Irish cottage

painted for Virtual Paintout
sold

a year of paintings 2010

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a year of health & happiness!
I'm linking to Mosaic Monday at Mary's
& I think there's enough blue for Smiling Sally, too!

season's greetings

and wishes for a wonderful holiday!

This little chickadee turned out to be our Christmas card.

I can never find much time to paint in December.

There's just too much to do.

I do love when life slows down in the deep winter

and I feel free to paint and knit and relax.

Until then...

wrapping, baking, cooking, etc, etc.

Enjoy!

do you have a budding artist?

As an art teacher, I was always asked by parents 

for good drawing book recommendations.

This was my favorite.  

I taught hundreds & hundreds of children how to draw in 3-D

(they REALLY loved that!) using the basics from this book.  

It's not at all intimidating and lays the foundations for 

inventive and creative drawings with simple lines and shapes.

Ages 9-12 (I started the basics with my second graders).

224 pages of FUN!

here's a good one

Oh, yes!  This book would not let me go.

It's a tangled suspenseful puzzle of

three stories.

I was not disappointed!

new photos

 

Bridge of Sighs

Venice

I have added some photographs to my Etsy shop

They were all taken by my daughter who has

a wonderful eye for detail.

Sacre-Coeur

Paris

 Paris Opera House

View from Notre-Dame

Paris