The Return...

Bob is home, and tho' things are far from peaceful, they are better.  Bubba has a hard time dealing with stress, so he acts out when there is a lot of it around; I would say Bob's stay in the hospital would rank fairly high on the stress level.

It is hard getting used to Bob being home now, and then for him to be gone...it was not the same as him being on  the road.  I had a hard time sleeping and just sort of feel numb.  He slept on and off on the way home, and I hope he sleeps good tonight.

I have not done much artwork in awhile, but I have dabbled a bit, and sketched as well.  I hope to do more soon,  I thought I would share just a few.

This is one I did just for fun...learning more about textures....I tried to make it look as tho' the oranges were bursting from the box. It was fun to experiment with glass beads, and modeling paste...

This is the brother of a good friend....still need to work on a few things, but I could not resist the pout!

During doctor visits and tests, anytime I end up sitting and waiting on someone...I sketch....I 'always' have my sketchbook and a pencil and use pics that I bring, magazines, or objects/people in the waiting rooms, as subject matter.  There are many more, and some of these are not really finished....some I go back and work on, and some not.

This one I did after my first session on a dear friend....I did not like how the painting was going, so I sketched to see if that would help me with positioning, etc....

He was just too cute to resist!

This is the elephant, from a photo of my son riding one many years ago; I hope to paint it one day....

This is part of a photograph of my grandmother and her father....from the family archives, so to speak.  I am hoping to paint it one day...and so I have been working on sketches of them....

My great grandpa Waller (from just a few minutes sketching in the ER)


















My dad's mom, grandma Ackley....

Photo from a magazine....

From another magazine...Paul McCartney sings...

a ram....

One of my fav people... Sarah Palin

Well, I fell asleep at my desk for most of the evening, and did not get this posted....but, here it is now.  Hopefully, I will get my brain back in gear soon, and make more sense....lol