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 a lovelyContinue reading “Mermaid Gazing Out to Sea and other things”
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Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring
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 thought thatContinue reading “Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring”
Young Woman Wearing Pink Jewelry
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 on aContinue reading “Young Woman Wearing Pink Jewelry”
Young Woman with a Green Background
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 a note:Continue reading “Young Woman with a Green Background”
Being Independent, Colonial Williamsburg and Blueberry Compote
We’ve been talking a lot about visiting Colonial Williamsburg once the weather is better. I really love visiting Colonial Williamsburg and it’s a great springtime destination! A friend of mine used to work there. I miss him, I miss the beautiful old houses and I miss the delicious food that’s served at the taverns. ThisContinue reading “Being Independent, Colonial Williamsburg and Blueberry Compote”
Girl Wearing Orange Earrings, on Cradled Wood Panel, February 2nd, 2023
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 tone withContinue reading “Girl Wearing Orange Earrings, on Cradled Wood Panel, February 2nd, 2023”
Costumes for Mickey’s Not So Scarey Halloween Party
My husband and I are going as Sorcerer Mickey and one of the enchanted brooms. I will be Mickey and my husband will be the broom AND it was my husband’s idea!! We are having so much fun planning and putting together our costumes! I’ll give you links to as much as I can! SocererContinue reading “Costumes for Mickey’s Not So Scarey Halloween Party”
Disney Bounding with an Orange Bird Inspired Handbag
We’ll be headed to Disney World soon to celebrate my mile-stone birthday and that means that I’m in the process of planning all my outfits! Our first evening at Disney is my actual birthday and we will be at Epcot for the Air Supply concert! The Parks If you’re like me, you dress according toContinue reading “Disney Bounding with an Orange Bird Inspired Handbag”
Monday Meal Prep, Dinner Plans and Cooking Shows
Monday, July 25 The bee sting I got yesterday feels much better today. It still itches like crazy and occasionally, I get a shooting pain but I’m so glad that the constant pain of yesterday is gone! Monday Meal Prep Yesterday, while Jason did the grocery shopping and before I was stung, I made theContinue reading “Monday Meal Prep, Dinner Plans and Cooking Shows”
Thursday’s Peloton Ride and Other News.
Thursday, July 14th Today’s Peloton ride Today’s Peloton ride took me through Canberra Park, Australia. I was just telling you yesterday that the Peloton scenic rides usually left much to be desired but this one was a very pretty ride! I wish all the scenic rides were so pretty! I usually walk with my friend,Continue reading “Thursday’s Peloton Ride and Other News.”