Well, this is just me practicing Cocaine by Eric Clapton. I learned it last night. I start out like this and don't ever seem to get much better. I don't know what I'm doing. But it's fun--a lot more than I appear to be having! I do wish I was better at it. 

Owl Christmas Ornaments

I like owls and found some cheap wooden owl shapes at Michael's--bought all of them, actually from 2 locations. So I designed these holiday owls, both front and back, and glued them together with gold ribbon to make ornaments. 

And I'm getting old because I had to wear my reading glasses to do them...and to see them! But once on the tree, they show up nicely.

Rudolph the Reindeer Owl with Nose, Hooves, and Antlers

Green Santa Owl

Elf Owl with Scarf and Shoes

Red Santa Owl

Gingerbread Owl

Christmas Lights Owl

Ice Skating Owl in Blue Dress

Figure Skating Owl in Pink Dress

Another "Feature" on RedBubble.com

My Ten Cardinals got chosen as one of the featured paintings again in the Acrylic Painting group on RedBubble. Happy :)

Ten Cardinals in Birch Trees

Newest painting on 18x24" canvas. This is the first time I have tried painting birds and it was kind of fun. They are nice and small and I can only see them clearly with my glasses on. And as usual, I see when I crop my painting to give a close up view, it looks like another painting composition I could have or even should have used, lol. 

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Got "featured"

My "Cupcakes with Rainbow Sprinkles" got "featured" in the Acrylic Painting group on Red Bubble--an artist website. I just joined recently and was surprised and happy that it got noticed. :)

I am ordering some greeting cards made from some of my paintings or photography to see how they print out. Usually things end up darker than they appear online. If so, I'm going to have to adjust the brightness from now on on the photos of the art & photography I upload. 

There's another artist website I belong to, and I just wish I could tell it somehow to sift out all the "manga" or whatever that is. I'm sick of looking at it! I know, I'm just too old and don't get it or like it, lol.

Yellow Cupcakes with Rainbow Sprinkles

 I guess it's kind of self-explanatory. Another bigger-than-life-size dessert painting. Acrylic on 18 x 24" stretched canvas. Makes me hungry...but I'm counting calories! 

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Chocolate Cake!!!

Acrylic on stretched canvas. 18x24". First time I'm painting "white" with color in the shading and highlighting rather than just brown. Probably could've done it with more intensity, but I'm just getting started. Next, I have to finish my pair of yellow cupcakes!

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