"Hill Country Blues I" & Hill Country Blues II"

"Hill Country Blues I"

24" x 30"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Hill Country Blues II"

24" x 30"

Acrylic on Canvas

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Watercolor Classes Painting of a Hydrangea in a Bottle

THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY

Arlington, Texas

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Wednesday Watercolor Classes

Painting  a Glass Bottle with a Hydrangea

The project for our Wed. Watercolor classes was

painting a glass bottle with a hydrangea.

I colorized the photo below to add more

color and contrast.

The following pictures are some of the paintings done in class.

Afternoon Watercolor Class

Corinne, Charlie, Ellie, Sally, Janie,  Joan and  Nancy

in this picture.

Claudine, Marilyn, Cathy,  Christine

and Francie  not pictured.

Patty





Janie



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       



Chuck



Janet



  

                           

Sally





Sandra







Victoria




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claudine



Claudine



Christine





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Thanks to all who have sent pictures of their paintings.

If you would like to send a picture of your painting, I can add it to the post.

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A Paint Out in Acton, Texas

The "Doug Club"  Paint out group met

in Acton, Texas close to Granbury at one of the group's property full

of interesting farm equipment and unique painting

subjects and a pond with a boat.  The May day was gorgeous, sunny with a

little breeze.  We all picked our spots and set up and got started painting

I was fortunate to have my husband, Phil, join me as he usually goes

to play golf on Saturdays. It was a fun day painting, meeting a

group of outdoor painters from Dallas, seeing artist friends and enjoying the beautiful

scenery and weather.

"The Red Tractor"

6" x 6" Acrylic on Canvas

Phil having a go at painting the swing!

Here's Doug, our leader.  He is so good to notify

the artists about paint outs at interesting locations.

The Red Tractor was a favorite subject!

A lazy summer day!

Hope you had a good weekend and a Happy Mother's Day!

Come back again soon.

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RADISHES X3

"TRIO"

4" X 4"

Acrylic on Canvas

"THE CHOIR"

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Canvas

"SOLO"

4" x 4"

Acrylic on Canvas

Inspired by German Artist Kora Fried's radish paintings, I painted these

three small paintings in our Acrylic Class this week. Take a look

at Kora's blog  http://korafried.blogspot.com/

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"MARDI GRAS LADY III"

9"x12"

Third in a series of three pen and ink

drawings on grey charcoal paper with

white pastel chalk highlights

by

Margie Whittington

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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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Donation to Daily Paintworks for Japanese Relief SOLD

SOLD   For a bid of $73 donated to the Salvation Army for Japan Relief

"Three Tulips"

8x10

Watercolor

Donation on Daily Paintworks

All proceeds go to the aid of Japan

$50 starts the bid  and the

auction is over on my painting on

Wednesday, March 31, 2011

I will donate the proceeds of this painting to...

SALVATION ARMY: The Salvation Army has been in

Japan since 1895 and is

currently providing emergency assistance to those in need.

The mat, glass and frame are included in the winning bid.

I will ship anywhere in the USA by UPS.

Shipping cost will be $20

Please go to Daily Paintworks and bid on my painting.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Challenge/FC50B15D-5016-4E5E-87F2-87C3F79BA65B

Scroll down through the paintings and click on this watercolor.

Right now it is on page 1.

Thanks so much!

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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