Hi, the month of June has been busy, busy.. not much painting done though.. will be scanty for a time:)

these are two oils I finished in June, trying to get some painting in.. trying new things. the camping pic I used a palate knife on some of it, trying to loosen up the effect. the baby I did on unprimed hardboard, found that the oil soaks in a lot.. like the effect of the look though.. think I will keep playing with different ideas with no specific goal in mind for now, just to play, enjoy and keep painting.. see what comes with July..:)

Where did the month of May go???

I can't believe this month is about over. We have been getting ready for the arrival of a greatgrand.. the summer may get by us before I get back to this site and get some painting done. Hope you all had a beautiful Memorial Weekend and remembered our men and women that fought for our freedom.. we are very blessed and thank them profusely. I will get back here when things settle down, until then have a great and happy, peaceful summer.

More paintings for April... has been such a pretty month...:)

Here is a bit of variety, the island sunset; pretty young lady by the lake shore and a little Ms Thang.... she so loved dressing up with all the goodies she could find..:)

This lady has a fun gallery to check out..

She paints also and has a little gallery in her home, very interesting to browse through....

One of Our Art Leaguers...

This man does beautiful torso casts.. and pottery....

Two more gals I volunteer with..

This is a mom-daughter team that help out others.. I like taking pictures of my paintings, it helps me see where I need to improve. These paintings show me to learn more about hair detail. Hopefully, we will see progress in this area in the future.. The spring weather is so delightful recently, only wish it could go on and on......:)

Cowpoke, Devon... he's a handsome one..

this is a young horseman, handsome one for sure...

here is a young swimmer in his wet suit..

This is Jess, he and his brother are handsome youngsters.... enjoyed painting them.

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:)