Free Shipping until December 4th!

 

Once in a Blue Moon 

Red Deer in Evergreen Forest

I am offering FREE SHIPPING this week in my etsy store until December 4th!  So check out some of my holiday favorites shown above:)  Simply convo me "Freeship16" and I will take the shipping charges off your order!  Happy shopping!

Artwork for Nursery

I finally finished the artwork for my daughter's nursery!  I have been having major issues with sleeping (I read this is common during pregnancy!) and woke up at 4 am this morning and decided to finish the little girl's art!  I am in the homestretch now with this pregnancy and cannot wait to meet the little one:)


So here are the finished pieces!  We will be framing them in a white mat and white frame and displaying them horizontally across the wall.

 

The top and bottom artwork are 5 x 7 inches and the middle artwork is 8 x 10.  I hope it looks good!

Anyways...I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving!  So many things to be thankful for this year!  I definitely ate my share of stuffing, turkey and green bean casserole(my favorite!)  Now it is time to move on to the Christmas season!  Happy Holidays!

Scenes from a Baby Shower...

Well, I am all showered out!  Saturday my family and friends had a lovely shower for me at a Hunt and Polo club located in town (pictured above!)  and today some of my lovely friends at work put on a shower for me.  I am so spoiled!

Here are some of my favorite pictures:

My two lovely Grandmothers!

Fall-inspired Centerpieces...I totally did not go with the baby shower theme...not my style!

My bestie Jen (we have been bffs since 2nd grade!)

Another bestie of mine, Tiffany!

My adorable Mom:)

The husband holding "Baby's first soccer ball"...his new pride and joy!

The most adorable handmade card ever! Don't you love handmade cards:)

Well my due date is getting closer and closer, I hope the husband and I are prepared:)

50 Year Anniversary Commission

Wow!  2 posts in 2 days...I am on a roll:)  I just wanted to post a commissioned piece I just completed for a 50th wedding anniversary.  There still might be some tweaking to do but for the most part I think it is kind of fun and festive:)   It was only supposed to be in black and white which was super hard for me because I am a lover of all colors!  This is what I came up with:

It is 8 x 10 and will go in a white mat and black frame. 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!  My family and friends are throwing me a shower tomorrow and I am pretty excited to see all of the fun stuff the little one will get:)  It is getting very close now!

A Little Pumpkin Carving....

Why hello!  I have been a horrible blogger as of lately...so sorry!  I hope all is well with you!  What have you been up to?  I have been getting ready for our new little addition and also have been busy with teaching and our art club.  Recently my school's art club carved 150 pumpkins to display in our downtown!  It was so fun and I felt like I was in Star's Hollow (the fictional town in my FAVORITE show the Gilmore Girls.) It was just so quaint!

Here are some of the pictures:

 

Just some of the pumpkins we carved.

 

Yay for Art Club!

Robot Pumpkin:  The masterpiece that my husband and brother created together.  It won 3rd place.

Hope you all had a lovely Halloween...I can't believe Thanksgiving is in 2 weeks!  I am so excited to eat LOTS of delicious food...yum!  I am already dreaming of green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and STUFFING!  What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Have a lovely evening and I will post soon!

Winter Wonderland- Original Artwork

Here is my newest artwork that will be in my etsy store soon!  I am enjoying the beautiful fall colors here in Ohio but am already excited for Christmas!  Is it too early to listen to Christmas music?  Probably!  Meanwhile the husband and I are getting ready for Little Lady's arrival which will be in 2 months!  Craziness!  Busy, busy, busy!  Well have a great day!

Watercolor Twigs

Hi there!  Just wanted to post some of my students' beautiful watercolor studies of twigs.  They just came out so organic and interesting, I just had to share!  Who knew a simple twig could be so elegant and beautiful!?

 

Have a great day!

Fall Weekend

Two Pumpkins reminds me of a perfect fall day:)  

Did you have a good weekend so far?  I did for the most part except it was so rainy and cold here in Cleveland.  The husband and I did some cleaning and organizing and I worked on a new painting and some ideas for a new artwork.  I also ran on my treadmill for the first time since April.  Yuck!  I love running outside a million times better than the treadmill!  It was so rainy and cold though that I had no choice:(  

Anyways, I am off to work out and possibly work on some Christmas card ideas...yes, Christmas already!  I am hoping to have some cards in my etsy shop by November.  Here are some of my cards from last year that I will be offering again:

 Well have a great Sunday!  I will leave you with this relaxing song that I am currently listening to by Colin Hay.  Yes, he is the lead singer from Men at Work!  I just love his mellow voice though...perfect for a rainy Sunday morning.  Have a good one:)

 

Grisaille Update

Hello!  Hope you are enjoying the weekend already!  I just love Saturdays! I got to sleep in until almost 8 today!  I am enjoying this now because I know when our little lady arrives I will not get to enjoy sleep as much:) 

So, how are you?  Things with me are pretty busy especially with school.  I am having a pretty good year so far and have the best students!  I just posted some of their artwork on my classroom blog, PHS ARTROOM if you would like to check it out.

A couple of weeks ago (yes it has been that long!)  I posted about a technique called grisaille.  The technique involves in creating a complete black and white value underpainting and then glazing color on top.  Here is my painting that I started with color added to it now.  It is not done by any means but i wanted to show you how the value underpainting really comes through underneath the applications of color. 
Here are the two paintings:
                                                  Before:  Black and White Underpainting

After:  With Acrylic Color On Top

I still need to add a ton to this painting but I sometimes like to leave it looking unfinished when i show my students so they can kind of get an idea of my process.

Anyways!  Hope you have a lovely October weekend!  The husband and I are going out to buy some wonderful fall-inspired decorations today.  I am all about mums, pumpkins and decorative squash and berries.  So excited to pretend to be Martha Stewart today:)  Have a great day!

Leaves of Change

 Hello!  Here is my newest artwork in my etsy shop.  It is called Leaves of Change and reflects my LOVE of this time of year!  It really is starting to feel like fall here in Ohio. 

Hope everyone is doing well!  I have been very busy with the school year and also with getting things ready for our newest addition coming in December!  The husband and I are so excited and can't believe in 3 months we will be parents!  Wow!  

Have a great rest of your weekend!