Love...

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
May your days be filled with love.

Same products, different looks...

I still spend a lot of my time learning and experimenting. This is my most recent experiment using the same products on canvas to create different looks. These are 4 x 6 canvas panels to which I applied a thick layer of gesso and then used different items to create texture. I then applied color using 2 acrylics, 2 inks and 3 oil pastels using various methods. The only tools I used were a spray bottle, eye dropper and my fingers. I ended up with 3 very different pieces...

Bubble wrap was used to create texture on this one.

A comb was used on this one.

For this one I used a foam stamp, it's my favorite of the 3.
You are welcome to download these to use in your art.
Off to finish up another batch of Artist Trading Cards.
Have a great afternoon.

New day...

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
6 x 8 on watercolor paper

Oh how true. Today was market day, heirloom potatoes, cucumbers, peaches, blueberries and a candy onion that's supposed to be so good you can eat it raw. Blueberry muffins made this evening and hoping to get a peach cobbler and cucumber salad made tomorrow. Dill potatoes and homemade onion rings later in the week, oh my goodness I am hungry now. Love this time of year with all the fresh, local produce.
Have a great evening.

My favorite quote...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. Author Unknown
4 x 6 canvas panel
I have a collection of favorite quotes...this one is my very favorite.
Always searching for quotes to use in my work, if you have a favorite you would like to share, please do so.
Have a great week.

Live well, laugh often, love much...

live well, laugh often, love much
4 x 6 canvas panel
This piece consists of many, many layers...I just kept trying different things until I had something I was happy with. I find that the happier a piece makes me feel, the more I like it. To me this is a very happy piece.
Have a happy day.
Note: I forgot to mention that this is my first dimentional piece...that's a silk butterfly.

Humor...

I think I have a pretty good sense of humor and I find that it often transfers into my art...

Toyko Rose...I think it's funny
I imagine that many won't get this one without Googling.

Laugh
This one always makes me laugh!
Nothing is better in my book than a good laugh. I believe it's been the secret to the success of my marriage, we manage to make each other laugh several times a day.
Have a good laugh today.

Live, laugh, love...

Live

Laugh

Love

These are all Artist Trading Cards.

Hope you are having a great weekend, stay cool.

Just a few more...

One more batch of ATC's to share today, many more to come later...I've created 111 to date and have several more in various stages. My box of odds and ends is starting to get full again so I better get busy.

Currently working on 3 different pieces, all on canvas and hope to share them soon. It's been so hot and humid and I find that I move at a much slower pace these days...

Have a fabulous day.

Summer favorites...

A few of my favorite photos from the last few weeks...

zinnias in beautiful shades of yellow and pink

our sweet Madelyn

fried green tomatoes, the perfect summer meal

Hannah's summer hair cut...precious

blackberries, they were in abundance this year

Miss Aubrey, sweet as can be

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

A few more...

Have a fantastic day!

Artist Trading Cards

I've had some time this week to finally get my ATC's scanned. Here are a few...

This is what I do with all the scraps and tidbits that end up all over my table. I've finished several this week.

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Shine...

May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift
8 x 8 on watercolor paper
A favorite color combination, perfect for Summer.

It's been a lovely Summer weekend, not too hot and the humidity is down. A bit cloudy this morning yet perfect for sitting with our coffee enjoying the sights and sounds of nature. It doesn't get any better than this!
Have a wonderful day.

The guys...

Alone we can do so little,
together we can do so much.
Helen Keller
5 x 7 on watercolor paper

My husband loves this one. For little boys, they look so serious.
Hope you are having a great week.

Journey...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Chinese proverb
6 x 8 on watercolor paper

I was going through some files yesterday, cleaning up my computer, and realized that I had not posted this piece. Hard to believe since it is one of my favorites. The little girl was cut from an old sewing pattern package.
Enjoy the journey, have a great day.

Settling back in...

The only bad part about vacation is that it comes to an end.
We had a fabulous week but it's time to get back to work.


Believe you can and you're halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt
10 x 8 on watercolor paper
Another fabulous quote!
Lots of catching up to do, have a great day!