An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
Last weekend, I had the honor of putting together a Paint & Sip class for a ladies’ retreat for my church, First Pentecostal Church of Jackson (Mississippi). Seventy ladies attended! The theme was “Bloom Where You are Planted.” I found free adult coloring pages online and selected three—a simple design…
It occurred to me a couple of months ago that I needed to do some portraits for Christmas. In 2021, I’d painted portraits of my great nephew and niece for their parents, and there’ve been some additions since then! I begged my sister to get some “good” pictures of the newbies…and…
I’ve not painted much since Christmas. I’ve been so busy this year with trips, senior class meetings and events, Bible Quizzing, and a book that I volunteered to edit for a recently deceased friend’s family. However, today is stormy, I have a ton of laundry to do from this past weekend’s…
Last week I showed you the portraits that I painted for Christmas. This week, I want to share the acrylic pours that I did for my unofficially adopted daughter Tiffany. I confess that I’m not super comfortable with acrylic pours. They are messy, and there’s no way to really control the…
I’ve worked for several weeks on a huge oil painting that’s going to hang in the waiting room of one of my husband’s clinics. I used a photo from the web for a reference and then I let my imagination run away. In fact, hubby and I took a quick trip…
A while back, my favorite blogger initiated a painting project that inspired me. She challenged herself to paint 100 meadows in oil, a medium with which she was not so comfortable. And she chose to do it on 100 blue index cards. I tend to stick to photographs that I’ve taken…
Oil paintings are rather expensive to produce, due to the time involved and artist-grade materials. I might be willing to negotiate on some piece or other, or I might not! I hope you’ll take a look at what’s available and find that the price is actually very reasonable. :). Unless…