Here’s the third painting I’ve completed for my painting class. It’s the first time I’ve painted with a knife. It was kind of fun, but difficult. I guess it takes a lot of practice to get good at.

Here’s the second painting I’ve completed in my painting class at BC3. This is taken from the a photo I took when Elsie was 1 or 2. It was probably the only time she ever sat still. That red and pink outfit wasn’t working for my color scheme, so I got rid of it. But it’s okay to do that when you have an artistic license. I really do have one. My teacher gave them out to all of the students. :)

This is my friend Melody’s daughter Riley, posing for me in the Whale Dress at Succop Conservancy. What a cute-head!

I’m taking an intro to painting class on Wednesday nights at Butler County Community College. This is the first painting I’ve completed.

The original photo.

Today I took scads of photos of my beautiful niece Julane in the Elephant dress, hoping to get some good shots for my upcoming sewing kit. Here are my favorites from the shoot. Her mommy promised her oreos if she cooperated and let me tell you, it worked! She was a perfect model. She filled out the dress so perfectly, and I think the chartreuse color (thank you Kelly!) looked really wonderful with her super light hair and blue eyes.