hey, its been awhile~~~~

oh my gosh.. its been 8 months since i've been here.. i've missed you guys!!! must learn how to link this, with fb.. because there is only so much time in a day!!! LOL i can explain off 6 weeks. of that time.. hee hee :) went on a wonderful train trip, by myself.. from cali to ohio,(to visit hubby first, who was visiting with his family..)then back on the train to...dc, va, nc..( hilton head and charleston.. beautiful area!!) and then fla, stopping to see cousins, and HS friends along the way. SO MUCH FUN!!! went to splash 2, in fla. with painting friends.com , for a week.. yippee!! then mollie jones and i drove to new orleans and spent another 4 days.. what a town.. great time.. we walked our feet off!! then hopped back on the train, for the rest of the way home... since its a combo vacation/respite for, me as a caregiver.. i sure looked forward to that time, the giggles, friends, family and wonderful site seeing... i have been painting too. as much as i can... infact i got brave and entered an art show.. daniel smith 11th annual art competition. we challenged each other, at paintingfriends.com, to each enter a show. so this is my first show.. her name is cutie pie.. isn't she a doll.. saw her at a birthday party and just had to paint her!! last month she was in the weekly gallery and i just got word, she moved up, to the monthly gallery, with lots of other wonderful paintings..yippee!! the way you move up is to ask your friends, to vote. feels a tad awkward.. so let me offer you the link and say: if you'd like to vote for cutie pie.. just place her name in the search box. other wise look around and vote for your fav!! you can vote thru facebook or wiz, some-thing-er-rather. that will pop up when you click vote. it will say voted, if you did :) i didn't do it right,the whole first week..grrrr!!.. LOL you can cast one vote, per day, in each category.. oils, wc, monthly gallery etc... here is the link.. DANIEL SMITH Weekly Voting Gallery www.danielsmithblog.com Vote for Contest Winners thank you all for your support!!! i'll try and be back sooner than 8 months next time!! happy painting!!

Where does the time go??

is it just me or is everyone feel like they are running in circles?? just doesn't seem like there is any time to paint any more... how can i get better if i don't paint?? LOL this was a little painting i've been wanting to try for years.. darling little gal, having fun at the beach. loved the ruffles on her bathing suit... hmmmmmmm?? maybe that is what i need to do is hop on over to the beach and that way i wont see all the things around her that needs to be done. :)

hope everyone is doing well.. happy painting to you all!!!

Happy new year!!

Happy new year fellow artists.. a little late, but close!!! hope you all had a fabulous christmas and the happiest of new years...
i saw this drawing online and wrote the lady and asked if i could use her drawing and throw a bit of paint on it to and welcome in the new year, on paintingfreinds.com.. she was sweet enough to say, YES!!. please check out her great web site, especially if you have kids.. she has some wonderful books available!!
big thanks to
Elizabeth O. Dulemba,
Children's Book Author/Illustrator
for allowing me to paint her drawing..
http://coloringpagetuesdays.com/


thinking about goals and things i want to improve, with my art, in the new year...

the main one is to take a few more risks and allow myself to make more mistake and just relax and try new techniques...

the other is to either paint or draw something every day.. so far so good..
what are your art goals??

see you soon and happy happy to all~~