Painting Pink for An Evening In Paris Breast Cancer Event

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  Please join me in my studio and sit and relax for a few minutes while I share with you some of the pink art I am painting to donate to the Evening in Paris event at Paris In A Cup to help in the fight against breast cancer.  

Paris In A Cup is a charming and delightful tea salon and boutique located in Old Towne Orange, California.  Owner, Cheryl Turner is a breast cancer survivor and has dedicated herself "a solider in the battle against this terrible disease". Cheryl and her staff  joined forces again this year  with Team Think Pink in the fight against breast cancer and the Evening in Paris marks the anniversary of their 5th year.   To join in the fight (fun) on Friday October 4th from 4:30 PM to 8:00 M call 714  538-9411 or visit the Evening In Paris link to purchase your dog tag (ticket) for a $10.00 donation at www.parisinacup.com  Your donation to Team Think Pink lets you join  the fun for an evening of shopping, purchasing fabulous original art,  nibbling on delightful French food, networking, door prizes and fund raising.

If you are unable to attend the event I encourage you to visit Paris In a Cup next time you are in Orange County for a taste of Paris.   Tea is served in the grand salon with a French flair and their gift market and boutique sells gourmet teas, chocolates and real French macaroons and delicacies, as well as beautiful jewelry, accessories and fragrances.  Oh la la - what a fun and fabulous jewel of a salon!

 I am honored to again donate art to the event  for door prizes and especially honored to join forces in the battle to end breast cancer with W.H.O.A - Women Helping One Another www.whoadesigns.com  W.H.O.A. will be selling original art at the event with 100% of the proceeds going to  Team Think Pink - www.teamthinkpink.com  Original art has been donated by fabulous artists from around the world and will also be available to purchase on line during the month of October for those unable to attend the event.

I am a very thankful  eleven year breast cancer survivor and each year for the month of October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month I put on my "Pink Warrior Boots" and join the battle against breast cancer by using my art as my arsenal to help raise money for the cause and win the battle. I even drink my morning tea out of a pink tea cup!

The color pink is the color of choice in my studio as I paint for the cause and my art is my weapon of choice in the battle. Bentley, My Studio Assistant, is helping out in the studio.

I painted the pink warrior boots to honor all of the brave cancer survivors who are helping other women diagnosed with breast cancer and joining forces to help raise money for the cause.  It has been donated to An Evening In Paris as well as the painting of pink Hydrangeas..

During the month of October I will be donating 100% of the sales from any pink painting in my ETSY shop to Think Team Pink -www.mypaintedgarden.etsy.com I  will be adding new pink items during the month of October.


Team Think Pink www.teamthinkpink.com

Thank you for visiting.  I sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those who follow my blog.

Have a lovely week.  Blessings,   Erin


                               Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts."  Colossians  3:15

Let's Paint a Pumpkin Together

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspiration for my art.  This time of year we paint a simple scarecrow together that  can hang on your door, garden gate, etc.  I received a number of e-mails this year asking if we could paint something even simpler that you can  paint with your children, grandchildren, etc.  The simplest thing I can think of  for us to paint is a pumpkin.

Let's join Bentley, my Studio Assistant, in the garden to look for pumpkin inspirations for us to paint.

You may recall this is the scarecrow we painted last year - there are simple instructions on how to paint her under ART 101 on my blog.

As you can see - pumpkins come in all shape and sizes.  The pumpkin sign on the bicycle below is a good example of how you can paint your pumpkin.

Simply draw half a circle on each side - then another half circle next to the first one and then in the center of your pumpkin. Don't worry if your lines are not quite straight as you can fix them when you start filling in with colors.   I base coated my canvas with green - you can use any color you want as your background.  You will need orange, white, brown (I use Burnt Senna) and green.  

I outlined the pumpkin with Burnt Sienna and started filling in the orange and blending it with the Burnt Sienna.

After you fill in the orange - mix a little white with the orange and add some highlights - next use your brown and add some shadows under the pumpkin and draw a darker line under the pumpkin to anchor it.

Finish by adding a few curly cues to the stem and adding a few leaves in each corner to complete your pumpkin.

The small canvas can be added to Autumn decorations to create a charming vignette, placed on a book shelf or used in many ways and can be packed away for next year with your seasonal decorations.

Good luck with your painting and most of all . . .have fun. You can also add a bouquet of flowers to your pumpkin!

Thank you for stopping by.  I sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those who follow my blog.  Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.

Have a lovely week.  Blessings, Erin

"Let the earth be glad."  Chronicles

Stroll Through A Painter's Garden

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  After a very cool Summer, we are now having extreme heat in Southern California.  Today instead of sharing with you inspirations for my art I thought it would be fun to share with you an on-line tour of my garden featured by a new on-line magazine -  Southern Guide to Life.. 
                            

 To view the article - simply click on www.southernguidetolife.com and enjoy the tour.


I will be back next week to give you an update on re-opening my on line shop.  I have a new button "SHOP" on my navigation bar that will take you to my ETSY shop.  The shop is not fully stocked yet and I will be adding a new line of "Petite" paintings that will sell for under $100.00 -some starting at $38.00 for originals.  I also plan to offer art prints and greeting cards at a later day.

Thank you for stopping by.  I sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those of you who follow my blog.

Have a lovely week.  Blessings, Erin

                                       " The Lord is my strength and my song".  Exodus 15:2

Painting Roses and More Polka Dots

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art.  Last week I shared with you the inspiration for a painting based on a red polka dot vase with Sunflowers.  One of my friends saw my blog post where I talked about how happy my red and white polka dot tea set made me feel while I was home recovering from surgery .  She found a pair of vintage red garden  boots at the Flea Market - they were for a child. She painted white polka dots on them - filled them with white Ice Berg roses and added a little American flag  . . . . and left them in my garden for me to find.

Bentley, My Studio Assistant, discovered the charming arrangement  of roses in the polka dot boots by barking at them.   Imagine my surprise when I went into the garden to see what he was barking at to find the charming polka boots and how happy they  made me!!!

LOL - another painting waiting for me to paint!

Thank you for stopping by.  I sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those of you who follow my blog.  Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.  I am so looking forward to Fall planting in my garden and sharing a new season with you.

Have a lovely week. Blessings,  Erin


                                      The Lord remembers us and will bless us."   Psalm  115:12

Painting Polka Dots and Sunflowers

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by. You are invited to have tea in my living room with me while I share with you the inspirations for a new little painting. I am in week 3 recovering from surgery and not yet in the garden, however,  I have been finding lots of inspiration inside my cottage.

Bentley, my Studio Assistant, will not leave my side while I am recovering and is acting more like the Studio Nurse!!  He has a wonderful dog walker and is getting his daily walks when he is not following me around the house.

I have been spending lots of time sipping tea, resting on the sofa and reading after the Home Care Physical therapist works with me on my daily therapy. 

I love my red and white polka dot tea set and usually save it for the Christmas holidays but decided to use it now since it is so whimsical and cheerful.  LOL - there right in front of me is a painting waiting to be painted.  The vase of Sunflowers is  calling to me!!

Thank you for stopping by.  I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those of you who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or want to see me paint something special.  With Fall just around the corner - we will soon paint another Fall sign together.  You can check out Art 101 on the header of my blog to find simple tutorials for painting seasonal garden signs.


                                      "The Lord is my strength and my song."  Exodus 15:2

Let's Go To the Vintage Flea Market

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax and have a nice cold drink of mint ice tea.  I am re-posting another popular post on the Vintage Flea Market in Old Town Orange, CA.  as I have been so busy with post operative physical therapy I have not had time to write  new post.  I am doing well and starting to paint and hope to have time for a new post next week.  
Bentley is already in the garden waiting to show you the new garden sign I bought at the Flea Market.


I hung it over the red bucket fountain I put out for all God's creatures - great and small - to drink from.

The birds and possum love it - looks like a certain Studio Assistant also likes to drink from it.

The bucket fountain came from Debra's Cottage and I had it custom painted red to go with the red accents in my garden. Debra's is a fabulous cottage style shop with over 100 vendors. Her store sells all things wonderful and cottage from furniture, custom made pillows, garden things, china, tea and specialty food items and too many wonderful things to mention. She has a a great website - http://www.debrascottage.com/ - I will blog about her shop in a few weeks.


Enough of my rambling - let's go to Old Town Orange to the Flea Market.

Vintage "girlly " things.

One of my favorite shops is The Victoria Company. I bought my garden sign there. I love shopping there to find red accents for my home and garden.

An old ladder makes a great place to display fun things. It would be wonderful in the garden with potted plants. Hmm - maybe next time I will look for a ladder for my garden.

Before we leave Old Town - let's drive by some of the wonderful old cottages.

This is my very favorite cottage - the pink door really speaks to me. Do you have a favorite cottage?

Another view of the little cottage with pink door. It is for sale and comes with an "art studio" in the back yard.

This lovely stone craftsman home has a beautiful garden.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I sincerely appreciate you visits, comments and those who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see my paint something special.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin


"Let the Earth be glad".  Chronicles 16:31