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!!