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Mawnin' Loverlies! I recently received a book from Blogging For Books called Daily Painting: Paint Small and Often to Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Artist written by Carol Marine. In the beginning of this book Marine talks about she got into selling her paintings and entering them into galleries. In this book she explains the benefits of blogging and selling online, and painting often and small. Marine also explains what materials she uses, how to place your still life objects correctly before painting them, and Marine also has quite a few paintings where she shows what she did step by step. This book is a great book for an artist that is first getting started, because it has so many tips and information that will help. This book mainly talks about oil painting, but you can use this information with any type of paints. Go HERE if you are wanting to purchase the book. Have a Blessed Day!

Synopsis From Goodreads:

A unique system for jump-starting artistic creativity, encouraging experimentation and growth, and increasing sales for artists of all levels, from novices to professionals.

Too many artists find themselves in a frustrating rut: unable to sell paintings hanging in galleries, bogged down by projects they can't finish "or "abandon, and using any excuse to avoid working in the studio. Author Carol Marine was herself suffering from painter's block--until she discovered "daily painting." The idea is simple: do art (usually small) often (how often is up to the individual) and, if you desire, post it and sell it online. Today Marine is among the best and most celebrated daily painters, and the curator of the popular online gallery dailypaintworks.com. In her debut, "Daily Painting," Marine reveals the tips and tricks that helped her and other daily painters pick up the paintbrush and start creating beautiful, bountiful, marketable work

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Afternoon Loverlies! My sister in law wanted me to make her a watercolored lotus recently. I thought I would share it with y'all, there isn't much I did to it, but I hope it looks decent. :) Hope y'alls weekend went well! I will leave y'all with the picture and a song from the youtubes you can watch. Have a Blessed Day!

I love listening to Celtic Woman! I think it would be fun to actually be in the group and get to sing.

Afternoon Loverlies! I am so excited! My hubby and I are going to go after he gets off work and look at this fitness center. I am so ready to start exercising and getting healthy. I just pray I can stick with it and that I can do it. I have been sketching random things lately, just whatever comes to my mind.  I recently purchased some sketching pencils from Walmart, and they seem to work pretty decent.  These pencils are Daler Rowney brand and they come with a dvd that teaches you how to use them. I learned the hard way that a regular pencil sharpener will not work to sharpen these pencils. I had to use my colored pencils sharpener. Thought I would share them with y'all today. Have a Blessed Day!

Afternoon Loverlies! Those of y'all out there that read my blog. I'm sorry I have been posting not so much. I just have been trying to help my hubby with his schooling and we haven't had much time to get out. Hopefully when he is done we can get out and I can take some pictures. I miss doing my photography. Once my hubby is out of school, we are going to attempt this thing they call exercise again. We should have time to then. I just find it hard to do by myself. I have been better at getting energy to do more cleaning like I used to. It just is hard sometimes because I get a bit depressed and then I feel like what is the point. I just have to try my best to fight through it.

I am so happy it is finally getting cold! I love wearing sweaters and just being all cozy in them. I hope the cold weather is here to stay finally. Here in Arkansas we were still having 70s weather every few days. It is fall and it needs to be cold, OK WEATHER! lol We haven't turned on the heater just yet because I would hate to turn it on and then have more warm days. I need to get out another card to my Grandfather. I decided to make a little zentangle doodley art. I know it's a bit girly, but I am not the best at making manly drawings. I just hope he enjoys it. I used water colors to color it. I purchased some palettes for my watercolors, but they are taking forever to dry in the palettes. I guess it's the type of watercolors? I have no clue. As long as I can use them, then I guess it works. lol I purchased these palettes for about 4 dollars each at Walmart. Alrighty, enough of the talking and on to the pictures. Have a Blessed day!

Hey There Loverlies! I just wanted to share some art with y'all today! My friend (sissy) Missy drew a chibi drawing of me and mailed it to me around my birthday. I love this little drawing it's so cute! She even included my monster hat that I actually have in real life. I am ready for cold weather, because I do want to wear it in public. lol I do not care if folks think it is a bit, not my age, I am going to wear what makes me happy. Since Missy was so generous at sending me a drawing, I decided to draw her. I seriously cannot draw realistic people. My drawings come out looking like dolls, but that's okay. As I said in my last post LOVING ART, anything can be art, It just depends on the person viewing it. Because what I view as art someone else may view it as not being art. I also decided to put mine and missys' drawing in the Waterlogue app. I was curious what it would look like and I love it! This app is so beautiful! :) It is worth buying it for $2.99. I will put a button at the bottom of this post that will take you to this app. Really all I have to gab about today.  I hope your day is going well! Have a blessed day!

Left: I Finally got the picture Missy drew for me framed!

Right: Her drawing put through the Waterlogue app

 Left: The drawing I did of Missy

Right: Her drawing put through the Waterlogue app

Evening Loverlies! Been kind of busy this week with appointments and such. Got some books from the library and I need to get on the ball and start reading them! I shall attempt a Nora Roberts book tomorrow. I have never read Nora Roberts before, I really hope I enjoy it. I've been doing some art lately called Zentangle. At least been attempting what I think Zentangle is, lol. Here is a LINK about what type of art Zentangle is. I love it to be honest! I even had a friend ask me to draw a manatee with my Zentangle art so he can consider using it as a tattoo. I will show y'all those drawings once I get it mailed to him, I don't want to ruin his surprise of what I have drawn. lol What I normally do is find silhouette's of animals or anything and just add Zentangles to them. I sometimes just come up with it or find Zentangle patterns online to help me. There are quite a few of Zentangle books at hastings I have noticed. Maybe soon I can plan on purchasing some of them. They also have some Manga art books that look fun to try and attempt! Anyways, I am gonna show you a few drawings I have done so far. They aren't the best picture quality, but I felt you can see them well enough. :) Have A Blessed Day!

Afternoon Loverlies!! I wanted to share this neat little app I found at the app store on my IPhone. It is called PaigeeWorld. It is basically a community of anime/manga type drawers. You basically make a profile and just go look at other folks drawings, or you can post your own drawings. It has Paigee points you earn by submitting drawings I believe. Or earning paigee pins by entering contests or connecting to facebook. I believe that's another way to unlock paigee points. When you earn these points, you can use them to unlock tutorials on how to draw certain characters etc. Very COOL!! I'm still learning the ropes of this app. lol But I think it is very interesting to at least try!!

I decided to try to draw some myself. Don't laugh. lol The first two pictures I just saw what someone drew and just tried to draw it myself. The last picture I just kinda did the same but mixed stuff. lOl Hey I gotta start somewhere. Maybe I will get the hang of it so I can get better at  drawing some more. Anyways, All I am saying is TRY IT!!! YAY!!! :D Ta Ta For Now!!!

Afternoon Loverlies,

It Seriously has been a while since I have blogged.  But I just need to keep up with it!!

Decided to doodle today, Thought i would look at doodles on google to see how to draw some, and maybe soon come up with some in my brain. lol (I just thought to myself what if I typed Doodie on accident.  It made me laugh)   I so miss doing pictures.  So Hopefully *crosses Fingers*, My sis in law will come over saturday and let me do her hair and makeup and take some photos of her!!  She needs some recent photos and I need someone to snapshot.  I just miss it, So much fun messin with filters after they are done.  I have lately been stuck in mmos!!  My faves at the moment I would say are Star Wars: The Old Republic and Rift.  They are just too much fun, I cannot get enough of them!!  Bad thing about them, They are addictive.  It sure is fun though feeling like I'm acheiving goals when I finish quests eh?  LOL silly I know.  Anyways I shall post these Doodles for ya to view. :)  

Excuse the crookedness of them, I had to scann them onto my puter. ;)

Ta Ta For Now!!