ITS ALL ABOUT ART

Almost daily painter, traveler and art lover
It's all about art, what else is there?
@lisahutart on instagram

Sunday, September 30, 2018

30 in 30 Day 30: Last One!

I'm camping in Durango this week and huddled on a rock near the campground office looking for 2 little bars of wifi. Time to find an wifi booster for the camper. It's been great doing this 30 day painting/mitten sale and thank you so very much to everyone who purchased and helped me raise funds for Alzheimer's. Here is my last one!

Fall Flowers
5x7 pen and ink sketch and wool mittens
$40



Saturday, September 29, 2018

30 in 30 Day 29: Writer's Block

As soon as a few friends said they loved reading my blog - writer's block. Thanks.
Not your fault but dang, the pressure.

Crickets.

Creative slowdown. At least I haven't experienced that with painting. I mean sometimes they don't turn out, actually lots of times, but I'm always inspired to paint and have so many ideas of what I want to paint I'll never get to it all. I'm off to Durango all next week, hope for good weather. Our camper "RV Gogh" is packed and ready to "Go".


Wyoming Field
5x7 pastel and 1 pair wool mittens
Sold




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association. You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Friday, September 28, 2018

30 in 30 Day 28: Time Flies

I'm almost at the end of my daily painting challenge. I didn't expect to end up with so many pen and ink watercolors, but they go pretty fast and I always seem to be short on time. I had hoped to start back with oil painting this month but that didn't happen. A friend mentioned Christmas just today, yikes! Time flies for sure.

Red Rose Still Life
5x7 pen & ink watercolor and 1 pair wool mittens
$40




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association. You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Thursday, September 27, 2018

30 in 30 Day 27: Small Moments

This morning, a large hawk landed right behind my house. That's not unusual, I see hawks often but this one was very close, in a low spot on a tree. I was so tempted to run and get my camera but knew that the right thing to do was to stop, breathe and just watch. It's repeated screech was haunting and beautiful and it stuck around quite awhile. Long enough for me to remember to appreciate the small moments in this big, sometimes overwhelming world.

Small Moments
5x7 pastel and 1 pair wool mittens
Sold




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association. You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

30 in 30 Day 26: Simply Lavender

I love painting in lavender fields. I don't know if lavender was always this popular but it seems that wherever I travel I manage to find a field or two and even have a few plants at home and close to home at Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield. Today was all about the purple ... purple mittens,
purple lavender. Simple.

Simply Lavender
5x7 pen and ink watercolor and 1 pair wool mittens
$40



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association. You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

30 in 30 Day 25: Sharp Objects

You never know how important thumbs are until you stab one with an X-acto blade. A bandaid fixed the problem but then I avoided using my sore thumb most of the afternoon. I have got to quit doing this blog so late at night when I'm tired - I find it difficult to form complete sentences. Yes, 8:30 pm is late for those of us with insomnia that get up before 5 am.

The below pastel is the East Inlet in Rocky Mountain National Park just above Adams Falls.

 East Inlet
8x10 pastel and 1 pair wool mittens
$75



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors! Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi




Monday, September 24, 2018

30 in 30 Day 24: Cookies & Pop-tarts


Today, I had several errands in the late morning and wasn't finished until after 2:30 pm. I had skipped lunch and stopped at Whole Foods to pick up a couple things. Never grocery shop when you're hungry. Once, Ed came home with pop-tarts. Anyway, the "cookie bar" at $12.99/lb. seemed perfectly reasonable - it was almost 3 pm and I only had a waffle for breakfast. Not much better than a pop-tart, I know. When you check out they always ask if you want a receipt. I think that is supposed to save paper, but really I'm sure it's so you don't gasp at how much you just overpaid for food. I solved my problem by saying no thanks to the receipt and happily ate my super expensive cookies on the way home.

Late Paintbrush
5x7 pen & ink watercolor and 1 pair wool mittens
$40




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like. I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors! Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi














Sunday, September 23, 2018

30 in 30 Day 23: Tiny Grove

More aspen tree sketches and a pair of simple brown mittens. This tiny grove of aspen was near Rocky Point just outside of Fraser. The leaves are falling quickly.
I'm ready to start a new week. I'll be sewing and painting ... nothing new there.
Have a great week everyone.

Tiny Grove
5x7 pen and ink watercolor and 1 pair handmade wool mittens
$40



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Saturday, September 22, 2018

30 in 30 Day 22: Purple!!!!!

Hello. My name is Lisa and I am a Netflix binge watcher. I admit this almost guilt-free because
I watch (mostly listen) when I'm sewing. It's how I justify watching a whole series in a day, because I'm also doing something else. Today, while powering out a dozen mittens, I found a Netflix show called "Explained". They are each short, about 15 to 30 minutes long. Topics cover everything from our water shortage, political correctness, diets, weed, cryptocurrency and the overuse of the exclamation point. I highly recommend the show.

I already worry excessively about punctuation rules (because I randomly use colons, dashes, parentheses and ellipsis) and know I'm not following the rules. And, I'm a rule follower. One should never start a sentence with "and" either. I could go on and on ...

Purple & Gold
5x7 pen and ink watercolor and 1 pair handmade wool mittens
$40



Friday, September 21, 2018

30 in 30 Day 21: September Leaves

Yesterday, my buddy Robyn and I headed out to paint and the weather said it was supposed to be in the 70's. As I transferred art gear from my car to hers - I looked at the "winter backpack" that contains all the winter essentials; rain coat, hat, gloves, extra hat, hand warmers. I thought well ... It's supposed to be in the 70's ... I don't need that stuff.

Yep, it was cloudy, in the low 50's and we both were pretty cold after a short time. The sun peaked through occasionally just to taunt us, then a freezing wind would rip away that second of warmth. It's not uncommon to get snow anytime of the year up high in the mountains. We both know better.

Come to think of it, this is the same friend I hiked with in July and was rained and hailed on for the whole descent of the hike. That hurt. I think I had a raincoat that time (maybe??) but from now let's try and remind each other to bring the winter gear. Check out Robyn's beautiful work here.

September Leaves
5x7 pen and ink watercolor and 1 pair handmade wool mittens
$35




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi







Thursday, September 20, 2018

30 in 30 Day 20: Cupcakes & Cards

I love days like today - my to do list on my calendar said one thing - paint.
You guys know me so well - wishing me painting time and chocolate for my birthday. I'm happy to report that pretty much summed up my day. I drove up CR 50 outside Fraser with a friend and photographed beautiful aspen and painted. In the spirit of birthdays, I'm changing up my mitten and art pairing today. I made these pincushion cupcakes from leftover wool (design credit goes to Betz White for the cupcakes) and they will be a gift for you if you purchase my 2 hand painted cards.

2 5x7 pen and ink watercolor cards and 2 wool pincushions
$35




I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi







Wednesday, September 19, 2018

30 in 30 Day 19: Flying J Ranch

Yesterday, I painted with PAAC at the Flying J Ranch park in Jefferson County.
I was looking down at this barn from a hill and the perspective was odd. I had a couple of areas I wanted to adjust, but a recent bout of insomnia is making me struggle to stay awake right now at 7:30 pm. Too late to take a nap, too early to go to bed.
I'm sitting in a comfy chair listening to an art instruction video by a famous artist with a monotone voice - all contributing to my inability to stay awake. So here is my plein air of the day.

Flying J Ranch
9x12 pastel and 1 pair wool mittens
$125



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

30 in 30 day 18: Glacier Wildflowers

This watercolor sketch was done in Montana last month in Glacier National Park. I thought it matched these pretty mittens in purple with a floral motif. I did paint today, but am still working on that one - you'll see it tomorrow. This afternoon, my daughter called from work and remembered that she cooked a spaghetti squash in the oven ... and forgot about it.

From last week.

First, that shows how much I'm cooking these days. The squash has been removed and the oven is on self clean. Now it's hotter inside than out after 5 hours of heat pumping out of the oven. Which is saying a lot since it was 90 out today.

This painting, mittens and squash have absolutely nothing in common, in case you wondered. I try.

Glacier WildFlowers
5x7 sketch & 1 pair handmade up-cycled wool mittens
sold



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi





Monday, September 17, 2018

30 in 30 Day 17: Roses & Crackers

Last week, I celebrated my 29th wedding anniversary. He bought me a pizza and brought home flowers. Keeper. I'm torn between writing something sincere and heartfelt or ... sarcastic.
It's hard to believe I'm old enough to have been married for that long.
29 years = fun, hard work, joy, trust, faith, respect, commitment, comfort, hurt, compromise, annoyances, love and more love. Marriage means all of those things.

Also, I did find an empty box of crackers in the pantry today; who takes the last cracker and doesn't throw out the box? I almost left ... but decided to stick around another year.


Red Red Rose
5x7 pastel and 1 pair handmade wool mittens
$40



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi


Sunday, September 16, 2018

30 in 30 Day 16: Orange Crush

In honor of the Broncos game today; here is another pair of orange and blue mittens (with broncos fleece lining) that will be warm and cozy ... for when it gets cold, you know it will! My painting is of the aspen turning against that Colorado blue sky.

Since I'm really going for the orange theme here, I'll include this cute tiny pumpkin (made of wool roving) that I made a while back. How many friends can you say go through a "needle felting phase?"  I'm feel like I'm crushing this 30 day challenge - just by posting 16 days in a row.

Why do oranges wear suntan lotion?

Because they peel.

Orange Crush
5x7 Pen and Ink Watercolor, 1 pair handmade wool mittens & tiny wool roving pumpkin
$40



I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi



Saturday, September 15, 2018

30 in 30 Day 15: Fred's Shed

We have a wood burning stove as our main heat source at our cabin. Having plenty of firewood for the winter is a must. Splitting and stacking firewood was the big project for the weekend. I really miss my son who used to do this job with my husband. OK, I miss him anyway ... but admit I miss his strength and how he used to carry all my groceries in the house in one trip.
When he was in high school, no matter how much I spent on groceries he would run outside to unload the car and carry every single bag in, in one load.
I admit, I spent only a couple of hours helping stack the wood pile. I needed to paint this morning and then had an afternoon meeting. My daughter had to step up and help the hubs and now we have enough wood for at least 2 seasons. The woodshed is especially cozy for Fred - the squirrel we named - that has one million pine cones stored ... along with the mushroom stash and a huge nest this year. I live in fear that I'm going to open that shed door one day and a bear or raccoon will jump out at me. Back to the art.

This pastel painting was done plein air at my neighbors house last weekend. The grove is the first to turn every year and I'm glad I made it down there a couple times to capture the color change. On the other side of the road there are aspen peaking and up the road some that will be great next weekend still.

First Turners
16 x 20 pastel and 1 pair handmade wool mittens
$350




I didn't have the right easel attachment for a 16 x 20 board so the ground it is.
My feet hurt anyway so sitting was fine this time around.

I am painting 30 paintings in 30 days for the month of September '18. I'm using my mittens to inspire my paintings and vice versa. I'm donating 50% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association.
You can swap out a different pair of mittens if you see a painting you like.
I try to match colors on my screen that are representative of the art - if you get a painting and the color is not what you expected please contact me. I only want happy art collectors!
Email to purchase.

@lishutart on instagram
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi