JC Needles

The things I love.

9/30/2018

What a lovely day! I cooked, painted and played some music. Stepped out for a little bit to watch a football game and repeated. This week wiil be filled with more interesting happenings. I should get a call to take down my art at the Loft or maybe keep it up another month. I'll buy my ticket to Panama and a couple other nice surprises. And Saturday I got to watch my granddaughter ride in her very first equestrian event. Oh and tomorrow starts "Inktober". Very grateful for all the amazing experiences happening right now.

First Friday

9/6/2018

Hanging at The Loft

8/30/2018

Paintings are up and I am ready for the show next Friday, September 7th at The Loft in Missoula, 119 West Main Street. Come on up and enjoy a little whimsy with me.

Final Pieces

7/31/2018

The final three pieces are ready to hang for the show in September. Now I think I need to play a little but with what?

Photo Memory Quilt

7/22/2018

Revisited an older medium for this one. Acrylic on fabric then quilted. I truly enjoyed doing this piece and the happy couple who received it also enjoy it.

Framing Work

7/8/2018

I spent the morning wiring up a few pieces getting them ready to hang. I have three more to go but ran out of my light weight d-rings for the littler pieces. Ran all over town and ended up ordering them from Ebay again. All of these pieces will be in the show at The Loft, first Friday in September. See you there!

Revisting an old medium

6/25/2018

Day 10 30x30 Direct Watercolor Challange.

6/10/2018

Scene from the park. I've skipped posting a couple days due to sheer frustration. I'm not sure what wall I hit or if I was was just putting too much stress on myself so I just backed off and went back to basics. Same paper but I ditched the waterbrush and switched to a good brush. HUGE difference in my approach and how I feel about painting in watercolor. I'll stick with this brush for now and remember to slow down!

Keeping but just barely

6/5/2018

Spray of flowers, day 5 of the 30 day challange. Not happy with the results but I made the effort. Feeling the strain at work this week but it will get better quickly. Just exhausted tonight. "Tomorrow is another day" Santana. Now that makes me smile!

Day 4 30x30 Watercolor

6/4/2018

Day 4 taken from a reference photo. It's a little looser but still a long way to go. This direct painting with no pre-drawing is a learning challange. Also using nothing but a waterbrush is getting old fast. I think before the month is over I'll be using real brushes and better paper than whats in my sketchbook.

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