Well, so much is happening so fast that there was no blogging time, but time to catch you all up on what’s up! Yesterday we closed on the house in Asheville and as of May 2008 we will be having Digital Art, Painting and Blogging Workshops in Asheville, NC.

It’s been a hectic time and will get worse when we pack three cats into the car on December 3rd and drive from Miami to Asheville straight through the night. On top of all this going on, I had a great loss that fills me with sadness. My 88 year old stepmom in NJ passed away and we flew up for the funeral and to see the whole family. On the up side, it was great to see all the family and there are many new babies and children there that I really need to get up there and photograph and paint them all!

I need to learn how to blog from my cellphone ….anyone have a site to help me with that? Also, two other notes, if you are on FACEBOOK join me there. Also, you can follow me on TWITTER now too. And if you are reading this and would like to get a special price to join the Digital Painting Forum for a year or two shoot me an email and I’ll tell you how to do it. Only good till November 25, 2007!!!

Going to try to catch up around here.

Oh wow..what a day! Took all three cats to get bloodwork and checked up before we travel with them. Turned out the two older cats needed dental work which means anesthesia and surgery. On top of that, our “big boy” Jake now has diabetes. He is only around 8yrs old. So today was the big “surgery” day for the two of them and our little boy “Drayno” moped around the house all day missing his big brother and sister.

They are fine and we got them home….a “twitter” friend sent me this and it really made my day.  http://tinyurl.com/yobglx

To all the cat lovers…you understand.

Check out the next post with the YouTube Movie. Yummy Stuff.

Barney Davey has a post on his blog Convergent Media-Is it Time to Bury Digital Art? Basically, it talks about using a new definition calling
digital art Convergent Media. This article is well worth your time to read it.
My personal thoughts are that this would mean we now have to define a new word to the public. It’s ART and
after visiting many museums and reading many blogs, etc, I think the best definition is the materials used and not
always how it was created originally.
We don’t explain from scratch, Photo Reference in the computer, then cloned, then painted, then printed, then sprayed, etc…
I prefer to just say it’s my art and it’s produced as pigment on canvas with hand embellishing and gold leafing, etc or whatever
I have added.
Too much detail might be boggling the minds of collectors that really don’t care about details, but end product instead.

Just my thoughts on it. What are yours. Comments welcome!

Eliana Isabella is growing up fast!! Look at those eyes! Only a Grandma would talk like this. Kisses!!

My Volume Three Painter X tutorials are now available on the website!! The photo is not the real cover for it…but it’s been crazed around here with my wrist in a cast..so I settled for this temporarily. Read all about what is on it online! Painter X Volume Three includes my own set of brushes including Hair and Skin brushes that work like magic to paint awesome easy hair and skin. Video instruction on using all the brushes is included!

Where did the time go again? I’ve been too busy to think about it. And now, after a nasty battle between me, my big toe and a suitcase, I am outta commission for a while. Breaking even a little bone in a wrist requires a large bulky nasty cast and more patience than I really have. Everyone around me is paying for this. Oh yes, did I tell you the suitcase I tripped on was my own and was right where I had put it earlier that evening? Only myself to blame. So I cried and shot the cast and posted it over on my digital painting forum and all of a sudden, I’m getting virtual signing of the cast, a digital manicure and awesome virtual jewelry to die for. Stay tuned for when the cast comes off!!

With love to my friends and family….a great night together!!