Eddie the Egret

Carla and I went to Will Rogers Park a few months ago and took some photos. This egret was standing by the water and not moving so he was an easy subject to photograph. There were several turtles swimming in the water but I didn't include them in my painting.

This was painted on a recycled canvas board. I have many unsuccessful paintings since I'm a beginner and I hate to throw them away so I'm recycling by painting over them. A lady on the Oil Painters Yahoo list suggested painting over them with an earth tone color so I tried it and it worked!

Cute Baby Lamb

Here is my latest sheep painting. I just loved this photo with the baby sheep (or lamb) looking back at me. The momma sheep (or ewe) is ignoring me but the baby is curious. Isn't that typical? I feel really silly because when I posted this yesterday I forgot that a baby sheep is called a lamb so I had to edit!

Knotting Class

I took a knotting class yesterday that was sponsored by the Fiber Artists of Oklahoma and taught by Stephanie Grubbs (she's the one standing in this photo). I have always admired Stephanie's work and I own one of her lapel pins that she made from knotting threads. I was curious about the technique so I took the class and now I have a greater appreciation than ever for her work! I would have to spend hours and hours practicing before I could make anything halfway presentable!

The other ladies (seated) pictured are from left to right are Karen, Collier, Marie Miller, Shirley Conaway, and Barbara Klein. I'm sitting next to Karen but you can only see my hand up in the air above her head.

The sample photo of knotting is something Stephanie is working on......it surely isn't my class project!

My Plein Air painting

Well I guess I'm feeling brave since I'm uploading my pityful attempt at plein air painting! This is a photo that I took at Tina's farm and below is my little painting (8" x 10"). I'm still working on it but I think it will become a 'study' and will never see the light of day!













I should have turned off the flash when I took the photo because it is distracting......the center of the picture isn't that bright.