Goin to the Library & Coco

I have been wanting to do this one for weeks. Kind of on a red theme for a while between "California Dreaming", "The Girl with the Bag" and now, "Goin to the Library"!

I am gonna see if Salon Owner will let me hang "Coco" in the shampoo room!

Supper at Sunset

I painted this from a black and white photo!

"DownTown" is finished!

Okay, now I am happy with it!

And guess what? I just sold a painting! FellowStylist bought "Glowing"!! I am so happy. I bought her "Pooch" painting.

We are both happy!! Art Party Girl said her first sale was to her uncle. What a high!

Oh, and I decided to take a Drawing One class at our local junior college. Monday and Wednesday mornings. Starts August 25. I can hardly wait. I have finally figured out that painting is drawing in color. I used to HATE it. Then I got all competitive that DayBreak was drawing. In spite of my wrong motive, it turned into a good thing for me.

Thankyou, DayBreak.

Thankyou, ArtParty Girl.

Thankyou, Fellow Stylist.

I stand on the foundation of the love of many.

"DownTown"

I should wait til this is completely done, but you all know patience is a virtue I have only a little of!! While Art Party Girl n I were flying home from Orlando last week, I found this tiny photo in a mag. Enlarged it and painted in acrylic on a 24" X 30" canvas.

June 13 Art Party

"Girl with the Bag"
Found her in a mag. Am very happy. Art Party Girl wanted me to call her "Gladiolas" bc she matched the flowers she bought for the Art Party tonight!!

"Silvia" I love her. Tortured and beautiful.

Errrrr. Uhhhhm. Embarrassing. Er, my first self-portrait.

Rolling Hills

While Jade, Jar n DayBreak were at the Florida Outpouring, I listened online (www.god.tv/stream ) and did this pastel, which is a copy of Don Tiller's FIELD DAY.

sketchin two

I bought a new sketch book and a case for all my pencils and erasers. Trying to be more organized so I will sketch more frequently. TT and I were watching T.V. and this plant sits on the coffee table where I had my feet propped!!

Glowing

I finished it. Looks better in life than here. Really!!

sketchin

Errr, I must keep working on my sketching. I only had a pen, and thought how DayBreak could sketch with a pen, so gave a self-portrait a whirl!! Face way too short, I know. And you can see, it started out even shorter. The bearded lady herself!

Unfinished?

I have always wanted to take a big brush and several colors and just glop paint! This seascape seemed to tell me it was okay with that!

So here it is! I have not decided if I am just going to leave it as is, or continue to work it. What do you think?

California Dreamin'

Okay, I LOVE this!! I had so much fun with this. I always loved bridges because my dad would tell me how they were built. I loved it when he talked engineering things with me. Second of three from June 29 party.

Some Beach

Art Party, June 29. I loved this reference photo. I think I really like C*O*L*O*R!!

So, here she is on "Some Beach"!

It's Time

I really hated the Triple Braided Cord painting, so I painted this over it. I am going to call this "It's Time". A painting about the awakening of the soul.

Art Party

"On the Fence"

"Close to My Heart"

Paint party nights are so much fun. Found out Dot is a born artist. OMGosh, hers is amazing. But she will have to start her own paint blog!!

No, I am NOT jealous of her!!!!

Only of DayBreak!!

lesson three

This was my mom's pewter compote!! And I did this while I was on the phone with DayBreak!! FUN!! And we are going to paint together!! Yeah!

lesson two

This was lesson two on perspective. Maybe I need to get a little perspective and not be jealous of DayBreak's drawing talent!!! LOL!

drawing lesson one

So I got a drawing book and here is lesson number one. Actually a client gave me this pitcher for a Christmas gift and the apples are wooden apples from my mom. This became sentimental in spite of myself!!

i don't like pencil

So I am on the phone with DayBreak and she tells me my painting has inspired her to draw.

Errrrrr. I HATE drawing. Why did I feel so competitive and haul out my sketchbook and a drawing tutorial while we were still on the phone?? Thanks a lot!!

on my own

After painting "Lauren's Lamp" I realized I liked painting on a colored background, so I tried painting out of my head! Not much there, as you can see! Did the magenta background first and then just this explosion of color.

My god son said, "Ms Hattigrace, it looks like a cross between a tree and fireworks. Why don't you call it "Fire Tree"? Works for me!

Yesterday, we all went to god-daughters first ballet recital. She dances at a wonderful Christian Performing Arts school. From a photo her brother took of her onstage dancing, I am beginning "In His Steps".

art party number threee

Oddly enough, for the third art party, Jade, Daybreak and I had been talking about the power of three. "If one can put a thousand to flight, two can put ten thousand and a triple braided cord is not easily broken."

Then I began thinking on Corinthians and the trilogy of Faith, Hope and Love.

The three of us had determined to pray through for a loved one, so the braided hair of our intercession.

I love the idea and really dislike the execution. It looks like a fourth grader painted it. But I still have it hanging because a big piece of my heart is in the concept! "Triple Braided Cord"

Totally disgusted with my first painting, our hostess handed me this piece of art paper and told me to do something else quick. She knew I needed a success. I was sitting on the floor, under the illumination of this lamp. This is "Lauren's Lamp".

second art party

I paced up and down the quiet street of my friend's quaint neighborhood, listening to the heartbreak of Jade's having to say good bye to someone she really cared for. I did not try to fix her pain, just listen.

She has magnificent blue-green eyes and I wanted to do this painting, in honor of her grief.

It is called "Good bye".

back to painting

My friend had an Art Party. I got a photo out of a mag and she instructed me to paint "purity". I used an entire orange pastel to draw it and a combination of acrylic and pastels to finish it. I actually really love this. It is the first thing I have done that I love.

And, it was beginner's "luck" because I have not done anything since that I really care for!