Ha Ha Well the little fish painting I fell in love with by Christine in Canada has arrived in my mailbox today.
I enjoy her little mini paintings and I think this size is such a good idea. She has a site on Ebay so I check her paintings that are for sale once in awhile. Christine's fish painting is perfect for our mantle and lake house and I totally fell in love with this one too.
When I was trying to paint a couple years ago, I painted a little sailboat. I found these mini easels online for display.
I miss painting sometimes, especially with the watercolors. I had gotten frustrated with it as I am not all that good with paints but watching friend Cathy learn I may get motivated to try again soon. My goal was to be able to paint one of our awesome sunrises here on the lake.
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I have all sorts of items on our mantel-homemade pottery pieces, wood burning, my collection of gnomes and a couple of vintage items
We had rain all day today 'til just now-3 pm-more on the way for a few days. I had put my bottle "greenhouses" back out yesterday afternoon so now they got a really good soaking. I just placed them down on the brick walkway next to the house so shouldn't get much more rain inside the bottles. Better for them to be outdoors. The ornamental grass I purchased was supposed to arrive today but looks like it is still in Kansas City
Stay safe all of you in this storm's path moving towards the east-there will a lot of flooding with this one.
What a fun painting. Fits perfectly on your mantle by the lake. I know you will enjoy it for many many years. Janice
ReplyDeleteI will thank you Janice
DeleteI enjoy Christine's artwork. She's very talented.
ReplyDeleteI agree always curious what she will paint next
DeleteKathy I am thrilled to see your post today thanks for your kind words. -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
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DeleteWe've had a lot of rain too (inside and out). Christine's painting is lovely and your mantel sounds delightful.
ReplyDeletethank you more rain here in Missouri today
DeleteThose paintings look good together!!! I hope you DO paint more soon.... :) Rain/Storms missed us last night....One storm went West of us , one South of us and one North of us... sigh... We have another round tonight fingers crossed... Thank you for stopping by the blog and leaving a comment! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteI saw Texas mentioned for storms hopefully you will get some rain from it with the strong winds. I like the painting together too thanks
DeleteGreat paintings. I am still a work in progress.
ReplyDeleteWe are in for bad weather all weekend. I plan on getting up and out early tomorrow if not slippery and go to the grocery store.
Cathy
Good idea I always do that too and make sure I also have bottled water around as well we had no power during an ice storm at the woods house for 19 days so I learned to always have water and be prepared-back then we only used woodstoves so we were warm and I cook cook
DeleteCute paintings! Keep on trying and you´ll get better! When I look at my first tries I wonder why I kept going, LOL. And now people say I do a good job - you can do that, too!
ReplyDeleteHope for better weather, here cold, but sunny! Hugs to you and the lake
Good morning, Yes your sketches-paintings are very awesome. Once I get my slow stitch bags completed or need a break from them for a bit I will get out my paints again. still raining here and cold hugs
DeleteYour sailboat painting and the fish painting are a great look together. Makes me want to get out the paints again. Rain is a true blessing, but so glad to get up this morning to drier skies. We were just short of ten inches. Wow! So much water! Mary @ Hilltop Post
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary I like them together too wow you got a lot of rain we have turned cold now after the strong winds and rain right at freezing at night again have a good new week
DeleteKathy your sailboat and Christine's fish are just perfect. I am enjoying painting the tiny paintings. Although I may take a break and paint something more in the range of 5x7 or larger. For now this is a fun challenge. Sounds like you are getting lots of rain. Up until now been so dry but I think we are good for awhile :)!! Cold weather is on the agenda for tomorrow...low of 24 - brrr! Have a good week dear friend. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. I think the 5x7 size would be really nice too-more room for your paintings. 24 is cold-yikes Happy new week hugs
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