Faces of my imaginations - Mermaid

This is probably my most favorite face.  Maybe it's the background, or maybe it's her coloring, but she makes me think mermaids.  She's done in various watercolors, just painted on in random strokes.  What does she make you think of?

A new addition to our household

We are expecting a new arrival to our household next week. This cutie is 7 weeks today and we get to bring him home next week. Just in time for my birthday! We'd been looking for a puppy off and on for the last couple of years, but because for one reason or another, it just didn't work out. Finally, we decided that we weren't going to get one unless it fell into our laps. Well....this one did. I got a call last Thursday asking if we were still interested in a puppy. This was a place where we had gone to over a year ago and the last puppy had sold just an hour before we showed up! After a lot of discussion with the family, we went and looked and no suprise, we fell in love. This guy was one of 8. 4 boys and 4 girls. When I held him, I knew he was right one for me. He nearly fell asleep in my arms. He's a mixed breed. 50% lab and 50% golden retriver. Now, the question is how will he do with our older dog. Or should the question be, how will the older dog do with the new puppy? Any suggestions!!

Faces of my Imagination 2

I've been playing with these closeups and here's another I painted using all acrylics.

Faces of my Imaginations 1

I started drawing these faces a bit earlier in the month, but finally got them colored.  I used mostly acrylics with a bit of watercolor.  I think this one's a bit resembling halloween!  Not sure why, but I've been loving drawing and painting these close up faces.  More to come in the next few days.

Zentangle Crow

While waiting at the Doctor's office, here's something I did.  I try to keep in my purse a couple of blank ATCs and a pencil and sharpie.  Zentangles are just random designs made on white background with a black marker.  I had a long enough wait to create this!

Tulip Toles

I've been quite sick lately and didn't get as much art done this month as I was hoping to.  In between lying around gathering my strength, I worked on a bunch of cards a bit at a time.  So, here's a couple I finished and scanned and I'll post the rest as I put finishing touches to them and get them scanned.  These two are tole cards on black backgrounds and painted with acrylics.

Toles are old fashioned floral designs started in the Scandanavian countries and can be seen on many pennsylvania dutch artwork.

Fall in the Air

Today was a busy day running errands, taking my kid to soccer, doing homework...you know how it is.  But, I managed to get some quite time sitting on my front porch sipping tea and looking at this view.  Fall is just ablaze surround my house.  Life should never be so hectic that a view like this can't be enjoyed.