birch tree paintings

       Time again to share some art  with all my artistic creative blogging friends I have been a little under the weather (cold and dreary) the weather and ME !
so I hope you won't mind if I post something older today.

these are now in the cozy man-cave of a friend of mine  He lives in Wisconsin and is a wonderful friend a poet and author. and he is my number one fan ! Thanks Danny ! -KAT-

Painted trees on PPFriday

I was not happy with the last tree painting with the cardinal
so I have started a new tree oil painting
This is the first stage of it
 I need to work on this a lot
but here is where it stands as of today
Busy busy busy
with a lot of other stuff going on right now 

close up shows a bit of dripping  

This close up is cleaned up a little more

 no drips anyway
LOL

 also working on....

(more to be added here
later today )

Hugs from rain soaked, Ohio ! 

Sun Where are YOU ?

- KAT -

Friday is so Fun, Saturday is going to be a hard day to get through...

Happy Friday(almost)

Friday is always a pretty great day

I am joining "Paint Party Fridays"

Everyone is so nice and so creative

I love this group!

I started out
if you remember with the 18 by 24 inch canvas board
the Masking tape thing again
I don't know why but I like doing this

...first days painting
was posted a few days ago

 Thursday morning, I added more white and orange and browns

then later on Thursday I did a little bit more
 with some smaller branches using the palette knife,
  I slid in both north/south and east/west directions
on each branch
I am trying to get the effect of the
Shaggy bark or lake  Birch

...Saturday 

is the Annual Fall Art Show/ Contest 

in  Loveland, Ohio's Nesbit Park 

right on the Little Miami bike trail

 a wonderful spot for an art show

 here in little Loveland.

The weather will be fall like

 but sunny and not too hot or too cool.

Perfect right?

NO

I am dreading it

I volunteered to help set up 

and sit at the "Loveland Art Studios on Mains" booth

It's how I'm punishing myself

I think

But actually I do want to help out.

during the art show all day Saturday.

I'm sort of sad to be absolutely dreading going there 

...but I really want to be a part of the art show some how!

 I am not aloud to sell any art 

... and only can show one item on a booth display.

I applied to have a booth and show my art

 ( even to pay 75 bucks for the booth ) 

 to be a part of the artist community here in Loveland

BUT...sniff- sniff

I was not picked to be one of the lucky 80 artists

  NOT aloud to set up a booth in the park and ....

...I'll continue this  later maybe.

 (I'm a big CRY-baby)

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