Motivation To Finish

Motivation To Finish

Finish is my word for 2018!!!

I started upgrading and redoing my website,

www.paintingwithacrylics101.com

late last year and I had hoped to have it completed by now.

It's not finished yet,

but it's very close.

I write a Motivation Monday blog post almost every Monday,

and you might think it's for you,

But really - it's for me!

I struggle with tech stuff and I put off doing this project

because it is so difficult for me.

So my Motivation Mondays are my effort to keep me going on the project and 

FINISH!!!

I really wanted to add a membership site to my website.

So what's a membership site you ask?

It's sort of like a gym membership.

You pay by the month and every single month you receive new classes to teach you how to paint.

The Painter Nation Members Club will be available in May

 (I hope)

Things are going well!

I'm nearly done!

I am so excited, because 20 years ago when I was first learning how to paint, I would have hopped all over something like this that could have shortened my learning curve and got me up and painting much quicker.

If that's something you're interested in, 

stay tuned for more information tomorrow about what you can expect in the Painter Nation Members Club.

You're gonna love it!!!

This short little video is just a tiny sample of the types of things that you will find in the Painter Nation Members Club in addition to two new classes each month.

I sent out a very short survey last month to my email list.

If you didn't receive that email 

I'm attaching a link to the survey here.

Click HERE to take my short survey.

It will help me know what you would like to learn in the future.

And since this is an art blog,

I thought I'd better throw some art on here.

The Kentucky Derby is quickly approaching and this area of the country is going into overdrive about horses,

I thought I'd show this painting.

This is the front of the Kentucky Derby Museum

at Churchill Downs.

This original painting is on a 6" x 6" canvas panel and
 is set in a wooden shadow box frame.

It can sit as is or hang on a wall.

First Saturday in May

Special Price

$50 + $10 shipping.

Thanks for stopping by today
and have a great day
and FINISH something.

Day 11 - Good Eatin

Day 11 -Good Eatin

First and foremost,

May everyone remember 9/11 today

as we mark the anniversary of one of the worst days,

in my lifetime, in America.

I pray for the families, the first responders and our nation as a whole as we continue to feel the effects of that day.

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My son was in last week and one day we went to Cincinnati, OH to Findlay Market and to Jungle Jim's, so much more than a grocery store.

Findlay Market has been around for well over 100 years

and it is so charmingly beautiful 

and I knew when I was there I would be painting from the reference photos I took.

 Let's Eat

10" x 10" Acrylic on a Panel

$75 (Only during the challenge) FREE Shipping

 

I remember going to Findlay Market as a child,

and it was impressive then.

I was very young and I still remember looking up at sausages hanging all hooked together in a long rope.

Here are a few process pics.

(I'd do more, but it's taking my computer forever to download).

 Putting buildings in.

 Doors and sides of buildings.

And right in the middle,

this happened.

Broke one of my fav brushes.

 I glued it back together .

 Putting details on doors, awnings, door handles.

 Shadows, signs, getting ready for the star of this show,

the lamp post.

That's right.

I did all that work so I'd have a back drop for a lamp post.

Findlay Market is in the old German section of Cincinnati,

(I know, which section of Cincinnati isn't an old German section)

The buildings are tall and skinny,

quaint,

beautifully painted,

and there are lots of flowers, flower boxes,

even flowers on lamp posts.

Findlay Market has food, glorious food

in all shapes, sizes, colors and smells.

The smells are incredible.

You can buy any kind of:

meat,

bread,

candy,

produce,

cheese,

fish,

ethnic food,

and the spices are incredible. 

We had a wonderful day,

and I'm sure I'll be going back.

Soon.

Till then,

I'll have to be content to paint from the reference photos I took.

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Blogaversary Update

I just notified two people of their winnings

and they both claimed their prizes!

I still have lots of paintings and online painting classes and a full blown art course to give away.

Scroll back up to the top on the right hand side and put your email in the box that says

(wait for it)

"Subscribe To My Blog"

(get it - Blogaversary)

Put your email in the box and then when you receive an email asking you to confirm you actually did sign up,

confirm it.

Then you're in and there's nothing more to do.

If I draw your name out of my virtual hat,

I'll send you an email with 

"NO Joke! YOU WON!"

in the subject line.

Answer me in 24 hours and you get the prize.

  

A Fist Full of Reasons to Go to a Gallery Opening.

What is a gallery opening and why should I go?

Aren't galleries always open?

A gallery opening is a way of saying, "Hey we have new art you might want to see!"

A gallery opening is a festive affair where usually the featured artist is there, dressed  in something other than their paint splattered clothes.

A gallery opening is a chance to meet the artist or artists and find out about them and how and why they create what they create.  You will learn about their process.  You will learn about what inspires them.  You will some really cool stuff.  Maybe you'll be inspired to create your own art.

A gallery opening is a chance to get dressed up (nothing formal) and go out for the evening.

A gallery opening usually has food.  Yum! Who doesn't like food?

A gallery usually has an opening when they have a new artist or a competition, or a new show, or if the artists have changed out their work and everything is different from the last time you were in.

A gallery opening is usually free, at least in Carrollton, KY and it is a fun change of pace from the Friday night football game, shopping at the mall, or sitting home in your jammies.

You don't have to stay long.  Come in, walk around, look at the art, talk to the artist, have a bite to eat.  Now that doesn't sound too painful does it?

We will be having openings the first Friday of every month from 4-8 p.m. so pencil us onto your calendar.  It will usually be a featured artist of the month, but we could branch out into a theme show or something else wild and crazy.  

I usually give something away.  Who doesn't like free stuff?  No free original art for you?  OK, don't put your name in the hat.  

Sometimes I have a pretty good sale on certain items.  Not sayin for sure, but you'll want to check out the prices on all the paintings I did as demonstrations during classes.

So there, now you have a fist full of reasons to come to our gallery opening tonight.  As if seeing 30 paintings in 30 days wasn't enough of a reason.  

See you tonight.

449 Main St.

Carrollton, KY  41008

4-8 p.m.

Day 17 Market Day

Day 17 Market Day

Market Day 20" x 16" 

unframed acrylic on a stretched canvas

$200 + $20 shipping.
 

 We have two market days in Carrollton, KY.,

Wednesday in the afternoon and Saturday morning.

We also have a huge variety of products at our market.

But these two were spectacular this past fall.

Beautiful hardy mums and every kind of fall decorative imaginable.

Great job Monica and Mandy.

 

Learning Curves Ahead

First Attempt

This was the first painting we did at the Dreama Tolle Perry Workshop.

It's hard learning to loosen yourself up,

but it was a lot of fun learning.

These two paintings are from day two.

The red awning one is the one we were supposed to do

and the green one I did because it reminded me of my flower shop

in Augusta, KY.

Thought my kids would get a kick out of it.

This is my musical easels painting.  

We each got our own paintings started,

then when the music quit 

we moved to another easel to work on someone elses painting

and someone moved to our easel to work on ours.

We only had a few minutes to work on each painting

so it really freed you up to see what needed to be done,

and do it.

This was my free style painting.

We were each supposed to bring some photos to work on in our free time.

I took the photo for this painting at Stream Cliff Herb Farm several years ago.

This is a 6 x 6 and I'm going to keep working on it in different sizes until I'm really happy with it.

Again, I wasn't too happy with it until I got the pathway pretty chunky and added a different color to the sky.

Neither of which took more than a few minutes to do.

Amazing what a few strokes can do!

None of these are for sale.

But,

as I get better,

there will be some at a future time.

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Dreama little dream

Dreama Tolle Perry Workshop

Carmel, IN

February 27-29, 2012

Learned so much and had so much fun.

Met some incredibly talented women.

Loved the Renaissance Gallery

and the town of Carmel, IN is fabulous.

These are the paintings from the first day.

Mine is still too tight, but it was so fun learning how another person paints 

and trying to go there.

Don't know if I ever will,

but the journey is so fun.

These were our paintings the second day.  

I did two that day.

The second one has a green awning and I painted it to look like my flower shop I owned in Augusta, KY.

Petal Pusher Flowers

These are our musical easels paintings.

This was a really fun exercise where we started our own paintings,

but then 8-10 people actually painted and finished the paintings.

That was the funnest exercise I've ever done.

They are all beautiful paintings even though they had many authors.

I'll post my own paintings later.

I tweaked them once I got home and caught my breath.

I really like them all.

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