A Birthday Cake

I celebrated a birthday this week and to my surprise this cake was delivered to my door.  It was the most gorgeous birthday cake adorned with 52 handmade roses!!  And I was told that it would serve 30 people.  Guess what I did.......cleaned.  The party was great!  And we ate all of the cake!

It thought you all might enjoy my contribution to Pink Saturday.  Thank you to Beverly for her dedication.  How Sweet the Sound

Raspberry Stain

This is a painting of some roses from my garden.  I designed the background on the computer using Photoshop, printed the graphic on archival card stock and painted the roses in oils.  I love integrating digital art with traditional art.  It gives me so much more to work with.  The digital background design is creative in and of itself.  Then painting the oil design on it is exciting, uniting the two art forms.

It has been awhile since I have participated in Pink Saturday.  I hope you enjoy my contribution.  Thank you to Beverly for her dedication.  How Sweet the Sound 

Oil Painting Expressions

Oil Painting Expressions, an online oil painting course, has kicked off Session Four. I am teaching the first lesson, Ageless Beauty. There are 8 lessons from 8 talented artists plus the new Oil Basics Brush Ups series. New to oils? We make it easy to learn! Watch and paint along with the short tutorials in the Oil Basics Brush Ups Series covering topics like surface preparation, blending, leaves, twigs, fruit, flower petals, shapes, gold leafing, varnishing, and more. Already an accomplished oil painter? Then you can pick up some valuable oil techniques to add to your skillset! Visit www.oilpaintingexpressions.com to find out more. Join us for 11 months of painting inspriration and learning all in the comfort of your own surroundings!gold leafing, varnishing, and more. Already an accomplished oil painter? Then you can pick up some valuable oil techniques to add to your skillset! Visit www.oilpaintingexpressions.com to find out more. Join us for 11 months of painting inspriration and learning all in the comfort of your own surroundings!gold leafing, varnishing, and more.  Already an accomplished oil painter?  Then pick up some valuable oil techniques to add to your skillset.  New to oils?  We make it easy to learn.

Visit www.oilpaintingexpressions.com to find out more.  Join us for 11 months of painting inspiration and learning all in the comfort of your own surroundings.

Forget Me Not

Love this background design!  Lots of potential for a painted design on this one.  The design tells a story and the painting should add to the storyline.

Find more background designs at www.rosecote.com .



Damask Burn

This is a graphic I created recently on my Ipad using the apps iColorama and Art Studio.  I love making these graphics/textures and using them as backgrounds for my artwork or as textures over photos.

You are welcome to use as you wish.  Clicking on the link will open a larger version more suitable for print.

http://bit.ly/2ptL53e

Enjoy!

Roses, Drops, and Lace

This is a digital graphic I made some time ago, but it looked so fresh on this beautiful Easter Morning, I thought it would give a new perspective to the "old is made new".

I love roses, lace, dew drops, the vintage look and putting them all together to create something of beauty.

My wish for you on this Easter Morning is that you find joy, comfort, and beauty in the knowledge that everyday brings His blessing.