Rolling Around, Fast

All day long I've been rolling around, screeching around corners, my hair wildly flying.....wait, that's not true. Ok. Let's go back to rolling around, maybe sort of fast. And the reason is that today I was just in the zone, you know? It's 7:30pm and after I finish this post and eat something, I'm going back to the studio the start a new piece. 

Gourds From Georgia

11x14

This is a piece I finished last fall and put it away, because I just didn't like it. But when I looked at it again yesterday, I realized what was wrong, because now I'm a year smarter. It needed the punch of some more colors, so when I finished I thought it looked pretty good. What do you think?

Autumn Sunlight

8x10

This was one I worked on this week. Do you recognize that bowl? My sister Ellen made it in college, but it lives here now. I love the irregularities in finish.

A good friend told me she had been to a marketing class and was told that an artist needed to start a following by selling very cheap, small paintings until people would accept paying more for larger work. So today I was admiring  Tracy Helgeson's   beautiful, softly colored paintings and pastels on her blog, and I tried to do something similar. Mine is only 5x7, I don't know why it looks so huge here. Well, it doesn't  look like Tracy's, but I think it might be ok. And I wanted an excuse to use some of the light molding paste I've had sitting here. Has anyone tried this strategy on ebay or etsy?

Wallis Paper Experiment

I had heard about Wallis and other sanded papers and I ordered some to try it out. This is my little experiment. It's really gritty feeling, but does the job. Now I need to spray it and varnish it to see how it holds up. It says on the cover that it takes acrylics, also.

2x3

WIP

8x10

The afternoon just flew by while I worked on this in my dining room. I meant to go back to my studio, but I just got so wound up in this that I forgot.

100 Blogger Posts

Gosh! I just noticed I'm well over 100 blogger posts, and I was going to celebrate the big day. I missed it. Well, on to 200.

Gourds with Ellen's Bowl

6x18

SOLD

This is all finished, and I have to say, I'll miss working on it. It's one of my favorites. I just love the way colored pencils can be so luminous.

Looking Forward to the Fall

Today I worked a half day at Blue Skies Gallery and got all of this done. I had only sketched in  the beginning drawing before I left home this morning.  After the foreground and background are finished tomorrow or the next day, it will be ready to be sprayed and framed.