It's NEVER Too Late To Start Again!

It Truly is NEVER Too Late -

So Let's Get Started!

It's May already!

 Flowers are blooming all over the farm.

Some of my favorite painting subjects.

Nearly half way through the year

and where are my goals?

I know I wrote them down.

Now where did I put them?

Ever happen to you?

Happens to me.  A lot!

Even if I know where I wrote them down,

I often don't follow through as well as I should.

So this is often my mantra!

It's never too late to start again.

So today I did.

I read,

I meditated.

I fixed a healthy breakfast.

I did some warm up exercises,

I did some stretching

and then I did a workout routine for women over 50.

(I'm way over 50).

Got dressed.

Cleaned up the kitchen.

And now I'm talking with you.

Will I do that every day this week?

I have no idea,

but that is the plan.

I'm holding you accountable to hold me accountable!

I'll check in and you check up on me, OK?

Leave a note in the comments about your goals and how you meet them, about starting over, or anything else you need to get off your chest.

Now for my favorite flowers I love to paint.

I painted these 7" x 5" florals as gifts for a baby shower I hosted for one of my daughters this past weekend.

We had a wonderful time 

and I thank everyone who came. 

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Let's paint together real soon.

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Yep!

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Remember this code is only good through midnight May 7.

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Thanks for stopping in today. 

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painting tips, hints, tricks, etc.  

Spring Painting At Jefferson Community Technical College

Way To Relax Before Finals

Our local community college,

Jefferson Community Technical College

has finals next week

and this week they are having different events to help

students relax before testing.

They sponsored a painting class

and 6 students took advantage of this opportunity.

Here we are using a hair dryer to dry our paint

so we can move on.

Having lots of fun!

Painting is therapy!

You don't think about anything else going on in you're life,

just where do I want to put the paint.

Here we all are with our bird's nest and eggs.

I had a wonderful time,

and I think they did too.

Good luck on your finals next week all!

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Painting Birds Nests and a Horse

Fun Painting Classes Last Week

I had two classes scheduled this last week and

they were both at General Butler State Park

in Carrollton, KY

One class was on a Friday night and while we didn't have a huge crowd, we had fun painting regardless. 

Jeanne hasn't painted in approximately 50 years or more.

She was very attentive had a great command of color and using her brush even after all that time.

We painted this fun birds nest.

I think she did a great job.

If you're looking for some entertainment, I'll be teaching the third Friday of every month through 2019,

at General Butler State Park at 7 p.m. on the mezzanine 

in the lodge.

Go to their website and you can see what we'll be painting several weeks in advance.

Join us!

Then. . .

I had a great group Monday, April 22 in the afternoon

also at General Butler State Park.

This large group was all primed to paint a derby horse and the spires of Churchill Downs.  

Judy won this painting I did at Christy's Candles in Madison, IN.

Here's our group shot.

We had a great time and I think everyone hopes to do it again.

It's funny when you look at all these paintings.

Everyone had the same basic instruction,

but

they are all different

just like these ladies. 

Hopefully you'll be joining us painting at Butler sometime soon. 

Spring is Definitely On It's Way

Finally!

Spring Is Definitely On It's Way

This is a painting I did several years ago.

I never liked that forsythia bush in the front left.

Hidden Spring

10" x 8" Acrylic on a panel, unframed.

$50 + $8 shipping

So I worked on that bush and I'm much happier now.

Spring in Kentucky is beautiful.

We have dogwoods, phlox, redbuds, forsythia, crocus, tulips, daffodils of all sorts, and many other flowers.

This painting represents all of the beauty we have here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Last week we had a live video 
where I taught how to draw this iris. 

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Here's what we painted last week.

Thanks for stopping by

and let's paint together real soon!

Re-working a Painting

Why Would I Re-Work a Painting?

I didn't like it!

I didn't like it so much I didn't take a picture of the before.

The original had a green background

and one purple hydrangea bloom.

I love green and purple together.

This was an older work and while I liked it in the beginning,

I no longer liked it and realized how poor it was.

Hydrangea Love

10" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

unframed

$50 + $8 shipping

This really isn't a re-work.

I completely painted a new painting

over an old one.

There is nothing left of the original painting.

It's fairly impressionistic which I love.

For me, the thing that makes it work

are the leaves that separate the blooms.

I think this just shows we should never give up

on a work even if we don't like it.

As we continue to paint,

we learn something every time.

Sometimes we learn what not to do.

I had a great time working on this painting.

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You'll have a place to safely post your work and ask questions and encourage others.
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Thanks for stopping by today
and let's paint together real soon.

Painting Spring

Never Trust a Groundhog

Puxatawny Phil fooled us all!

He promised us an early spring

and

that definitely did not happen.

But

Here it comes.

Finally!

The very first daffodil blooms of the year!

I love them!

They are so fresh looking and after a long cold wet winter

they are so welcome.

I took this photograph on my way to my studio.

So then you know what I had to do.

First Bunch of Spring

10" x 8" stretched canvas

$75 + shipping

It took me a while to get the hang of painting daffodils.

The bell was the problem, but the petals that stand out were the real problem.

I haven't painted daffodils for a while so there's always a learning curve when you haven't painted a subject for a while and there was with these also.

But I'm pretty happy with this first bunch of spring.

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Thanks for stopping by today!