Daisy DeSoto |
Four Colly Birds watercolor and ink illustration on Arches 140# cp paper 8x8 inches |
THANK YOU KAY! My painting arrived today and I am absolutely delighted with it ! It fits my home perfectly Kay and will grace my walls :) |
Two Turtle Doves watercolor and ink on Arches 140# cp paper 8x8 inches |
OK...There's some 'splainin' that needs to be done here. Above is a photo of two of the paintings, aka "pieces" of a full sheet painting that I did last Fall. I was very, very happy about parts of the painting but as a whole it wasn't making it. After successfully cutting up an other such unworthy painting before, I decided to do the same with this one. I was equally excited about these results as before. Both were done on Arches hot press with fluid acrylic. I LOVE working like this. If only I could get a full sheet to be as exciting as it's parts ! (In time I suppose.) These two were a present to my oldest son, Nick. His brother, Christer, got an other pair and ...akkhem...Verena got the other half of the full sheet. I had done a painting for the exchange but wasn't happy with it and so rather than send Verena a painting I didn't really care for, I was willing to do this and feel much better about it. So, if/when you see the exchange painting, that is why it may seem incomplete. Also wanted to give you aheads up so when you do see it, the collective deflation of sighs don't blow the blog off the internet.
LOOK what I found under my Christmas tree !! Ok, it came in the mail and I hafta tell you SERIOUSLY ( which you all know it is hard for me to be serious ) that I GASPED when I opened the package. When I gathered my chin back up off the floor, I ran to get my magazine copy to make sure this wasn't one that had been in Verena's article. I was truely relieved. I mean...truely relieved. I felt "How can I accept THIS ?" I'm still shaking my head about it. Verena, Thank you so much. You are incredible and I am honored.
I was very touched by the kids reactions to their torn paper paintings. Both boys couldn't quit looking at them, and studying them. The basketball has red cars in it because Dustin got his license this year, and he has an OLD red corvette. Kenyon loved his because all he wants to do is farm. His has a cotton stripper in it, since he loves to run one. I told them that since they were canvas they would tear, etc. and they all had a fit and said I am HANGING mine up as soon as I get home. The girls oohed and awed over theirs too.
Dear Lord,
Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
And safe from harm
For they're so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.
You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.
I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendships grew..
Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.
Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'.
When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to GOD.COM
Mollie's Painting
9.5 x 18 watercolor on Strathmore paper of various ornaments, including a glass bird, a nest, and a female cardinal that took me all day to paint. I did the background icy tree limbs first then the next layer of the brownish gold horizontal branch from which other glass balls hang by purplish ribbons. Have a Merry Christmas everybody!
The Wise Men
Woo-hoo it came in today's mail, my lovely gift of glass jars still life Debbie painted! Wow, Debbie, I totally love this! Thank you so much! When she and Mollie visited last year in August we set up lots of colored glass jars and balls outside in the hot sun then photographed them to paint later. It was such a fun time to be with those two clowns and this certainly brings back those hilarious moments. Merry Christmas!!!
6x4 watercolor on Saunders 140 CP paper, AJ paints done yesterday in less than 30 minutes. I attached it to my art club gift of another watercolor inside. It was on the outside of the package and the person opening it never saw it; almost threw it away in the trash. Good thing he is smiling and not frowning. But she did rescue it.
6x4 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper painted yesterday in under an hour as part of my paint a card-a-day series; I started this series in November and now can't stop. This doe was photographed in New Mexico in a dry grassy field, so had to make up the snow and evergreens.
'Stiletto'
This is a full sheet watercolor painting of the area by West Chester University. It won First Place Teacher in the Student Teacher show at the York Art Association in York, PA. I love to paint small towns, but never realized it involved so many cars.
9x12 black Tombow brush pen on Bristol 100 lb regular surface (no pencil), done by drawing in dark areas first, blending gray tones with #1 script liner brush with water. Time limit was 2 hours.
Kenyons Cotton
Here's Wintertime 15x11 watercolor still life finished yesterday of an old worn out ice skate with holiday greenery decor and a bright cardinal just landed on its toe. This one is for all of the Colony artists who are currently braving the snow and ice, except for the California and Texas artists, etc.
Now I get to play some more... but first, I have to finish my painting for our gift exchange!!
Yesterday I finished this new watercolor for my card a day project, only he's bigger than a card at 11 x 7.5 almost 8 inches. Last night posted him on Facebook and now he is sold to our chamber of commerce director. Yay!
15x11 watercolor painted several days ago using only a black & white photo copy of a pink carnation. It is my birth month flower for January, and Nita's too. I tried to give it a carnival cotton candy appearance and began by spritzing yellow, blue, and pink onto dry paper then working on each petal at a time. A pale blue wash for its background was done last using UB and manganese.
22x15 watercolor on Saunders 140 cold press paper. These cats belong to my husband's and my friend Lonnie who keeps all at his farm. In this photo they are milling around his back door wanting food. My favorite is the lilac point Siamese with the blackie peeking around her shoulder.
"Liquid Sunshine" oil on canvas 24" x 30"
