Sunday, May 20, 2007

Any bulls around?




After selling our big ranch house last summer and keeping the working land for the cattle, we have decided that we need a smll place to stay for the weekend so now we are slowly building what will be a one story small house. This will mean going out to the ranch every weekend for me again. It will also give me a chance to do some charcoal and pastel plein air that I am very much looking forward to.

I am working on the grisaille part of my painting now and as soon as I have it looking like a graphite drawing and ready to start applying color to it, I will post it.

In the meantime I just had to post the pictures of our 7 month grandaughter Sofìa. She definately inherited the ranching genes from her grandfather.

15 comments:

Pilan said...

Absolutely ADORABLE! She looks a whole lot like her Grandpa too!

Cute one Are there any bulls around!!!

C. Robin Janning said...

Mary,

How beautiful! What joy she must bring. How kind of you to share these photos.

Thank you for your comments on my blog, Mary. I always appreciate a visit from you.

Robin

Mary said...

Thank you Pilan and Robin for visiting, I love both of your comments.

Cynthia said...

Sofia is a doll and so photogenic!

It sounds like you'll have a magical getaway too in the near future.

Jeanette Jobson said...

What a darling Sofia is Mary! You HAVE to draw that face!!!

Mary said...

Thank you Cinthia and Jeanette! Yes I do want to do a little portrait of her but I better hurry because they grow out these stages so fast.

Billie Crain said...

Mary, Sophia has the most gorgeous eyes i've ever seen on a baby. must be those good genes of yours!

Anita said...

She can't possibly be 7 months already! Where did the time go?

Leonor said...

Mary, what a beautiful pic of Sofía, she is so expressive. Everyday she is bigger.

~Babs said...

Aaah, the joys of a Grand child!
And a beauty she is!
Mine is now 17 months, and I don't know how he got there so fast!
Enjoyed seeing your blog!
Babs (WC)

Philip said...

What's happened to the abstracts Mary?

Mary said...

Billie, Anita, Leonor and Babs, thank you for the comments and the visits.

Phillip thank you for checking out my blog. I think it is necessary for me to find my true self although that does not mean I will forget abstracts, I might just pop one in all of the sudden but with Michael's mentorship I think it will help me even with the abstracts.

Philip said...

Mary - your abstracts were just brillliant and needed no mentoring at all from where I am sitting. You could teach others a thing or two!

Mary said...

Thank you Philip! You hit a soft spot so I started an abstract in your honor. Hope I don't ruin it!

Philip said...

Well Mary I am the one who is honoured! I love your abstracts!