Cards - happy PPF

Hi all Happy Paint Party Friday once again     here is a  little Christmas tree inspired acrylics and pastels painting I did not think about it much just wanted to paint spontaneously a tree and some stars  

   a box arrived yesterday  with my painting made into some Christmas / greeting cards You may remember this star painting On my account with Fine art america . com I ordered 10 cards  just to check out the  quality needless to say, I am happy with it Here is the box when it arrived

this came in one week via UPS

inside was a very nice card box

in the nice card box was my 10 cards and nice envelopes for each also

on the back of the card was my name and the name of the art work

on the inside I could add what ever text I wanted to so I came up with this   Inspired by the star that is hugging the earth (all of us) and giving us all His heart (love)  

-KAT-

Art for Christmas cards

Sorry I missed a few weeks with you all.

 I have been busy with my son; packing/ moving  him

 into a new apartment

where he is starting a new job

...I am back home and working on a 

few oil/  pastels art works

 to enter a Christmas/ Winter 

greeting card competition this November.

The winning art work will have a Christmas card made 

for  local  Ohio congressman, Peter Beck.

 (and 500 dollars also). 

To say the least -  I sure could use that!

I didn't realize that it would be so much fun to try to come up with a design

 that wasn't already done in some way.

 I decided to go colorful and abstract a touch

here are a couple art works for the

 event/ contest in November

my work desk

thinking of adding this purple frame to it

two paintings side by side

sorry the photos are not that great
I have to use my hubs cheapo camera
I left mine in Chicago !
My- Bad

-KAT-

My Scout Hiking in Kentucky

My son and husband

 are campers - hikers- adventurers

 I usually stay home and create my art

peace and quiet and no one

 looking over my shoulder ...

Less commenting before I am ready 

...or want a comment to happen

so being alone is working out great

 for the creative process

I have four sons 

as I have mentioned before on here

 and as they are all going their own ways, 

getting older 

finding their place in their own lives.,

I am going my own way a little bit more

My artistic/ creative side is coming alive 

more and more

I think because of the alone time I now have

If that makes sense to any one else,

 let me know.

Here is the latest camping adventure

 for the guys

wonderful Kentucky hills country

 

-KAT-

Mason Art Fest was a Fun Success !

I did pretty good at the

Mason Ohio Art Festival

My best Art Show ever

...

Even though this was  only the second art show I've been in

 its still - THE BEST ONE!

 The weather was beautiful  

Thank God

and my husband and son came to help me out

I really am glad I entered the Art Festival

I sold  a Cincinnati riverfront painting 

and a sea scape and a fish blowing bubbles

three very different art works

I was very satisfied to have those three sales

My best experience ever at an art show

but I will work hard to do better next year.

here are some art show photos

Art Show, Mason, Ohio

Happy Friday

this Sunday is the Mason Arts Festival
Ill be there somewhere

 Come  if you can !

Mason Ohio

 Funny little bubble spitting fishes

The Fish are  wood and modeling paste and paint

 Falling Leaves art work is done in oils and pastels on canvas mounted on wood plaques

 Come over to the paint party on the fab blog at

Paint Party Friday

here

Fall-ing Leaves

"Fall-ing Leaves"  pastels and oil paints that are water soluble work well together

making small paintings on canvas paper then cut them out and mount onto wood

very thinned oil paint of leaf shapes

I used wood glue to attach the canvas to wood blocks

oil pastels to give shades of color  - using my finger-tip to smear the color together

I may hang them in a chained together form like falling leaves

Like this

this one looks nice just setting on the mantle

-KAT-