My name is Susan Blanton and I loved to draw when I was young. I wanted my pictures to look real but with an artistic flare. I took one oil painting class in college in the 80's, but never picked up a brush until 2006. In 2006, I found myself starting over as a single mom and was inspired to do something new. I decided to paint. Acrylic seemed to be the logical thing to use; easy clean up. I quickly started doing portraits of friends and their pets. Just recently, I started making a computer rendition of what I was going to...more