I am a wife and mother of three grown daughters. Those 3 daughters gave us 8 wonderful grandchildren. I took up art while my husband and I traveled in a motorhome. The motorhome was our home for 5 years and 55,000 miles. I started in oil, then got interested in watercolor. As time passed pastels became a part of my life after saying I would never touch the things. I love pastels and colored pencil. I took an animal/portrait class in January 2009 and fell in love with painting animals. It all started with the...more