It's now 2011 and I have to remember to write the correct year on things. Just got used to writing 2010 in time for it to change again. ;) It does seem like last year flew passed me before I could even blink, but it was a good year. :)
This has been a very busy time for us, but things seem to be slowing down some now. For that I am thankful. I like having things to do, but being swamped with time limits and lots of places to go does get to me after awhile.
The holidays have finally passed and I can now post pictures of all my most recent projects. I've been really busy and I have a lot of pictures to post. :) It's been hard to keep from posting some of these because I'm so happy with how they turned out, but I couldn't post them until they were given to the people they were made for. hahaha So I was twitching a little. ;)
I started this painting for my sister in late July and didn't finish it until just before Thanksgiving. It was a true stretch of my abilities. I really didn't know what I was doing, but I'm happy with the way it turned out and so is she. That's what mattered the most, that she liked it.
Ben made this for my dad. I'm so proud of him and his leather working. He loves making this kind of stuff.
The following paintings I did for my mom. I wanted them to look like appliqued quilt blocks. I had a lot of fun with these playing with the different background techniques. The brown was the most fun as I used seran wrap to give it the textured look.
This first teddy bear I made for our 3 year old nephew. I again had a lot of fun with the background. I had a lot of help with the face and the hat. The teddy bears are so fun!
I painted this for our newborn nephew. He was only a month old for his first Christmas, but I know he'll understand better when he gets older. ;) Plus I wanted to make another teddy bear so he gave me a reason to make one. ;)
This one was for our almost 5 year old niece. I had a blast making it all girly and sparkly. :D
For my Great-Grandma I painted this tray. It was fun to do and the colors all came together better than I thought I'd be able to do. The stain I'd used at first stained it Cheeto orange and I was NOT happy about it. But after some scrambling I found another, darker stain that turned it into a nice color.
This tray also started out orange. So you can imagine my panic as I had all of these wood projects stained a freaky orange color. Now I like orange, but wood stained that color looks like it came from a contaminated forest, just sayin'. So anyway, I painted this one for my Grandma. It was fun because I love the orange flowers. And the color the other flowers turned out is really pretty. I was surprised by it. lol
This is another Ben project. He made it for my Grandpa. I think he did a great job with it. I love how dark the leather is. :)
So that is a glimpse of what has been keeping us occupied. I have some new projects I'm working on now and I'm hoping to learn some new stuff with them.
I've also recently been introduced to the world of colored pencils and I've come to realize that I love to color stuff. ;) So I have my Cinderella and Tangled coloring books that I love to sit and play with. My sister-in-law is teaching me how to shade things (amongst all the other things she has taught me with my art stuff) and it is so fun! Thanks to her I have found a side of me I didn't even know existed! lol
