So, I am getting a painting ready to put into a show. The theme is Black and White. I have been so busy that I haven't done much of anything. I quickly grab a canvas and started in.

I had an image in my mind. Sometimes I don't. I started to paint and using my pouring medium I started to squirt some black and white onto the canvas. I expected it to blend like it usually does. Well - that did not happen this time. It kind of sat there, and sat there, and sat there.

I went upstairs and let the painting fairies do their thing overnight. LOL . I went down in the morning and low and behold nothing had changed ! Soo what  do I do now? I am not particularly fond of it but it is what it is. The painting obviously wants to stay this way! Who am I to try to control what this abstract wants to be? I feel like a Three year old could have done this. But, in the end, this piece is going into the show as is. It looks cool, as the sides are black. It stands out and wants to be known. The only thing left is to name it? Another dilemma! :)

So, I have a very good friend that has enjoyed looking at my work. In fact she has one of my most memorable pieces. My friend has been talking to me constantly about using a watermark for my art work. Of course I was procrastinating and kept making excuses!

She finally got through to me and I started searching for a site that I could work with. It was like I was supposed to find this web site as it was the first one I saw. It gave me a few free days to play around with it and I discovered a whole new way to protect my paintings.

I love it! I do have to work on my transparency as some of my try's are a bit too dark. It is very important to protect our work as much as we can from scammers who will take your paintings and use them for prints. That is our hard work that they can steal and use for anything they want.

Please , to all of you, who read this, get your stuff watermarked. Yes it did cost me a bit for the use of the software but it wasn't much. It is totally worth it.