Autumn Glee

 An acrylic extravaganza

Hill Country Paintings

 I made this small group of paintings, and they have all ended up at our Hill Country home. 

I can take no credit for the Wild West wall. 100% Sam! 

Grandma time

 I try to nourish artsy-craftsy inclinations in my grandkids. We always have great fun! The product is not as essential as the good time. Here are some of this weekend’s efforts 

Wreath made with plastic flowers from the bin store. I still hope to hot glue seashells is to make a creamy, rich looking wreath. 

Aqua paint to help with the right shade. I had failed to mix just the right color, so I finally just ordered from Amazon. 

Found a frame! This lovely Post card-sized painting made by Asher in summer of ‘22. The gold frame was in a box of random unused stuff. It picks up the color in the grass and really provide a finish. 

Dean’s glitter wreath

Jack’s toy collage wreath

I promise, we had glitter everywhere. This work by Jack gave him such joy! He gleefully glued and glittered to his heart’s content. If you can’t make a mess in the basement, where, then? 

Basement essential! The mosquitos are ruthless and bloodthirsty this fall. How can they be so thick in December? They sneak in every time we step out to wash paintbrushes. 

Little black stool, will be my temp nightstand. I squirted Aqua, green, and white directly on the surface, then used a crumpled grocery bag to distribute the paint. 

Close up, Asher’s Tree

Christmas painting

 I'm painting a few new items.  Not doing a Christmas theme this year as such, just painting images for friends.  Also, these cute name tags! I will not lie, the aqua tones were so difficult to achieve that I ordered a premixed acrylic from Amazon. 

Begging for paint

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I can sketch my heart out, but the paint with have to wait for home. 

Sketching

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. "

John Singer Sargent

Seasons

The habit of breaking up one's colour to make it brilliant dates from further back than Impressionism - Couture advocates it in a little book called 'Causeries d'Atelier' written about 1860 - it is part of the technique of Impressionism but used for quite a different reason. 

John Singer Sargent