Artists at Work!

I won! I won! The Tablescaper at http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/ was giving a giveaway and I just happened to stop by and signed up and wouldn't you know it that I won? This set of bird dinner plates are perfect for me since I love tablescaping. I can't wait to use them. Thanks a lot for pulling my name! I love them!!

Last week, John and I had a 3 day birthday celebration. Yep, John and I were born on the same day, 3 years apart, so we never forget each other's birthday.

I am linking with Susan for Outdoor Wed., Lady Katherine for Teatime Tuesday and Wanda Lee for Tuesday Tea for 2 (even if there were 3 of us, lol)

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The day before the actual date, 2 of my friends came over for some oil painting lessons. They wanted to learn how to paint so I told them to go to Walmart and just buy a canvas and I would have everything else we need at home. They not only brought a canvas when they came but they also brought a birthday cake and a plant.

I had bought some donuts earlier because I did not know they were bringing a cake. I made some coffee since it was early and I like donuts and coffee in the morning.

Here are my friends while we were setting up. I have not painted for so long and I had to go up in the attic to pull out the easels. They suggested we paint outside by the pool because it was a nice day and it would be relaxing with the sound of the fountains in the background.

We picked our spots and they took out a picture that they wanted to paint. I told them to start drawing and they both looked at me and said, "We don't know how!" LOL!

So, I took their pictures and copied them and started drawing on the canvas. Mine is the round canvas. I bought it on line at Blicks.com and I've had it for almost 2 years now sitting on the garage shelf.

Our coffee is ready whenever we need a drink.

There is a donut shop here in town that makes the best donuts. Mmmmm, yummy!

While painting, the Fedex truck came to deliver my favorite Filipino pastries sent by my daughter. So we ate these too and we never had a chance to blow the cake cause we were stuffed. We froze the cake and we plan to eat it on our next painting session, which will be soon because they enjoyed painting so much. A third friend wants to join us too.

Here is the one that Debjani did.

And there's Nit's. Really not bad for first timers, right?

Here's mine.

I am waiting for it to dry and then I will add a paler yellow on the upper half of the stamen.

The day of our birthday, John and I went out to dinner and the day after, our friends took us out to dinner again. I told you we had a 3 day celebration.

I am looking forward to another painting session.

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