Greetings on a beautiful, sunny day...

this shows the steps I take in painting .. I use a thinned down mixture of generally umber or sienna w/ a medium brush, depending on the size canvas. I block in colors 2nd, then tweek details and let it dry somewhat, tweek somemore, fill in back ground complimentary to the painting or related to the photo .. like a sandy background behind this young man. when it is dry I spray varnish it for a low luster look. Lots of painters don't date their paintings, but I prefer to for myself..

Two wonderful young women, I volunteer where they work.. and two young sailors... they were fun to paint, thought of their mama when she was little.

what can I say? these are wonderful, young women working for a great cause..:) and the two little brothers look like they could be up to something..:) I think for my next painting, just to make it more interesting for us, I will take pictures in stages... from the messy underpainting forward.. then you can see the steps I take..

here's one I did last week, meant to get it in February's timeslot, oh well, she was fun to paint..

Here is a lady that still teaches art to groups.. us included..:) You can see by looking at her, she's a pleasant lady..:)

February is almost over... can't catch time...:) here are somemore gal friends we paint with.. plus one unusual snowy yard in Northeast TX..

Here is a 6" snowfall result in a friend's backyard in TX.. fun!!!

This is Terrie and her pretty red hair...:)

These gals are starting new watercolors at a class for fun... I took random pictures as stated before, and am having fun practicing on different positions... good exercises I think.. hope you enjoy them:)

Some of the SOAL gals, more to come...

Ok, I did sneak in a landscape... is a larger, more 'meadowy' version of an earlier, 'deserty' painting I did.

I am practicing on the art league gals, random shots to try different circumstances of face positioning... what do you think?? keep trying faces, which I love... or do occasional landscapes, which I like..? I guess variety is the spice of life, will try to do new things... may discover something new and always learn.. have a great day!

and here is the 3rd painting, just completed..

pretty little snow princess.... her name is Maggie...

3 just finished paintings.. oils...

these two young men are twins, so I took pictures from different angles and to me, they look alike.. so I must have captured them pretty well...

Here is a tired cowboy, actually, just a tired pal..:)

This is a special bud of mine... been married to him for 34 years, patient man..:)

Finally, am back to painting again.....:)

The 2 youngsters are great grands, how time flies.. hard to keep up with progress....:)

The rainbarrel is a Master Gardener project, thought the stylized windmill was appropriate..:)

Since it is dreary weather around the nation, how about some bright colors today.. I appreciate those who have commented, please continue to do so, I am new at this and if you can offer assistance to responding, please do so.. I thank you vert much.... here are 3 projects completed in January 2010, Happy New Year to you all...:)

Greetings, we have been traveling some and I have been sewing some, about to finish that and get back to painting, have missed it.. will be posting some new work soon.. good to get back:)

Decked out and Ready to go in her tutu ....... oil

This is a little sweetie all dressed up for Halloween.....