2.8.19

Today was a beautiful day for coloring in the garden (Garfield park conservatory)

inspired by Katie Sahm

Some friends and I were at Neidhammer coffee and saw some great artwork by Katie Sahm. I was inspired to try her string art.

Mine is no where near as cool as her art.  It was very challenging to get the string to stay still. But I had fun trying something new.

to see the artist Katie Sahm artwork click here https://www.katiesahm.com/
for great coffee with friends go here http://www.neidhammer.com/

GPAC 1.2.19 part 2

Ta-daah! I told you that I was working on it. This is the second painting inspired by my winter break trip to Garfield Park Conservatory, Indianapolis. Thank you, I think it turned out rather well. As always if you see it on the blog, you get first dibs before I try to sell it on Etsy.

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working

So this is what I got finished this weekend. Yes I am also working on that second painting. Snail may be my pace for paintings.

GPAC 1.2.19

First painting of the year~! Happy 2019 everyone. 

 

Reference photo & final painting. 5x7 acrylic.
I love using Garfield Park Conservatory as my personal studio. I started this one while on Christmas Break. I like how it turned out. The background was painted last year with the basic sandstone colors often seen in this sunny garden. The winter sun in the picture is obviously a little different.

A second 5x7 from another reference photo should be in the works later this week. Stop by & see me here again soon.

Christmas break "art"

Yes i have been working over Christmas break. I went to Garfield Park Conservatory to sketch for a few hours. I finished another coloring page in the book my husband got me for my birthday. Lots of color and challenge in both activities.
Keep watching, I'll keep you up to date on what I create.

Birthday gift

So in my family you encourage whatever the children might be into. You never know what budding talent the life experience may bring. My eldest nephew wrote an installment of a novel when he was twelve. He asked me to illustrate it. He never finished the novel. I never finished the drawings.

Time passed and this nephew is now in his first year of college. I rediscovered the sketch for scene one. Two days before his December birthday the drawing I was working on turned into a painting. Needless to say his birthday present was delivered on Christmas.