Are you enjoying this little behind-the-scenes look at painting a mural step-by-step? (aka – my weekend project.) (aka – my-body-hurts-all-over-this morning-and-I-can-barely-move-project.) In case you were wondering, how do you start to paint a mural – we started with this simple sketch. Then I added some color to the sample mural rendering. I started painting the […]
Anatomy of a Mural – Painting Day 1
It is now 9:00 Saturday night. At 9 a.m. this morning I started painting this mural. Those two facts could be the sign of a highly dedicated businesswoman. Or maybe the sign of someone who needs to get a life. I’m just sayin’ . . . In case you missed my post with the mural […]
Anatomy of a Mural
I’d love to say we’re all unpacked and settled after the move. But I can’t. There’s so much to do around this place, it makes my head spin. And while I’d love to wile away the hours reminiscing about more of my business horrors, work calls. Nothing like a new mural project to get my […]
My Flower Shop – The Final Parting
The final chapter of the story of the first funeral I did as a florist – and why you shouldn’t open a business with absolutely no experience.
More Harlequin Diamonds . . .
I just had to try painting some harlequin diamonds today. Of course I didn’t want to get all ‘mathematical’. Like I could if I wanted to! So I just eyeballed it. I knew they were a little off, but I’m a little off too, so I figured it’d work just fine. Since I was […]
A Dog Picture in an Hour . . . or 2
I didn’t wake up this morning and say, “Hey, I wanna paint a dog picture!” Not that I dislike painting pet portraits. I actually love painting dog art. But painting dog pictures takes a long time for me. A real, real long time. Plus, after seeing DrawTheDog every day – have I told you how […]
Like Dogs? Love Dog Art!
Are you a dog lover? I have to share my latest favorite site, Draw The Dog. Jim George draws great cartoons of dogs that are funny. But you have to go see the site. Seriously! You’ll like it. I wasn’t a huge dog lover until 18 years ago. I was a kitty person. But […]
My Kids’ Santa Claus
My 3 stepsons are now all grown up. One has blessed me with my darling grandson – the light of my life. My family’s Santa’s don’t look like the Santa’s I grew up with. They might not look like yours, either. Which leads me to a little back story as to why Santa comes in […]