http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Penny Birch-Williams - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/penny-birchwilliams-square.jpg http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:21:08 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-rainbow-river-second-day.html This is my second day of work on my work in progress, a painting of the Rainbow River in central Florida. I spent most of my time on the sky, deepening the blues, and adding clouds. I will probably continue adjusting the sky as I go. I also worked... Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:19:11 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/new-work-in-progress-rainbow-river-first-day.html Started a new painting this week, a view of Rainbow River. I visited the state park at Rainbow Springs in central Florida a few weeks ago, when my daughter was camping there a few days with her dance/bike team. I spent a few hours blocking in the c... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:19:45 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-eight.html It was great to have some time to paint today. I was off work at 1 pm and spent my afternoon and evening painting, in between laundry, dinner, and applying a few hundred rhinestones onto my daughter's newest Latin dance dress. Guess I'm a multitask... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:22:48 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-seven.html Over the Thanksgiving weekend I managed to work on and off on the painting, about 5 hours total. I worked a lot on the trees, adding sky through the tree leaves, putting orange leaves behind the green trees, adjusting the shadow colors, and working ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:40:03 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-six.html I had to take most of last week off from painting. Between my job, being a mom-taxi, and a sewing project, there was no time to paint. I have to prioritize, and like it or not I often have to put painting last on the list....and I don't like it! B... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:22:58 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-five.html I had a busy weekend, between a 4H open house with my daughter, chores, painting a ceiling for a friend, etc. But I found a few hours late Saturday evening to paint on my work in progress. I did more work on the foliage, and then on the water. The... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:29 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-four.html Any day I can sleep in, stay home, and paint for over four hours is a really GOOD day! I enjoyed the process of working on the tree foliage today, and started a bit on the reflection in the water. I've never painted autumn colors before so it's an ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:30:07 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-three.html Now I'm caught up posting my work in progress this week. I had several productive sessions, but wasn't able to upload the images for this blog until tonight. I hope to stay current after this one. In this session I mostly worked on the background ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:18:35 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/work-in-progress-day-two.html This is after my second session of painting, about 3 hours this time. I have repainted the sky and changed the angle of the lake bank, adding more detail. I also painted more of the rocks and bridge, and a little of the water. Much more to come! ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:05:28 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/new-paintingin-progressday-one.html I started a new painting this week. I'm using reference photos from a trip years ago to an arboretum in Ohio during the autumn. In Florida there is no seasonal color so I find the color changes so fascinating and beautiful. As a new experience, I'... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:36:24 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/expanding-my-virtual-world.html I feel I'm making progress in my effort to connect my art to the world, so far only the virtual world... through FAA, blogspot, and my new artist's page on Facebook. I am waiting on setting up my own website, both for financial reasons and because I... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:45:01 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/i-wanna-paint.html All I need is time. Time to put paint on canvas and get in the zone. But there is so little time for that. I have a part time job I like very much, and need the income from....then I have chores, shopping, cooking, etc at home...and then there's t... Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:22:02 GMT http://penny-birchwilliams.artistwebsites.com/blogs/new-on-faa.html I am so excited to join FAA at last. I have my first 5 images on my site, and more are to come as they are ready to post. For me this is an adventure, beginning to show my work to a wider audience and building my career as a fine artist. That has ...