As of today, this blog contains only past works of art. My current works can be seen on Faye’s Adventures in Art. For an explanation please refer to the previous entry on this blog. Or visit my sister’s blog.

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Here is my hummingbird done in water soluble oils. It took some getting used to, because I found the paints didn’t stay fluid as long as regular oils. After reading entries online, I learned that most artists using this medium extend it with linseed, safflower or other oil, not water. Once I did that I found I could add regular oil paint to the mixture with pretty much success.

The sunrise canvas is a WIP. I will show the finished product next week, I hope. This is my entry for Paint Party Friday.

Because it is cumbersome to comment on Blogspot artists’ blogs, I am switching over to my Blogspot blog for my future Paint Party Friday entries. Today I am posting on both blogs.

This week I decided to see if I could get back into painting with oils. It has been years and years since my last foray into this field and all my tubes were twisted and dried out. So I got a beginner’s set of water-soluble oils. If this works out I will graduate to more professional grade paints. Here is my small canvas that I have started. I hope to have it finished by next week. This is my entry for Paint Party Friday. If you haven’t visited there before, you have a real treat in store. I always enjoy seeing what exciting works are being produced.

I often can’t get any ideas on what to paint or draw. Starting with this bowl of flowers, I think I will do flower arrangements for a while. I have a photo book of floral designs I have made in past years and will use them for inspiration.

This is my entry this week for Paint Party Friday, a watercolor of my Li’l Redhead who was fashioned after my red-haired granddaughter. I am also entering it in a weekly challenge: 4×4 Friday.

Here is a digital art piece I created using the background photo provided by Rian as a freebie. I also used digital brushes from my Photoshop Elements program, from Annika von Holdt, and from some of my own inventions. The little stone angel on the left is a freebie from Dover Publications.

Jumping out of my comfort zone, I have made this background using watercolor crayons and pencils along with gel pens, which do not write well on crayons. This is for Paint Party Friday.

After a month-long, 4500 mile trip, we are back home and trying to get things back to normal. I am not yet ready to paint again on a regular basis. As a matter of fact, I think I left my muse in Colorado. I am hoping we get reconnected soon.