BIRD SERIES

Watercolors

Black Throated Sparrow

9x12

$125

Tufted Titmouse

9x12

$125

Sea Gulls

9x12

$125

Watercolor Paintings by

Margie Whittington

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"LIGHT IN THE FOREST"

Watercolor

7x10

by

Margie Whittington

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"HILL COUNTRY PONIES" by Margie Whittington

"HILL  COUNTRY  PONIES"

A New Painting by

Margie Whittington

24" x 30"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

(no framing necessary)

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Morning in the Garden

Plein Air Painting in the

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

"ROSE  GARDEN"

12"x12"

Acrylic on Canvas

The day was overcast but the gardens were

still beautiful.  The fragrant roses were heavenly.

What a lovely place to spend some quiet time.

Except it wasn't exactly quiet, lots of photography going on.

Babies portraits, wedding portraits, everyone wants a

picture of themselves among the roses.

Come back and visit soon and visit the

Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens if you get a chance.

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Sketch Book Entries

Giraffe

4x4

pencil sketch in Sketch Book

Emu

4x4

Windmill

4x4

Watercolor Sketch

4x4

The Charles M. Russell exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum in

Fort Worth, Texas inspired me to start sketching in my

my Drawing Journal again.  Russell was a tremendous watercolor artist.

The show has some of his sketch books, brushes and paints on display as

well as his paintings.

He also worked in oil and did bronzes.

Great Show!

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Oil Painting Workshop, Lake Granbury Art Association

GREEN PITCHER

9" x 12"

Oil on Canvas

COLORADO  LANDSCAPE

9" x 12"

Oil on Canvas

HOLLY  HOCKS

6"x6"

Oil on Canvas

GOLDEN ASPENS

6"x6"

Oil on Canvas

ORANGE JUICE?

9"x12"

Oil on Canvas

FLORAL AND FRUIT

9"x12"

Pastel

KAYE FRANKLIN OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP

July 20,21,22, 2011

Lake Granbury Art Association
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I thoroughly enjoyed a three day workshop with  master artist and teacher,

Kaye Franklin http://www.kfranklinstudio.com/Artist.htm
from Grahm, Texas.  She included florals and landscapes in oil and also

a floral pastel in her daily demos.  All were very informative. She gave individual

instruction as well. I also got to stay at my good friend's home who is an excellent

oil painter, Joyce Thomas http://thomasjoyce.blogspot.com/  . 
We enjoyed visiting and taking the workshop together.

Other artist friends were there, Sheri Jones http://www.sheriart.blogspot.com/ ,
 Beth Pritchard, and Diana Littlejohn and new

artists friends were made.  A great three days of painting.  Hope you enjoyed

viewing the paintings above that I completed in the workshop.

These paintings and others are on my gallery page on

Daily Paintworks with details and pricing. 

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HILL COUNTRY BLUES, The Good Art Company, Fredericksburg, Texas

HILL COUNTRY BLUES

The Good Art Company

Fredericksburg, Texas

June Featured Artist - Margie Whittington

"Hill Country Farm"

30" x 36"

Acrylic on Canvas, Framed

SOLD

"Goat and Kid"

6"x6"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

SOLD

Email Ad  advertising the First Friday Art Walk, June 3, 2011

Art on Display at the Good Art Company by Margie Whittington

Candy Bars wrapped with

a picture of a painting by Margie Whittington

The Friday art walk in Fredericksburg, June 3, 2011 was

well attended.  We enjoyed meeting patrons of the gallery and enjoying

the music and refreshments.

We also had the opportunity to stay at a lovely B&B, owned by

Brandon and Mary Katherine Fickle.  A comfortable and charming cabin by

a creek close to East Main Street.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

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"MARDI GRAS LADY II"

"MARDI  GRAS  LADY II"

9" X 12"

Pen and Ink on Charcoal Paper

with White Pastel Chalk

by

Margie Whittington

Second in a series of three drawings with

zentangle designs.

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"MARDI GRAS LADY I"

"MARDI  GRAS  LADY  I"

Pen and Ink Drawing on Grey Charcoal Paper

with White Pastel Chalk

9" x 12"

by

Margie Whittington

This is the first drawing in a series of  three drawings of a Mardi Gras

head dress and a woman's face. 

Come back soon to see the next drawing in the series.

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GONE FISHIN!

"GONE  FISHIN!"

It was a gorgeous Spring day and what better to do than...

take a drive in the country and go fishing!  Our nephew has friends

that have a ranch close to Midlothean, Texas with three fishing tanks.

We caught big mouth bass and a few brim.  Because it is spawning season,

we threw them back and will catch them again later on in the spring.

I caught one as big as the one Phil has in the picture below but didn't

have my camera at the time.  I do have witnesses, my nephew, brother-in-law

and Phil, my husband.  It was a glorious day and we had so much fun.

Thanks for the memories, John!

Photos of the prairie lands around the tanks we fished.

We were not alone out there. 

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"CREATIVITY"

"Creativity is the mind at play with

the materials that it loves."~Carl Jung

                     A friend inspired me when she gave me a "Mini-quilted Birthday Card"       

to get out my fabric and ribbon embroidery basket.

I had made a ribbon embroidered crazy quilt pillow for my

grandaughter for Christmas as shown in a prior post.

I had some scrapes from that project left and could not bring myself

to throw them away.  So I was delighted with the idea of this little quilt.

I decided to use my scrapes to make some 4" sachet angels with lavender

seeds inside for a delicate lavender smell.

Below are pictures of two angels made from the

crazy quilt scrapes and one made with raw silk and embroidered flowers.



 

Pictured below is my "Mini-quilt Birthday Card" and some

others that my friend has made.

@ 5"x7"

I finished another crocheted baby quilt, white with a blue edge
for a friend  who has a new grandson.

 

That's it for now.  I have enjoyed keeping my hands busy making these items, now

I need to get back to painting!!!!!!!

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