DTC ~Black & White Swap

This is the BEAUTIFUL Black & White DTC that I received from Sue Rhodes in D.A.I.C. I absolutely love it and she did it on scratch art paper and slightly colored the eye in greenish blue. I'm going to frame it and put it in my office.
The one I did for Sue Beckerton is at the right (Zentangle).

Lacy Floral

This is one of my favorite pieces that I designed to teach at a convention in 2006. I used it on several hand made cards and the background is a very pale pink. The wood piece is from Coyote Woodworks in Ontario Canada.

Roses & Lilacs

This is a piece that I designed and taught at the Paint in Alberta Convention in Calgary a few years ago. It was so much fun to see how everyone developed their skills in the class.

My PDU Exchange Gift

These area my Gifts to Cathy B. in the Paint Down Under Journal or Diary Exchange. The one with the giraffe is an address book with a velvety cover and I used So Soft fabric paints. The Diary is a plastic cover and I sealed it and then painted the design (which I adapted from a Willow Wolfe pattern). I used Traditions Acrylics. Then varnished it with Final Coat. It turned out to be a really nice finish. I wasn't sure how it would adhere to the plastic but it stuck really well. I added a Canada scarf and a key chain from Saskatchewan.

Paint Down Under Journal Exchange

This is the exchange gift I received from Cathy B. for the hand painted journal exchange for the Paint Down Under online group. Dec. 2010. I was thrilled with Cathy's artwork and the fact that she gave me two lovely books for the exchange. She also sent along a book on Landscape painting and a Matisse paint company "Technical Guide & Visual Diary" along with a full color chart of their paints. WOW! Cathy also included a lovely kitchen towel for me in the color of my kitchen (yellow). Wow again!