Thursday, February 23, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Drinks!

 


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Drinks! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Tweety Bird has his hands full at the coffee house with his café latté! Btw...March's prompts are all about COLOUR!!! Check out the bottom of the post for the March prompts!!!



⬆️⬆️ I did another watercolor study this week, this time of a glass of sangria. I would have liked it to be a bit darker, but I love how the ice cubes, lime and orange turned out! The video will be up on Rain Frances Art's YouTube Channel next blog post! 



⬆️⬆️ I also did a painting of water droplets.



πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I made more Chocolate Chip Cookies!



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I also tried a nice Zinfandel. I love the taste of Zinfandel wine. This wine has a smooth palate and a mild smoky finish. I paired it with a cheese plate! For those who don't know, the Zinfandel grape was exported from the Puglia region of Italy to California. The Italians call this grape Primitivo. The Primitivo grape was brought to Italy from the Croatians, and I can't spell or pronounce what they called the grape! I love Puglia wines too! This is a Rain Recommendation! 😍



⬆️⬆️ Prayers and well wish are WELCOME friends! My 17-year old Jack is slowing down, sigh. He's been sleeping a lot, moving slower and now has developed droopy eyes. He had a sinus infection that lasted 3 weeks...he's still a bit sniffly. I'm hoping it doesn't get worse again. He's my little angel and I know a lot of you have a tender spot in your heart for him! ♥

On the video front:


⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing How To Paint Water Droplets!


⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Penguin!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Rain's Chocolate Chip Cookies!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Bread!

 



Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊 (Let's hope I got the linky right this week!! 😡)

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Bread! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  Bugs Bunny is rivaling me with his bread making!



⬆️⬆️ Continuing my watercolour classes, I did a toast study. I'm loving the glazing technique!



⬆️⬆️ πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I made delicious Homemade Croissants!


On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my tutorial How To Paint Buttery Toast with Watercolors!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Monsters!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Croissants!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!
February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Veggies!


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Veggies! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  Bugs Bunny has had a great carrot harvest (I'm jealous!). Now he has to figure out how to preserve and cook them all!



⬆️⬆️ I'm continuing my art classes and I love them, mainly watercolour lessons. Here is a watercolour carrot study!



⬆️⬆️ Just over one year ago, we lost our husky girl Charlie. I've been wanting to make a Tribute Video for my dogs for a long time now, and I figured the time has come! πŸΆπŸ’– (It's mostly about the dogs, but I did mention the cats in there too!)




πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I made a fun meal! I took tortillas and smooshed them into little baking tins and baked them for 10 minutes at 350 F and they turned into little burrito bowls! I made vegan cheese - the orange stuff, (I will be sharing this recipe soon, it's fantastic); and added a bean/salsa mix and some fresh lettuce on top. 


⬆️⬆️ I made my Overnight No Knead White Bread this week. This is SO easy my friends!



⬆️⬆️ I had a yen for some garlic bread too, so I put my no knead bread to good use! I made some garlic bread to go with a pasta dish using my Homemade Garlic Butter!

On the video front:



⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Teapot! (Louise, I know this is KILLING YOU LOL!!!)

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Overnight No Knead White Bread!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Garlic Bread With Homemade Garlic Butter!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 16th: Bread
February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Fruit!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

πŸ’›A note to those who link to TADD: As you may have noticed, sometimes it takes me a wee little while to visit you! If you link your blog's url, I can't always find the post that you intended for the TADD entry! Please link the post, not your blog URL - THANK YOU!!! πŸ’›

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Fruit! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Does a Cherry Blossom chocolate bar count as a fruit? Tweety Bird thinks so! I used to LOVE that candy bar! Do you remember the commercial?



⬆️⬆️ This was the commercial I remember from when I was a kid in the 1970's! Does this bring back memories for anyone?



⬆️⬆️ I've been deep into art courses and I used some of the glazing techniques I learned in my studies for this watercolor pear study.



πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I made some Zucchini Bread! I replaced the eggs with some applesauce to make this a vegan treat.



I used my Homemade Unsweetened Applesauce and it was delicious!



⬆️⬆️ Many of you know Nicole from DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog. She is a sweet and very talented friend. She sent me one of her faces. I adore it!

On the video front:



⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Polar Bear!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Zucchini Bread (with vegan/eggless alternative)!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Unsweetened Applesauce!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 9th: Veggies
February 16th: Bread
February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Scarves

 


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Scarves! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Bugs Bunny is sporting a nice bright orange scarf for winter!


πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I made a pizza! (Go figure!) I topped it with my homemade Quick Mozzarella and some goat cheese!


I also made some Sweet Potato Cornbread. Delicious!

On the video front:



⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Sweet Potato Cornbread!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 2nd: Fruit
February 9th: Veggies
February 16th: Bread
February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Collage

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Collage! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Bugs Bunny decided to make a collage as a tribute to the late and great Mel Blanc who voiced pretty much all of the Looney Tune voices. He was also the voice of Woody Woodpecker and Barney Rubble from the Flintstones. Mel Blanc did a lot of old time radio as well before he got big with his cartoon voices! I drew Bugs and made the collage from internet images using Photoshop!



πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I managed to do a little vegan baking and cooking this past week! I made a vegan pineapple upside-down cake. I hope to have a recipe transcribed in the near future! It tasted just like a cake made with eggs, milk and butter!


⬆️⬆️ I got some canning done the last week as well. Homemade Mild Salsa and Homemade Chunky Pizza Sauce. I got about 20 pints of each done so we're set well into the spring!


⬆️⬆️ I also tried a few vegan "cheeses". The "cheese" on the left is made with cashews and tastes a bit like a nutty cream cheese. The "cheese" on the right is like a cheez whiz, and it really has a good cheesy flavour! I wanted to try these out before making videos and sharing recipes because they both need a wee bit of tweaking still! 


⬆️⬆️ Bread LOVE!! I made some Lemon Yogurt Muffins and some Old Fashioned White Bread.

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Quesadilla!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Lemon Yogurt Muffins!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing a video of Jack and Raven playing in the snow!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

January 26th: Scarves

Foodie February!!

February 2nd: Fruit
February 9th: Veggies
February 16th: Bread
February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Aerial View!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊 I keep saying this, but I WILL drop by to visit every art/dinner date post I've missed in the past month! I will also be visiting all of my blog friends very soon! Don't give up on me! πŸ’•  And thank you so much to my friends who sent me Christmas cards this year!!! πŸŽ„

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Aerial View! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Granny and Tweety Bird were kind enough to pose for me this week! I think I got Tweety Bird's aerial viewpoint okay, but Granny's was challenging!


I painted a galaxy with watercolours this week too! I feel like I'm in my 20's again...going to school part time and working full time! My watercolour course is going well, I'm learning a lot - and I plan on taking more courses! I'm pretty much working full time on my YouTube channels now too. I have lots of things I'm a-cookin' up for 2023!!


πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, I don't have much to show! Thanks so much for the well wishes last week, we are both feeling much healthier! I did make some Corn Bread and it was delicious! I've been experimenting with vegan food lately too, trying to adapt some of my recipes without using animal products...I'll keep you posted!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing How To Paint A Watercolor Galaxy!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Humpty Dumpty!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Comforting Mushroom Soup!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Corn Bread!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

January 19th: Collage
January 26th: Scarves

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Glass and Soup!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Glass! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Bugs is up to something looking through that magnifying glass!!


πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹, it's been a soup week for us. We both have some kind of stomach flu that we can't shake. I've been hibernating in bed mostly. I hope you're all well! I made a chicken noodlish style soup for me and an Italian Pasta Soup for Alex. I made enough so that we had at least a week's worth! Making more tonight!


⬆️⬆️ David, this is for you and all of my bird loving friends out there! The Evening Grosbeaks are back at the feeder! The Wild Turkeys put in an appearance too!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have A New Year's 2023 Drawing Tutorial!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Whole Wheat Bread!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing a short Blooper from the Whole Wheat Bread video!


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

January 12th: Aerial View
January 19th: Collage
January 26th: Scarves

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Posting Later Today!