"A dream getaway"

This painting is from a digital painting  that I painted a few years ago. I really liked how the digital painting turned out and I wondered how it would look in Acrylic paints. So I tried it and I think I like the Acrylic version better! Much more richness to it I would say!  How about you? 

The idea for these paintings are not from a photograph but imagination. 

It's a place I would love to have. Doesn't have to be fancy, just peaceful and quiet. A place I can ride my horse( a horse I don't have) everyday with the wind in my hair and the sun on my face. A place of freedom, a place of peace with no one to bother you. A getaway when life gets tough and you need a change of scenery, a place to regroup and recharge your batteries. We all need places like this once in a while, what would be your getaway place? 

 

Digital painting. 

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16 X 20  Acrylics on canvas.    $175.00 

For those who don't know what a digital painting is, it is a painting done in a special program on the computer. It has a blank canvas, paint brushes and paint and you can use a tablet with a special pen to paint with or as I started, with your finger on the touch pad on your laptop. Not quite as fun as the pen! 😳

It takes about a month to get used to painting on the tablet and looking at the screen on your computer, but once you learn, it's fairly easy.

 I did this for quite a few years as I am sensitive to paint and only recently started painting with Acrylics again. I don't seem to be as sensitive to the paint fumes as in my younger years. I believe it's because they make the paint less harsh than it used to be. 

Anyway, I really enjoyed doing this painting, very easy and relaxing. 

The next one I will be working on won't be as easy as it is a person. Someone had posted a nice portrait type photo of a man I know and I thought "oh that would make a nice painting someday" I saved it to my computer intending to ask permission if I wanted to paint it but now a year later I cannot remember what's so ever who took the picture!!? 

I will have to post the picture on Facebook(as that is where I got it from) 

The reason why i have decided to paint this painting of this man is because

He won't stop bugging me to paint it!!! Lol I told him last year that I had seen a picture of him on Facebook and asked if he would mind if I painted him someday, now every time I see him the first thing he does is  ask if I painted his picture! Hahaha, then I feel guilty because I didn't so looks like I will have to paint his picture so I don't feel guilty anymore 😄

Hope you enjoy my paintings 😊💖😊

Orange, blank and white circle dress

This is a dress I made last year but never posted any pictures of it until this year. 

Very comfortable and pretty to wear with the black and red lace I added to it.

 

My brothers mantle is now mine!!!

 

This is a double mantle that my talented,wonderful and loving brother Kirk made!!!

 I looooooooove it💖💖💖💕💕💕💕💖💖💖

I have been wanting one for a long time

and everytime I go to his house I tell him....I want it....and 

so they decided to do over their living room 

and this piece was "up in the air" 

whether it should go or stay......

well you know what side I was on!!!😄😄😄 

And it was decided that it would go to 

his lovely wonderful fantastic sister!!! Lol

Can you say pleased and tickled pink!!??? 

I put it up,as is,temporarily, until I can figure out 

What to do with it.

Now it is stained and varnished but there are scratches on it.

I know, I know, some of you would say leave it as is,as my brother would too (he thinks everything should be stained wood🙄) but his sister is different.

Not that I have anything against wood but it just would not match my decor!😳

It has to be painted! Yes painted! I'm thinking white paint. Fresh clean white paint. 

 

The great thing about the way he made it is the top comes off!!!

I get 2 mantles for the price of one! Oh yeah, I didn't pay for it. 😜 

The top one is going in another room. 

The bottom one, I plan on making a box under it to lift it up and probably have a few drawers too. The inside needs a back of some kind, possibly a shelf too. 

Anyway hoping to get this project done before summer is over. Will post picture when I get it done. 

Ttyl 😄❤️😄

PS. For those of you who don't know this is a painting I did a few weeks ago

But this is not the painting that will go there as it is too small once I

Take out the top mantle. I will have to make another large painting or 

something for that spot. 

 

Never liked the wall colour.....it was supposed to be silver grey but it looks too lilac! Changing the colour to a warmer grey, like the floor.

Love bites for Brody!!

 

I found these cute miniature cupcake liners and I

thought it would make the perfect size cupcakes 

for my grandson Brody. 

I am always on Pinterest finding recipes among other wonderful things and so I found this recipe for vanilla cupcakes. I did not add as much sugar as it called as I don't want the little one to have too 

much sugar so I skimped slightly.Here is the great recipe I used...http://www.justsotasty.com/vanilla-cupcakes-with-fresh-strawberry-buttercream/#more-558

 

I started  to put strawberries inside the batter but then I thought....

I don't like cooked fruit and wasn't sure if and how it would cook so 

I only added strawberries in a few. Turned out fine though.

 

After they were cooked I wanted to make them a bit more "healthy"

 so I scooped out the middle and added cut up strawberry pieces.

I made a flour frosting with flour and milk cooked in a pan over 

medium heat until it thickens to the consistency of frosting and then I added beating it well,

a small amount of sugar, just enough to sweeten it, probably 1/4 cup, I also threw in some cut up 

strawberries too.It usually asks for 1 cup of sugar but again, I didn't want too much sugar for Brody. 

Then I frosted the cupcakes and added another piece of strawberry on top.

 

This one is for Brody! 

 

 

He liked picking off the strawberry on top

 

Brody cuddling with his mom enjoying his little cupcake

 

Mine! 😉

 

Yummy!

 

 

This is what I did with the left over middles from the cupcakes

I cut up more strawberries added a dab of frosting and a tablespoon

organic sugar covered it and put it in the fridge until it was juicy. 

This was a great snack for me! 

How not to get paint on your baby painter

 

I don't know how to keep paint off of him and I don't want to!!! 😍😍😍

 Are you kidding???  Why would you want to keep paint off of such cuteness???

They go together so well! Mom's and dad's, grandpa's and grandma', caretakers, let your cuties get good and dirty with Paint at least once, and take pictures and send them to me, I would love to see them.

 

This little Brody just loves painting!💙💚💜❤️ 

I have a chair set up at the table with a plastic tablecloth on it that I got a few of at

the dollar store and the chair has a booster seat on it so he can reach the table and so whenever he feels like painting he goes and pulls out his chair and cries and tries to get up on the chair. He is only 15 months old and is only saying some words yet but he sure knows how to get his point across when he wants something. 😄

 

 

His Masterpiece with his grandma's help. 

I kind of have to guide him to put his paint brushes in the water and then in the paint and on the watercolour paper but he knows how it's done. He is getting better and better with every painting!  So far he has made 7 paintings.

You can buy these paint supplies at Walmart. I think the watercolours cost around $8.00

and the watercolour paper pad around the same, give or take. Fairly inexpensive and it will give your "adorable gift of God" hours and hours of enjoyment! 

 

 

Those little hands (quite big in his case) can go fast!  😄

 

Examining the paint

 

I wonder why toddlers want to put EVERYTHING in their mouths?? I had to stop him so many times! 

I don't think these paints are toxic but still, I don't think it's good to put in your mouth...

 

I just love these colourful pictures with tiny pudgy hands, so adorable 😘😘😘

 

 

 

Making sure he is rubbing it in good here, good thing it is washable!!!

 

Having fun!

 

Huh, are you still taking pictures of me? 😉

 

 

He looooooves dipping his brush/brushes into the water!

 

We have to hold it tight though or it would be all over the place!

 

Amazing he didn't get any on his shirt or shorts! It does come off if it does though. I have to find him some kind of  vinyl bib.

 

 

I am making a collection of his framed paintings and will try to fill a wall with them.

Brody and I say Adios, until next time 💕💕💕

Finished Piece by piece

 

This is the first "word" painting I think I've made. I like the way it turned out. 

This song "Piece by Piece" by Kelly Clarkson had been stuck in my head and so I had to get it down on canvas. 

Painted in Acrylics. 

Hope you like it! 😊💜😊

For more information on why I did this painting read this post

https://leeanneonlife.blogspot.ca/2016/06/stats-piece-by-piece.

A bit of gardening is good for the soul

I don't know what it is about gardening but it seems like the minute I get my hands in it, it's like the world goes away. It's healing for me. Melts away my worries, problems and whatever is bothering me for a while. I wish that I could explain how it feels....it's like a quietness and peacefulness that comes over you, you can hear your  thoughts....and God's voice too if you care to listen. You get lost in your own little world, a world of beauty where your hands create the space that pleases you....but it's more than that, but not something I can really put into words...I am thankful that I like gardening and landscaping. I am thankful that I still have the strength to do it, even if it is on a limited basis. I think if my feet were capable of being on them all day, every day I could make a living at this. I am thankful I can push through things 💙💜💚❤️💖

Here is what I did today. 

 

This was a small bed and I enlarged it a bit. I think I may enlarge it even more eventually. It may take up the whole area by the end of the summer. I just planted 3 more plants in it. 

 

Planted those nice red ones today.

 

Have to find something to plant in the old shoes. 

 

 

I'm thinking little white flowers of some kind in there.

 

 

'Til next time, take care 💕😘💕

Life is changing, May update

Hi everyone, I haven't been blogging much, it seems my creative levels have come to a standstill, well almost.... If that were possible.  I don't know what is happening, something is changing, it feels like I'm waiting for something, something new in my life, going in a different direction or something.

I am now looking after my 14 month old grandson some days while my daughter works since they have moved back to Nova Scotia. I think it's important for me to do that more than anything else, I want to be sure he is well looked after and I know between his other grandmother and I, we can do that. When he gets a bit older my daughter will bring him to the day care where her best friend works and her best friend will look after him. So my days are filled with toys, stories, bottles and diapers, dadada's, and " Bob the builder, yes we can!!!"  Along with sweet kisses and adorable looks. 

Look at this sweet face, how could I not want to spend time with him?? Eyes as blue and bright as the sky and a smile that lights up his whole face and melts your heart!!!  And those cheeks soooo kissable!!! He is as bright as they come and learns quickly, you show him once and he is doing it! Since the two weeks he has come to Nova Scotia he has grown in leaps and bounds! Walking and talking, pointing and giving high 5's and shaking hands! Sooooo cute!  Can't wait for the weather to get warmer so I can take him on walks and play outdoors.

I'm still selling blinds and doing alterations and that keeps me busy too. I haven't worked on any more dresses lately but hopefully soon I will find time to play. Spring is here although there is not too much evidence according to the temperature, it is still not warm enough. I heard they had hail up Meteghan way. Yucky! I want to get out and do some gardening but the desire isn't there because it's too cold for me. I did one bed but I still need to do a couple more. I also need to get some colour in there. I can't have tulips because the deer eat them all!! Oh well, I love to see the deer in my yard. I think they know me when they see me, I have seen them watch me through the windows as I go about doing my work and when I step outside I sense that they recognize me....could be my vivid imagination too! Lol