Lilo and Stitch

A while back my sister asked me to paint this as a gift for a friend who was expecting a baby. It was fun to do.

In My Father's House new painting

This poor canvas has served as many things from chalkboard to oil painting,  but it is this acrylic version I love the most. Read more about it in my etsy store. www.beckysusanne.etsy.com

Finster Fest 2014 photos!

So, I am behind in getting my post but I'm going to try to be better. I am so excited to have been a part of Finster Fest. This is my tent all set up with the help of my parents and my sister. I could not have done this without them.

My amazing sister drove me and all my stuff there and helped me set up. Then she sat with me all weekend.

 So here are some pictures from the festival, well pictures of my booth at the festival. I will write more when time permits.

Spice Rack

Here is another piece I am selling at Finster Fest. It is a spice rack I painted with acrylic paint.
The rack measures 15 5/8" from side to side, 19 1/4" in height and 2 5/8" deep. Please let me know
if you have any questions.

New Painting

This is one of the paintings that I will have for sale at Finster Fest that is not available in my etsy store. It is acrylic paint on a 24 x 30 inches unframed. The edges are painted dark blue so it can be hung unframed.

Teddy

Since money is tight this Christmas I asked my sister if I could paint her a picture instead. She happily said yes and here is a portrait of her dog Teddy.

sweet peas are hard

Let me clarify, drawing the sweet pea blossom is very difficult. Have you ever studied the blossom of the sweet pea? The mixed runner sweet pea to be exact. They are very difficult to disect. Maybe if I had a real one I could figure it out but looking at photos on the web is not helping me. Let me back up...

I was so excited when I read that the Baker Creek Seed Company was looking for illustrators to illustrate seed packets. That's a job I can do from home (since I am now a stay at home mom) and they even offer to pay in seeds! (a gardener's dream) So I was so excited, I emailed them and they wrote back. The plant they want me to illustrate is the mixed runner sweet pea. Maybe it is a test to weed out lousy illustraters which apparently I am because I am having a very hard time. So far, this is what I have...

So this is what I've come up with. I like it but I don't think it is seed packet material. I'm trying to a drawing in colored pencil but it isn't turning out so well. So, I will probably end up sending this one to the Baker Creek people so at least I can say I tried. If only they had given me a sunflower or a tomato. ...sigh....

who's got the blues?

After months of painting brown watercolors I finally gave in and let Lukas play around with some acrylic paint. I kept the palette cool with blues and greens. I thought at least that way whatever he painted would look good in my nautical themed home.

painting with watercolors

Okay, I can't say I haven't gotten to paint some. Lukas, my almost three year old, loves to paint. I started him on with watercolors in which he quickly learned to blend all the colors together to get brown. And so he paints with a lot of brown. We started with GLOB watercolors but he quickly wanted more so I gave in and let him use some van gogh watercolors. (more on GLOB later) I LOVE that my little man loves to paint. I only wish I had enough frames to put them all in and hang them!

 I helped with the sun and the tree in this one. Yes, look closely you'll see them.