Loveland, Ohio - Paint The Town Event

Loveland, Ohio's 
" Paint the Town "

was this last Sunday

We all tried to enjoy the shade 

and drank lots of water 

Many people came on over and enjoyed our paintings

my guys came to help me out

fountain was refreshing to be close to on Sunday

Winning art by Deirdie

the Loveland fountain

my favorite kind of flower

Bobbie with her winning watercolor of the Presbyterian church

more art by other artists

Monica's art

Bob does some painting

What A week !

Hot Hot Hot

As in temperature and humidity

 Friday a hurricane strength storm blew through

 Ohio and Loveland

Blew out the power to our house and many others in the areas

for three sweltering days !!!

I had to retreat to places with power 

befor we all went crazy from the heat

My son and husband slept outdoors in the trees

They have hammocks for camping

 because of the fact that they camp alot and are boy scouts

I could not bring myself to sleep outside at night

so I slept as close as possible to the open window 

Bandit and My son, Ryan

good thing Bandit had a shave recently

 It was really too hot for a fire 

but fire is somehow a good distraction at night

 from having nothing much to do 

...and it is comforting in the darkness

notice Bandit is moving away from the heat

I hope everyone has survived the heatwave

 and the storms so far

Oh the power of Mother Nature

How Awesome

-KAT-

PPF and WOYWW Post- Paint the Town

So What is on Everyone's Work Desk this fine week in June ?

 Work desk - Table- Easel- or in my case...

 just spread all-the-heck-over the whole room !

remember i told you about the" Paint the Town "event

 here in my town of Loveland Ohio

I have managed to get work done on a few oil paintings

The church is the Loveland Presbyterian Church in town

and it is their 50th anniversary

 I was thinking " tongues of fire  "
do you get the look ?
Tongues of fire represent 
discipleship for Christians 
so I thought that was  a cool look

There are many very talented artists in town
 this week and some are painting the church also

 I think my style will be kinda - " Out There"

for a church 

but I'm going to go with it anyway.

always fun to try to do something
 different and challenging

 promised myself I would not give up
 and I'm not going to
And as you see I'm staying true to my
Out-there  style
Oh .... my work desk, you ask ?
Ummm... OK 
Here Your go

I will not show you the whole room
That would be too embarrassing
I really am in, " don't clean up" mode this week

here are two other oil paintings
of wild flowers
 that I took  photos of 

they grow abundantly right on the shore
 of the Little Miami River here in Ohio

See you all next week
go to the blog at WOYWW and see
what is on everyone else's desks
Most are
 so much tidier than I

Paint Party Friday and Loveland Paint the Town

 July 1st  we have an art event called 

"Paint the Town"

here in Loveland Ohio

I went and picked up my artist packet 

this afternoon over at 

Loveland Hardware Store

The people at the store are always so nice

 I like that place a lot!

So I  am working on doing a oil painting

 of the Loveland Presbyterian Church

It is a spectacular building and I love the look of it

So here is the way I decided to start my painting

with the help of a photo and trace it to a clear plastic sheet 

then project it to the size I need right on the canvas

this window is going to be the hardest thing to recreate

Happy painting  my friends

say a prayer for me

may have bit off more than my 

palette knife can chew

-KAT- 

What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday ??? .. Be Prepared

Please excuse  my artistic 

and UNORGANIZED

MESS !

...Here is my Work Space for this past month 

nice tablecloth...yea I know it doesn't make any sense 

This week I am scrabbling to finish up a job 

for my artist friend Jamie Morath.  

we made this wooden art piece a while a go 

artistic take on three businesses in downtown Loveland, Ohio
the owner of one of these shops has asked to see the piece
 and may be interested in purchasing it for her shop window !
Jamie called and asked me to get it finished up
We are both very excited to make it look good
with lots of new details
The green things laying on the sidewalk
are going to be for umbrella tables in front of the Paxtons.

 It is All Jamie's design

taken from a painting she did once.

I made the initial wood structure 

and little wooden pieces

 Jamie painted it for our Loveland

"Paint the Town" Event. 

 I am doing some little things for it

 like gluing it together

 and caulking it on the edge.

  I'm also making some little-bitty things

 to go with it like tables and chairs

out of wire and wood and super Gorilla Glue

those green things are umbrella table, umbrellas
... to go on top of the tables,
when I get those done.
...made from sculpy clay

wooden and wire tables and a love seat bench in the first stages

this is a close up of some of the other things

 going on at the same time this week.

everything from wooden ornamental birds to jewelry 

bird (wooden) piece for a necklace
so far it is the only one

Love my dremel
but I want the newer one !

some tools i borrowed from the hubby.

Well...there you go 

now you know what a scatter brain i am

but always with an 

Artistic Purpose

Hugs and peace

KAT

 I  am linking this post to
a couple of other blogs
  a fun blog and a neat idea at :

My Town - Painted and Shown

 My Town 

Loveland,
Ohio

  I am slowly getting more and more

 involved in the arts here

 "Paint The Town" event was great.  

15 artists signed up

 to paint scenery around town 

There was a luncheon for all of us

and a cocktail party on Friday evening

 Sunday we had an outdoor event

right in the middle of town,

 to show off  our works of art

 Awards handed out and a few sales too !

Painted by artist Jamie Morath

I had a hand in  designing the shape, cutting,
 and sanding the wood...
preparing the piece for Jamie to paint

Loveland businesses and folks
 painted by my friend Jamie Morath

 One day last week I decided

 to set up my easel and paint this scene

the Town Fountain

I love this big ole tree
and the umbrella tables in the background

My take on the scene
fountain, tree, and Paxtons restaurant in the background
Palette knife style

Stage Company
The Town
Play Theater

watercolor with ink lines added

This is a photo I happened to snap one day down by the Little Miami river

...And here is my little 8 by 8
oil paint of the scene

oil of town buildings
 8 by 8 palette knife

Cardinals
were all over
around Loveland

Here is a female cardinal
 in a similar pose (oils)

So that is "Paint" the Town"

for this year

next on my list of things to paint is

a second children 's book illustrations

for  author and friend

Danny D. Langone

titled 

"Percy"

He is a mouse

...more on that some other day