Couple of cuties

Two friends hanging out. I have 2 more to go and then there will be a whole group of friend hanging out. Hope you get to hang out with a good friend today.

Played with my photo editing program to make the picture above and below.

I'm feeling very indecisive today. Don't know if I should stay home and paint or go treasure hunting to some antique stores in town. I'm probably going to spend the whole 3 hours to myself trying to figure out what to do......hmmmm.

New Painting

"Enchanted"

11x 14 cotton canvas. Acrylics and paint pen.

Close up of Fairy and Dragon Fly

Another close up, including signature.
It is now listed on my Etsy page HERE. for $70 plus $5 shipping :)

UPDATE: The Painting sold...yippee...she's going to a good home. Stay tuned, more to come.

Photo Fun

I'm learning new editing techniques for my photos....very time consuming, but very cool!

Peak inside my "studio"

Here is just a peak inside my "studio", which is actually a corner in our guest room/future daughter's room. I love the window and my pink chair.

This is the top of a shelf in my "studio". That is a picture of my sister and I when we were kids and 2 dolls for our future daughter. The 2 candles were given to me on my first Mother's day and I just painted that little picture. I'll try to do a close up of the painting and I'm planning on doing a series of them that I think will look great together.

The rug has the colors for our future daughter's room and I just happen to love them for my "studio" (corner). There's a painting I am working on (I don't love it) and some inspiration hanging on the wall.

Hey....I have 6 followers. I couldn't be more excited. Thanks for all the kind words about my art pieces. This is a soul searching journey for me and at times it can be so rewarding and other times so frustrating, so thanks for the encouragement!!!

Mixed Media (similar to Kelly Rae's Style...see older post)

This is the picture I did and gave to my sister for Christmas...It was very fun!

Mixed Media Used: Paper, oil and acrylic paints, paint pens,

Close up. I used the words, "Interesting and unconventional" because my sister is one of a kind :)
Also, wanted to say "Hi" to my 1 follower Chrissy. I think you deserve some sort of prize...i'll have to think of something. Thanks for following, hopefully you won't be all alone for long.

Sketching

I couldn't find the camera battery charger today so I couldn't take a picture of the painting I did for my sister. Hopefully it isn't in the closet that I "organized" today because then I may never find it. I swear, it is harder for me to find things when they are actually put away. Anyway, I digress....

So instead I put up a photo of the sketch I am working on. I am practicing drawing people in hopes that I will be able to paint them better. In high school my art teacher, who goes down in history as one of the best teachers ever, taught us to graph our pictures so that we can get the proportions right, which is so hard for me and most important for a realistic drawing or painting. I took the above picture with my phone, so it's a little dark....sorry.

I am definitely finding that this process of creating can be VERY frustrating. Every picture goes through an "ugly" phase and you have to hold it together and keep going without getting too frustrated, which is quite hard for me. I thought my kids tested my patience, ha, well this may take the cake. It's good for me....at least that's what I keep telling myself.

I hope to post my painting tomorrow and spotlight a new artist.

Good Night. Good Art.

Harmony

Kelly Rae Roberts

When I was getting back into art, meaning finally listening to that voice in my head, as well as having some clear signs that it was time, I came across this artist: Kelly Rae Roberts.

I was walking in a store and her book jumped out at me, okay not really...I actually bumped into the rack and it fell on the floor, so I'm a little clumsy, anyway....I took a closer look and really loved her style. Here's where it gets weird...I opened it up and on the page that I opened to there was a picture of one of her pieces and across the piece was the word..."harmony" (my name, in case you're new here:). So, the book was talking to me...stranger things have happened, right?? Maybe??? Needless to say I bought and devoured the book. I sent her an E-mail about my experiences that lead me back to art and to her book and she was kind enough to reply.

For Christmas I completed 2 pieces of art work inspired by her style. Tomorrow I will post a picture of the one I did for my sister. Please check out her blog...it is both inspiring and heartfelt.

Good Night. Good Art.

Harmony