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30 Paintings in 30 Days!

Yes, I know you’ve seen this before…

It’s the VERY adorable shop, Mug and Pia…

Did you know that stands for…

Most Unusual Gifts and Paper Items Anywhere?

A for Adorable!!

I painted this precious little place last year…

and this one of Trinity Episcopal Church.

But because of cookie classes…

and other pressing issues,

I had to stop last year’s 30 in 30.

but today I DID START my NEW

30 paintings in 30 days…

I drove ALL OVER HUNTINGTON this morning…

stopping to photograph probably 50 different buildings…

and other things, like fountains…

You may have seen me in the middle of 3rd Ave or 4th or 5th…

That was me in the center of Hal Greer Boulevard,

and Washington Blvd…

and dozens of other places.

And honestly I had a blast.

I’m going to be painting not just iconic symbols

of our beautiful city,

but also houses that

we’ve all seen hundreds of times,

or that represent an area and an era of Huntington.

(My husband: You took a picture of that?!

Me: YES! It screams, “Split-level, 1960’s, Southeast Hills-Huntington”…

and look at that cute little fence!

He didn’t get it. That’s why I didn’t take him with me;)

Yes, I LOVE cute, beautiful or unique homes,

stately, ornate and magnificent buildings.

I so enjoyed selecting these places to photograph,

and I CAN NOT WAIT to start painting them!!

I’ll start posting paintings on October 1.

Thanks for following along,

Linda

40 Year High School Reunion

Last night

I celebrated my 40 year HEHS class reunion.

and fortunately for me…

I got to help plan what we termed our “Beach Party”…

Beach Party because we rented beach decorations

from one of my cookie customers!!

She lent us BOXES of GORGEOUS candle holders,

shells, mermaids, grasses, seagulls, and on and on…

BUT me being me…

I just naturally HAD TO find ways to create some art for the event.

Let me share my art creations and my inspirations.

Among the decorations was this sign…

Beautiful sign.

Inspiration #1

Painted on a thin piece of cardboard with wood slats to stabilize…

This masterpiece (hehe:) greeted our classmates…

Our committee posted reunion updates via FB (of course)…

with a beach photo attached like this…

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Inspiration #2

Can you guess what I created for dessert?

Cookies!!

120 to be exact…

btw… we had a FABULOUS beach party!

Want to learn cookie art?

Check out my workshop schedule.

Thanks for following along,

Linda

Purple Rabbits Step by Step

Earlier in the week

I told you I had a

Purple Rabbits Challenge.

And then I showed you

how I made purple rabbit cupcake toppers…

And now…

the cookies!

First, I piped along the outer edge…

and flooded the cookie with thinner icing.

I held a stencil over the cookie…

(and instead of spraying on the design

like I did with the cupcake picks)

I spread thickened icing over the stencil.

Last, I added a few details.

Easy Peasy;)

Decorated cookies are AMAZING…

and delicious…

but they’re truly not hard to do.

If you’re interested,

I still have spots

in my November and December workshops.

These are bagged, boxed,

and ready for the party!

Thanks for following along,

Linda

The Huntington Challenge

I’ve started again.

You may remember that this time last year,

I announced my participation in a painting challenge:

~30 Paintings in 30 Days~

And then COOKIE CLASSES happened!!

I started teaching cookie classes to raise money for my friend…

plus a few other BIG INTERRUPTIONS happened…

But I’m ready to have another go at it!!

VERY READY:)

Once again I’ll be painting…

important, beautiful, or classic Huntington buildings or places.

Before, I asked for you to tell me places to paint,

and you gave me tons of ideas.

I went out several different days and took photographs

from the East End to the West End…all over!

I’ll use many of those,

in fact, I did with this painting…

MU fountain — Marshall University Memorial Fountian

and this…

Old Main painting 5x7.2 — Marshall University Old Main

But this time I’m asking for something different.

I’d like for you to email me photos that you’ve taken

of Huntington places you love…

It can be anything in Huntington.

If I create a painting from your photo,

I will send you a copy of the painting.

If I use the painting in a calendar or something else,

I will give you credit as the photographer.

Send the photos to-

artforthesoulwv@hotmail.com

And everyone who sends me a photo will…

be in a random drawing for something NICE;)

Make sure you give me your name.

Thanks!

Step by Step

I thought you might like to see a painting come to life:)

Here’s the final painting and the photo I used as my reference:

and then…

I decided to paint it again using a different perspective and…

a little more whimsy…

If you want a painting of your house:)

I’ll be adding a page on this website with all the details…

My Last Cookie Class…?

After my first cookie class in September,

I shared the surprise, pleasure, and sheer joy I felt

with my love of TEACHING cookie art.

I enjoyed even the basic teacher-prep-stuff:

the whole process of planning and preparing the lessons…

and of course I loved…

meeting and getting to know my students…

sharing my knowledge of cookie art…

and watching them having fun with cookies and icing:)

And I still feel the very same way.

I’m going to miss it.

Here are some photos from today’s class:)

Thanks, girls and Aden:)