More painting progress...

Well, she's not finished...pretty close though. :) I want to work on her blouse a little more and maybe add a word or two to balance out the composition. Think I'm gonna stop for the evening. Aiden's in the other room on the laptop and I totally spaced about some things that needed to go back to the library today.....oh well. That's what happens when you get all wrapped up in the studio. hee, hee :D :D :D

Oh and I wanna thank everyone for all the wonderful comments in my last few posts! And on my last post....thanks so much Stephanie, Carol, and Sandilyn for your sweet comments!! I'm so happy to hear you loved the new intro. Yea!

A few songs that I'm playing over and over again right now in the studio while I paint are this song, this one, and this one too. :) Looooooooove them!!!

Just got a call from my hubby and he's finally on his way home from work, so I'd better go. if I don't get back here before Monday, have a fabulous weekend y'all!!! *mwah*

Painting progress slideshow - 2nd attempt

Okey dokey....I'm trying this again since it seems that some of you are having problems viewing the video from the link I put in yesterday's last post. I'd love to get some feedback on this new piece. :) I'm hoping to finish it up today and maybe start another piece too....I've got several backgrounds that I started a few months ago that are beggin' to be finished. ;) :D

Oh and this is the first time I'm using the new video intro I put together at the beginning of the summer. Little did I know it would take me this long to get to use it! LOL!

Work in progress update slideshow

Threw together a quick slideshow of the pics I snapped during the progress of this new piece today. I'm gonna answer an email or two, then I'm gonna hit the hay! :D G'nite y'all!!

Click here and the slideshow will open in a new window

P.S. Let me know if you have any trouble viewing the slideshow video. It's a Quicktime video, so you may need that in order to view it. I didn't have the energy to try to load it onto Flickr or YouTube, so I thought I'd just try to post it here directly. :)

Play time in the studio

Ahhh it feels sooooo good to have paint on my hands again!!!! :D A sweet artist friend of mine has been busy making ACEOs and it inspired me to pull out the linen canvas ACEO cards I just bought and play with some new techniques for a brand new class.....yep, ya heard me right. ;) I'm brainstorming for some new classes. One of which I'm close to announcing on my mailing list and the other I'm just in the planning stages of right now.

The first one will be a inspiration art journal class focused on helping you find your "style". The one I'm playing with in the studio right now.....well it has to do with creating backgrounds and it's a  technique class, so it'll just be all art play and fun with no pressure to have a polished finished piece!!! Just me filling your head with tons of techniques and lettin' the paint fly! LOL! :D

Aiden had a great day on his first day of kindergarten yesterday! Thanks so much y'all for all your sweet comments and well wishes! He was so excited to go back today....although I did have a bit of a problem getting him going this morning, so I guess the excitement has died down a bit. ;) But he really seems to love it, so I hope he'll flourish there.

Below is a pic of him after leaving his classroom. He was full of smiles! Then I had brought him a special snack to have in the car on the way home. I think he shared a bit of it with his best friend Simon (the bear in the background)....he's such a good sharer. :)

And much to my surprise, I had two deer cross the road in front of me as I pulled out of our subdivision to go pick up Aiden yesterday. Thankfully there was no one behind me and I had my camera with me. It's a  blurry shot, but it's the first one I've managed to get of the beautiful deer we share the area with.

I'd better get back to work in the studio....gosh it's lunchtime already!!!! Man, time sure does fly! Oh and speaking of my classes, my "Organic Dimensions" backgrounds/collage class starts in just over a week (Sept. 15th), so you still have just over a week to sign up for the last time I'll be offering this class in 2008.

New place to buy my prints

For any of y'all who want to buy a print from me (or prints), but don't want to go through signing up for an Etsy account....well I have great news for ya! :D I just finished setting up a shopping cart on my website. Yea! You can now buy directly from my website using your Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or even personal check (only US customers can pay via check). It's all via an SSL secure server, so all your sensitive info is safe. No worries! :) So cruise on over and check it out. Thanks so much for the continued support y'all! You'll never truly know how much I appreciate each and every one of you! xoxoxo