If You Were Here You’d Know What To Do
Oil portrait painting
135 lb watercolor paper
Available here
Panda bear portrait painting wip
Work in progress shots
Panda bear portrait painting
on watercolor paper
I have no idea how I ended up painting a panda bear to cut out and collage on to her shirt, but that’s how this thing called art works sometimes. It’s mysterious.
Panda Bear is available here
Feeling Small in a BIG WorldThis painting that I blogged about last week has been sold. Small to large prints are available here.
Art supply haul
50 sheets of 6×9
Jack Richeson
watercolor paper
I bought this pack of watercolor paper because I’ve been enjoying painting my morning pages so much that I hated to keep them all to myself. So, I thought I’d start offering some for sale, too. I’m cutting these pages in half, so they’re the same size as the art journal I’ve been using for my morning warm up pages. I love painting on small substrate, so expect a bunch of these coming up for sale, like these..
Extension of Herself
Available here
Anything Not Everything
Available here
Frumpy Housewife
SOLD!
Mattie Mae
lost child looking for a forward home
Available here
There are probably lots of others listed for sale by the time this posts. I’m pretty obsessed with painting these right now (it gives me a break from painting custom orders, and other work), so check for more here.
I’m going to keep the prices as low as possible, but still be able to provide a decent piece of artwork. These paintings take me anywhere from an hour to 3 to paint..then I have to photograph them, scan them for prints, edit the photos in Photoshop, and list them. Then there’s the cost of shipping material – envelope, plastic sleeve, shipping label, printer ink, and the actual shipping cost. I love them, tho, so I don’t mind all the work and time involved in each one.
It was time for new ones. The handles on mine are rotting/falling off because I tend to treat them poorly, and leave them sitting in water too long. Oops!!
For making more art journal books to use for my daily morning pages.
Black oil sharpies
for signing paintings
and for writing in my art journals
white oil sharpies
for writing my art journals
If you’re in need of new supplies, I hope you will use these affiliate links in this post. If you buy something through one of my links it doesn’t cost you anything extra, and I make a very small amount from the sale. Every little bit helps me to keep painting, and buying new supplies..cos, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but art supply prices keep rising. Ouch!
11×14 canvas panels
When I received a recent custom portrait order, I realized I didn’t have any 11×14 inch panels in stock. I think this big pack should last me a while.
If you are interested in commissioning me for a portrait for the holidays, time is running out. I’ll only guarantee delivery in time for Christmas if you order within the next couple of days. After that, I might still be able to get it to you in time, but the price will have to include a rush fee.
Edited on 11.21.19 – I’m no longer guaranteeing a Christmas delivery on custom paintings.
Success 30 in 30 – Day 8
Flower Series No 196
Pink and yellow roses
Acrylic palette knife painting on watercolor paper
Available for purchase here
Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.
-Charles F. Glassman
Well, we’re over the one week hump, and it’s all downhill to the finish line from here. Three weeks to go!! I don’t know about you, but I love doing this 30/30 challenge.
Here are my Would You Rather questions, so you can get to know me better during this 30 in 30 challenge..
1. Would you rather have to listen to someone else complain or have no one who will listen to you complain?
Complaining can be so satisfying, so I would rather listen to someone complain..as long as it doesn’t happen allllll the time. Then, it gets annoying.
2. Would you rather have to load or empty the dishwasher?
I’d rather load because I’m the only one in this house who knows how to do it right. 😉
3. Would you rather receive $1,000,000 as a sure thing or have a 50/50 chance at $1,000,000,000?
I’m not much of a gambler, so I’ll take the sure thing.
Day 8 of 30 in 30
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Ahh 30 in 30 – Day 7
Floral series No 195
Big yellow flower with pink and yellow roses
Acrylic palette knife painting on watercolor paper
Available for purchase here
Small to large giclee prints available here
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh…
Jack Kerouac
Here are my Would You Rather questions, so you can get to know me better during this 30 in 30 challenge..
1. Would you rather speak in front of 100 of your peers or go bungee jumping?
Neither, but I would pick public speaking over bungee jumping. I’m terrified of heights…and public speaking.
2. Would you rather have clean socks or clean underwear?
Underwear.
3. Would you rather do without toilet paper or toothpaste?
I could do without toothpaste..because I can make my own.
Day 7 of 30 in 30
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Pretty Mama Bear
Hard to find a poem about a girl with brown eyes
Brown Eyed Girl
I was going to insert a poem here about a girl with brown eyes, but do you know how many really bad poems there are about brown eyed girls??? Ack! There’s some awful poetry out there, and I couldn’t do that to you. So, instead a little quote from Henry Miller, and you can tell he’s writing about a girl with brown eyes..he is, right?
I don’t know how to tell you what I feel. I live in perpetual expectancy. You come and the time slips away as if in a dream. It is only when you go that I realize completely your presence. And then it is too late. You numb me.
~Henry Miller