creativity

week 18 already in the Daily Planner

this weeks challenge was your favourite quote

now I have thousands of favourite quotes

but this one always get`s me, its by Henri Matisse

and so true

you have to have courage to put your ART  out

there for everyone to see and criticize and you

have to be thick skinned and able to take

whatever comes your way...

 

 

there someone looking over my shoulder....

 

today is the start of spring cleaning

the hubster and I washed down inside and out all the kitchen cupboards

all the counters and tile

the stove

all the appliances

chairs

table

and I am tired that's it for today for cleaning

today its stry fry

and Chicago fire

lee



WEEKLY WRAPUP

 

went out for pizza with good friends

got my chin threaded

 made some healthy food

went for some long walks with devil dog

put all the winter wear away

and brought up all the spring and summer

that means no socks for me

bought a new stencil

cleaned some cupboards

cleaned the studio trying to get inspiration

went to the library

listened to a great book cd

and it was such an exciting week (lol) that was it.

Did you do anything exciting last week?



Hold that pose....

 

 

Last Saturday the shopper and I went to the mall.

Now I don't quite have the stamina that the shopper does, so

I was lagging a little behind.  She wanted to go into

this one store, I had no interest in, so I said, I

will just sit down right here and wait for you

it was a little sitting area, with couches and chairs,

there were a couple of older men waiting for

there wives and me.  So I sat down and that

I should sketch one of these men, so

I brought out this little pad I keep

in my purse and a black pen, and sketched

him, he didn't have a clue what I was

doing.  I  had to sketch  very quickly

before he upped and moved.  The sketch

is not perfect, it was done all in about

4 minutes, but this is how I improve my

drawing skills.

 

lee

What's been going on.......

 

 

been catching up on  season one of the Vikings (love love it)

been making low fat muffins and banana bread

been savouring last of my turkey and enjoying some delicious homemade turkey soup

been making little booklets for my  Midori Travellers Journal

Been thinking about what needs to be done for my outfit for the wedding out of town in May

been watching under protest Hockey Playoffs

been drawing in my sketch book

been reading an e book on my Ipad

been loving my IPAD didn't think I needed one, boy was I wrong

been watching hubby do yard work in between snow drops

been walking the dog

been back to swimming, bruises are almost healed

that's about it lately, what have you been doing?



practice collage

 

Life started out as a little drawing

that of course over time morphed

into a collage.  A little element here

and little element there and they it be.

But really only was meant to be a fast

sketch for an idea for a painting.

pages from the planner

 

 

some pages from my planner you haven't seen yet.

Some of the challenges were, used a food packing box, hence

the Stove Top Stuffing box, draw a favourite pair of shoes, these

were new shoes, to lazy to draw them, so took a picture, put it onto

photoshop elements, used the filters, sketch, came out sketched

and I did the rest.

 

lee

not peter cotton tail

 

 

Happy Easter, hope you have a great one.

Tom the rabbit is not your average

fuzzy bunny, but I like a bunny

who knows where he is going.

 

lee

elle

Meet Elle, she just happened, she far from perfect

I had stuck a napkin with elephants in my

sketch book awhile ago, and had this circus looking

half frame, and stuck it in awhile ago, and then

last night I thought I needs a funky elephant,

so this is my version of funky (lol) the feet

are not right everything about her is just about

wrong, but she is my creation, so I think she

is funkalisous( is that even a word)

 

 

lee

The Abstract me

 

well are you ready for Easter,

its decided we are having turkey on Sunday,

today its out to lunch with the neighbour

I have been working in my DLPlanner

and will show some pages on the weekend.

Its snowing here today, will spring ever come to my part

of the world?

Ok gotta go talk to you all soon

I have linked this to Paint Party Friday http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.ca/

lee

 



Glamour Shot

The drawings are getting better

but the mouth needs work

A little of this and that.

this is a picture I actually took when I was in Europe years ago

I think this was somewhere in Germany

so I saw somewhere you could draw on some of your old

pictures, so here is one.  I did this awhile ago, its an oldie.

 

Today I was out to lunch with my friend Gail who

I met on this blog, we went out for lunch then

to the art store, we both spent money and had

a good time I always enjoy going out with her.

Tonight the shopper is coming for dinner so

its Chicken Breast stuffed with crème cheese and broccoli

baked potatoes, and vegetables.  First time making

this new recipe so its either hit or miss.  I will

let you know the verdict tomorrow



Just a peek

as you can see above, I am working on a smallish canvas,

this is a gift for someone.  Well its really not a gift

until I see the finished product, if I don't like it

its not going anywhere.  I first started with gesso, then did

some underpainting with bright bold colours, toned it down with

  some white paint, then did some stencilling

with Modeling paste.  So that's as far as I got so far. Today

I will be drawing in the central focus of the piece.  I haven't

decided exactly what that is, I have a couple of ideas and will

have to see what comes out.

 

 

I wanted to show you a brilliant idea I had

I had this wire contrapitation and was going to

throw it out and decided to use it to hang some of

my small art on it, I have way more to put on, and a

couple more of those wires things, so I can hang

my art around my studio.

 

lee

Its been a bad bad day...

 

somedays are just bad

today while walking devil dog I fell on the cement

face first, thought I was going to break my nose and teeth

so I turned my head just as my whole body toppled over,

landed on my side and my side of my face.  And then

proceeded to roll into a huge puddle of water, soaked

from head to toe.  To add to my humiliation a bus

full of people, had just rolled in, and they

all ran over to help me.  The bus driver

wanted to call an ambulance.  I managed

to gather my dignity (not a tear came to my eye)

and told them I was fine, and I could make

it home, as it was just around the corner.

So me and devil dog, soaking wet, managed to get home,

and of course this is the day the hubster is not home.

So I made into the house, stripped out of my wet

clothes, and had a good cry.  Got over it, and the injuries

are a sore hand and fingers, not painting hand.  A sore

bruised rib, and I am going to have a huge bruise on

the side of my face.  I could have been worse, so

all is well that ends well.

Where's Waldo

 

This is a cover page for the dlp project

the task for same colour pallet

the green really is a teal color

but doesn't show up on here very good

I made the birds to blend in, and try

and find them, hence the title.

If you don't know Where's Waldo ,

there usually is page full of people and

you have to find Waldo. I had

fun making this page.

Today I went out with my friend, who

is on her way home in B.C.  They

left there winter home in Phoenix,

so we did lunch with our other friend,

did a little shopping, and little visiting,

and some errands, all and all I had a great day

 



The boyfriend

 

Meet the boyfriend, the shoppers boyfriend

they have been together about 5 years

and I am waiting patiently for the wedding.

He is a hard worker and he sings on the side and

he is very good.  I must say he much better

looking in person.

Mind Highway

I joined a group called Mix it up monthly http://mix-it-monthly.blogspot.ca/

          where every month there is a new challenge, this month it was about
           a map, and along with that there is a color pallet to follow.  And so
          far every month I have forgotten to use the color pallet.  By the time I
           remembered it was to late.  I see a few things I should have done better, like
          the yellow should have been another color so there is contrast and you don't have
          to wear sunglasses to look at it.

weekly wrapup

 

found a lost dog and reunited her with her owner

bought new shoes for a wedding in May

been playing with a new app called  http://www.waterlogueapp.com/
amazing will turn your pictures into watercolour
2.99 a deal for sure
walking devil dog in such springy weather
talked to my friend who is coming back from Phoenix
for the summer go glad missed her
bbq steak
tried a new recipe for low fat banner bread delicious
drew in my sketch book
watched a terrible movie
and that's it, hope you had a nice weekend



the name game

 

The documented life project  challenge this

week was to draw your name, and this

is what I came up with.

I received in the mail the other day a
ticket for 289.00 for going thru a red light (red light camera)
I just about had a fit, I probably was going thru on an\
orange and it turned red.  Yesterday I went down to the
courthouse and asked for it to be reduced and they
reduced it by half.  At least that's better than almost
300.00.  The hubster didn't even blink an eye,
I told him I needed to take his temperature, because
I am sure he has been inhabited by another body

Meet Stephen

 

meet Stephen he was the mayor of our fair city

he looks way better in person

I saw a picture taken of him with

this bow tie and knew I had to draw him

Stephen if your reading my blog (and why wouldn't you)

I take commissions (lol)

lee



She wore a flower in her hair

 

to celebrate warmer weather I put a flower in her hair

I myself do not wear flowers in my hair

or hairbands or hats and if you have read

this blog for awhile, you know its because

I don't look good in any of those items.

 

I am off for some work on me today

previous post

and then to the art store

and I have been invited to dinner with friends

 so I must go hope you have a great day

looking good

 

do you have those days where you look and feel like crap

when you know you need your haircut and maybe a dye job

when you need you eyebrows waxed

your feet done

and maybe a new shirt

that's what I feel like lately

it seems like I don't take care of myself the way

I used to when I worked, but that's all

changing, because whats the difference if I work or not

I still need to feel good, and so do you, so

I am going out to get these things done tomorrow

 

lee