Class Fun: Barns & Poppy fields

On Friday, 9/26, I held a small class to paint a barn & poppy field scene on a 12x12 canvas. During the Larkspur Autumn Harvest Fest, I had a raffle for 1 spot in the class & the winner brought 2 of her cousins to round out the class of 5! We had a great time & I really enjoyed working with these ladies! It is always fun to see how different everyone's scenes turn out! Thanks ladies for coming & making it such a wonderful night!

Brenda, Barbara & Kathy hard at work!

Bev & Charity working on their barns!

Barbara's finished canvas

Bev's finished canvas

Brenda's finished canvas

Charity's finished canvas - she always takes it in another direction! :)

Kathy's finished canvas

Happy painters!

I am currently working on my next class which I think is going to be a two day event! I am hoping to make the first day an "intuitive" painting day, where we will cover our canvases with many different marks & lots of paint & see what images pop out for us. These paintings below were all done intuitively…

"Beyond"

"Autumn"

"Untitled"

Then on the second day, students will have the opportunity to work more on their intuitive piece or do the Aspens like this one…

Aspens in Fall

I am still working out pricing, but the dates for the classes are the evenings of November 7th & 8th. If you would like me to send you more information when I have it all planned out, please contact me at rvoth@estreet.com.

Cheers!

What a Great Day!

This past weekend was the Larkspur Autumn Harvest & Craft Fest & I had a blast!

It was a lot of hard work to get set up in the cold, wee hours of the morning (Thank you so much to my hubby & friend Stacey for helping a girl out!) but it was worth it!

my girlfriend stopped by & took a few photos around the festival for me…

It was a gorgeous day & a great turnout!

I sold 5 paintings & had my first what I call, "Stranger-Sale" as most of my sales in the past year have been to friends & family, not that they don't count! But there's something to be said from a stranger walking in & wanting one of your pieces!! :)

I also had a raffle for a spot in my upcoming Fall Mixed Media Mamas (& Papas) class on 9/26 with lots of entries, so I decided to pick 2!

Congratulations to Cindy A. & Kathy W.! 

(I will send you both an email very soon!)

To sign up, please like my page on Facebook & go to my events page or contact me here.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by to show your support! I was overwhelmed with everyone's enthusiasm & comments about my art!

I am blessed!

Cheers!

Tomorrow's the Big Day!

After many months of painting, I am finally ready for the Larkspur Autumn Harvest & Craft Fest tomorrow!! It's my first-ever solo gig with my artwork!

I am super excited to be one of 60 arts & crafts vendors this year! We are expecting great weather & quite a crowd!! YAY!

Here's a peek at what will be at the show…It's very eclectic!

A little Folk-type art:

And a little Whimsy:

And a Little Fine Art:

An this was my mock set-up in the basement to help me plan the 10x10 space!

I'm so excited! Wish me luck!

I'll try to post pix from the show very soon!

Cheers!

It's been FAR too long!

Why is it that I have intentions of keeping up with something as simple as this blog & it gets completely pushed aside? 

Could it be that I already have too much on my plate? 

Since I last wrote here… 

The Magpie has finished 2nd grade & begun 3rd! 

We stopped retail marijuana sales & grow houses from coming to our little town!

We took another trip to Branson, MO to visit Silver Dollar City again! 

Nick & I travelled to Peru, where we were tourists for a week before I headed home & he climbed a 21,000 foot peak! 

I signed up for my first solo Arts & Crafts Fest with my artwork! YIKES! 

I have become a Thirty-One Gifts consultant & loving it! 

My parents are getting older & with that comes scares like mom going into the hospital for chest pain that turned out to be nothing! 

My sister & family have been traveling here & there & now might move to my neck of the woods - only 15mins south of where they are now! YAY! 

I am on the PTO Board at The Magpie's school. 

And, I wake up in the middle of the night with panic attacks because I have way to much going on! 

Anyway, here I am, finally! You will notice that a few things are different around here…I have revamped the heading with a new logo design. There are 3 pages added at the top to tell people when & where I might e teaching or selling my art as well as a crude portfolio of works created this year.  

I hope you will browse around & leave a comment or two. 

I make no promises of keeping up these days, but you never know…I just might surprise you all! Cheers!

I'm a Feature Artist!

Today some of my work is being showcased on the Altered Pages Blog as a Feature Artist!!!

Check it out HERE!