The Clothesline

With my house full of boxes of decorations waiting to be put in their place I realized that this would have to be my last Christmas Card pai...

Well I think I have finished all the ATC's I needed to do. I have to go over my list now and double check to make sure I covered everyon...

My family ditched us this year, I started out with a house full and ended up with no one. My kids decided to go to Glamis early and beat the...

These are quick watercolor paintings without a prelim sketch, very loose, fun, and fast. Jean Haines did a wonderful video demo at the Wat...

Marta and I went to life drawing last night at the museum. It was the first time I have seen her since her trip. She showed up with olive oi...

We are landscaping our backyard and we have put in a pool. This has been a long project since we began it back in March/April. We basically ...

The reception was just wonderful and they had a really good turn out too. For me personally, I had the best turn out, all my kids came and m...

Well today is the reception gallery opening for the Visions Art quilt show. I am so excited, I have all my kids going and my husbands family...

This one is a sketch I started one night while I was laying in bed and my husband was watching the news. I was thinking about how everyone s...

I am working on some Christmas Cards for this year. I haven't yet decided what I want to send out to represent us this season. I have do...

Well I am so glad to come out the other side of that week. We had concrete poured four days in a row, the neighbors were starting to think w...

Randy and I had the opportunity to have an afternoon alone. We went and ran some errands and then went to lunch. Jennifer had gone with her ...

Trying to stay inside as not to breathe too much smoke. I am still working on images for my Christmas cards this year. I also painted this...

The fires continue today, the death toll is climbing as they find more bodies in the ash. Its so sad, I am sure the stories of these homeow...

We are on fire, not us personally but so many around us. I feel so bad as I watch the total destruction around me. Our families have been to...

I was tagged by Maria-Dom , I am supposed to write 7 random things about myself and then tag seven people. I am tagging Marta , Wendee , Ter...

Yes, another year has snuck by me and I can't believe I am getting this old!!! I don't feel this old!!! I awoke to my coffee steamin...

I finally christened my first hand made watercolor sketch book. I have been working on a watercolor project at Watercolor Haven, autumn leav...

I just recieved the postcard mailing for the Visions Art Show, its a art quilt show that my quilt was juried into. It will run from November...

I got home safely but I was in such a bad mood getting home. I think its that coming off the mountain let down. I enjoyed having some time ...

Well its that time of year again, retreat time. There is a great group of women that get together twice a year for a retreat, one in Big Bea...

I love the feeling and colors of fall. We are just starting to see the effects of the cooler nights. I look forward to the trees blooming in...

We were challenged at the Watercolor Haven to paint rust. I found an old copper pot that I have always loved and decided to see if I could r...

My girlfriend got her daughter a new puppy some months ago. I have been wanting to paint this adorable bassett hound who tripped over her ow...

I signed up for another Christmas card exchange, actually two more. One is to be a pen and ink and one is watercolor or whatever media. I re...

I have been struggling to paint these beautiful birds of Paradise that have started to bloom since the weather is cooling off. I painted the...

Hi everyone out in the web world, I have been so wrapped up in the backyard and all the construction plus the new quilts I am doing I haven...

I bought a property in Idaho with my mom as an investment. It has sat vacant for almost two years and when we go up and try to work on it th...

I am just feeling so frustrated, and I know that all of us who frame artwork feel it everytime we go to frame something. Why cant the frames...

I am still playing with pastels, I seem to be drawn to them right now, probably because they are new! I am easily bored so I guess I need to...

I was able to get to another life drawing class. I missed last month and I really want to try and go to these, I feel it really improves my ...

I had the wonderful opportunity to take a pastel workshop with Diana Ponting. It was incredible, I learned so much and made a bunch of new f...

This month the color is white, white is wonderful to paint since it reflects all the other colors and if done right, will read as white alth...

Today is July 9, the anniversary of Jennifers crash. It is a weird day, it always feels weird. Some years I try to go out and fill the day...

I did a quick sketch of lavender on postcard, its another practice in looseness. Its amazing how hard it is to be loose and successful wit...

I am painting this for one of the online art monthly challenges. I love chickens, we used to raise them and actually showed them at the fair...

I am falling in love with this little person I call my grandson. I know you always love them but when you get to spend alot of good qualit...