FallAgain!

New commission of a dog portrait,  a new owl painting of a barred owl and a page in the sketchbook project. A turtle shell and acorns. Sadie is doing fine. The #esvaartisansguild is having a party tonight so I am going bringing an apple cake and brownies .  Sadie and John will be answering the phone . We are getting ready for the Esva  Guild Tour in November so that will be fun. Wishing you all a wonderful  fall... time does fly love to you, Diana

Zucchini and Veggie Painting!

HI! Here is the new vegetable watercolor I just finished. It is a commission. I did a pour first, then drew the vegetables from their photos. It was fun to do especially since zucchini is one of my very favorite vegetables to eat!!..

We are having a restful weekend. Clay, our son is home. Sadie is napping. Have a lovely Labor Day weekend. love to you, Diana

Next Saturday is my Sunflower Class at Norfolk Botanical Garden. I love sunflowers, I'm looking forward to painting and teaching there then!

The End of Nablopomo!

HI, I have started this commission. The original painting, I did at least 20 years ago. She wants me to paint one like it for family members. So I've gotten the drawing on paper and then taken a bike ride this afternoon. The trees smelled almost spicy. It's so gorgeous outside.

Do you know what today is?? The Last day of November,the last day of my pledge to write each day in November(NaBlopomo=National Blog Posting Month)!!! WOW where are the balloons.. Do we get cake?? :) ok I'm just kidding... well maybe not about the cake. I will be back and I've enjoyed it.. it's been harder than I realized. take care.. love ,Diana

Finished Spider Tulips Painting

HI! Well I just finished. Here it is. I haven't signed it yet- will do that in a minute. It's propped up next to Daisy's rugs. I still haven't moved them. It's been 2 months and 2 days since she died. My sweet girl..

I'm so glad to be finished with this one. I hope she likes it. I'll give her a call in the morning. I want to wrap it in plastic and back it for her.

  I was surprised and happy to see my coneflowers. They actually came back and  are lovely in the morning light.. wow.. I may have to paint them.Are you painting things from your garden?

 The weather here is nice, which is a blessing as our air conditioner broke down this week. The part to fix it is coming in 10 days...It'll be humid and hot in the blink of an eye! :) hope not --ha ha.

 Hope you have a wonderful weekend..talk to you soon,Diana

Spider Tulips

HI, I've been working on this commission today, sitting on the back porch with the gentle rain coming down.  I've run out of energy so I'm going to read for awhile.I love to read, do you? I hope /plan to finish this painting this week. Hold me to it, ok!

Talk to you soon,Diana

  I'll go fix an iced coffee.( I freeze my leftover coffee into cubes and then add to the iced coffee it makes it stronger plus I don't waste the coffee.)

Christmas Commissions

Here are photos of the Christmas Commissions I did. The lady in the first one is making glass beads in her studio.Amazing,how does she do that! Hope you had a wonderful holiday.Ours was nice,tree is still up and gave most of the cookies away..-I would have eaten them if I hadn't!(I did make one batch of chocolate chip cookies.) talk to you soon, Diana

Little House Portrait

Hi, Here is a little house portrait. I just finished it.The size is about 3"by 4". It is located here on Virginia's Eastern Shore. We've been having the floors refinished this week so it's been a challenge with my art table and most of the furniture, 2 dogs, a cat and us jammed into 2 rooms, but hey. The floors are gorgeous-- ShenValley Floors of Onley,Va. did them.! The painting is finished and gorgeous! Now I think I need some flowers hum... to paint of course! talk soon,Diana