Father's Day present!

I made this for Lloyd for Father's Day! Yay! It is the biggest painting I've ever done - I think 4 feet by 2 1/2 or so. I learned a lot from doing it . . . about adding a horizon line, about sketching out the layout first, and about working from the background to the foreground. Lloyd really and truly got it and loves it! Lucky me! We all have really tiny feet (says the stream of consciousness girl).

cute little states!

In doing my website, Heather made a list of states that carry my work, and the stores therein (fancy word). But it was kinda boring looking, so I made little states, and Heather will add them in for the thrill of it all. See if you can guess some of these:

You thought I died, didn'tcha?

Here I am! Just working my little fingers to the nubbins, I am! Did that sound British? 'cause I'm taking my little family to England next Tuesday, so I need to work on my accent!

And guess what! My website is an inch and a half away from being done! Yippers! Then I will take my non-blogging self over to allisonstrine.com to do my daily non blog. Ha!

DixieLand in LadyBirdLand!

Elizabeth's birthday was last week, and after the success of Lisa's picture, I knew I had to do a portrait of Dixie. And here it is! It was SO FUN to do that I'm going to start offering commissions for people's dogs on my Etsy site. I've never done a commission before, but I can imagine how fun it will be!