NEST FULL OF JOY

 

Hey Friends,  A quick post today because I get to pick up my sweet GranBabes today after school and take Lillie to her riding lesson.  Photo Op.!!

 

I got a couple of small collages back from a show and I have listed them in EBAY.

I continue to clear out anything unnecessary in my studio.  I need to focus.

 

Not to mention my art group, the Double Line Painters, is having a BIG challenge.       It's called - 150 Paintings in 150 Days.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

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Bumble Bee No.12 and Bedford Hay Bales

 

Hey Friends,  Here are the Bee's again.  They are such great models.  I started this canvas with a layer of fine sand gel with lots of texture so the paint would settle into the little valleys and/or stick to the peaks.  The base/background color is Magenta.  Can't wait for them to come out of hibernation.

CLICK HERE for Etsy.

 

This is No. 3 in the Bedford series of Autumn colors.  Round Hay Bales.  A lot different from Van Gogh's and Monet's Hay Stacks.  I wonder how they kept it all winter?

CLICK HERE for Ebay

 

Hope everyone is warm and happy.  Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

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Hugs and Kisses

 

Hey Friends,  This little cutie was created several years ago and just recently unearthed in my studio clean out !  X O X O X O as you probably knows, means hugs and kisses, thus the title.

Nice for someone you love

Click on the X O's for Ebay.

 

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ENDING SOON !

 

Hey Friends,  Thought I should let you know these two little paintings and a couple more are ending on Ebay soon.  They could be unique little gifts for your favorite people.

Click Here for the lake painting.

 

Click Here for the Cowgirl.

 

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Pokey Cowgirl and Wildflower Meadow

 

Hey Friends,  The Oddly stiff cowgirl is for auction in EBAY.  And why do the cows seem to be running away?

 

This new piece "Meadow" with a gang of bees is now at the Little Gallery at Smith Mountain Lake .  Go check it out and tell them Sue sent you.

The Little Gallery has a ton of gorgeous stuff for gift giving and in every price range !

 

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful Friday.

 

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"Sunflower with Robin"

 

Hey Friends,  My newest addition to Ebay.  This collage was started with a base layer of the tissue paper that sewing patterns are printed on.  You can see bits of it showing through the layers.  I carved the sunflower into a large block of rubber.  The little robin is a painting I made last year and I printed it on Sumi paper.  The rest is acrylic paints.  It is on a wrapped canvas and ready to hang.

Click Here for Ebay.

 

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Red Buds and Pears

 

 Hey Friends,  Above is a small 6x6 oil painting I did a while back while dog sitting at my daughters house.  Her neighborhood.  It's for auction in Ebay, Click Here

 

Above is a shot of me painting at 2nd Helpings Gallery on Williamson Road in Roanoke, Va.  My painting group, the DLP was at the gallery today, just to entertain the customers.  The gallery's regulars seem to really enjoy us painting and any demo's in general. It is a great gallery and their café has wonderful food.

This is one piece I finished today (not finished in this photo).  I will scan it and show it tomorrow.  I like it a lot probably because I love the colors of all the trees blooming right now.  I took some photos last week when I was out at Butts Cemetary, along Alleghany Rd., when I came across this beautiful row of trees.  I think it was at Richfield.
Have a great evening.

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Traveling on Route 785 to Beliveau Estate

Hey Friends,  On a little quick trip to Beliveau Estate on Blacksburg Road just to see what the lavender what doing last spring.  I took several photos, all from the car, which is not usually the better vantage point.  But we do what we can.  I really enjoyed that little trip and as soon as the blah winter disappears I'm going again.  It is a B&B so maybe I'll spend the night !!

This acrylic on a sandy surface canvas panel 6x6.  Click here for the Ebay auction page.

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Tea for You

Hey Friends,  Today has been pretty laid back, not the usual Saturday for me.  My sweet babes did not spend the night with me (their great-granny is sickly) so I cleaned and straightened the studio !
It has been a while because of all the activites with the Double Line Painters.  And I'll never fuss about being too busy and I've got some swamp land in Louisiana for you.
I even got to cut mats and shrink wrap all of the pen and ink pieces I've been doing.  I have more sketched out but not finished.
Don't you think your Auntie would like to have this little darlin' for her tea table?
She is going into my Etsy shop.  You can click here for the details.
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Can You Stop the Rain ?!

 Hey Friends,  Another little piece of inspiration.   Wouldn't it be cute if we humans could look up into the trees and see little purple umbrellas here and there?  We would know the little birds were doing OK.  Maybe I'm reverting to childhood.

This was painted on the piano papers again, all free hand with acrylics.  I love to make the little paperdoll chains into any creature-the little blue birds there at the bottom.  And this one has my finger prints all over it too.  If I thought it was possible at all, I'd catch a bird and make foot prints with it, before setting it free.  Wouldn't that be the coolest thing I've done yet.
I went to an apple orchard today with my sister and of course I got a bunch of pictures.  Soon I can paint from them and munch on apples whilst I work..
Here is the link to my Etsy shop

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the Best Things in Life are Free

 Hey Friends,  This piece started with the printed paper from my GranBabes piano practice book.

 Thought a few process shots might be fun.  The paper has been gelled to the thick canvas and starting with the blue acrylics.

 The stamp I carved myself and I added the vine  so it could be green.

 Here I have finished with the stamp and painted in the utility wire with the blackbirds resting.  I don't know if you can tell but I really like the finger prints I made all over the piece.  Kinda like certain brush strokes but made with the fingers.

And I have found quite a few feathers this year and I like them a lot so I use them every chance I get.  And here are the edges of the piece.  Did you notice how stained and worn my table is?  I like to put paint right on the table instead of the palette, especially when working with a tiny brush and very small strokes.   I shall put this in my Etsy Shop.
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Deep Breathing

 Hey Friends,  The companion to the last post, "Tight Rope Walking".  These titles sound almost depressing or worrisome.  But they are straight from my Gran Babes piano practice book.

After gluing the paper on the canvas and painting the flamingo, I spread the acrylic gel on with a palette knife and while wet, swirl one of those cake frosting things with comb-like teeth.  Sure you know what I'm talking about, everyone has a couple in their drawer.  Ha.
This is going to my Etsy shop-Click Here.

And go to the DLP blog to see all about our reception last night in Lynchburg.

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No. 30 Last Day in Leslie Saeta's Challenge....Thank You Leslie

 Hey Friends,  Last Day !  This is No.30.This is the last dictionary page that I've finished to date.  "L" is for Lad (like in boy).   I thought of the old rhyme, Sticks and Stones may hurt................So up in the corner is a real stone, and a real stick.  Could not find a bone small enough so I made the paper cut outs along the left.  Just love feathers so it made it's way in too.  And there is a photo of the lad throwing a stone into the river.

So now I will put this in my Etsy store.  And now I must get busy and finish my dictionary series.  I'm going to miss the pressure of a painting a day but Hope and Pray I don't lose too much momentum.  I know I won't be doing one a day but I'm shooting for every other day.  I've got a couple requests for dictionary art subjects - leviathan (never even heard that word before, had to look it up in the dictionary, Ha) and mermaid.  Won't they be fun to do.

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Day 25 in Leslie's 30 Day Challenge

Hey Friends,  The letter "K".  Seemed at one point kachina was a good choice.  Now that I see it on my monitor, not so sure.  I like the colors so I'm not sure if it's all the white space that I don't like.?

At any rate, this is my presentation for Day 25.  Click here to go to Etsy.
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Day 24 in Leslie's 30 Day Challenge

 Hey Friends,  Next in my Dictionary series - "The Jaguar".  Didn't we all want a Jaguar at some point in our life.?  I didn't want red, I wanted a baby blue.  Couldn't afford that so I got a baby blue VW Super Bug !

Just some detail shots.

 Click Here for my Etsy Shop.

 

This challenge is moving right along and will soon be over.

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Day 21 of the 30 Day Challenge

Hey Friends,  Here it is-Day 21 !  And I'm still here too.  I'm amazed at myself.
Todays presentation is, you guessed it, more birds.  This one started with the paper base and then acrylic gel stenciled on and then the bluebirds and last, I painted the bird bath.
And to toot my own horn, a lovely woman in Eugene, Oregon bought my dictionary collage of "Ibis".
Just pray I can keep this pace up after this challenge.  Or to be more reasonable, every other day.
In case you don't know I put my work in my Etsy store.   Click Here.

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Day 20 Original Art Challenge

Hey Friends,  I had a big scare earlier this morning.  My monitor wouldn't come on!  Of course I called my daughter.  She said "check the connections and then turn machine off for a bit".  And it worked  Yay!!!  Just happy I don't have to buy a new one.
Above is a collage of avian stuff on a deep 6x6 canvas.  These are fun to do so last night I scanned some of my gran babe's piano practice book and a couple pages from her notebook with pencil written stuff.  Now I will go to the copy store and have some lazer copies made to use in these collages.  You need lazer copies so the ink won't smear and run when I get it wet.
Hope to get one done for tomorrow's challenge.
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