This Painting was sold to somone from Ohio.

This painting was done with gorilla glue and acrylics on canvas.

Pathway To The Forest



This Painting Sold Yesterday - November 17th, 2011

I am so sorry for being gone for so long.  Many things happened through the last few months and I just did not feel up to keeping up my blog.

Painting for my younger sister. "The Love Of Autumn"

My youngest sister wanted to buy one of my paintings. In all good conscience I could not sell her a painting. So I have decided to do a painting for my 3 sisters and two brothers to take with hubby and I when we go North to see them in June. Here is the painting for my youngest sister. It is somewhat like the one she wished to buy with the kind of frame that she likes.

The painting is watercolor on Arches 300# cold press watercolor paper. I hope you enjoy the painting as much as I enjoyed do the painting.

Since I am not a whiz at taking excellent photos of my artwork; my photos do not do justice to my paintings. I hope you can get at least an idea of what the painting is about.

Progressive With My New Painting

Below are three photos of my progress of the painting "Egret In The Marsh At Assateague, Virginia"
The bottom photo to the right is the beginning of the painting. As you can see I have a long way to go.

It took many different coats of acrylic paint to get the background just right. Then I used gorilla glue, and modeling paste to build up the egret and some of the grasses. I painted the water. Using sand, I then built up the land pieces. After I sanded down the egret and the grasses, I started painting the grasses and the egret. When the painting was finished, I signed the painting and put two coats of varnish to preserve the painting.

Then I took a photo of the painting this morning without the frame. That is the top photo on the right.

The photo to the left is the painting with its frame.

The painting was done on canvas with acrylic paints, sand, gorilla glue, and modeling paste. It took quite awhile to do, but I certainly enjoyed producing this painting.

Signs Of Spring In My Yard In 2011

A few pictures of the signs of Spring, 2011 in my yard.  I am especially proud that I was able to get a photo of the bumble bee flying and how I was able to capture the wings.  I certainly do love my Canon Rebel SLR OES camera. I have never been this excited over a camera before.

Our Excursion To Assateague To Try Out My New Camera

The Oyster Catchers were quite a distance away, but the new 55-250mm lens for my Canon Rebel DSLR camera did a wonderful job capturing the birds in flight. I like taking these sort of photos. Since I am an artist, I feel birds in flight make a better painting.

I get very excited when I can take so many photos of the birds flying.  I do like them to pose at times, but most of the time I love the birds in flight.

                                                      

Landing



The movement in the flight is just so awesome to see. It was a little on the cold side, and the wind was blowing harder than we would have liked, but I wouldn't miss getting the photos for the world.  









Little One Enjoying the Atlantic Ocean And The Flying Ringbilled Sea Gull

The little child is having a hard time standing with the wind blowing so hard. I saw this and knew right away that I was going to try and paint this scene. These photos only happen once in a while. Isn't she cute?

Here is one of the birds  known on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  I love the White Egrets.  They have long legs so they can scratch the bottom of the bay to stir up the blue crabs. The "Watermen" are not happy to see these wonderful birds because of their appetite for the blue crabs.




White Egret Hiding In The Tall Grass

  

Of course, I had to show you the White Egret in Flight. Isn't it so majestic?



White Egret In Flight

The Great Blue is another well known bird of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  He never moved, so I never did get a shot of him in flight.

The Great Blue or Blue Heron




















Last but not least, is a baby turtle sunning itself. (Diamondback Terrapin)


Baby Turtle Sunning Itself On The Drift Wood. Mommy and Daddy Are Close By..

After our excursion, Hubby and went to lunch at one of our favorite Restaurant's. Then Hubby had to go to work. He works part time at WalMart.  Hubby will be 70 years old April 18th and I will be 70 years old August 2nd of this year. We definitely recommend retirement for everyone.  See you soon.  I hope you enjoyed seeing some of  our excursion.

O-o-o-ps. Posted the unfinished version Ice Fishing

Here is the finished version. Granddaughter ice fishing for ice. She told her friend she was going to catch ice. She actually asked her dad how long did it take to catch ice. The true innocence of a child.