efforts of fellow artists.

Snow!

There are times when I'd love to have the snow trap me inside.

However, I do have a lot of errands to do and can't do because

of the un-plowed roads and 4" of snow on the ground.

Here are photos of my driveway and deck.

So what should an artistic person do when facing

this situation? Do art, of course. Only my muse

is still on vacation. I did try a pencil sketch of an 

old barn, using Prisacolor pencils. The paper was

really rough textured. I had thought it was watercolor

paper, but now I'm not sure what it is. I am joining

my friends at Paint Party Friday and thanking those of

you who visited my blog, especially those who left

comments, during my recent absence of several weeks.

Still Here

Just so the PPFers will know I am still OK, I am posting this

message to let you know how things are. I am getting my house

downsized and cleared of clutter in order to put it on the market.

That is taking an inordinate amount of effort for this old woman.

I can't remember the last time I did any art. My watercolor class

closed for the holidays and my mixed media class folded for good.

Nothing new to show so I will show something old.

A Wagon full of Toys

Here is the watercolor class project for the week.

Be sure to visit all the artists' blogs on Paint Party Friday.