Mama's Diaries

I call this “Cindy Lou Who” hair (you know??- Cindy Lou from Whoville – Dr. Seuss).?? Mom calls it “The Fountain”.?? :)?? It curls quite nicely actually.?? If I don’t curl it, it stands STRAIGHT up.?? I thought her FIRST Christmas dress needed to be painted.?? I really love full composite paintings but they aren’t…

My nephew Graham is a die hard cowboy.?? His primary interest in life is all things western.???? When I took this picture of him in October, I knew I just hit the jack pot.?? It was love at first sight for both Aunt Sissy and his mommy.?? I have been planning on painting it for…

When I grow up, I want to paint dreamy storybook pictures that celebrate little children living loved.?? Often times I will have ideas in my head but they just don’t pan out the way I pictured.?? THIS TIME however, my end result was just exactly what I wanted.?? It came alive as I painted and…

I need to paint more pictures of my Ty!?? He is at the age though where he is always so silly in pictures that I am having trouble finding the perfect Ty picture for painting.?? I loved this one though because it is just SOOOOO Ty – isn’t it??? He giggles like this all the…

Original: I LOVE PAINTING!!!!?? I figured I better make good use of this last week of school break!?????? I am trying to build up my painting portfolio so that I can post them on my business site so I had to get busy on them.?? Time consumming projects but I love projects that make you…