Getting ready!

Bustling along with my list of things to do, I'm getting ready for the art show & sale at The Center next Sunday!  Packaging and packaging and packaging notecards, greeting cards and gift cards.

I have my sheep card printed in black & white, but then hand color them just a little bit.  They come to life for me.  You can hardly see it, but they get a little "Blush" on their faces, a little "French Grey" on their wool and a tint of "Raw Umber" for the hay in the background.  I took a photograph of these sheep, years ago at the Will County Fair, and the next year I won a blue ribbon for the photograph.  The picture haunts me.  They were so sweet; like they were consoling each other.  I loved them.

And this is "Farley", my son's lab.  Sadly, he's gone now.  He was a wonderful "companion". 

I add a little "Yellow Ocre" to his fur and a little "Canary Yellow" to the sun coming in the window.  As I color him, I can feel the softness of his fur and feel his tail thumping against my leg when I would come in the door.  He would follow me around the house, when I would be babysitting Danielle there, and plop down wherever I sat...always near.