And they are gone!

 It was a whirlwind of a week and now it is over. My granddaughter cried when she was thinking about going home, cried at the airport and cried when she got home. Gotta love a 4 year old. 

She was so excited to be in the garden and picked everything she could. 

Can never get enough of the sand and water

Once he figured out life jackets weren't so bad, everyone enjoyed boat rides. 

My brush was quite still all that time. 

But I did create this paining using #PaulRubens paints. So shimmery!

I have a show/sale in a few weeks so need to get busy! 

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They are Here

 Well, the grandkids made it here from Phoenix. We weren't sure how the 2ish one would do and he started off screaming on the plane because he did not want to be in a car seat. So they ditched it and he and his sister did pretty well on the rest of the flight. Sadly, they told my daughter the car seat would be with the checked luggage. It wasn't and of course, she could not get back down to the gate. The flight got in at 10:38 pm and we finally got her car seat shortly after midnight. There was an issue with staffing and getting maintenance and then it got stuck down on the conveyor. But we finally were able to head to my house. My 4 year old granddaughter ran around exploring until 1:45 am when she finally crashed. 

I have all sorts of toys that were my kids and about 6 boxes have been opened since they got here. Stuffed animals and barbies. Car parking garage and castle. It is all over the house:):)

I have not have any time to pull out a paintbrush since they arrived. I did these earlier in the week.

I played with masking fluid and letting color run. 

This was for an 80s ATC swap. 

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July is flying by!

 My goodness! This month is just flying by!!

We got a nice reprieve today with temps being in the 70s. Was perfect for getting out for a walk. I spotted a garage sale sign on the street behind ours and stopped to investigate. My grandkids are arriving Thursday for vacation and I had been looking for a stroller to borrow. Well, there was a free one at this sale! I was quite excited and we brought it home. I was able to borrow a car seat, so other than stocking up on the food requested by the 4 year old - we are ready! 

I had a friend over Tuesday to play with watercolors. We completed a couple of Andrew Geeson You tube tutorials. 

I like my version of Purple Blast. Very different than my normal style.

These were not based on any tutorials. The blue leaves have gold as well.

Saw something like this on pinterest. I used charcoal pencil on the watercolor. 

So it was a good week for art. 

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Friday!

 Here we are to Friday again. I don't know about you but I have a difficult time keeping track of the days. Thank goodness I have my phone to remind me:) 

even though I got home from Phoenix late last Sunday night, I have not had much time to paint. There was catching up on emails, grocery shopping, cleaning. And then we headed up to the cottage on Wednesday. 

Last week's challenge at Watercolors Beginners and beyond on Facebook was Tinyart. I got these two completed. They are about 1 inch by 1 inch. 

Our garden is beginning to bear fruit or in this case veggies! My husband has been brining in carrots, radishes, peas and more. I completed this card for a friend. 

Thank you for visiting me today! Wishing you a safe and healthy weekend. 

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TGIF

 Taking time to visit the grandkids. At ages 2 and 4, I don’t get much time to my self.  However, we started when they were both making hand and footprint art.  This is th elate at for the 2 year old.  He LOVES trains.  

Here is a quick birthday card I made for my son before I left. 

Wishing all of you a safe and healthy weekend. We are just trying to stay cool here where temps are in triple digits!! 

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Paint Party Friday

 Something a little different for you today. 

I saw a similar painting on Pinterest. I also purchased some mats to better showcase pieces such as these. 

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I am heading off to visit the grandkids for a few weeks. I am bringing some supplies but with a 4 and 2 year old, I don't envision getting much done:):) 

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Making a dent

 I am slowly making a dent in the to be scrapped pile. With two grandkids, the pile grows faster than I can get to it:) 

Started working on January 2021. We took a weekend trip to Flagstaff. My daughter wanted to give the kids a winter wonderland weekend. Sadly it was cold but there was no snow. We had a lovely time anyway. 

On our way home we hiked around Walnut Canyon 

We had a fun time getting away for a weekend. Walnut Canyon is an amazing park with cliff dwellings. Quite the view!

Reilly, age 2, is working on his thumbs up. He uses a finger and thumb to give the sign. I found this journaling card and knew I had to build a layout around it.  I used a sketch from SketchNScrap

Here is my layout. 

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