Easter with the family

Getting ready.

 

 

Preparing for the Easter egg hunt.

 

 

Company arrives...

 

Easter egg toes

 

A gift from mom. 

 

Relaxing on the deck in the sunshine!

 

 

 

Jonny made a fabulous dessert.

huckleberry pie in mason jars!

wonderful!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you...

 

 

A few more images from Friday...

Near Lion's Park

 

 

It felt like summer.

 

 

Dazzled

On my weekly walk around the neighborhood with Wyatt...

 

 

 

"Look at Grandma!"

 

"Show Grandma your horsie!"

 

It was gorgeous!

I took my sweater off!

15 minutes later there was a cloudburst!

 

 

My favorite Pink

I went to the Tumwater Historical Park, hoping to find some blooming plum trees.
I was disappointed, it must be a little chillier down there. But, I did find these daffodils.  My bouquet of daffodils at home are finished, but I have this picture on my desktop.

 

a little visit to my mom and dad...

they have a beautiful Wild Currant in bloom.

I love this color, as you will see later in this post.

 

A break to make a snack!

Spiced Pecans: a Pinterest recipe

I think I'll sprinkle some on our salad tonight

(if there are any left).

 

I keep grabbing 15-20 minutes here and there to work in my art journal.

This one is watercolor on dictionary page. I think there's a little acrylic mixed in there (the white dots).

 

The opposite page... more watercolors on dictionary page.

I write down stream of consciousness words of what I am thinking about.

Some day I'll probably look back and go "huh?"

 

See what I mean about that pink?

 

I started this branch below with watercolor pencils.

I didn't like how it was coming out so I went over it with

watercolors from my koi field sketch set.

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I had fun with the colors - it reminded me of coloring Easter Eggs.

 

and another version in a different book.

 

 

a promise of summer days.

When my hubby takes on a project, he works f a s t!

 

 

building a gas grill in the dining room...

 

I think this is a promise that summer will be here soon.

 

Personally, I tried to stay out of the way...

aha! a project of my own.

 

I think I saw snow today.

and sunshine.

 

A fun technique to share

Today I tried out a technique I learned on PINTEREST.

 

supplies: 

watercolor paper

watercolor paints

stencils

 

I just used the stencils I had on hand.

I looked at the dollar store, hoping to find some

children's ones - like zoo animals

but no luck there.

 

My plan was to see if it would be possible

for my grandchildren to do.

A successful technique with watercolors?

 

This one got kind of runny and messed up.

using the right amount of water is important.

 

but some sketchy outlining saved it somewhat.

 

Its easy to mix colors.

 

Yes, I think the grandkids can do this!

I'm thinking the images could be cut out and made into a greeting card, or place cards or a bookmark.

 

 

You might see me at Joann's checking out the stencils tomorrow.

Bits and Pieces of me

I've been up to my eyebrows in paint and various media...A few nights ago I looked in the mirror and saw white paint (gesso I believe) in my hair!

 

Watercolor is my favorite though. The above dog on beach

is the best part of a larger picture...

 

Above I experimented with painting gesso over a magazine face, then painting over that with acrylics. I liked how the eye came out...

 

Now we're into my art journal...above

 inspired by a Julie Fei-Fan Balzer YouTube tutorial.

 

And having fun on St. Patrick's Day.

 

A little spread about a day spent with Tori and Wyatt.

 

A new stencil to try out...

 

fun with ink and watercolors on dictionary page.

I really liked how the watercolor worked on this paper.

I'll be doing a little more of this.