my first pastel!!

this week has been crazy around here..!!. but found a few minutes to try pastels, for the first time!! woo hoo!!... desiree,(http://myclothesline.blogspot.com/) taught us all on painting friends.com, how to do it!!! thank you desiree.. wonderful teacher!!...check out her blog and notice her christmas gifts, done in pastels!! WOW!!! we all have bandaged fingers, but are are smiling from ear to ear... and we are all aa little lighter in our pocketbooks lol "ooooooooohh gotta have it" is almost as bad as watercolor.!! after seeing her awesome pastels i had to try it.. ok happy with the pear, the glass was a bear..ARGGGGGH!!. but hey youve got to start somewhere, right?? LOL

most important~~ it was fun!!

thanks again desiree!!

Happy New Year!!

this week has been so crazy, each day i say ok im painting... right!!! LOL so thought id pull one from a few years ago.. just so i can say hi, and happy new year to all my blogging friends!

one of the places ive been spending a bit of time, is helping set up the the fun challenges, for this month, on painting friends.. if any of you would be interested in taking a look around.. just go to paintingfriends.com and sign in.. you can put me as the referrer and i'll be happy to ok, your getting in.. its similar to wet canvas, but smaller ..we have a little over 100 folks, from all over the world. we have been up and running almost 2 years and have lots of great artists, sharing and encouraging each other..and exciting projects to keep your brushes wet and moving!!!
hope to see you there.. you can check out some of the artists, on the top right of my blog!


and again~~ happy new year.. wishing you good health, happiness, lots of laughter.. and of course GREAT painting!!
enjoy!!