8-31-2022 Horses

...across the trees from our neighborhood...

I love seeing them every day! 

8-30-2022 More Art

Beauty in the Shadows #4...

and midwest wetlands...

8-29-2022 Scary Pum

...arrived in Chicago to its creator...

hope he loves it as much as

I loved bringing it to life!

(see posts from 8/16 and 8/26, 2022)

And Beauty in the Shadows #3...

8-28-2022 Kissy Missy

Kissy Missy from Poppy Playtime

is finished for D!

#CherryCrochet pattern

And Beauty in the Shadows #2...

8-27-2022 Beauty in the Shadows

my freehand sketch

inspired by Tamara Laporte...

8-26-2022 Scary Pum

I finished knitting Scary Pum last night...

I may still try making a trident for him this weekend...

then he's ready to join my grandson's MultiVerse!

(See post from 8-16-2022...)

 

8-25-2022 More Owls

 

8-24-2022 Backgrounds

Today I finished sketching the background

of my 1950's Audrey Hepburn-ish painting...

now to decide how much of the background

I want to paint!

Decided to do just a bit of greenery...

8-23-2022 Owls

Today I tried a new art technique...

love how it turned out!

8-22-2022 The Boys and a New Project

 Making mommy a new plant stand!

8-21-2022 New Necklace

 

8-20-2022 Musical Art

Today I received in the mail

a beautiful work of art 

handmade by Timothy JP Gomez!

I love his music, and now I have a piece

of his beautiful spirit/energy in this necklace. <3

Thank you, Timothy!

8-19-2022 1950's Audrey Hepburn-ish Style Sketch Continued...

(see blog post on 8-10-2022)

8-18-2022 First Day of School 2022

8-17-2022 Kissy Missy Progress

 

8-16-2022 Scary Pum

Grandson asked me to make him a "Scary Pum"...

part of his imagined MultiVerse superheroes and villains...

which he drew for me so I could see it...

he has so much more artistic talent

than I ever will...

(my scanner wasn't big enough to get the entire drawing)

"Scary Pum" is underway...wish me luck!

Here are the other 3 superheroes/villains...

Ahh, the things we do for love

and our grandchildren!

8-15-2022 FFF#6.3-Winter

 

8-13-2022 Road Trip

...to an ART FESTIVAL...

tho I must say,

the beautiful clouds in the sky

were far prettier than anything at the ART FESTIVAL!

Here was my favorite piece of art...

NOT in the ART FESTIVAL

but in a store downtown.

I did not buy it, but

I may do a painting inspired by it

in my art journal.

8-12-2022 World Elephant Day

Today's sketch...

a nod to "World Elephant Day"...

and thought I'd do a hippo too

because they are so darned cute!!!

8-11-2022 Full Sturgeon Supermoon in Aquarius

...was GORGEOUS!!!!

Pictures never do the moon's beauty justice.

It was breathtaking!

8-10-2022 50's Retro

This is the start of my next painting...

a free-hand sketch of

 an Audrey Hepburn-ish style figure in Paris

for some 50's retro vibes...

...on this second anniversary of Derecho!

8-9-2022 The Blues and Tropicals

I love getting together with 

and painting with my dear daughter!

I love our time together

and also the resulting works of art!

8-8-2022 Out and About

...at the trampoline park...

...at the pool going off the high dive...