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Happy Birthday

Happy 18th birthday to my wonderful son Aaron. 

Scholar, baseball player, french horn player, writer, math whiz, kitty lover, kind and funny, friend to many and all around good guy. 

I'm proud to be your mom. 

Love you

Blue Bird on a Green Leaf

watercolor

Printed Poinsettias

I used these tools and tempera paint to make these printed poinsettias. Cut sponges into leaf shapes and use a clip clothes pin as a handle. The small sponge can be used to make leaves or small flowers. The background color was applied with the last sponge or a brush and white paint finished the flowers. 

A Fall Coloring Page

Are you stressed out? Did you like to color when you were a kid? Try coloring as an adult and you might find that it's relaxing and a stress buster. Click HERE to download a fall coloring page!

A Fall Walk

Fused Glass

I attended a glass fusing workshop at the Illinois Art Education Association Conference and created a water themed sun catcher.

I used a clear piece of glass for the base then cut and layered colored glass on top that I attached with small amounts of Elmer's glue.

Fine particles of glass filled in some of the areas to add texture and glass pebbles added dimension. The pieces were fired in a kiln and the final result...

...beautiful!

Happy Halloween

This is our new Halloween black cat named Booker sitting in the sun. 

Orange cat Rusty and black cat Booker in a rare peaceful moment. 

They're still getting adjusted to each other. Hissssss, meow!

Happy Halloween

Clay Leaf in the Fall

Little Fall Flowers

micron pen . watercolor . chalk pastel

God's Paintbrush

The Colors of Fall

Fall Tree

I used oil pastel to create a fall tree with a swirling background. Not my usual medium. I've been teaching this to first graders this week so the rich oil pastel called out to me!

Rusty Kitty

We're thinking about getting another cat because Rusty is starting to get wacky since Maggie died. He is not content to be by himself but demands constant attention. We think he's lonely. He's almost like a dog! Right now he's fetching a toy up and down the basement stairs.

Here's a portrait of Rusty - watercolor and white acrylic ink.

Watercolor Flowers

Red Birds

Creating small cardinals with Model Magic clay. 

And some colored clay rocks.

Painted

Black and White

My favorite thing to do is to draw stacks of flowers with a micron pen. 

Color comes later. 

Summer

It's been a busy summer for me with watching my son play baseball and going on college visits.  Making art has slowed down quite a bit but when you have your phone there is always the opportunity to find a beautiful shot. The clouds above are right in my neighborhood during an evening walk.

I found this beautiful blue jay feather on my deck

and this is the sunset on the roof of a building at Georgia Tech on a sweltering hot summer evening.