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Plus it is showing up yellow when it should be white. I just have trouble with cameras!!!

The White Tulips are in the artwork now. I will not mat them until critique is over on Thursday. We artists meet as a group monthly and critique each others work. We seem to be more critiqueable? among ourselves. When we have a professional critiquer the other artist don't speak up. This watercolor of Perry's Monument needs rephotoed and may need some stronger contrast.It was photoed on an angel and Lake Erie is running off the page! Now to get to work on the next painting.

When I photoed this I didn't know how my digital camera worked! So it is not in my hands and I cannot make it bigger although I think the original is the next size and perhaps shouldn't be available. Just my ethics.

Photoed a lot today. Will upload more tomorrow. I did do a small 5x7 watercolor tonight and will photo it tomorrow if I like it tomorrow!! Need to go to bed now as Mom and the dogs will be up early.

I got the paintings photoed, uploaded....man is that time consuming! Could not photo pastels under glass from show as I need to get them out of frames and too many errands today. I hope to finish the Hollyhocks tonight. Will now go upload the paintings to FAA. Ok the hollyhock image is too large. I have had that trouble before and it will upload to the Artwork so you will have to wait until it is finished.

I promise to photo the paintings I have completed this past week today! Also will photo and upload the paintings I have picked up from a current show. Last night's watercolor class was great fun. I had seven students and we learned how to tear watercolor paper, painting tecniques and followed up with a leaf painting. Next week...Pears if mine last or I find some good ones at the market. I want tulips but the market's ones are still closed up and to bring them home in the warm to open...well, they don't last long. Plus the first two classes were cancelled due to cold, cold , cold and snow!

It is too cold to continue this. My feet and hands are cold so will upload more later. Now to get some tea and stand in front of the gas heater!

Today we had a high of zero! But the sun is shining so I took advantage of the bright light, snow reflections, and took apart my framed pastels and photoed them for the site. I have realized I am a news junkie and get addicted to watching the news, i.e. the downed Hudson river plane and all of the story and have been wasting time. I will turn it on tonight after supper. I am sure I haven't missed a thing as they repeat everything every hour! So now to upload. The one piece I really wanted to photo, I forgot that I had it hanging at the Gorman Nature Center so it will be probably March before you see my Barred Owl. This one is framed professionally and I can't get the reflections out but thought you might like to see it.Whoa! Too large an image.

Yuck! I have finally tallied it all up. Now to wait on all the paperwork to come to me, W-2, etc. Will write the check for sales tax tomorrow. Then maybe I can paint. Weather is bad and we are to get another storm tomorrow so it will keep me in and painting I hope. Think I will head up to bed for now. Too tired to be creative....too many figures bouncing around in my head!!

Finally completed this. The next one I will do will be darker in the shadows. Tonight we have snow and everyone is home, no tire marks in the alley. I am still surprised how bright it is.Interrupted Again! I swear the only time it doesn't happen is when everyone else is sound asleep. I did get a couple photos before someone made tracks and now there are tracks! I actually photoed some oils that I did previously this year but need to decide if I want to publish them. Tomorrow I will photo some pastels but these need taken out of frames before photoing. Class was cancelled tonight due to ice then snow. So we will try for next week. I did print some business cards that I am fairly happy with, but in the process and errors, I have run out of the card blanks so will have to do it again later. So far doing well with everything regarding resolutions except got my diet!