I get these wild hairs sometimes, and have to work on something a little different!  You’ll have to wait a bit longer to see what they will turn out to be.  LOL

This is what my work space looks like tonight. I’ve been busy making fun, whimsical paintings lately. I did 4 with snails, and today I started one with a sea horse! My oldest daughter put in a request for several different sea horse scenes, and I am excited to do them all!

The snails are done in acrylics, but I’m doing this one in watercolor pencils. This has a softer, lighter look than the acrylics did, although, I suppose I could get that look with acrylics, too, but I prefer the bold, bright colors that the acrylics have!

Tonight, I am using watercolor pencils, and some pearlescent watercolors. They are quite fun, because they add another dimension to your painting!

For the snail paintings, I used canvas paper with the acrylics, but tonight, I’m using watercolor paper.  I like the texture of both, but I can’t paint with watercolors on the canvas paper.  They don’t work right on it, so I’m using the paper specifically for watercolors.  You’ll be able to see the difference when I show you photos of both.  They are both nice, but they have their own special traits!

If you’d like to see the snails, I have put them in my shop on Zazzle, so you can go there to see them!  The ones below are my favorites!  You can click on either of them to go to the site, then you should see where to click to look at other designs.    Of course, if you wanna buy something while you’re there, it won’t hurt my feelings any! 

Snailopatra Greeting Card by wvclaylady
More Snail Cards

The One That Got Away Greeting Card by wvclaylady
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Today is the second installment of my new meme, Fairly Frightening Friday!  As you may have noticed, it doesn’t REALLY have to be frightening, just something that is sort of Halloween themed!

This cutie cat is by David Everett at Chickenlips.biz.  I love his creations, and I bet you will, too!

Now it’s your turn to make a post, then come back here and add your link to my MckLinky!

The Rules:
1. Post a photo of something you find frightening, spooky, creepy, or anything related to Halloween!
2. Keep it Family Friendly please!!
3. Then post your link to our Mcklinky of the week!

This will be a year round meme, so be sure to come back every week!  And, don’t forget to visit other visitor’s sites!

Silly me, forgot to post about my finished morel mushrooms.  LOL  Ah well, that’s par for the course for me.  I’d forget my head, if it weren’t attached.

So, yeah, I got them finished!!!  And, I even got them made into jewelry, can you believe it?  I posted them on my Artfire page, but I’ll show you the pics here, too!  Here is my Artfire link.

Hi there!  Thank you so much for stopping by!  This is a brand new site for me, so it’s pretty empty, but I will be filling it up as time goes by.

I’m a wife, mom, and artist, just to name a few things.  LOL  I will be sharing news on projects I’m working on, links where you can buy them, and tidbits about what’s going on at home.  I’ll also be talking about online friends, sites I like, and things I find interesting.  I hope you’ll find all this interesting, as well!

As for my art, I make things with polymer clay.  Usually it’s Art Dolls, but sometimes I make jewelry or small sculptures.  I really LOVE Art Dolls!  Not just my own, but lots of others made by some really wonderful artists!  I follow lots of blogs by doll artists, other artists, not to mention moms and other great folks.  What can I say, I love reading blogs!

As you might have guessed, I live in West Virginia.  I was born here, and I figure I’ll die here.  To me, it’s a beautiful place and the people are known to be some of the friendliest around!  Wild, Wonderful West Virginia is our motto, and it really describes this state very well.  It seems like Country Roads by John Denver is our unofficial state song, because most of our inhabitants feel the same as the lyrics.  “Country roads take me home to the place I belong, West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home country roads.”

And now that you have that song stuck in your head, I’ll leave you, and talk to you again soon!

Shannon

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