I am back, #365daysofart and other things

I have not posted on this little blog of mine for a very long time!  A lot has changed!  I have two darling daughters now!  I am still teaching high school art and I am attempting to lead a creative life along with being a momma, a wife and full time teacher.  I have started the #365daysofart challenge on my instagram which has been an amazing source of creativity for me lately.  I paint my sketch during my 25 minute lunch break at school which ends up being only like 15-20 minutes after getting set up and clean up time.  Here are some of my sketches!  I will be posting on here more frequently  ( I promise!) Have a lovely Saturday !  Xoxo  

Alfresco-Inspired Art

I am obsessed with cafe scenes.  Eating alfresco is such a fun summertime treat!  Since it is super cold and snowy here in Ohio, I figured a nice alfresco scene would make me feel a little happier.  Here is my latest artwork.  I was able to do this while little "I" took naps this past week.

This artwork is about 8 x 10 and was done with acrylic and hand-painted paper on a wooden panel.  I hope to add it to my etsy store soon!  

Bistro Scene

I have been busy working away in my studio! 


Here is one of my newest paintings:

Up close:

Have a great Wednesday:)

Floral Still Lifes

Hello!  Happy Friday to you!  Hope you had a lovely week!  I have been busy in the studio creating many little floral still life paintings.  Most of these are not in my "usual" collage style.  I love to paint with acrylics and was just playing around with some different pictures I found in some of my old Martha Stewart magazines.   Her magazines always have such wonderful photo references:)

Here is a still life more in my usual collage/abstract style:  

Still Life 1

The rest are just some fun practice paintings I did using acrylic paint:

Still Life 2

Still Life 3

Still Life 4 (copied from a vintage painting I found in a magazine)

Well I wish you a wonderful weekend!  I am off to work on some more paintings:)

Sunday Painting Show and Tell

Good morning (or afternoon...depending on what time of day you are reading this!)  I hope you have had a lovely weekend!  It was sunny and not too cold here in Ohio yesterday!  All of my bulbs that I planted last fall are starting to come up:)  Very exciting!

I recently started taking an acrylic painting class on Thursday nights and I wanted to show you some of the paintings I have started on.  Both paintings are not finished by any means, but I thought it would be fun to show their progress!
























This is a little garden scene that I found in an old Martha Stewart magazine (I have a whole collection!)  I just fell in love with this picture and had to paint it.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a little set up like this in your backyard?  This painting above is actually cropped!  The right side is giving me trouble, so I will post the entire picture when I have finished it!


The scene below is painted from a picture I took when I was in Florence.  I posted a small sketch of this last week also!  This painting still needs some major work on making the lines a little straighter, but hopefully I will finish it soon:)

So there you have it!  There is my show and tell for today!  

Have a lovely day:)