Nearly Grown Up

Nearly Grown Up

I took this picture of my Aunt's bike, all grown up in a vine, just parts of it sticking out. I loved the way it looked 'Nearly Grown Up'. She has a couple more bikes in her yard, so there will probably be some more. It is 1/2 sheet so would frame out pretty large.

Red Tea Pot

I did this a few months ago, and haven't done anything but mat it. It was done with an under painting of flower shapes, then painted over, leaving some of the original color showing. It does have some gold metallic, but it doesn't show up very good here.

For Sale

This Painting 'For Sale' belongs to my daughter. She liked it as soon as I finished it, so she got it.
I took some pictures in a nursery, and then added some other made up flowers to finish it off.
This is not a new painting, but wanted add something new, while working on 2 new watercolors.

Blog Book for 2011

In 2009, I found an ad on blogger to get your blog printed, so I thought I would try it, and I love them! they do such a great job. Each year, it has gotten larger because I had more blog posts.
It is a great journal of your art through out the year. I post each one I do, so I have a good record. I order one for each of my kids, and myself. If anybody wants one, I can order them one. They will do them in soft or hard cover, but so far, I have just done the soft.
You can put an image on both front and back, and then on the inside you can print all the comments, or leave them out. I leave them in because I enjoy getting the comments.
If you have a blog, I highly recommend having yours printed!

Workshop in Bullard, TX

The Group

Signing the wall

I was invited to do a workshop in Bullard TX, and it was such a neat place! I flew to Tyler, and Mollie Jones from Flint, TX picked me up, and we ran around taking pictures, then headed to Bullard to the retreat where the workshop was held. Greta Faulkinberry owned the retreat, and it was such a wonderful peaceful place to be. The name was House of Peace, which it was!
It was very much an honor to be there. I had 14 students, and they all did a great job. I was so proud of what everybody did.

When someone comes and teaches, they have them sign the wall, and so I got to sign theirs.
It was such fun! I was so afraid I would mess up, and then we couldn't fix it!

While I was there, I got to visit with a friend that I haven't seen in over 25 years! That was such fun, and she hasn't changed a bit! We also went to her restaurant in Frankston, and had catfish. yum! My Favorite.

When I left there, I went to my aunt's home in Avinger, TX. MORE Catfish! It was great getting to visit with them while I was there so close.

Sketch Books-Tulip and Quilt

This is another watercolor sketch I found in one of my older books. I still love the way the sketches look. They seem to have a 'free-er' style than a painting. This one doesn't have the black ink lines like some that I do.

A Touch of Red

A Touch of Red is another attempt of doing glass. This is just a 5x7, and worked up pretty fast. I tried to add a lot of reds in the background but was distracting I thought, so I just added a couple little touches.