March Update

Dear Friends,

My blog has been inactive for six months. I've had some technical difficulties with my scanner and frankly I've been a bit uninspired to do updates. I am still painting and teching art. I'm in a beginning Saturday AM painting class and I love it. Most of the students are using oil but I'm using gouache (thick water based paint). The class teaches basic techniques which I need.

I'm also helping to teach an arts and crafts class for elementary school students at the local museum. This is a fun an creative way to serve the community.

Mental health wise, I'm the best that I've been in years. I'm exercising three or four times a week and my Recovery Inc. group is going great. I'm also off anti-anxiety medication. Overall, I feel wonderful.

More art soon, I promise

- LMS

Black and White Sunflower

Here is a sunflower I took a photo of in early June at the Fullerton Arboretum.

Backyard Sunflowers

Here are a couple of sunflowers in the backyard that my daughter and I planted. I plan to make paintings of them. The photos were taken with Fuji 400 Professional. I still love 35 mm Film.

Chagall Angel

This is something I painted in Watercolor class yesterday and finished at home. I like it very much.

Baja Sunset

This photo was taken by my friend Chloe Jones on a recent whale watching trip in Baja. I will try to paint this amazing sunset in watercolor.

Cartoon By 4th Grader

Art by Mom and Child

Silvie and I used the stickers from an egg dye kit to make the patterns on this paper. Then, she painted an abstract design with poster paint. We both peeled off the stickers.

Early Morning

This is what early morning often looks like from my home.

Roses

I painted this in Watercolor Class today. It is totally original and not a copy of anyone else's work.

Rainbow by 4th Grader

This is much better in real life where you can see the blue sparkle paint that the sky is made of.

Abstract by a 9-year-old

My 4th grader asked to paint yesterday and this is one of her three masterpieces.

Watercolor Orchid

This is a watercolor of the photo I took of a real orchid at the Sherman Gardens last summer. I used white Gouache for the white areas.

Welcome and Peace

Sun by a 9-year-old

Here is a brilliant sun painted in poster paint by my 9-year-old daughter.

Chagall Mermaid Interpreted in Watercolor

This is a Chagall Mermaid that I interpreted for my Fullerton College class in Watercolor. I'm uncertain of March Chagall's original media. His shade of blue was different, but I like how this turned out.

Butterflies

Here are some butterflies that I painted yesterday. I ran them through a photoshop fiter. This is intended for my mother's home. I may to a huge enlargement if she desires it.

Forbidden Fruit

The Bat Mitzvah

Here is my 13-year-old at her Bat Mitzvah party in August. My nephew Max took the black and white photo and I painted it today in Watercolor class.

Blessing Over the Bread

Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.

Recovery Inc. Meetings in Fullerton

Those of you who know me are aware that I attended a support group in Cleveland Heights, Ohio from 2003-2006 which was sponsored by the nonprofit Recovery Inc. Since there is not a group that meets my time needs in Fullerton, I will begin my own group. I am very excited about this project.

The location is:
Garden Gallery Cafe 419 Veronese
419 W. Commonwealth Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832

The time is: Every Thursday at Noon begining on January 18. The meetings will last about two hours if attendance is good. If the group is small, meetings may be a bit shorter. I have plenty of books to start the meetings out.

Hope to see you there.

Happy New Year!

Best Wishes,

Linda