THE PAINTING FROM HELL...6 PAINTINGS IN ONE...

OMG...I painted the first painting..and BEFORE I PAINTED IT RED--I LOVED IT..but, then...I JUST HAD to paint the background red..and put those tacky gold stars all around. It looked like a poodle threw up at Christmas dinner type thing....so then I tried dripping the background..and it keep getting busier, and busier...and I was hating it more and more...so I kept painting, and kept painting..then I LOVED the face, but the NECK was driving me crazy..she looked like she had a collar of chains on..so I fixed that...kept painting, kept painting...then ...it looked boring to me..so I kept painting, and kept painting......decided on a girl with a "halo" and the Lord's Prayer in the background...I spent TWO HOURS stamping out the Lord's Prayer behind her..and when she was done..I HATED IT...So..I went outside...took Nature Boy's (my husband) sander, and sanded the whole thing..for a LONG time (all the while imagining that a masterpiece was going to secretly reveal itself to me..LOL)..and when it wasn't working, I just painted some more on it...by now, I am hating it..thinking of burning it...wanting it to be GONE...but, I kept painting..painting...painting. Finally..got to the last stage. GUESS WHAT??? I STILL HATE IT!!! (laughing)...OH WELL....Live Artfully!!

THIS TOO SHALL PASS..

A favorite saying of a friend of mine...16 x 16 acrylic on wood. Live Artfully!

KRINK MARKERS !!!! ART JOURNALERS LOOK!!!

Good Morning!! I woke up, and while having coffee this morning..I found these markers on Dick Blick. They had a post about a mural that is being painted in one of their stores, and it had a video, and as I watched the video..I saw these. They are called KRINK, and LOOK FABULOUS for ART JOURNALING. The guy that invented them was a street painter (graffiti artist), and he formulated these markers for street art. OMG!! I sound like an advertisement, but seriously cannot wait to try them out. I even facebooked Teesha Moore to tell her about them...LOL....I want them all..in all sizes..andddd...if this isn't enough..they have something called KRINK Permanent Ink Mop, and it's made for making drips..large, runny drips..the kind that I LOVE!! Just letting you all know! Live Artfully!!

WHEW...THAT WAS GREAT!!

I was painting on this..have been for hours..and nothing was working..then, I found the zone..and with heart pounding..and working feverishly..I almost totally redid it in about 10 minutes, and this is where I stopped. It was so wonderful..hitting that zone...and knowing you are in it .....and it's exciting, and when you are done..you just let out a huge breath of air, and it feels right. Live Artfully!

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WATCH CRIMINAL MINDS WHILE PAINTING...LOL

Hello!! Nature Boy lovessssssssss the singer PINK. She has a song called FUNHOUSE..and a line from it goes.."this use to be a funhouse, but now it's full of Evil Clowns..."...That was the inspiration (along with the TV show "Criminal Minds") for this piece. I REALLY LIKE IT..LOL LOL..Live Artfully!

ONE OF THREE...COME AND SEE....

I painted this almost completely by finger painting...it's 8 x 8 acrylics on wood.

THANK YOU!! 3 MORE...

I really want to thank you all that come to this blog, and leave such wonderful comments! I appreciate each and every one of you. It's so nice to read the things that you say...and it keeps me going daily! Thank you!!!

Three done today..they are 8 x 8's acrylic on wood.
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BY THE SEA...

LALALALALAL...Today, and tonight--I gesso-ed about a million pieces of wood...then I decided that I needed to get busy working on 8 x 8's..and get a few of those knocked out. I started to paint a goat....I just wanted a cute, little painting of a goat....well..that did not work out. So, I changed the goat into a horse--showed it to a friend online, and she helped me correct the muscle structure of the horse...got him almost finished..decided that I hated him...and painted a woman..:::sigh:::::sometimes, that's how life goes. Live Artfully!

I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN

This was a painting that I did last night, or early,early this morning..whichever way you look at it. It was done in total fun...Live Artfully!!

GRATEFUL..

It's been a long, boring day...I did another painting, but am ashamed to show it. This one turned out ok..My artistic limitations bother me...I SO WANT to paint like a great Master..you know ...LOL..but, for now I must be grateful that I can even drag something out of the brush...Live Artfully!

A TREE

12 x 12 acrylic on wood.

TWO PAINTINGS..

Good Morning..here's the latest two paintings...gotta go back to work. Live Arfully!!

3rd PAINTING-- I SEE YOUR FUTURE.

Well..here's ANOTHER one...LOL..

BEFORE AND AFTER...

OMG!! I am SO ADDICTED....I can't stop painting these crazy animals and things...I need to start a children's line of paintings and prints...LOL..

WASTING AWAY IN MARGARITAVILLE

12 x 12 acrylic on wood...hahahahahahaha. Live Artfully!!

ONLY GOT TWO DONE TODAY..

It's been a long, long day..and I don't even know why...LOL...I got these two done..the second one was just a wild throw of paint, having fun..the top one..the same, then I reigned myself back in...and calmed down a bit. Hope you enjoy!! Live Artfully!!

REVISION of the last PAINTING...

llaalalalalalalalalaaaa---I just keep on painting it..over and over.....LOL

WOW..this one is depressing..LOL

I am having a serious love/hate relationship with this painting. I don't really know how I feel about it. Maybe I need to work on it some more...maybe not...

LOL LOL LOL LOL..Sometimes it doesn't come out like you planned...

Well..I don't know what to say...She's pretty but DEFINITELY DIFFERENT...LOL Oh well..She was fun to paint!Live Artfully!!

GOOD MORNING!!!

Up and busy painting! It's the 2nd of August, I have 33 days before our next show!! WORK WORK WORK!! Have a Happy Day!! Live Artfully!!

TODAY

Whew..LONGGGGG DAY!!! This morning, Nature Boy (my husband) and I got up and went to the Chattanooga Market, not as vendors, but as visitors. We went early in an attempt to beat the heat, but it didn't work. It was a hot day in hades today! We actually went to pick up our new PINK Chattanooga Market t-shirts. Then, we went and hung out downtown for a bit, ate lunch and came back home. Our electricity was out when we got here...so we had to wait for it to come back on, and then it was NAP time...LOL..got to have my nap! Well...it was late when I finally got dinner cooked, and even later when I finally got into the studio..but, I did manage to paint this. It was actually two chickens, then this...LOL..don't ask how that happened!

I went and picked up my 13 pieces out of the gallery that they were in. I knew that I wouldn't be back in Chattanooga until the middle of Sept..or longer, and thought that I better go ahead and get them, so that I would have them for the two shows that are coming up. I am calming down about how many paintings I need, because many of the 13 were good sized pieces, so it will make the booth look fuller!

Anyway...long day..nothing exciting happened...Oh well...Live Artfully!!

ONE PAINTING..ONE WORK IN PROGRESS...

I lost my creative-ness...It died on me today. I am struggling like a babbling idiot to paint...Sigh...I honestly feel like my brain is drained. ...Oh well...The top one is a new take on an old subject--and the bottom one..well...I just don't know...Live Artfully!!

STRUGGLED WITH THESE LAST TWO...

These two gave me a fit. The bottom one was so difficult that I just left it as an abstract. Live Artfully!

AGAINST THE WIND--3 of 3 for today!

WHY?

I WATCH OVER THE NIGHT

This is a painting that I did this morning--I have 2 more coming up quickly behind it..but may not show them..hehehe. I am loving, loving, loving this "technique". It's fun and painless!! Live Artfully!!

1 OUT OF 5 PAINTINGS THAT I GOT DONE TODAY!

I managed to get 5 paintings done today..4 of them are 12 x 12 (including this one), and one is  8 x 8. I have literally painted all day...Out of all of them, I think I'll scrap one of them..it just doesn't have "the feel" to it...but that still makes for a fair day. Live Artfully!!

IT'S ALL OVER..MAYBE WE'LL TAKE A MONTH OFF!!!

The weekend show went SUPER! We sold a ton of stuff..Nature Boy (my husband) actually only sold about $40 less than I did. He is just busting out with his art. I am so proud that there is so much interest in his work. It's really cool to do our booth together...On one side you get ME...my art that slaps you in the face with vibrancy and color, and on his side you get earthy, antique-y toned down color. So, we appeal to a lot of people...(if they don't like one of us..they usually like the other). Our neighbors at the show didn't seem to fare as well. They were complaining that sells "weren't so good"..and I think one of them got a little tee-d off at me, because he wanted to trade and I wouldn't. My problem with trading is that I simply don't buy much art. I don't have the space for it, and it ends up getting lost in the art studio. YOU ALL KNOW how my studio EATS things...never to be seen again...Then I'll find it 2 years later..and wonder where the heck it came from.

I met one woman at the show that had a wonderful product. She made tassles, and they had really cool toppers. I fell in love with them..which shocked me, because I am not a tassle-y type. I am very basic in my decorating, but these things were GREAT. She said she was going to start a blog, so as soon as she does--I will gladly share her with you.

On top of it being HOT AS HADES this weekend, everything went pretty smoothly. One of problems was that I didn't have enough stuff. I thought I did, but I didn't. It worries me, because in Sept., I have TWO shows back to back, and therefore I will need a MEGA-TON of stuff for both shows. I am trying to figure out how many of different sizes I will need...and trying to figure out if I can do ENOUGH in one month to cover both shows. I think I can..I think I can..I think I can...(I'll just keep repeating this to myself!) LOL. I think the safest thing to do is take all of August off from selling, and just paint, paint, paint.

The painting above is another that I have done using the technique of painting the whole painting, then blocking out areas (similar to Jesse Reno's style, but much less complicated)...I was inspired to try to figure this out by a post on Facebook by Paulette Insall, which sent me to her blog post HERE, which then sent me to a woman's blog named Michelle. I loved both of the pieces that these women had done, and I have been working on the flowers using the same method before finding these two...so, finding them just helped me right along...and I found a video of Jesse Reno on his blog, and it showed a more in-depth style of doing it all...and now I am totally addicted to this method of painting...It's CRAZY FUN..and super easy until you get to the blocking out part..LOL. One thing I found (Jesse teaching a class somewhere) said to only use white,black, red, yellow and blue paints. He does A LOT of his painting with his hands and fingers only too..which is quite fascinating. Also, he paints over a lot of things. One lady that had taken his class said that she "fell in love too soon, and didn't continue to paint over her painting"...that happens to me with this style. I don't like to keep pushing it and pushing it like Jesse does. He is simply amazing, and definitely in my top 5 favorite artist! Another thing that I really admire about him is that he paints and paints and paints...Constantly. If you see pictures of his studio, there's always a gazillion paintings laying around...Anyway..enough rambling..I need to go back to bed...for stage 2 of my recuperation..hehehehe Live Artfully!!

I GUESS I AM DONE..LOL

I have done all I can do for this show. I have approx. 5 hours to get a shower, and get some sleep. I wanted to show this, because painting this way is SO MUCH FUN!! You basically paint anything in any colors, and then you start subtracting from the painting..and adding..and subtracting some more. I wanted to show you three very different stages of this...I am finally happy with the bird at the end...
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DRIVE BY POSTING!!

Wanted to show you these two..but am still painting, have to leave in the morning to set up for this weekend's show...Live Artfully..Both are 15 inches across....acrylic on wood.

15 NEW PAINTINGS

Hello! These are the newest additions to my inventory..The last one is called "SHE'S NOT SO PRETTY", and is basically me getting tired, and playing around. Though, in real life, I think she looks better..LOL. The one with half of the painting done in black is 24 x 24 inches, and it was a stinker to do...but it looks much softer and better in real life. The ten little ones together measure between 4-6 inches, and they are just some cute, inexpensive stuff to have...That's about all. I am rushing the clock..with only one more day to get ready for the show this weekend....Back to painting...
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WORKING..WORKING...I WILL BE IN MONTEAGLE TENNESSEE NEXT WEEKEND!

I have a show in Monteagle, Tennessee next weekend...Hope you will join me! Live ArtFully!!

FINISHED!