Looking Out

I started a new painting last week and have the arch, sky and water done, of course there will be some changes once I start on the boat. But for now I'm satisfied.

I will post a few pic's of how its coming along, even the mistakes, lol. Well, no one is perfect are they?

I laid the background in first to get my idea's down. Now to decide on the type of boat.

Do I want to go with the very old ship or something newer like the beautiful sail boats we see today. I will research pic's to see what catches my eye.

Have time on your hands? Try Creating!

Now that the holidays are behind us...
Have time on your hands?
Pick up a brush and paint or crayons or colored pencils or anything to make art with. It is the creating and doing that is so satisfying and the interest it sparks. If you've never made art, please try I bet you like it. It doesn't have to be great or perfect, the idea is to get started and being able to make out what the art piece is. It could be flowers, a single daisy or rose or even a single leaf or grape and it doesn't have to look realistic or even close... you get the picture (no pun intended).

Then share it with your friends or relatives, maybe get them interested. After they see how excited you are and satisfied with your life.
What use to be boring hours in between all the hectic activity around you and the interest in life art causes, you will find a new person within. Get the kids in on it also, have a family hour to just be together and create. And on some nice days have a family picnic outing to go photo shooting of trees, buildings, foliage. It's great fun and you and the family will enjoy it, don't forget about your friends, they may like to come along to.

Your painting friend,
Betty

Remember the Why of the birth of Jesus

From our home to yours

Merry Christmas

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What is Christmas all about anyway? ...Read about Jesus' birth and let's all remember why his only purpose here was so that we may all be saved by his blood. God gave us his only child, could WE do the same for people that we disapprove of or the thieves, cheats and simply put, the bad people of the world? It's something we REALLY need to think on. I am soo thankful someone loved me or even thought of me that much!

May we all be richly blessed with

health, love for one another, patience, forgiveness, prosperity and happiness.

Merry Christmas

Betty & Family

Duck Season

It looks like I finely am in the habit and mood of painting again, Thank goodness! Don't you hate it when you get into those lulls or ruts!

This is an 24"x18" acrylic painting I finished this afternoon.

This is a commissioned painting and I am really pleased with it along with the new owner.

In The Valley

A commissioned painting. I was asked for a painting that had a western flair with a cabin, horses and maybe a wagon. As it turns out, the wagon is taken from a reference pic I had on hand of my husbands family wagon on a farm in N. Dakota where he is from and the cabin is from a pic my granddaughter brought back from Cades Cove, N. Carolina of her great (or great, great) grandfathers historic cabin Mr. John Oliver, one of the first settlers.

Sometime during the last 3 days before I send a painting on its way, I will put it on the www either privately or public, depends. So I can view it in another perspective, only then do I decide if a painting is done after the clients approval of course.

Acrylic.

Three Friends

Fall is here, and now almost winter. How time slips by!

This painting gave me a few ideas for a name. I started out with the name of 'Autumn Blessings', then because of the three trees in front I decided to name it.. 'Three Friends' which reminds me of us three gals (Dottie, Sonnie and me) that worked together at a nearby doctors office (and one of the nicest doctors, with a big heart and compassion for each of his patients) and became the best of friends, we always said when we got too old to take care of ourselves we three would terrorize a nursing home racing our wheelchairs and laughing at each other untill we were weak (grin). If we three were together, we were having a good time! Over the years we still try to stay in touch, although many miles apart.

Fall Is Here

I can't believe fall is here already. Is it me or did we have a really nice and fast or short summer? And, is it me or did we jump right into winter? Hasn't it been cold!

One of my best friends took some pictures of the fall leaves up in the mountains of N.C. where she lives and they are so colorful and beautiful. I am posting one or two that I'm using for reference on my next painting.

The colors of fall always put me in awe of what awesome miracles God does in our lives and somehow it is hard to describe my feeling of thanks so I wind up just giving a simple thank you Lord and know he understands.

I have the background of my painting done, now I am painting in the trees that are close-up and the detail. It has taken me about 3 weeks so far to get this one close to done.... life gets in the way sometimes. :)

I am hoping to have this one done soon and get it posted here.

Indian Scene

My granddaughter and her fiancé just got back from Cherokee and Maggie Valley on an Authenic Indian souvenir buying spree to decorate their game room. While they were gone I painted them an indian scene for them as their Christmas gift. I hope they like it. It was Jerry Yarnell inspired.

Continued from Sept. 8th.
Well it worked, buy starting on this it put me in the mood to get more paintings done. Now I'm ready to start another one and have one in mind but all I will say for now is it will be a still life.
This one will be for sale.
24"X18" canvas sheet.
medium: acrylic

I haven't decided on a name yet ...

I thought I had better pick up the brush again before I get into another long lull of non-painting.
Why do I do that? I do love, love, love to paint.

So I decided to paint landscape, without plan, or thought and see what happens.
Don't have enough done yet to take a photo of to show here, but will try to do more tomorrow and hopefully post it here soon.

I hate that I missed the application deadline for the 'Art on The Square' here in Athens. I knew it was coming up but didn't know what month.
Maybe next year I will find out about it sooner (before the deadline).
I'm really looking forward to browsing and looking at all the lovely paintings and hopefully meeting some of the artists.