Wrapped and Ready to Load

HI, Well Rudy thinks it's her table now.(Not what I want.) OH my, she's 17 and has arthritis and cries when she jumps up on something. I painted with her there today, just a tiny acorn painting. I'm better but am still going to rest after this. Tomorrow's show is at 10am-5pm. Here's the acorn painting at the top. No more painting until after the show...I've got supper on the stove. I heard from the lady with the pregnant lab.. she's thickening up and she 's pretty sure the dog is pregnant. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  Here are some of my smaller fall paintings ready to go. Everything is wrapped and ready to load. OH MY. :)  Will let you know how it goes..have a great weekend, love to you,Diana

Experimenting with watercolor.

HI! This is a Great Blue Heron sketch of his head. I was experimenting with my pouring and wanted to show you. The second photo is of the water applied to the paper with some color and I pressed plastic wrap on it and then took a tiny brush loaded with color and stuck underneath the plastic, which defined the lines more but leaves it wispy. I want to try this with clear water and the wrap and the sneaky tiny colored brush,to see what happens. I also put some gold metallic watercolor on it for fun.Taking it slow. But getting some ideas! Always Right!! Happy weekend, Talk to you soon,Diana

New Screech Owl and Acorns

I've been painting all day. Working on the acorns and little screech owl.J. will be home soon for supper. talk to you soon, Diana
Daisy's on the front steps waiting for him to get her yummy.
I had to come back and widen the face of the little owl. It was too skinny. I saw this owl here in my backyard.

Monarch,Acorn, and, It's Raining Pine Cones

Well, I just finished this monarch painting. I had to put the acorn in it. I have been picking them up out of the yard for days. They are so cute. I do see I need more white dots on the bottom left hand side of the butterfly. All the other white dots were painted around but I guess I went over the missing ones with my black paint mixture. I'll add them tomorrow.( yes with white paint-- only in emergencies do I use this! :) The monarch takes me the longest because of so many dots. I draw them, then paint around them. I don't like misket. I've used it before and the paper turns orange/yellow.. or pulls off terribly. Anyway it's more difficult not to use it!

We've had a strange thing going on in our backyard. For days it's been raining pine cone pieces. Green ones. We have 2 30-40foot pines in the middle of the yard and squirrels are up there eating these pine cones. What they are doing is peeling them like an artichoke. Once in awhile a clump of pine needles falls. The trees are lob lollies. I know they are eating seeds.. but if you know more please fill me in. Thanks! talk to you soon, Diana