My Art Blog

I'm not closing my blog just because someone has chosen to be a total moron and post anonymous garbage comments on my art blog.
It takes very little to fulfill some peoples lives and I guess that's what they are all about.   

Bahama Beauty

So frustrating that I am unable to receive comments and not able to comment on others.. I have no idea why, so until I find out please know that yes, I'm still coming to your blogs, and I do comment .  

Graphite

I often forget that I love to do pencil.  If you want to see my other art obsessions just visit my other blog.. Art Hearts Journey, click on it.                                

WIP

Starting  a new series? of paintings.  This is the first one, a WIP but almost finished.  
Watercolor , 18x24" .   

Although some issues with it, I'm plodding on and hope to resolve them.     I know what it is I don't like about my work, I try too hard, but don't know how to go any other way.   

P.S. I did some fix on it and have reposted the second pic.   Although I rarely do a painting more than once , I will do this one again.. I'm a glutton for punishment .                                                      

It's Here!

I've been without decent internet for over a week.. It goes in and out.   Very frustrating, but tried it just this morning ( again) and I have to type fast.   Hope everyone had a great weekend last week.
Summer has hit Florida with a vengeance  and it's already in the broiling stage and NO rain .. I don't think it ever got this hot this fast.  
I've been painting and working on some larger pieces.. Thank goodness for air con.  

One of our neighbors hanging out. 

Journal Jive

This video just a couple minutes long is also on YouTube about my latest journal "Nature" .  I'll be opening an Etsy Shop for only art journals in the next few weeks.  

Here is the link to the YouTube videos. Thanks friends for looking. 

https://youtu.be/nHI_fNy_mb0

More Paintings

I've been doing some thinking lately, I know that can be dangerous, but sometimes it helps to make some decisions.. One of those is about what else, my paintings.. I've decided to list more of them, and send them to new homes.   

Sanibel/Captiva Island

More New Old Work

  Going through paintings that were tucked away I came across some that were done in the early '90's so decided to put them in the shop.  I actually discovered one from 1973 that I don't show here, but it does mean something to me.  Here are two of them.  

Moving Forward

Whenever I haven't painted for a while, I have to move slowly back into it, and that's what I did this morning.. From some photos I took when I went to Savannah,  really Tybee Island.  
They are small … 5x7's, but I was comfortable painting them. 

And BTW if you ever come to Florida this is the best time of the year. It couldn't be better than April/May.. Sunshine, no heat, no humidity. 

Beautiful blue skies, and everything is bloomin'.. 

OK, that's my work for the Chamber of Commerce.  LOL !!!  

A Few

I did make a video and explained about a couple of these journals.  One is the very first I made back in 2002, and another is the smallest I ever made . I think the vid is about nine minutes long. It went just fine from my camera to my computer.  But when I went to upload it here it said the file was too large.  OK.  And when I tried to put it on U Tube ,,, I started it at 8 p.m.. Wed. evening and the next morning Thursday it was still unloading.  WHAT? LOL!

Saying I know nothing about  doing this is an understatement . If I learn to cut the video shorter I may be able to do it that way. 

In the meantime I've found something I may paint.. We'll see how it goes.. Stay tuned. 

Makes Me Smile

After I made this color chart, I thought it made a good skirt for 

my art mannequin .  Oh yeah, I tried to upload a new video with several of my art journals and it wouldn't do what I wanted.

So it turned into a mannequin with a skirt. I'll try working on the vid again.. thanks for your patience.  

New / Old Work Watercolor

In the Islands

Barbra Joans famous Pears. 

A couple of my paintings done in the past, but I've been selling some of my older work on my Etsy shop.   They aren't doing anything but lying in a file.   

Journal Jive Video !!

Posting the almost finished journal as a test . I don't think I've  posted a video on here before. Could be that I just forgot?  Testing it out as I'd like to do some tutorials on U-Tube on both my 
Watercolor and Journal Making.. For myself I make my journals with vintage ephemera because it's what I like.  I found lots of others do also.  The paper is coffee dyed,  looks old and (smells delicious)! It's an easy procedure.   
Hope you enjoy this .   

My Journal Jive

I've made a U-Tube vid about my journal.When I post it on here it plays just fine.  If you want to see it on U-Tube it's under the name My Journal Jive.   Thanks so much for your comments,  and your encouraging something that could be a Pandoras  Box . 

OK seeya !!! 

Journaling

Jack of all trades, Master of none.  Working on journals because I love making them. I've made a short video, but these are just still photos as I'm not too sure about uploading to my blog.. BUT, I will try.  

I love vintage so this one was fun, fun, fun.  

And there are empty pages for journaling, or listing . 

I'm going to try to put the vid on... Lots a luck right?? 

At Last !

I've picked up a brush, and this was a major step today.. I did leave in my pencil marks, it was just a quick sketch.  

 

I need to get busy and put some new work into my Etsy.  Hi to all my blogging friends.  

Mrs. Wright

 I know I posted this a long while ago.  I lived in Lakeland, Fl. for a few years and would go to a restaurant there that had photos of the town back in the day.  

I saw this one and tracked it down so that I could get a copy.  I had it framed and hanging in my studio for a long time. 
Yes, that's "Mrs.  Frances Wright and her Art Students" 1888, Lakeland , Florida. 
I just love this photo, but which one is 'Mrs. Wright?' 

A Day for the Birds !! Sold!

~'The Flamingo at Rest' ~Watercolor 11x14" .

My very own Flamingo, sorry the photo is a bit cut off ,

and the Raven are both going to a new home... 

I've enjoyed both for a while in my own place, but decided to let them be free to fly to off. 

~The Raven~  watercolor 8x10"   Sold!

My Other Obsession ~ Paper

The only thing that keeps me from painting is my passion for paper.
I love making themed-art journals, different sizes, papers, ephemera and the only common thread is I like them to look old , worn, and vintage. Here are a few I'm working on right now. The art one is my personal little book and was made a while back. 
Right now I'm working on the Nature . 

And some pages from the Nature one I'm working on right now.

And a teeny tiny one. All packed into less than 3" square.

That's it for now, letting you know I'm here, I'm doin' my 

thing.  And many thanks for stopping by. 

 

Posting Again

Just posted this even though it's not exactly my latest.  Watercolor and a bit of pastel about 11x14".  

I'm pleased with some things about it and not about others. What else is new, I do this time and time again. 

YAAAAYYYYY!!!!!I

Hey blogging friends!!  I'm baaaack !  
Don't ask me what I did because I don't know... But got on to my comments , they were all there.  AND I scrolled down and had about 6 comments in ?? Chinese??  Was that a problem? could be. 

All I care about is that its back on , I'm able to go to your blogs, gotta keep up with my blogland friends. So I'm happy again. 
And thank you all for writing, for trying to help, (even those of you who, like me don't know how. I don't know how we manage but somehow we do.  LOL .. 

Whats Happened?

 Does anyone know what has happened to the blogs here on Google.. I'm unable to get anything except for posting. And I'm not sure that's even coming up.  
I'm unable to read my comments, new or published. I suppose this post is useless as I wont' be able to read if anyone answers. I'll try to look into it further and see if I can figure it out. 

Been a few days, maybe more since I was able to get to blogsville. Sometimes it feels like yesterday because my days are rushing by so fast.  Can't stop that from happening.  So just get on my way.

Watching Videos

Jenny watches "Videos for Cats" . Oh you didn't know there was such a thing?  Neither did I until I came across it on You-Tube. 

Some of them are eight hours long, I suppose for people who work and want their cat to be entertained. 

Jenny will watch these for as long as I leave it on.  Here she is on the bed with my little Netbook. Makes herself comfortable with her paws tucked under on the keyboard.  Sometimes she chirps at it, and tries to catch them ..but most times just content to sit and watch it.

Last of a Series

My font is totally messed up but I'm posting this anyway. Having a hard time with size of letters. This is the last (for a while) in the series of my Country Cottages.

Luckily I had a run on these country paintings in my Etsy shop, so replacing a few . 

   

I'm doing watercolor at home, and oil painting in a class once a week. I wanted to continue with the oil, but couldn't do it at home. So I have the best of both right now. 

Forgive the small typing but I'm on my new computer... Love it, but still learning to deal with it.

If you want to know about the house picture you can go to my Journey blog, and read about it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hey, not much else here except to wish all my blogging friends,

         HAPPY NEW YEAR  !
Let's make it a good one. 

Merry Christmas Friends

Wishing all my blogging friends a very Merry Christmas, and the Happiest New Year... 

Cardinals

I did these last year? or maybe before that.  The years are passing by so fast I can't keep up with it.
They are kind of festive looking so thought to put them up.   

A Little Country

Trying to catch up with my paintings in Etsy shop.  I find that keeping a minimum of fifty pieces is better for being 'found'. 

I do have a lot of people that like country scenes like these  .