Another painting of Judy's garden

In this painting, for the first time I used quite a bit of masking fluid to mask out the light flowers to make it easier to paint in the greens and the shed's brown first. Then I could go back in and remove that to paint the light colored flowers or leave some whites where needed.

This was a collage that I used a photograph from our Europe trip; looking across the water at Sweden. It's still in the process before the papers were all glued down. I wasn't sure about using all the different greens at the bottom. I was afraid it would look too hodge podge, but after seeing the photo, decided to go for it.

Abstract Landscapes

These are the last ones we did in collage class and are fun to do. Some of the papers are magazine pictures that are distorted, painted tissue paper and other assorted papers. Sizes are about 5 x 10.

Sculpture in Michigan

This beautiful sculpture was in Michigan, and I happened to see a similar one downtown when we were driving to Mandy's graduation. I've got to find the artist's name in my notes! They both had the leafy extensions on the arms and looked so graceful.

Building in Berlin

My daughter, Mandy, painted this buliding that was in the Tiergarten in Berlin. It's called the House of World Culture. We and other parents went on a trip to Europe in 2004 with a group from the art club in High School (and I April and I were roomates!) Mandy's graduating from the Harrington College of Design in Chicago May third! And this painting turned out so awesome, though she's never had a watercolor class!

Another painting of Judy's garden and potting shed

I've been working on this one for three class sessions and it's close to being finished. I'm glad I had several photos of the garden for times I didn't know what to paint next.

New painting I'm working on

This looks a little blurry, so I'll try another.