Alabama Cow and Fall pic

"Sunny Alabama Cow" 8x5 watercolor

I really wanted to paint Karin Jurick's Alabama Cow for her DSDF week 8 challenge but I never found the momentum so watercolor was the quickest. Anyway I'm pleased to have painted this beautiful cow! You know we pass many cows when we drive around some lingering farm areas in Northwest Arkansas but I guess my California eyes have never really had the pleasure of observing how CUTE they can look! She actually looks like the cows they portray in Disney cartoons LOL!

Well it seems I was hardly home this week and I'm feeling a little sorrowful about that because I need to be still and paint at home but my schedule to cover the gallery has been a bit off so I'm having to do more days than usual. I also attended a couple museum events. One of them was a calendar signing day where I met many local Arkansas artists I admire and also meeting the First Lady of Arkansas Mrs. Ginger Beebe! She is so petite and very nice, I enjoyed meeting her very much :)

Part of the joy of traveling around town was enjoying the fall show of the Ozarks and I must say, this has not been a bad season for colors at all!

Don't forget to turn your clocks back Sunday morning! Cheers!

Watercolor fall quilt

"Big H in Fall Morning" 10x13.5 watercolor on paper

I did this for my watercolor group (WNW), challenge for months of Sept-Oct. The challenge is "quilt". I wanted to not fall into a tight one despite the subject and hopefully still be able to convey the lovely variety of colors and patterns on a quilt.

This is based on my best friend Hillary. She speent a week with us 2 fall seasons ago, all the way from California. Well she has always been so loving to visit me just about anywhere I move because she probably misses her sushi and art buddy lol Ok it doesn't have to be sushi, it can be ANY food but most likely exotic. Ok it didn't have to be exotic, it could just be a burger in some greasy spoon -- AS LONG AS IT'S FOOD! lol

I made this H-quilt for her, a timely gift for her visit :)

Do visit her blog http://hillarymillerart.blogspot.com as she is posting an excellent silk painting demo!

White pumpkins oil on canvas

"Not Onions" (I meant garlic) 5x7 oil on canvas board

Today's painting was a struggle piece to keep them from looking like GARLIC lol I think the whiter colors on the foreground piece didn't help. ANYWAY this is my submission for this week's Different Strokes by Different Folks hosted by very gifted and gracious Karin Jurick. Do check out how other artists rendered theirs.

Been busy today but with a few painting daylight left I thought I I'd attempt this challenge that I've been avoiding all week. I didn't really know how I could "contribute" to the photo Karin had. But before I knew it I was sketching out ideas and just decided to paint. Well I'm glad I did! And now my busy evening is about to take over my busy day so ta-ta for now!