Well.. I had wanted to post two paintings today, but our power went out last night, cutting my art time down significantly! I am here with the painting I finished and I’m going to say, with my fingers crossed, I’ll have two paintings for you tomorrow. My eighth painting is this mixed media piece, inspired […]
29 Faces in September started yesterday. So today, I’m showing you my first two faces. One is a little sketch I did and the other I painted so it would qualify for Thirty Paintings in 30 Days. First the Sketch and now the painting for Day 2 of Thirty Paintings in 30 Days My […]
It’s September! I know everyone thinks of autumn once September rolls around, but here we’re still in the middle of summer, with temperatures over 90 degrees all this week. I have to confess I am looking forward to some cooler weather. Again, this year, I’m taking part in Leslie Saeta’s challenge to do Thirty Paintings […]
Back in February, I did a sketch for 29 Faces. Last week, when I had little bits of time, I finally painted it. It’s called The Beekeeper. It’s worked in watercolor, acrylic, collage, and ink on 9 X 12 140 lb cold press water color paper. The actual painting is much softer, more pastel, and […]
For my second face, I finally did the first week’s lesson of Life Book 2015, Beacon of Light. Of course it took on a life of it’s own and although influenced by Tam’s beautiful art, looks so different from the painting in the lesson. I’ll probably end up doing another or others. Believe in Yourself […]
Earlier this week, someone in a Facebook group I’m a member of, shared an art journal exercise/prompt, to flip through magazines and cut out words that spoke to you. Then you were to use the words in your journal. Her journal pages were inspiring. They were filled with words that were characteristics of the person […]
It’s not very often that I do collage. Wait. That’s not exactly the truth. Let me clarify. It’s not very often that I do collage and don’t do any painting or sketching or doodling along with it. When I got the opportunity to take part in a “Shabby Chic” ATC Swap, I jumped in […]
We all have those people that our lives are forever entwined with. You always connect with them. It doesn’t matter how much time has passed since you last spoke or last saw each other. They make you feel like everything will be right with the world. They make you smile. They might be […]
This is a loose art journal page, because I wanted to do something a little larger than my journal allows. I’ve been doing quite a few small pieces lately and I wanted to stretch. I reached for a 9 x12 piece of mixed media paper. I didn’t know what I was going to do, except […]
I had so much fun working with my free Crudoodle Digital Stamp, Little BooDoo last Saturday, that I thought I’d do it again today. This week I used my Carling The Little Witch. I did another mixed media piece, using Faber Castell gel sticks, colored pencils, gel medium, collaged papers, washi tape and Pitt artist […]
Hi my friends. It has felt so strange not to be posting every day. I did force myself to take a short break from the blog. I felt I needed it after the intensity of the thirty paintings and postings in September. I’ve been focusing more on my art journal over the past few days […]
It’s almost Halloween! I have a few cute Halloween themed Free Crudoodle Digital Stamps on this blog, so I thought I’d print one out and make something with it. I chose to work with Little BooDoo, because I just love her. She’s just the right combination of creepy and cute. I did a quick mixed […]