Spring is Calling...New Painting!

 

My goodness...What beautiful weather we have been having here in PA !  

The birds have been singing, kids have been playing...OUTSIDE...and we haven't been wearing our bulky winter coats for a while now.   Hooray for warmer weather!  It's so nice to see kids biking, swinging and creating chalk drawings on the driveway.   

My neighborhood is coming alive again after everyone has been hibernating all winter. 

Above is my "Bird with Flowers" painting that I just listed on eBay.  

It is done in acrylics on a 3/4" thick 9 x 12" gallery wrapped canvas.

I worked on it during the winter months while thinking of beautiful days like this. 

Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to you!  I usually have some fun holiday goodies on the kitchen table for Valentine's Day and my kids Birthdays but today it will be an after-school treat :)  I love seeing their little faces light up when they see the table treats.  Have a great day!

Earrings!

 Aside from drawing and painting I simply LOVE to create jewelry!  I find it so relaxing and fun to sort through my ever growing collection of beads and wire and piece them together.  On my to do list is to try my hand at soldering and enameling.  There are just not enough hours in the day!

 

Drawing Progress

 Here is a glimpse of how my drawing on an old dictionary page is turning out.  I ended up using gouache and graphite pencil.   Next time I may mount the dictionary page on a heavier artists paper to make it more sturdy.  I had to be careful not to use too much water so the page wouldn't buckle.  So far so good!

 

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Testing a photo upload from my iPad

OK, the photo of my sketch yesterday uploaded blurry from my iPad so I'm uploading again. I'm using the BlogPress app because Blogger does not give me the option to add a photo to my post when I log on with my iPad....and after all..what is an art blog without photos?!

Looking forward to painting later once the kids head to school...have a great day everyone!