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January 16, 2011
Kathy
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The Mighty Butterfly Bush

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The Mighty Butterfly Bush

 

 

Hi Everyone!

We're one of the 49 states that got snow this past week.  It's a great time to pull out the camera and get some great snow photos. I was surprised to see most of the butterfly bushes scattered around the yard have new buds and leaves. Nothing seems to stop these fun plants. Not temperatures in the single digits, not snow, not the shorter winter daylight.  They just keep on doing their thing.

 

                                  

I am looking forward to this summer when they are in full bloom, loaded with butterflies. And to finishing the large painting of these wonderful butterflies and plants that I have started.

January 8, 2011
Kathy
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Lily of the Valley

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Lily of the Valley

Hi Everyone!

I have a new painting up on Etsy.  If you are local you may have seen it hanging in a juried show at the Chester County Art Association or in the CCAA Exton Square Mall gallery.

Lily of the Valley from my gardenThis painting is based on a large patch of lily of the valley in a past home's yard. The lily of the valley bloomed every spring, hidden in the shade, under pines trees and rhododendrons. They are a beautiful flower – so dainty and tiny.  I tried to capture their daintiness and the tropical look of their leaves in this painting.

I used a medium gray base for the flowers and built up with lighter grays to white highlights to capture the daintiness of the lilies.  I used blue greens for the leaves with raspberry pinks in the shadows of the leaves to create depth to the painting. I  framed the painting with a antiqued gold frame that has flecks of maroon to emphasize the depth of the leaves and highlight the daintiness of the lilies.

A shop owner on Etsy included my painting in her beautiful treasury. A Etsy treasury is a grouping of 12 items from different shops  based on a theme. It's always a compliment to be including in one of these. If you like lily of the valley, you may enjoy this treasury:  Sweet smelling Lily of the Valley

January 5, 2011
Kathy
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Behind the Easel

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Behind the Easel

Hi Everyone!

In my earlier version of this blog, there was a spot to add a little quote, saying, or blog description. I never noticed the spot until much later. And since I had not changed it , for months it had the original WordPress filler: Just another WordPress.com weblog.  I found it amusing and left it as an ode to my first blog newbieism.

As we – one of my sons – began to fill out the first pages of starting up this version of the blog, we just wrote “Something Nice” as the  filler to be changed later, after the blog was up and running.  Once the blog was published, we noticed that Something Nice had it’s own prominent spot above the header.  After asking what do you think I should put in that spot and having a multitude of silliness and puns from the rest of the family, someone called out “behind the easel”.  Ah – perfect!  That describes what I envision this blog – a peak behind the easel to see  the stories behind the paintings, early sketches, finished paintings, photos I take for reference,  video clips, etc.  Perfect!

So stay tuned to peak behind the easel!  Take care and enjoy the day!

December 31, 2010
Kathy
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Upgrading for the New Year!

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Upgrading for the New Year!

Hi Everyone!

I am finally a dot com! Welcome to SibStudio.com!  This upgrade will allow me to use some of the cool Etsy apps and add video etc. It’s pretty exciting.  I have also set up a Facebook fan page: SibStudio Facebook Fan Page

So lots of new learning and lots of help from the college kid home on break!  I will tweaking  and improving  things here for a while. Next week I will get back to painting and creating.

Best wishes to all for a Happy and healthy New Year!!