A Bit O' The Green...Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!

Framents On A Wall...

From Start to Finish...

The bottom face of an oven door

8" X 30" taped and gessoed, then sanded..

papers, chosen for collage...

white paint rubbed lightly over the collage papers...

paint applied...oooh, getting close here...

outside photo

inside photo...

it's going to read, in teeny tiny letters...

"he wasn't lonely anymore..."

How 'Bout This and How 'Bout THAT!

i'm taking alissa burke's sketching and drawing class right now...this was A first...i didn't have watercolors, so i watered down my acrylics...it was such fun, though quite imperfect...and am learning learning loving LEARNING!

i might retire soon, so while i have a paying job, i've been taking these classes and wow what a TRIP!!!

a shadow casts itself across this collage i did during misty's class, STRETCHING FROM WITHIN.

IT was quite an experience, the entire class! and this, i know, i will do again... attempting a portrait.. can't wait!

this is a painting that is in my friend miz katie's journal.

we collaborated, but are not done yet..it has been so wonderful, we will probably share when we ARE done.

she has a painted page of this "mrs. crow" in her journal now...but i couldn't just let her fly away that easily :))!

i printed her on silk then incorporated her into modeling paste and paint. this is on a fabric remnent and was an experiment... such fun and turned out wonderful...that doesn't always happen with experiments, eh?!

"little annie", cutting while painting...as of yet...she will NOT use glue to paste items to her paintings...she will ONLY use paint as the glue...this tickles me pink..(which is her fav color so far with red thrown in)

she did her first collage this wednesday without any prompts...and she was so INTENT on cutting, she only asked for help a couple of times...

her favorite sentence...ME DO IT!!! how can ya' not LOVE that, when it comes to art, especially!!!

MEANWHILE.. at work...

Two of my little "noodle monsters"

Gracie

Sydney

IF OUR WORLD WERE ONLY BLACK AND WHITE???

i tried to get good photos of my framed painting...i took these photos on the gallery wall, just couldn't do her justice...she is one of my fav's, plainly beautiful and then richard framed her plainly beautiful :)) !!! THE WORDS WERE OUT...

HER VOICE WAS GETTING STRONGER

an altered photo of OUR GIRL...inside lighting was horrible, but she is my ADORABLE, inside and out!

REAL COLORS OF THE SKY

appreciation

OAK...one sunny day!!!

COLORS IN THE HOUSE

the sun showed it's lovely face for about 5 days out of 2 months, to let this beauty finally show her colors!!!

From the inner sanctum of myself...misty asked us to paint with all our passion and soul...

i've been stretching...

WEDNESDAY'S WITH ANNIE and SHARING OUR GIFTS

SHARING THEIR FOOD

i'll be back to the land of blogging soon i hope...i miss perusing all your wonders and sharing our lives...soon!

Annie--Collage Painting--Sundown

this is my new painting partner...every wednesday...for a few hours before i run off to work...her name is ANNIE! she lives next door...while her mama goes to work in her older children's classrooms, annie and i go to town with our paint!!!

i just finished this for a friend that asked me to make a wine hanger...it's a miracle i got it done, while trying to work on my lessons...! this can be enlarged twice to really appreciate it and read the words.

Thursday night sundown...couldn't resist to take more photos again...soo beautiful!

Backgrounds, Samplers, WIP, and oops my chair!!

catch those faces on the flowers...kinda looks that way, huh?!

i know emelie will see them :)) !!!

OOPS...i noticed today the back of my chair...

and i say...i don't give a care..

i'm all grown up and get to paint... ANYWHERE!

Sorry i can't tell any secrets, as it's what misty's class is about...all i can say again, is...

i am STRETCHING, LEARNING, LEARNING and having FUN!!! and wanting

to SHARE SHARE SHARE!!!

P.S. i don't know how to edit out that extra double photo...there's always something, eh?