Lori's Tulips

My sweet best buddy, Lori, is not only a fabulous artist but she is a great photographer too. This is a Julie Ford Oliver"Fractured" technique painting. I am enjoying the fracturing technique and hopefully I can get comfortable with it.

 Here is Lori's photo. 

Lori's lighting on her photo was so luminous that it was hard for me to capture. Capturing light is something that comes with practice (lots of it!) and I am working on that. Glass is another thing that I am working on. It is a process for sure!  I reused a canvas that already had an orange underpainting. You can see it peeking through the fracturing. All in all, I am enjoying the fracturing so far. Thank you for the wonderful photo, Lori!

Pray and Watch

I decided that the little watercolor on the right should probably stand alone without writing. I love to do these little watercolors. They take about 5 minutes or so and are so fun to do. I have thought about doing a little bitty online tuitorial class to teach how to do this. I use magic brushes (really, they are magic) to make the flowers and the pot is just so easy you wouldn't believe it. Maybe after Christmas I will think about doing that. Hope your Christmas season is wonderful!

Just the cutest thing ever!!

I just had to show you all this precious little accordion book that my best buddy, Lori, made for my daughter, Macaulay. The pictures don't do it justice but I just can't tell you how precious and special this little book is. How wonderful to have a Lori, aka, Elvie Studio,handmade book!!!  She is a wonderful artist, thoughtful and generous person and a sweet, sweet friend.