Etsy Treasuries, Fondue, Birthdays and a Giveaway!

Good morning!  Just wanted to share with you this lovely treasury I am in on etsy!  So exciting!  If you get a chance I would love it if you could check it out:)

So what are your plans for today?  I will be driving back to my small lil' hometown in Northwest, Ohio today.  It is my birthday on Friday and I will be celebrating it with my family and some wonderful friends.  The husband will be sailing in a regatta all weekend in Put-In-Bay.  We celebrated my birthday early by going to the Melting Pot for a 4 course fondue meal on Monday.  Oh my...heaven:)  I could eat fondue every day!

I am also thinking of having a giveaway soon with one of my artworks....the question is what should I give away?  If you get a chance please check out my etsy store and let me know what you think would be a cool thing to give away.  Would you like a mini 5 x 5 painting, a Vino reproduction print, hmm... I just don't know!?

Well I am off to go running and then pack for my trip!  Have a wonderful day!

Rainy Day in Northeast Ohio

Hope you are enjoying your Tuesday!  It is pretty rainy and humid here in Northeast Ohio but I don't mind!

Here is my view out my back window:

Kind of cloudy out still!

On days like this I LOVE to listen to songs like this:

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Anyways I have been trapped inside for most of the day and was able to finish up two big projects for my masters class!  Yay!  I think I am done for the summer:)

I also was able to add some reproduction prints to my etsy store!  I will be adding a couple more later today or tomorrow:) Here are some of the prints going into my store:

These are some of my favorite paintings that I have done.  I am only doing a limited edition printing of only 20! They look great in a 5 x 7 frame or mat and are fun gifts:)

Oh and here is another artwork that I recently finished:

Well I am off to do some more paintings!  I am trying to enjoy my free time as much as possible before school starts August 23rd. Ahhh!  Summer went by too fast!  Have a lovely, lovely day:)

Dandelion Days

Newest artwork! I will be adding this to my etsy shop soon! 

Enjoy your Sunday!  The husband and I are recovering today from a wedding we attended yesterday.   We LOVE to dance and definitely wore ourselves out busting a move last night:)  Tomorrow I am hoping to be a little more productive!  I love lazy Sundays:)

Fashion Collage Sketchbook

Here is a little sketchbook I did using some found papers (for the background) and blue paper with pencil for the illustrations of the lovely ladies.  I love playing around with mixed media in my sketchbook:)  

Fuji Apple Sketchbook

I think it is important to draw what you love.  Writers write what they know, artists should draw/paint what they know and love.

So today I drew part of my breakfast!  A lovely Fuji apple:)  They are my favorite except of course for Honeycrisp apples.  I cannot wait until the fall when those come out:)

 I used pen and my favorite Prisma colored pencils.  I am a very messy and sketchy drawer if you cannot tell:)  Patience is something I am still trying to master!

Have a fabulous Friday!

Summer Days

The one thing I LOVE about summer vacation is that I get to sleep in as late as I want and there is usually no hurry to get up and go!  I get to relax and drink my latte while watching the news.  That is what I am doing right now:)  Sleeping in late means 7/ 7:30 am though because Mr. Jack Henry likes to get me up early to go outside.  Today he got me up at 6:30...ahhh!

This is how Mr. Jack Henry usually spends his time.

I hope you are enjoying your summer as well!  Today I am going to continue working on my projects for my online masters class.  I cannot wait to be done with it!  I also hope to work on some more artwork and to finally list some new artwork in my etsy shop.  I actually have some prints to sell in my shop and I am excited to post them!

Well here is another little artwork I worked on yesterday in my summer studio.  

 

This 5 x 5 original painting is part of my Head in the Clouds series. I am obsessed with clouds right now.  They can be so happy sometimes:)

Well I am off to start my day!  Have a great one!

Bloggity Blog on a Wednesday

Hello!  Hope everyone is having a great week so far!  I have been crazy busy trying to finish some school work for one of my summer classes.  I cannot wait to be done with it!  I just thought I would post a new mini painting I just completed.

This mini painting is called "Afternoon Tea" and will be in my etsy shop as soon as I get a chance to post it!

Meanwhile, I also have fall on my mind already!  Here is a little fall tree painting/collage:

I hope to put this in my shop soon also!  Oh lots to do, lots to do indeed! Well back to work I go!  Have a great day:)

Collage of artwork

Here is a little photo collage of some of my artwork.  I think it is fun to see a group of artwork done by one artist all together.  It really shows the feeling and style of the artist.  

Little Red Bird

I just finished this little painting/collage tonight!  Planning on adding it to my etsy store soon:)

Purple Bird in Garden/Mini Painting

New artwork that can be found in my etsy store!

 

This is a little mini 5 x 5 inch painting.  I think it would look so cute in a little white or black frame:)

Hope you all had a great weekend.  I have been reading and painting a ton! Just what summer is for, right?!   Time for me to work on my summer class tomorrow though:(  Boo!