Chicks done two ways

 

 

Another bird another day, I made this bird last

night, and decided to show it two ways.

The first one, just a peek with my background

the second one is with a background from

photoshop elements, I like it both ways,

what do you think?

postcard exchange

 

I am in a postcard exchange over at the facebook

the Studio

anyway we are suppose to have a floral theme,

so which one of these do you like, not

my usual flowers but I wanted to do something

different, Leave a comment and let me know.

 

lee

 



Spring has sprung

 

 

today is all about enjoying this sunshine

helping the shopper with her planting

putting the deck cover on

bbq steak

and enjoying spring

facebook art

 

did you know that I am on facebook,

I don't have a million friends

and I am not on there every minute of the day

I don't do intstagram, or twitter

I am very old school tech

I did join facebook under my non married name

so if any of my old friends wanted to find

me there could.  Have they, no, have I found

any of them only 1. I also set it up so that my blog, updates on my facebook page

which I found to be very cool.   Anyway I also joined a few

art groups which I enjoy.  The one art group I really like is run

by April Cole it called The studio here is the link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStudioAprilCole/

they have swaps and challenges and everyone is

very supportive no drama allowed.  Anyway the whole point of this story

is , the one challenge was to make a little book with places to put stuff,

April did a little video on how to make them, and then you signed up and

were assigned a partner.  Anyway April Cole was my partner, and this is

what I received today from her, very cool, you could keep anything in here

hand out business cards, etc. Also a picture of what was included.

So if you want to join, you have to join Facebook, I was weary of it,

but its working for me

 

lee

 

 

 

 

working with stamps

Hello out there in blogland

today I wanted to show you a new stamp I found

Donna Downeys new face stamp

but you know somehow its doesn't look like

the stamp at all, I managed to change it to

my style , So you see you can change the

look and feel of your page if you use stamps.

 

lee

 

Mini Zine Peek

 

this is the front page and page 1 of the mini zine

I made for a trade.  Its about my vacations every

summer with my parents.  We didn't have very

much money back then, my dad was in the

Air Force, my mom was a part  time waitress and

they had 2 little girls, 2 years apart.

But every year they scrapped up enough

money to go on a camping vacation.  We

started going first in a tent, then they

bought this tiny little trailer, and they

called it the delee, my sister was delta

and lee for me.  We always went to

the same place Rosen Lake in British Columbia,

a beautiful camping spot, we always got one

right by the water.  We went there for many

years, usually with another couple with kids.

We always left really early in the morning, my

mom always packed a lunch.  We always had

some sort of car problem, us or the other

people we went with.  But we always had

a great time, and had great memories.

 



rewind monday

 

well mission accomplished zine complete

copies made

and mailed on Monday

sneek peeks next week

am I happy out of 100/80 percent

the ideas flowed so that was good

tonight it chicken and pasta a new recipe

always a risk in this house

this is an old girl done on a new background

okay enough of nothing talk to you tomorrow

 



the making of a mini zine

 

 

Over at http://www.mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/2013/06/mini-zine-swap-mail-by-july-29th.html

one of there swaps is a mini zine.  This is the second time they have done this and
if I participate the second time I would have made a mini zine.  I don't like to fully commit to something until I actually think I can do it, and it might not be crap.  So
the first thing was try to think of something to make a mini zine about.  So while swimming today my best thinking place, my mind drifted back to when I was much
younger and my family went on our annual vacation, there was always drama,
fun, something broken down, so lets just say lots for a zine.  So on that note
I quickly and I mean quickly sketched  things that might go in the zine.  Now
I have folded up the zine, and am now going to make a mock up of what it might
look like.  If I am happy with it, then and only then will I sign up for the
zine exchange. What is your process when you sign up for something, do you jump in and commit right away or do you just think about it.


The colour of india

 

Have I ever been to India the answer is no

but I love there colour pallet

deep pinks and yellows, and

that is what I tried to capture here

though my elephant looks like she

is malnourished, I should have

beefed her up a bit, oh well.

I am back in the rhythm of making

postcards, I love making small art

do you like making small art?

It was a hell of a night

 

 

you know I have to create

even when I don't feel like and I sit down

just to watch TV, I have to create

something a small drawing, a little

collage, something.  Do you ever feel like that.

Take last night all hell broke loose around

here the hubster left the bathroom sink running,

and flooded the bathroom, which of course

then dripped down the wood windows and

onto my hardwood floors, and of course

the ceiling is dripping, I have buckets

everywhere, but I had to create

and this is what came out

 

 



Oh happy day.....

today I have been to the airport and dropped friends off

the shopper is getting her arm re x-rayed and then we

are having lunch

been working on a art idea drawing sketches like a crazy woman

been looking up organizing ideas on pinterest to support my organizing OCD

loving the sunny weather and sipping wine on the deck

 

what are you up to

 

 

lee

Paradise

 

I like doing collage but I need to find new subject matter

 

the base of this collage is a deli bag from the hospital

that I found at the hospital when hubby was in

I cant find deli paper anywhere in my city

then way back I had cut out a falcon

so I decided to put him in my collage

but changed him up to a she as you can see

Then I need a tree which I cut from some

packaging that I had received a stamp in.

added some text from a book

my bird that I made a copy of

(always make a copy of your stuff for your collages)

some flowers that I had used a stamp on ,

on more deli bags (ok more than one happened

to slip into my purse while waiting for my order)

white out, and oh yeah I gellied printed the

deli bag first.



Mothers Love

to enlarge click on picture 

Happy mothers day to all

 

today

 

I am off to the shoppers for a nice mothers day dinner

I got a Fuji instamatic camera from her

I am going to the studio to try and make some art

I walked the dog nice weather

I cleaned out my car of the winter mess

I am wearing capris

this art is all mine except I used photoshop

to put the birds on top of each other

so that's it for today

have a great one



Crappy Art

 

it all started with pink and orange

which you cant see

but its there

then I used Julie Baltzer Stencil

and changed it up\

added some flowers

to much white

and this is what came out

not what I expected

and I don't like it

Girls gone wild

 

This looks a little like me.  All my ladies have a

little bit of me in them, I have blue eyes, minus the grey I

have brown hair.  But I don't wear bow ties.

Today I am having a day with my blog friend Gayle.

We are doing lunch, then something arty we

haven't decided yet.  Could just be in the

studio painting pages, or at the Art Gallery, or

at the garden centre.  Girls gone wild, that's

us (lol).



Band Hats

 

 

today was all about

helping the shopper because she broke her arm at target

she went shopping on Saturday morning, and they

had waxed the floors the night before, and used

the wrong product and the floor was slippery

they didn't have any signs up warning the

customer, and the shopper went down

and broke her arm

so I am trying to help her with her household duties

and stuff

so that's been my focus since Saturday

the smell of coffee

 

the month of Mays challenge over at http://mix-it-monthly.blogspot.ca/
its all about coffee
as many of you know I don't drink coffee at all, don't like the taste
but that doesn't stop me from making art about it
I challenged myself not to use any paint or anything
so all I used was black sharpie pen and whiteout pen
and color pallet that was to be used this month
I think the dog I named him George likes to
balance a cup of java on his nose because he likes the smell
that's my story and I am sticking to it

You Know your an artist when.......

 

YOU KNOW YOUR AN ARTIST WHEN......

 

you find a piece of paper on the ground that has been there all winter

and your heart starts to race

 

when you hear about a hoarder who's house was being emptied

and wonder if you could have used any of that stuff

when you have more drink coasters than the
local bar

when your multitasking, making supper, painting on a page,
doing the laundry, and looking for collage pieces all at the
same time

when you finally tell someone I am an artist
when they ask you what you do

NOW YOU TELL HOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR AN ARTIST



 



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