Me & Daisy

Another Painter painting....I just joined up with this amazing online group called Paint Outside the Frame, hosted by Marilyn Sholin. It costs $25.00 a year to join the forum and I have to say I have gotten my $$$ worth in just one day! The environment is very supportive of beginners and you have access to tons of tutorials, brushes and other Painter info. Marilyn is very active in the group and she gives you great suggestions for your work...almost like have your own personal instructor! If you enjoy Painter, head over ther TODAY! I did this painting to use as my avatar on the site.

Trying to Learn Painter...

I have decided to finally take the plunge and try my hand at Painter...I have been avoiding this for awhile, mainly because the program has always overwhelmed me in the past...So many brushes, variations, sizes, yada, yada, yada. I have a lot of customers who want paintings done from the photos I take. I paint well enough to get by, but I just don't have the time to put into a real oil painting that they may or may not like...So, here is my first attempt....I posted the original photo and my painted version. I know that they are fairly similar...I am still not real sure how to get the look I want...fur is tricky! I have a feeling the learning curve is going to be a bit steep, but I will post my efforts as I go along. What do you guys think? Too safe? Do my brush stokes look too mushy? That is my first impression...

Round Robin

I just started a Round Robin swap through Altered Art Obsession and these are my two pages. This is my first Round Robin experience and I am really looking forward to it...I am signed up for two diiferent swaps. The first one is Altered Books and the second one is Altered Journals. Each person sets the theme of their book and mails it to the next person on the list and eventually it comes back to me full of wonderful artwork based on my theme. My Altered book theme is "Post Secret" where you tell a secret about yourself on your page. My Altered journal theme is of course "Cats & Dogs". I can't wait until the end of the year to get the books back!

New Postcard design for 2007 & journal pages

I just ran out of postcards the other day so I decided to whip up a new one with some of my newer images. I like to show a variety of shots on the postcard because sometimes people think I only photograph pets when I do just as many portaits of families and kids. I think it turned out pretty cool and now I will have enough of them to wallpaper my house...Also a couple of journal pages to share. My husband and I celebrated our 12 year wedding anniversary last weekend so I wanted to do a page about that. We kept it low key this year and he is taking me to see Steely Dan in concert this Friday as a present....Yay! I love concerts.