Advertisements As we inch towards Mer-May and dreams of summer, my mind turns to one of my favorite subjects-Mermaids. If you live anywhere near Berlin, Md, and have not been to the mermaid museum, you really must go! We are planning a trip there in the spring. Today’s sketch Today, I started with a plain,Continue reading “Today’s sketch”
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Mermaid Gazing Out to Sea and other things
Advertisements Today, I finished up my gouache flower painting by adding a blue background. I am really so happy with the results and plan to give this to a friend, as a gift. I had a bit of blue paint left over, so I added some sandy-colors and painted a cradled wood panel in aContinue reading “Mermaid Gazing Out to Sea and other things”
Valentine’s Day Candy Wrappers and Other Thoughts
Advertisements The past week has been quite hectic! Between appointments and stomach attacks, I haven’t gotten much that I wanted to accomplished. To top it off, our Saturday plans went awry. When day long plans get canceled, more and more often, I find that I have difficulty deciding what to do instead. So, on Saturday,Continue reading “Valentine’s Day Candy Wrappers and Other Thoughts”
Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring
Advertisements This painting started out as one thing and ended up as something completely different! Originally, I was envisioning the background of birds with a very colorful young woman. Not the usual skin tones, but lots of yellows, pinks, and lavenders. The birds are decoupaged on, and once the painting was finished, I had thoughtContinue reading “Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring”
Of Lemons and Oranges, Young Woman with Turquoise Background
Advertisements For this painting, I started with my pale pink decoupage, sketched out my young woman, and then began adding another decoupaged background. As an artist, inspiration for a project can come from almost anywhere. As soon as I saw this napkin, I knew I had to use it as a background. Being a cocktailContinue reading “Of Lemons and Oranges, Young Woman with Turquoise Background”
Young Woman Wearing Pink Jewelry
Advertisements I am often nervous to paint jewelry. Because of this, I decided to try out some jewelry, as well as a more colorful background. In the end, she reminds me of Disney’s Pocahontas, which was a huge favorite of mine when it came out. I started with a background color of neon pink onContinue reading “Young Woman Wearing Pink Jewelry”
Young Woman with a Green Background
Advertisements I’ve really challenged myself with this painting! To start with, for inspiration, I looked through Etsy for models wearing flower crowns. When I found a beautiful model that I wanted to paint, I used an app to turn the photo into line art. I printed the line art to use for tracing… Just aContinue reading “Young Woman with a Green Background”
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse – Something to Read When I Can Not Sleep.
Advertisements My sleep disorder has gotten rather unbearable again. For 2 or 3 months, I was doing so good and was so happy. I had energy. I was accomplishing a lot every day. I was asleep by 1:30/2:00 am and waking up at 9:30 am. I felt human again! And then, just when I wasContinue reading “My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse – Something to Read When I Can Not Sleep.”
Girl Wearing Orange Earrings, on Cradled Wood Panel, February 2nd, 2023
Advertisements Due to my sleep disorder, this painting was done late at night and into the morning. Here are my paint brushes: In the end, I used all of these colors, plus a few more. I started by coating a cradled wood panel with clear gesso and then decided to decoupage the background/underlying skin toneContinue reading “Girl Wearing Orange Earrings, on Cradled Wood Panel, February 2nd, 2023”
Taking Care of Mom
Advertisements Wednesday, July 27 Today was a Pennsylvania day. My mother and brother live in Pennsylvania. More accurately, my brother lives in Pennsylvania and our mother lives with him. When mom first thought about moving to Pennsylvania, I had offered for her to stay in Maryland and live with me but it’s hard to separateContinue reading “Taking Care of Mom”