Need Some Advise on Puppy and What I'm painting today!

HI, I've been painting this watercolor of corn for a commission. A pour first then the drawing.. It will be a pig too. I finished the little hummingbird and hope to have that framed for my class this weekend. The class is on painting hummingbirds. We now have 2 males and a female Ruby Throated Hummingbirds visiting. Sadie ,the puppy,saw them last night for the first time. I don't think she was impressed like I was.

 Now Sadie is napping.:) Seems like it's the only time I have to get any painting done. Ha ha..but she is so much fun.except.. Anybody have any tips on how to get her to stop biting?? She's a sweetheart but thinks I"m her ma or sister and when she plays she chomps down on my hand.. yowl. As you know I'm a softy about hard discipline,so what am I to do... please-- advise would be great!

 love to you,Diana 
We've been having rain.. and it's chilly too.. I'm hoping for sunshine soon!

Nice Show

hi! Yesterday's art  show was lovely. We had tons of artists and lots of customers and the weather was nice too. We all sold some things,so that was good. Here's the painting I had started before the show and hoped to have at the show(but I'll have it finished for the Art on The Farm).. I had picked some wild dogwood from our yard and the hummingbirds have come and are zipping thru the back porch so I wanted to paint them too.

 This is Sadie,from Friday night. I had taken her outside to do her bathroom duties,it was dark. She smelled some animal and hightailed it up the steps and to the back door. I was there with her and didn't see anything.. but poor baby she was terrified. She raced into the house and ran to the den and got as close to the cat as she could. Ha ha.. poor old Rudy,our 19year old cat.. ha ha..

What are you doing this weekend? Take care, love,Diana

Tippy Toe Framing Day and Polar Bear Bathrobe!

It's been tippy toe day here. I've framed and Sadie has taken so many naps and played by herself. She was wonderful. Of course this morning she found some very smelly and decaying stuff in the forest. I'll spare you but I picked her up and got it from her mouth.. and tried to walk out of the woods but naturally got my feet tangled in wild vines.. and me, puppy and I was still in my polar bear bathrobe-- down we went.. rolling in the leaves.. ha ha.No close neighbors thank goodness! :)

So glad to have the framing done.. Here's a photo from the Hospice Fundraiser, me in the top one and the sweet one in the bottom. love to you,Diana
Tomorrow we set up for the show! Wish me luck at the show.. Thanks!!!!

Potato Masher Imprint in Watercolor and Zen Puppy

Hi, We've spent most of the day outside. It's warm and sunny, so nice! I took my paint out and sat on the steps and Sadie played as I painted a little. Working on this little blue cow. Remember the potato masher.. here is the imprint as her nose!! Ha ha.. I couldn't help it.. It just seemed to fit the cow.  I've still got so many to frame for the show but that's ok, and with Sadie,it seems it's do it at  nap time or never.(It's nap time now.) I have to watch her or she gets into things. I will tell you she is very Zen. Yes... really, :). We have a very large wind chime hanging from a pine tree in my flower garden, she heard it chime for the first time today, sat down and listened..ears perked up. Later she did the same.. it was adorable.

Art Show This Weekend and Sadie Got Stuck

HI, I just sent my email for the upcoming art show this Saturday, It's the Women's Club Juried Art and Craft Show.I finished the orchid painting by adding a male hummingbird and that extra line of orchids.-- This is the photo I sent with the invitation to the show.. There will be artists, food and lovely plants. I've got an inside spot.It's also the weekend of Garden Tour, which means bus loads of people coming to certain old or unique homes to enjoy touring the homes and gardens. Hope they all stop by for a cookie, plant and painting!!  :)

 Sadie will stay with John.. John's grumbling some. This morning she got caught underneath the kitchen cook stove.. I got her out,she was fine and didn't mind at all but I didn't want her under there with that large cord and plug.. She likes to chew on electrical cords.. We're working on that.. I made a mistake last night and pulled her up into the recliner with me and we both fell asleep all snuggled together.. so today she decided to get up there by herself. Oh my.. I don't want her to do that so I'll stop and get down in the floor with her to snuggle.. I'm not sure who is disciplining who.. ha ha. Talk to you soon, Love,Diana

Benefit Last Night

Here's some photos of last night. I was taking the photos so none of me.. I did finish the painting. It's a landscape from a pour I did yesterday afternoon.  Here's Carol in the back and Lois in the front. They left early, I stayed until it was over. Painting the whole time, I started a new one of orchids. You know how I love flowers. Hospice is a wonderful organization and I hope they got plenty for our paintings. Here's our little Sadie.. Have a wonderful weekend. Love,Diana

Corks and Forks Fundraiser and Sadie

Butterfly watercolor finished and Sadie napping by me.

Sadie

Sadie in my lap checking out the new cow watercolor!

HI, I have gotten some painting done but it sure has been busy with the new puppy. Sadie loves to play so it's been hard squeezing it in! Sadie had her first taste of coffee the other day.. you know how I love coffee and had a cup in the backyard with us and she stuck her whole nose in it.. she didn't like it at all.. hard to understand because she found a petrified frog and thought that was the living in.. I pried it from her mouth and threw it deep in the woods. Ha..

 I finished my tiger swallowtail  watercolor.( I saw one in the backyard yesterday! No hummingbirds yet though.) The butterfly watercolor has the iridescent glaze on it so it sparkles. Now I"m working on another little blue cow painting. I put the other similar one at the Stage Door Gallery in Cape Charles. Each one of the paintings are different.

 Tomorrow night I will be painting plein aire at the Corks and Forks Fundraiser  at the Eastern Shore Country Club. This supports Hospice on the Eastern Shore. The painting will then be auctioned off. The view from the patio where I'll be painting- is lovely, a beautiful water scene. Two other artists will be there painting too, Carol Campbell and Lois Fawcett.
Talk to you soon.  Wish us luck tomorrow night! love to you,Diana