Posted in Art Class, Paint Party, tagged Books, chicken, Dogs, frog, Garden Poles, Poodles, Stacked Poles, sunflower on August 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We made AMAZING Stacked Garden Poles yesterday. So many terrific themes…Poodles, Frog, Books, Sunflower, Dog, and Chicken. I can’t wait to see them in everyone’s yards. Hopefully we’ll get photos that I can share here. We have another class coming up if you are interested, click here.
Posted in Commissions, daily painter, tagged Books, commission, Lemons, Matisse, Teapot on July 5, 2016| 2 Comments »
I have been working on a commission for my friend Sandy on and off for several months now. She had a very specific need for a long narrow painting to put over a cabinet in her dining room. She wanted in the style of Matisse with “The Dance” included as well as teapot and certain colors. She was happy with it when she picked it up. Whew!
Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged Books, Harry Potter, Sorting Hat on May 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Harry Potter fans…it’s time to paint! I have had several people ask me to have a paint party with a Harry Potter theme. Well, here it is. This is the image we will do first. On Tuesday, May 17th you will have your chance to paint this one! Click here to register.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Private Lesson, Still Life, tagged apple, baseball, Books, private lesson on April 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I enjoyed the private lesson with my private students yesterday as they painted similar paintings. Sophia painted her book still life with an apple and Joey painted his with a baseball. Nice job!!!
Posted in Books, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Books, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia Artist on February 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I finally got back to the demonstration painting from the 1st Saturday Paint Party and finished it up. I often start demo paintings while teaching and don’t get back to them to finish because I get busy helping students complete theirs. I like this one and wanted to wrap it up.
The next 1st Saturday Paint Party is this Saturday, March 1 at 4 pm. There are a few spaces left to paint a landscape this time so register today.
Posted in Books, tagged acrylic, Books, Books still life, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia Artist on February 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I haven’t forgotten about the book still life I showed the sketch of a few days ago. I finally had some time to lay in some color yesterday.
Here you can see the reference photo at the top, the painting on the easel and the palette at the bottom of the photo. There is still quite a bit to do to it but it’s shaping up nicely.
Posted in Books, Recipes, tagged Art Books, Books, Carnation Company, Fun to Cook Book on July 21, 2013| 2 Comments »
The things you find when you clean up your studio. Yesterday I spent all day cleaning up, straightening up, moving around, etc. Now I’m exhausted! The big thing I wanted to accomplish was to get all my art books in one location. I did it but it took all day and one thing led to another so I ended up rearranging three rooms!!!
While moving books from one room to another I found this old cookbook. It is my very first. I remember Mama ordering it for me. We had to save three labels from Carnation products and mail them with a quarter. (That is when you could actually mail a quarter in the mail.) And then I waited for it to arrive. How exciting it was! I think I was about 7 or 8 years old.
So glad that I found it!
Posted in Books, tagged Books, humor, kindle on July 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I got a Kindle for my birthday and I absolutely love it which surprises me since I have always been a traditionalist about books and newspapers. I like the feel of them in my hands. But I really do love the Kindle. And I just finished reading my first book on it which is the reason I am blogging today. You MUST read this book, Sh*t My Dad Says. It’s by Justin Halpern and I think it might be the funniest book I have ever read. It’s not for kids or the faint of heart if you can’t take a little language. But it’s worth a read. His dad is a modern-day philosopher and has great lessons in his crazy sayings. Take a look.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged apple, Art Class, art lessons, Books, daily painter, daily painting, fruit, impressionism, oil painting on February 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Teacher’s Pet is an oil on 9″x12″ canvas panel and is framed and available by contacting me.
I love this painting. We did this a few weeks ago in our Wednesday Night Oil Painting Class. See what you could do if you came and painted with us????
Posted in Books, daily painter, tagged Books, daily painter, The Four Agreements on November 25, 2009| 1 Comment »
Some time back I mentioned that I love to read. I read several books a week and when I really love one I keep it handy and reread it. This is one of those books.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is one of my all time favorite books. It is a small, simple book with a really big message. It is basically a code of conduct for anyone who wants to experience freedom from the crazy stress of day-to-day life and who wants to live with happiness and love in their life. I LOVE this book. And I have given it to many relatives and friends. I hope you will take a look.
To quote Ruiz, The Four Agreements are 1) Be impeccable with your word; 2) Don’t take anything personally; 3) Don’t make assumptions; and 4) Always do your best. Sounds simple, huh? But when you really explore the depth of these agreements you find it is not that easy to do but if you work at it, you’ll live a better life and be a better person.
Check out The Four Agreements. I think you’ll love it too!
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