DSFDF Week 37 & 38 Challenge - Summer Vegetables

What fun! In time for the picnic season, here's a little platter of lovely summer veggies.

Thanks to Karin Jurick and her Different Strokes Challenge. This is the most fun I've had painting an ACEO in quite awhile.

Look for it here.

Preparing for Christmas...

HELLO!? Am I the only one playing here?


I am done with my must do items and finally can get started on preparing for Christmas! It's relief and none too soon as I promised to paint all my greeting cards this year. It's a resolution I've kept so all the birthday and anniversary cards I sent this year have been 5 x 7 watercolor paintings.

I've started the Christmas Greetings and here are a few samples...I just need about 40 to cover my list!

On the Cliff


Holly


...To the Woods


Creek Melt


A little Fog, a little Snow...
Happy Christmas from the Oregon I know!

The two greeting cards pictured below are in my Etsy shop



Winter Greetings


Winter Greetings 2

You know I'll be painting for the next several days...Oh, and cooking a Thanksgiving Feast.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

In Deep

Been splashing water and paint everywhere. This rose is 12 x 16. Largest watercolor I've done this year. Maybe the most fun, too. Won't see roses blooming again until late spring, this one will last me until then.

PEARS - Why not?

Three Pears
Available for painting and snacking at reasonable prices!

New Daytime Meeting

I have enjoyed the new daytime meetings at Joe's Cafe at ten in the mornings. I have a terrible time driving at night and haven't been able to participate as much as I would like. Last month there were only three of us showed up to chat art. This month there were six of us chatting when a fellow asked us if we were an art group. His name was Bruce and he also was an artist from Portland. He was waiting at the coffee shop while his partner was doing something in town. We had him pull up a chair and join us. We also had two people that we had made contact with at the annual show. We all had things to share about what we have been doing with our art. We discussed getting together to paint and we also discussed in brief, the possibility of having a studio tour in the future. It was great to see everyone!

Signs

They're everywhere! Signs of Fall - I have too many trees and right now I have too many fallen leaves all over the yard. Since my neighbors have few or no trees, I share the leaves with them...to help celebrate the season!

Not Quite Ready...

The days are shorter and the kids are back to school. The nights are cooler and leaves are already falling off the oaks in my yard. I know what's coming but I am not quite ready for fall, just yet.
Just hanging on to the last blooms a little while longer.

White Poppy

No Watercolor used here...

Theresa's Rose

I painted this little ACEO with markers...and now it's SOLD.

Utrecht Painters in the Shade

Utrecht Painters in the Shade
Oil on Hardboard
8" x 10"






I participated in the Park Blocks annual event. Most of my time was spent painting buildings but about 20 minutes before quiting time. I couldn't resist painting this group. It was over 90 this day in the shade but it was fun afterward.

Take Your Pick

Here we go again...a little bunch of house plants just waiting for me to knock them off!
Actually, these are the only African Violets I can keep without killing them.

Take Your Pick