utah rocks

this week in "painting friends" we had our friday foto challenge! thanks to susan lacy for the fun photo!!!

these rocks are located in utah!! i started out painting my normal way.. lots of detail, very soft and light and then some thing said "oh what the heck just go for the gusto.. its only paper.." it only took a few minutes,once i decided to let the paint fly!!! i was splashing paint here and there and having a blast and not worring about what was going to happen!! ..AND i got the darks in, for a change!!

thats my story and i'm sticking to it!!! LOL

have a fun day all!!

by the sea side!!

i saw this photo on james parkers windows to the words blog ( http://windowstothewords.blogspot.com/) and i had to give it a whirl!!...the little kids were sooooooo cute..

was going to make my way around blogs, last week but got a thrown a curve ball late thursday night.. my brother in law wanted to accompany hubby home friday.. so rushed around and cleaned and made food and they arrived at 2 am.. we woke early and took them around san diego to see some sites and they left at 3 am the next morning... so little to no sleep, either night.. needless to say, by sunday i was a zoombie..lol even tho it was hectic.. i was glad he did it..he felt the trip caused major confusion getting there and he was scared to have him travel alone... so bless his heart.. they all arrived safe and sound!!

so i only got to a few places before getting the call, so i will be there soon to check out all your new paintings... lol hope you all had a happy monday!!

grapes??

well i'm back and i had a blast!!! didnt know i could still giggle so much!! hubby is still in ohio and will be coming back on monday.. had a rough first week, but settling in a bit now and enjoying his family!

think i'll spend the next few days catching up on here, visiting a few of your blogs, to enjoy your new paintings.. wow!! feel like i've been gone forever!! and of course paint!!! wooo hooo!!

this photo was a friday challenge on painting friends.. the photo was provided by desiree.. thanks kiddo!! she always makes me stretch.. and the glass was a stretch.. for sure..

got little tighter on this than i wanted to but like the colors and how they play off each other... funny we all thought it was an apple in the bowl, but found out after painting, it was a peach!!! oopsie... its an apple now!!

hope everyone is having a good week.. will be by soon, to say hi!!

ps this looks a bit wonky on here.. its my great camera expertise!!