I Won!

I was so excited when I got home from work today and found this came in the mail:

I won this from a wonderful artist, Nicola! She has so many cute pendants and paintings!
I hope everyone is having a good week.

More Flowers & WIP?

This painting started out to be all daffodils, but something happened to the larger one and it started to look more like a sunflower...so I went with that instead.

I don't think this one is finished, as I'm not real happy with the background. I tried the alcohol technique and even though it was fun to watch the paint move around, I'm just not sure if it looks like rain. The story on this painting is taken from the verse in Psalms 91:4, "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge..." The girl is so troubled over the storm around her, she forgets to look up and see that God is in control and protecting her.

We got to babysit our grandson Grant yesterday and played with him in the sprinkler. It was so much fun! Today we are off to our daughters house to see our youngest grandson's dedication service at the church.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far!

Sunday Sketch

I've wanted to try the Sunday Sketch's with Sophia and found some time this afternoon. I was so involved in the drawing that I didn't realize I had added color before taking a picture.

She's going into a painting I have planned and hope to have done before next weekend.
Have a good week everyone!

Revised April Painting

Something seemed to be missing from this painting, and when I saw my jar of these:

I knew they needed to be added!

There! That's better! :-)
I'm trying to get my Sunday Sketch done, so hopefully I'll have more to post later.

April Showers...

Saturday is finally here! My windows are open and I'm enjoying the quiet morning while finishing up a painting I started last weekend.

I must be on a blue and yellow kick these days as those colors keep showing up. I really like them together...they just make me smile! :0)
What colors make you happy?

Deborah

I've been working on this painting for a couple of weeks. I had so many attempts that just didn't look right, and it wasn't until I glued her down on the wood, that I noticed this time I had made her neck a little long! Yikes! It was fun painting her and using my molding and crackle paste. Deborah is who I was named after, and I've always found her story to be interesting. She was a judge who was also a mother...hence the title, working mother! I think she may have taken her kids to work with her and that's why she met people out under the trees, but that's just my idea, and not exactly what it says in the Bible. You can check out her story in Judges in chapters 4 and 5.

My irises are blooming next to my mail box and they look so pretty! I transplanted them last year, so I wasn't sure if they would bloom this year.


Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Spring Flowers

Easter was a busy day, with both of my kids and their families here for the day, my in-laws in for the weekend and my mom here for the week. Here's my favorite picture of everyone, except my husband, who took the picture.

I definitely have the spring fever bug and after my mom left I pulled out my watercolor paints. Here are a couple of my paintings:


My mom and I spent the week shopping, visiting our museum and having lunch out a few times. Here we are at the restaurant just down the street from us, having a late lunch of crab cakes and pumpkin bisque. (YUMMY!)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!