Autumn Trees

Have you entered my blog Giveaway?  

Friday Oct 25 12:00PM Pacific Time is the official cut off.  

Two ways to enter:

1) Be a follower of my blog and comment on the giveaway post

2) Like my Facebook page.

Working away getting things ready for the Holiday Festival of the Arts. Set up is just under 3 weeks away. EEK!  :)

One of the pieces I've been working on is this abstract painting. This combines the gesso-watercolor technique with acrylic paint. I haven't decided if it's finished...  we'll see.  :)

Autumn Trees - 6 x 8 mixed media

In other news, I've just listed some autumn themed photo greeting cards in my Etsy shop.  Here's a preview:

Autumn Photo Greeting Cards 5x7

Hope your week is going well! Happy Friday!

Linking with Paint Party Friday hosted by Eva and Kristin, and 

Showcase Your Art Friday hosted by Robin at TheSmartestArtist.

Work in Progress and a Giveaway!

I'm celebrating a couple of personal bests this month, and so I decided to host a give away! 

All you need to do to enter is:

1) Be a follower of my blog, and leave a comment on this post 

and/or

2) Like my Facebook page and comment there that you wish to be in the drawing. 

Doing both gives you two chances to win! Remember to leave a way for me to contact you. Winner will be announced October 25th. 

A peek at one of the several pieces I have in various stages of completion... 

Unnamed work in progress... more detail work to be done. 

Oh, yes! What am I giving away? The winner will receive a 5 x 7 print of my painting "Echinacea Trio", which will be matted to fit an 8 x 10 frame. 

Echinacea Trio Print - available in my Shop

Thanks for stopping by! 

Linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin, and Artist Studio Day. 

A flower of a different hue

Still busy with creating for the Holiday Art Shows and feeling like there's not enough hours in the day. Of course the days ARE getting shorter. Anyone else in a hibernation adjustment? 

Another Gesso and Watercolor painting, although I haven't decided if it's totally finished. I think a bit more highlighting might be good, but I'm afraid I'll muck it up. Ha! 

Echinacea Stem 3 x 4

Here it is with tweaked saturation... I kinda like this. 

And a tweaked Hue... eek! 

This one is not so scary... 

It's a bit relaxing to play with photo editing... :)

Sharing with Paint Party Friday and Showcase Your Art Friday. 

Abstract from the Garden

Two WIP gesso and watercolor abstract paintings completed this week, in between a variety of other projects. These are both on 140# watercolor paper and measure 3 x 4 inches. Yes, I like doing miniature art. :) 

  Sunflower 3 x 4

Three Orange Tulips 3 x 4 

I have more in progress, and hope that I'm happier with the results as I continue on. 

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Sharing today with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Kristin and Eva.
Also sharing with Artist Showcase Friday at theSmartestArtist.