Currently working on . . .

A watercolor done in the style of Mexican Folk Art, for my Mom. 

I am totally hooked on exploring all types of folk art these days. Swedish, Polish, Cuban . . . 

. . . not enough hours to doodle. Sigh . . .

Below are doodles for a new project. Needless to say, VERY excited to see how this turns out. 

Hint . . it's up there with getting published in Vogue Knitting, only better.

More to come . . . ")

Psalm 86:12

Watchful Expectation

Playing with the Bamboo Tablet - Flowers

My tablet has been sadly abandoned these last few months. Work @ school has been good, but crazy busy. This weekend my daughter came down sick, so we got a lot of @ home time. Did I clean? Maybe a bit. Did I doodle . . . heck ya!    ") Even got a start to a painting done and another project finished up that has been giving me some creative difficulties. I will post these later. It felt SO GOOD to doodle today. Now I have to go finish laundry and try to dream up something for dinner. Doodle on! 

Playing with GIMP Again . . .

I love how these turned out. I photographed the sketch (it was too big to scan), did a bit of photo editing and then went after it with my GIMP software. Too fun how rustic it turned out. The texture is awesome! Can't wait to try this some more! 

Creating Custom Brushes in GIMP - What NOT to Do . . .

Note to self - When creating new brushes, don't leave the eraser tool active and then wonder why all the new brushes you have created are not taking. Uggg...ggggg....gggg. Now I know.
At least I figured it out and am having a blast creating leaves and apples for my current project. SUCH a blast!
I can't wait to tinker more. LOVE GIMP!

Irish Dancer - Playing with GIMP Brushes

After I colored this it seemed too flat. I wanted to represent the amount of wow and sparkle that these amazing dresses showcase in person. The Galaxy brush worked great to get the texture of the socks. I then used the Confetti brush to bake the dots I had put on the dress sparkle.

I am starting to have fun with this computer thing. ")

(Double click on the image to see detail.)

Aly's Irish Dancer

Aly was off school today so we got to play! She first drew her design in pencil and traced it with a black marker. Next we scanned it and Aly got to try her hand at using the GIMP software to color it in. She was a pro! This was designed to go on a set of cards for her Irish dancing teacher.