Hello Joy Spreaders! MORE #chalkyourwalkomaha fun this week! I decided to draw one of my new gnomes that I recently painted in acrylic and sent to my agent. While I was out, two of my neighbors came over to see what the heck I was up to :-D Neither had heard of chalking your side walk for all the people walking the neighborhoods to get exercise. It was fun to explain to them and suggest that they could go for a drive to look for the art on the sidewalks and on front doors. Th

Hello Joy Spreaders! THIS WAS FUN! I hope do do this again in a week. Favorite daughter Emily came over on her day off work to help me AND share in the fun. I love how bright the colors are in the new box of chalk I bought awhile back. I have another box coming from Amazon hopefully in time for our next sidewalk decorating this coming Wednesday, weather permitting. Who ever thought of this was so smart! It brightened our day so much and hope that it brightens yours as well. #

Hello Joy Spreaders! The schools are closed. MANY people are working from home and social distancing as I write this because of the COVID-19 virus. I have the Nextdoor neighborhood app on my phone. Noticed a post suggesting we all make or print out a shamrock, post it on your front door or window so that the kids can go on a walk (or drive) scavenger hunt looking for shamrocks. (Video below) I had a lot of fun taking this break from my normal work day routine! Today, March 20

Hello Joy Spreaders! Watch my reactions to seeing my art/pattern designs on my new fabric collection "Booville" in partnership with The Blank Quilting Corp. 8 patterns, 10" squares (6 square designs with flipped versions and alternate backgrounds), and two 23+" x 42" panels. Samples are 36"x42". 100% beautiful cotton fabric that won't bleed. Glows in the dark. PLEASE contact your local or online fabric stores and ask them to carry this collection - THANKS so much! My Facebook

Hey Joy Spreaders! BIG NEWS! Rather than rely on word of mouth like I have been, I made my watercolor classes OFFICIAL! Cool Beans! These are in person watercolor classes that I teach in the Omaha Nebraska area. They are for beginner painters. I provide traceables so that you do not need to know how to draw. Find out cost, supplies see several of the classes here: https://www.annietroe.com/watercolor-classes BEST place to follow me is over on my Facebook Fan page. It is where

Hey Happy Campers! This just makes me LAUGH! One of these days I will remember to film holding the camera horizontal. LOVE! LOVE! This new fabric line of mine and Blank Quilting Corp's! https://www.blankquilting.net/dog-gone-fun/ BIG thanks to them for such amazing quality cotton fabric! Honored to team up with them. IF YOU SEE this fabric in stores, take a picture and send it to me - Thanks! It ships in July sometime, so don't go looking just yet :-D anntroe2@gmail.com Be s

Hey Happy Campers! Doing a panting demo! Giving away this Angle Hearted orig painting below! FREE bumble bee coasters while supplies last at The Grove Gallery in downtown historic Nebraska City where I have original art for sale! NEW art available too. I will be there Saturday, June 8th from Noon to 4 pm. Be sure to follow my Facebook Fan page, I will announce each month's painting demos as events. @AnnieTroe GIVING AWAY this 6"x8" original Angel Hearted painting with wire ha

Hey Happy Campers! I am THRILLED and honored to be included in Artists Networks' (North Light Books) coffee table book on the year's best acrylic artists! It is on sale NOW and ships this Tues. May 14th. COOL BEANS! As I write this, it is selling for $28.46, pre-order price. As you may have guessed, I am featured in the animal section 😻. I will have a copy of "AcrylicWorks 6" at my next painting demo at The Grove Gallery, Saturday May 25th, 2019, noon - 4:00 pm. I will bring

Hey Happy Campers! EXCITED to announce that I will be doing monthly painting demos at The Grove Gallery in downtown historic Nebraska City where I have original art for sale! I will be there THIS Saturday, April 20th from noon to 4 pm. Be sure to follow my Facebook Fan page, I will announce each month's painting demos as events. @AnnieTroe GIVING AWAY this 4"x4" (1.5" deep) original Bumble Bee painting with gold metallic sides. Stop by to enter. FREE set of 4 pulp board coast

Hey Happy Campers! Meet "Fanny Feathers" robin painted on a 5x7" canvas panel. I will be adding a wire and couple of beads for it to hang from. You may notice the little holes I drilled at the top of the panel. MATERIALS: 5x7" canvas panel, Liquitex heavy body professional paint, small brushes and a small palette knife. PRO TIP: Thought you might like to see my palette so I put paint on an 8" styrofoam plate. I mist it with water on occasion to keep the paints from drying out

Hey Happy Campers! I am posting up to the minute progress photos of "GiGi" over on my Facebook Fan Page! Here I am going to assemble the comments and post in one area for those who start following Jeff's progress in the middle and want to catch up. MATERIALS: 15" x 30" gallery wrapped canvas, 1.5" deep. Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Paints. Palette knives and brushes. Meet "GiGi"! My grown up, favorite daughter Emily LOVES giraffes! I painted "Jeff" for her new apartment l

Hey Happy Campers! SUPER EXCITED! Many of my new original art pieces are NOW available at The Grove Gallery in historic Nebraska City! I put together this 1 minute slide show to give you a taste of The Grove Gallery and a bit about Nebraska City. It is an old Missouri River city with so much more to do & see than the couple things I touch on in this slide show. One of my favorite things about Nebraska city is the Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard. I am busy painting more originals!

Hey Happy Campers! Sue B. won the free pet portrait in my last month's Birthday Giveaway for newsletter followers. She sent the above right photo of her BEAUTIFUL cat Isadora that I painted from. Watch this one minute video if you want to see how a pet portrait comes to life. Thanks to all the other newsletter followers and winners. I really appreciate you following my artist life. THIS post list the other winners in the comments if you are curious https://www.annietroe.com/s

Frank, Rosie, their parents and a portrait for Christmas Hey Happy Campers! I had the BEST time painting these two pet portraits for Christmas presents! Put together a little slide show to show a bit of my process. BEST place to follow me is over on my Facebook Fan page. It is where the majority of giveaways happen! https://www.facebook.com/AnnieTroe/ IF you can comment and share, that helps a TON! Be sure to like and follow my fan page for better odds of seeing my posts. Mi

Watch for Freckles, President/CEO of AnnieTroe.com Hey Happy Campers! The prize is a BASKET of Chocolate! 😍🙏 I learned I need to hold my phone horizontal when I use it for a tour! SO, by now several of you have seen my new "Chicken Scratch" fabric line with Blank Quilting Corp. (They are owned by Jaftex). Well, Mr. Scott, president of Jaftex put out a challenge to all of the fabric designers to do a studio video tour Facebook challenge. The studio video tour with the most

Chicken Scratch bags created by the talented Cindy Downing! Hey Happy Campers! I WAS CRYING 😍🙏 First a little back story. I met my friend Cindy Downing through a magazine client of mine we did an article on her. She is an amazing animal communicator. http://www.whisperinmyear.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whisperinmyearanimalcommunicatormedium Fast forward a year or two and I saw on Facebook that one of Cindy & her husband Bruce's fuzzy loved one, Rosie, had just

FREE table set & quilting projects. Sample placemats and trivets. Adorable rooster collection of coordinating fabrics by Annie Troe.

Hey Happy Campers! I filmed painting one of my NEW "Knobies"! This is a 5x7" canvas panel that I drilled two holes in for the wire hanger with beads. You all asked for another time lapse video, and here it is! Be sure to like and follow me on Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun! It is where giveaways happen - Facebook Fan page 😍 Thank you so much for following and supporting my artist life! #fineartpaintings #AnnieTroe #fineart #Paintings #artlicensing #artlicensingsho

Hey Happy Campers! I am posting up to the minute progress photos of "Jeff" over on my Facebook Fan Page! Here I am going to assemble the comments and post in one area for those who start following Jeff's progress in the middle and want to catch up. MATERIALS: 12" x 24" gallery wrapped canvas, 1.5" deep. Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Paints. Palette knives and brushes. Meet Jeff! My grown up daughter Emily LOVES giraffes and I have been thinking about painting a giraffe por

Hey Happy Campers! 1 yard samples arrived! Cool Beans! Keep an eye out, I may be giving away some of this fabric, "Chicken Scratch". Would like to get placemats made and maybe an apron... I don’t think the fabric is stiff enough for an apron, but you sewers out there might have an idea. Contact me if you sew and how much to make placemats and an apron. If you know someone in Omaha, even better! If you find "Chicken Scratch" fabric collection in a store, send me a photo! Thank