Slow Going on the Quilt

Slowly, the quilt is getting pieced.  There is something soothing in the process.

Slices......

Painting with fabric...a new quilt in the works.

Still Playing Around with Corel's Paintshop Pro

Love being able to take an old sketch and doing something new with it.....
Have a great day,
Cindy

Multifloral

A spring bouquet to brighten my day.

Fresh off the Painting Table

I just finished this painting today.  It was inspired by a photo taken last summer of our show-off, supersized begonia, which I loved.  I confess to being stumped by the perspective of the bricks in the picture, and resorting to trickery and tomfoolery to draw them correctly.  Hope you enjoy, and have a nice day.

Grandma Floyd's Pineapple Lime Desert Recipe

I recently went through my grandmother's collection of recipes - all yellowed and fragile.  A little photoshopping, and this is what I came up with.  (p.s.  I also made the dessert - delicious!)

Freebie - Birthday card ready to print

Here is a birthday card I drew and painted.  To print it, just click on it and save it to your desktop.  Once there, open the image, select Print, select paper size  of 8.5 x 11", image of 5 x 7", preview to be sure it will print on the correct side of your page, and print.

Write your own message inside.  Maybe something nice like "I see it got there in time", or not so nice but funny, "Sorry, I should have overnighted it". 
Enjoy your day,
Cindy

Rainy Day Dreamin'

Today was rainy and cold, what a great time to stay in and paint.  This is a little female cowbird I had a photo of. . . . she looked so cute with her head slightly cocked.  I've included the sketch so you can paint her too.

Summer Memories

Painted last summer, one of my beautiful hibiscus....I hope these plants made it through the winter to bloom again in the spring.
Have a great day

You Paint

Your turn, use this drawing to practice sketching or painting....

My painted version was posted earlier.  I sometimes have a very hard time being inspired to paint or draw, so here is a little free inspiration for you.  I hope it gets you going!
Have a great day.

Playing Around with the bird

Since my bird painting on handmade paper wasn't really very good, I started playing with paintshop's special effects, curly cued, tiled, and lastly, patterned.  It was fun to see all the different ways a picture could be treated.

Lastly, a rose I sketched from my garden.  You're welcome to print and paint it, please have fun with it!
I'd love to see your pictures when you finish.

Playing with Paintshop

Playing around with Corel's Paintshop.  The picture is of a painting I did last month.  I paintshopped it with a bubbles background, and love the results.  I might use this image to make notecards.  What do you think?

More on "Cindy's Great Paper Experiment".

The paper I made yesterday has dried, and I ruined the first sheet with watercolors.  It was a little like painting on papertowels...absorbant extraordinarily.  Maybe I should market my paper as a kitchen spills cleaner upper.  SO, onto the second sheet. . . I've sketched a bird and blossoms, and then painted the outside perimeter with liquid spray starch, which of course migrated into the drawing.  That shouldn't be a problem, though, as the starch is drying clear, and will hold paint, I think, just fine.

Til next time,
Cindy