Brand new "Follow a Painting"

Hello!

It's Sunday and I think I am ready to start a new "Follow a Painting." This one will be called Wet Rose until it is finished and titled. Today you are looking at the photo that inspired this painting. It is a picture I took of a rose in my father's garden. I think this is his favorite color and one of his pride and joys! I caught it on a day after it had just rained. That day, I was just snapping shots because it was so beautiful but now it's saying that I must paint it and paint it big!! This painting will be 36 x 36 inches. Can you imagine how fabulous those water droplets will be that large! I can't wait! This will take at least a couple layers of paint so come back and check on it's progress!!

And how are those cows you ask? Well, they are FINISHED!!! At the moment they are too wet to photograph but when they are ready, I will snap a shot for you to see! They turned out so sweet! They are headed to a gallery tomorrow so I'd better get the fan on it to speed dry!

Until next time...

About those cows...

Hello! I had a request to see progress of the cows I've been talking about. Coincidently, I was shuffling through some photos my husband took and I found this really fun picture of me painting a cow. That is probably the only progress shot I have of this painting but I should be able to show a finished picture soon. On another note, I got a call today with an invitation to go see orchids at a local conservatory. How wonderful was that! I now have some really, really interesting flower images to paint. Let's get these cows done, I have posies to paint! Until next time!

Snowing Again!

Hello! I think I'll stay in for a little while. It's wicked windy and bit on the snowy side!! Actually, I managed to spend some quality time in the studio today. I worked on another cow and I worked on a practice painting for a new theme I've been thinking about. As I have been running I have been inspired to paint a running gal. I'm usually not comfortable or proficient at drawing or painting people but when you are inspired... things tend to turn out okay. And she actually doesn't look too shabby. Perhaps tomorrow I can try a running guy! We'll keep you posted. Until next time...

New Week

Hello!
For me, Sunday marks a brand new week. I write out my agenda and goals for the week and get my mind set for what is about to come on Monday! This week I get to finish a quilt, perhaps start another, paint and frame. I got my red barn finished on my new painting. I have trees, grass and cow details left to go. I'm pretty excited though, because that was my very first barn ever and I have to say, I'm a quite proud of myself! It will be a great place for my cows to hang out when it gets cold like today has become. Brrrrrrrr.....
Until next time...

Clouds and Cows

Good Thursday to you! I like my title today. It sums up a portion of my artsy day! The first part was continuing on my quilt. It is turning out gorgeous. I discovered a new technique for me today that allowed me to "write" on the quilt.
And then, I ended up in the painting studio working on my latest landscape. This piece is for a show called, "Art from the Heart." There were several places that I could have painted that would have struck a cord in my heart but the scene I chose is also very fun for me. My husband's Aunt and Uncle live on several acre's of land and raise Hereford cattle. I had never really paid that close attention to the farm until one day myself and another artist, Beth Crowder, decided to go on a photo shoot of the valleys and farm land around Zanesville. I promised her we would get to see cows on one of the farms and when we got there, no cows were in sight! I lamented this observation to my Uncle and he told me not to worry, when he saw us returning from taking photos of the other hills on the farm, he would call out the cows. Well, he did not lie and there they were coming right out to see us as we came back. I had a blast hanging out with the cows! I got the most fun and surprisingly inspiring photos of those cow diva's and it is his farm and his cows I am painting in my new work! Those crazy cows won over my heart and so they are going into the "Art from the Heart" show!
I have actually painted some of those cows in another painting and they will be hanging in an exhibition called "Wings, Tails, Hooves, and Scales." So far, my cows have gotten rave reviews. Why not paint some more! And of course I love to paint clouds in my scenes, so today in the painting room, it was all about clouds and cows!
Until next time... mooo?