Lovin' the Layer Class

I finished 2 more pages in the Layer Love class. I thought the blue/green page was my favorite, until I finished the gold class. I love the colors and texture which were hard to capture with my camera. I still need to finish each with a focal, but here is what I have so far.

This feels like a water page, but I'm also thinking butterflies, birds, fireflies?

I haven't any idea what to add to this one...any suggestions? Maybe a face, or just some calligraphy??
I hope your weekend is good!

The Red Page

I'm taking Julie Prichard's Layer Love class and finished my first project. There are 9 in the class, so I still have a ways to go! Here is the "red" page. (paints courtesy of my daughter and son-in-law!)

There were several steps and I had to watch the video 3x's but I really learned some new and fun techniques. And now I'm off to do the blue page.

Pencils and Calligrafun!

I'm still reading Lee Hammond's book and tried another of her drawings. This one is a little brighter, due to the fixative I sprayed once I was finished. I'm really having fun with my pencils!

I also finished Martha Lever's class "Calligrafun." She named it right! It was fun! I've really been practicing but still have a long way to go. Here is a start anyway...

Martha's flower pots were so cute, I had to try her technique!

Well, back to my craft room to practice some more!

What I've been doing lately...

I went to Ohio for a few days around July 4th, and when I got back I bought a book called "Lifelike Drawing in Colored Pencil, by Lee Hammond. I had been playing around with pencils in my prayer journal, but when I bought this book, I decided to try something new. This is one of my first attempts...

I had not idea what burnishing was and was surprised at how different a drawing can look once you add this technique. Has anyone else tried colored pencils lately?

Gratitude

I was blog hopping 1 day a couple of weeks ago and found the Gratitude Community. I loved the idea of writing down all of the gifts that God has given me so I too have joined and I hope you will too! Here is my list from last weekend:

33. colored pencils
34. magazines
35. craft books
36. phone
37. cell phone
38. running shoes
39. bottled water

The list keeps growing and i keep realizing how much God has given me...how blessed I am.

Fish!

I painted this background several weeks ago and just didn't know how to finish it. Over the weekend I saw a picture in a magazine and knew the fish would be perfect!

I'm glad I had something ready to go when inspiration hit! Hope your week is going well!

"Taking Flight"

I bought Kelly Rae Robert's book, "Taking Flight" recently and really loved it! I created the painting below, from her inspiring techniques in chapter one.

If you haven't read this book yet, I really recommend it.

We had such a nice weekend with our family as we celebrated my husbands 50th birthday.
Here is an updated picture of my daughter Tori, and her husband Dean. I can't believe she is almost 7 months pregnant!


My son Chuck, his wife Amy and my grandson Grant, spent time with us too.

I hope your weekend was special too!