Happy Caturday!!
Hope we made you smile.
Love,
Sweet Pea (blind kitty), Harold, and Maude kittens (10 months old)
Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds
I cleaned my studio this week, and this is what my new filming area looks like. The table used to be against the wall, and the tripod sat in front of the window. The tripod was always in the way, and it drove me crazy moving it all the time. When the camera’s plugged in, and lights are on it, it’s not so easy to move. I was tripping over cords and trying not to smash my camera into stuff. Things had to change. So, now it’s somewhat stationary, and not in the way.
I don’t know if I’ve posted a photo of the tripod arm I bought a couple months ago. I know I wrote about getting it, here, but don’t think I’ve showed it in use. I must say, I love it! If your camera doesn’t have a swing out type of lcd window, like mine, the arm is so important. I can see what I’m painting if I stand up, so I position the camera, turn on the camera, and paint. Really easy.
What I’m listening to today while I work: How to sell your art online with Karin Jurick
Using watercolors and acrylic paint in my art journal..
I did the underpainting with watercolors, let it dry, and then finished up with acrylics.
Hope you enjoy the video
You saw it on the easel a couple weeks ago, and now it’s finished. Fine art giclee prints available here.
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Summer’s coming to an end, and I’m already gearing up for September. It’s going to be busy, as it always is. I’ll be participating in 30 paintings in 30 days, once again. That means I’ll be painting and blogging every day for the month of September. This will be the 5th time I’m doing the challenge. If you’d like to see my past 30 in 30 paintings, click here.
Also coming in September, a new season of Criminal Minds on CBS. I am happy to say that back in July, I signed a contract with ABC Studios, where they film the show. I licensed two pieces of my work. My artwork will be on tv this coming season! Can you believe it? I’m pretty excited. Stay tuned!! September is going to be a great month. 🙂
I learned something new about Maude recently. Whenever I played “feather” with them (it’s a handmade cat toy: dowel with bird feathers on it that Greg picks up while hiking) in the past, Maude would always sit on the sidelines. She would watch, but never play. Well, one day I upped the speed, and BAM. She was in the game immediately, her little head bobbing back and forth, like in the video. heehee
Poor Harold is afraid of feather when it goes fast, and he runs and hides behind the door. He’s always been a little scaredy cat. Poor baby Harball. He needs the most comforting out of the three of them, and he misses me horribly whenever I leave the room. He cries nonstop until I return. Greg calls him “Momma’s boy” (he has sooo many nicknames), and that’s okay with us, right, Harold? Aww..I really love my boy. :))) Look at the size of that paw. He’s going to be sooooo big when he’s full grown.
From Amazon:
The page-turning psychological thriller from the author of #1 bestsellers The Magpies and Because She Loves Me.
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down. But after a perfect start, an encounter with a young couple on a night train forces Daniel and Laura to cut their dream trip short and flee home.
Back in London, Daniel and Laura vow never to talk about what happened that night. But as they try to fit into their old lives again, they realise they are in terrible danger—and that their nightmare is just beginning…
Like a lot of the reviews say, it starts off slow, but once you get going it’s a page turner. I’m about 1/3 of the way through it, and so far I’d give it 3.5 stars.
Last week, I finished up Wreckage, and was a bit disappointed in it. I would only give it 2 stars. It started to repeat itself too much, and eh..I couldn’t wait to finish it after I got about 3/4 of the way through. It dragged on, and I had pretty much lost interest. I started speed reading, taking in whole paragraphs at a glance, just to get through it. There were a couples surprises, but I couldn’t bring myself to care all that much about any of the characters.
I then moved on to South on Highland: A Novel, which is about drug and alcohol addiction. The reviews say it’s humorous, but I’ve haven’t come to those parts yet. I’m 17% into it, which isn’t far, I know, but I’m not sure if I want to continue. The subject matter is kinda boring to me, so that’s why I started to read Follow You Home. Idk..I’ll look at the reviews again after I finish this one, and possibly give it another try. Maybe I need to lighten up when I read it, but it’s a serious subject matter, so it’s difficult.
What are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments.
Happy as a clown
This is a palette knife portrait painting, which I filmed my painting, so I’ll have a video coming in a few weeks. This was one of those, if I remember right, that started off being a brush painting, and I absolutely hated how it was turning out. I grabbed a knife, got to work, and laaaa..instant success. I was ready to ditch this painting, and now I love it. 🙂
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