Another try at pastels...

if you're thinking of buying stock in something.. consider pastels!!LOL ever since desiree gave us, on painting friends.com, a couple outstanding videos on "how to enjoy, pastels". we have been buying them, like they are going out of style.. some how its just like wc.. you buy one and then you need another..lol i may need to go back to work to pay for my newest addition.. i love that fixing a mistake, is just a pastel stroke away..and you're off and running, again..:) being new to this..(my second one) the mistake fixing is at the top of the list of.. yippees!!

thank you to desiree for fun introduction to pastels and ruth harris for the wonderful photo!!

enjoy your week everyone!!

following the masters

darn!! time is getting away from me and painting and blogging time, is almost non- existent!.. hubby lost his drivers lic last month.. i knew that was coming someday, just wasn't expecting it quite this soon.. we live in the county and its 20 minutes.. just to get a good head start on going any where.. yikes.!!. i'm turning into a taxi.. this is going to take some rearranging, to say the least..

saw michelles challenge #10, on her Following the Masters blog, http://followingthemasters.blogspot.com/ and it caught my eye!!!
thought i'd like to give it a try..it was the art of Robert Henri.. this one looked like something i could do with limited time available!.. not much hair or back ground detail.. my kinda' painting lol enjoyed painting her.. hey who am i kidding, i just enjoyed painting...

will be on as often as i can,to play "ketchup" and stop by and check out your blogs.. miss you all.. enjoy.. and keep painting!!

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!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

wanted to thank you all, for your encouragement,ideas and friendship!! 2009 has been my first year blogging and i love it!! you are all so talented and helpful!!! love seeing all your exciting paintings and creativity.. WOW!!! i want to try it ALL!!...LOL thank you!!

wanted to wish everyone of you a very merry christmas.. hope your holidaysare filled with close friends and caring family~~ AND lots of love and laughter!!

happy new year and happy painting~~
cindi

peter pelican...

found this drawing sitting around while cleaning my art room, drew it for a class i didnt attent a couple months back..so thought what the heck, its drawn.. might as well go for it!! had fun doing it but dang its so tight, it squeaks.. lol i think two of my new years resolutions in two weeks are going to have to be...1. try looser, 2.darker darks!!!! hopefully at the end of next year, i can look back and see some improvement.. hey, i can always hope!!!LOL

a fruit snack??

my gosh its been almost a month since ive been here?? where has the time gone??
guess its been the rushing, shopping, wrapping and visiting gkids and kids Christmas performances..

yesterday i wanted to paint.. i was getting withdrawals?? always a little uncomfortable painting gifts!! what if they dont like it?? how do they nicely pitch it?? LOL so thanks to ponting on wc for the yummy photo... i painted a little painting for son and dil.. they got some new red drapes and hope this will work in their family room...sorry forgot to take picture before i matted.. duh!!!LOL

wrapping this weekend and then one more day of shopping on monday and i should be done.. fingers crossed!!

will be stopping by to say hi and wish you all merry christmas, next week!! hope you're all staying warm !!

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!!