Cooking and baking...not art.

We had a "Thanksgiving dinner" this week to celebrate my brother-in-law's 30th birthday. We knew he loves a good turkey dinner so it was the perfect fit.

With Christmas approaching, I've also been doing some baking. I hate baking, but the kids think decorating the cookies is "the best thing ever" so I give in and bake. I'll be bringing LOTS of cookies and fudge to share to our neighborhood party.

Fixed it!!

I got some good advice on perspective and fixed my painting. (sorry the lighting is a little poor)

I had originally put the table in sort of wonky because my previous painting that also had a table always bugged me a bit as well. It appeared to be too flat like it was trying to climb up the wall. Now I know what's wrong with that one as well. Not sure if that one would be as easy to fix.

Card party

Just playing around again.

I found this picture in an old family album. Mom said she wasn't sure who they were so... I get to play.

Check out the curtains!! And davenport...yes, that's what my parents always called it.

Anyone know what card game this hand would be good for??? Bet you can't guess!

Finished painting

I finished up my painting this morning.

I still need work on perspective. The table is bugging me because it seems like it is tipped up too far.

Anyone have any ideas for me for perspective...should the angle be bigger or smaller to make the table look flat?

Starting a painting

Just thought I'd give a sneak peek at what I'm working on.

I haven't done any painting for quite some time.

There are lots of layers on this canvas...I just keep painting over the old with gesso and starting over. Talk about getting my money's worth out of this canvas!

Found some art...

I was cleaning off my craft area this morning and found this page I had completed last week. I never took a picture because the glue was drying then I forgot all about it.

I used all my scraps and abandoned ideas from our family Christmas letter. The star on the left is one of my digital kaleidoscopes that I had printed then very carefully cut out.

This second page I whipped together and it kind of shows...

It was just scraps I had laying around. I wanted to make something just to prove to myself that I hadn't completely lost it. Not a fantastic piece but this is just my "playtime" altered book anyway.

Christmas is coming...and still no art

I've been in a major art slump. I decorated the house with seasonal decor but that's as close to artsy as I've gotten these days.

I've got a lot on my plate...medical issues with both my son and my father. This is just a really crappy time of year for this sort of thing to happen. Not that anytime of year is good but it's hard to be excited and happy when everything around you seems to be going down hill.