I met a blogger, Cao, who is very cool and politically inclined. I figured I could have my political blog vicariously through her, we seem to have parallel views on the matter!

So anyhoo, in reading her blog I’m finding out we have much in common, particularly an interest in art, and more importantly, an interest in our family history! I thought I’d share this precious photo of my Grandma & Grandpa with you. I just love it, it speaks volumes doesn’t it? Enjoy. Maybe mom will stop in and comment on this one. 😉

Webcam Link

My webcam is on if you would like to watch me as I work on Barney & Bailey this afternoon!

We went out yesterday afternoon with Grandma, it was fun! Jayden had a good time, too. 🙂

I’ve been fiddling with some new blog/website layout ideas, hopefully you will all get to see it in action very soon! I’ll keep you updated, it’s going to be a fabulous surprise!!

Ooh yes, I have a quick (literally, a couple of minutes) doodle to share. This is for you, K! 😉 Do you recognize the character?

You know, I’m not a bah-humbug girl. Usually. This year I would prefer to forego the entire Holiday season because it does not feel normal. Of course we’ve got the kiddos to consider, so this year is just for them. I took them down to the tree farm this morning and we picked a very nice little 3 1/2 foot high Christmas Tree, went to the store and let them pick out their very own decorations, and came home and set it up.

They did a beautiful job. I know that they will love it because they did it. We’ll string some popcorn and put it up in a little while.

The story with our tree topper is purely about Christ. We always put the star up at the highest point on the tree, of course that symbolizes the North star. We also add a really pretty Angel just below and in front of the star, to represent the Angel that announced Christ’s birth. We have an angel that I made out of crystal beads about 14 years ago, she’s up in the attic and I can’t be pulling heavy stuff down out of there until I’m 100% healed, and that wouldn’t happen until after Christmas. So, Caitlin chose this beautiful large semi-transparent ribbon to represent our Angel this year. they also selected small ornaments for the small tree, gold jingle bells and glass snowflakes.

Me and my camera. Enjoy your tree eye candy today. 🙂

Did you ever have one of those days? It’s 3 in the afternoon, you walk over to your computer, sit down and realize that the day is almost over, and you wonder what you’ve been doing that’s taken this long?

I’ve been tending to my wounds today, which I didn’t think would take as long as it did. 😛 I’ve been trying to potty-train my 10-year-old little 3-year-old who has decided that she would rather pee on the kitchen floor and hide under the dining room table. I’ve been painting B&F in my head so that when I sit down to paint tonight I will be able to get far enough along to finish this painting by the beginning of the week. I’ve talked to Mark for a little while, I’ve drooled as I thumbed through my new Coldwater Creek catalog, I’ve pondered the meaning of life & counted my blessings, and I’ve taken some macro shots of the beautiful bouquet of flowers that were delivered just shortly after I arrived home from the hospital Tuesday. Boy they are beautiful, and aromatic to boot! Here’s your eye candy for the day:

Stargazer Lilies are my favorite. I could bathe in their aroma, I truly could.

I will be hanging out with Jay for the afternoon, and once I get her tucked in tonight I will update and turn the webcam on. I plan to paint from about 8:30PM CST until about Midnight.

See you in a bit!

I worked on W’s arms today, and still need to highlight & shadow more. I also finished up B&F’s eyes and started to map out the highlights on their faces. There’s a night-time flourescent glow that I partially removed, and will try to get a better pic on Friday in daylight.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! Happy Turkey day, everyone! Eat well, enjoy your family and count your blessings!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

A few months ago, at Mark’s request, I created a stencil of Wile E. Coyote for the guys to use on their equipment etc. as that is their call sign. Apparently, the stencil is reallly popular over there, Mark says they’ve painted it on refrigerators, machinery, all kinds of things. It sounds like it’s become a “this is ours, hands off” symbol. LOL

So he’s been saying for months that he’d get me some photos of it, and here ya go. I’m just going to link them here:

Wile E. Coyote Humvee1
Wile E. Coyote Humvee2
Wile E. Coyote Bradley

Pretty neat to see it all over their stuff! Even though the character isn’t my creation, I searched everywhere for a stencil to purchase and couldn’t find one. Sorry Warner Brothers, the guys want a coyote, they get a coyote! (P.S. I’ve not made any profit from the creation or personal use of this piece.) LOL.. just covering my artistic butt there. ;P

It’s a clear day, I took another digital pic of W and modified the last WIP entry. I’ll paint today, the girls should be ok. (I hope!) I’ll update when I turn the cam on!

I really wanted to spend some time today on all three of my current paintings and get the eyes done, but I can’t. They’re still tacky, so I will have to wait until late tonight or tomorrow to work on them. Bummer!!!!

That’s alright though, after lastnight’s household drama we (the girls and I) need a day out. The sky is crystal clear today, it’s chilly now (34?) but supposed to get up to 65, I have a couple of new cozy sweaters I picked up from Kohls.com, so I am ready to get outside and sieze the day!

I’ll be back later on and let you know if/when I’m turning the cam on. Sorry for yesterday’s confusion, too. I had initially started on my own hosted webcam program but because one of my clients can’t view it there I switched over to the Yahoo hosted cam program. So I added some text on my cam page (intricateart.com/webcam/) and linked to yahoo in case that happens again. I wish there were a program that I can guarantee 100% of my viewers will be able to load it without a problem!

I leave you with a gorgeous yellow rose from my beautiful huge bouquet!

Last, and certainly not least, don’t forget about our guys.

“US Marines of the 1st Division bow their heads during a prayer at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004. More than 10,000 U.S. troops have taken positions around the rebel-controlled city of Fallujah, bolstering the U.S. Marine units expected to lead a joint Army-Marine assault on the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) “

Homecoming is the final title for this painting. The scan is phenominal, and I’ll throw a couple of closeups in here too, the dog tags as well as my sig. Beautiful piece, I’m a proud mama.

I’ll start working on a sweetie of a Calico all curled up. I’ll get her sketched out this afternoon and you can have a look at her tonight before I start painting tomorrow.

What do you guys think of that title?

I was watchin’ election stuff, sorry about the delay in getting out into the studio! Hey, for those of you who are viewing my cam in its new location, anything special you needed to do to view it? Your comments would help me figure out if/how I can help anyone who can’t get it to load. Thanks in advance!

I am going to go paint now!!!! Watch me!

These roses are INCREDIBLE. I really just want to lay my head on top of them and take a nap. They are so colorful, soft, huge, plush, and SOoOoOoO fragrant!! Enjoy.