Pattern Play

I love pattern and in another life would loved to be a surface designer

and have my patterns on sheets and bags, 

wanted to thank everyone for the nice comments about my interview

you to can do it, all you have to do is email her and she sends you

some questions and you get to pick which ones you answer and

you can take as long as you like answering them, go ahead try it,

I would love to read your interview

today is all about getting my stiches out of my finger

going out for lunch with hubby

walking the dog (it has warmed up here thank god)

having leftovers

and doing some art hopefully, whats your day look like?

Exciting news

decided it was time to start drawing some anatomy (lol)

hers are a bit lopsided but her shoulder is up

well here is some exciting news I am the

featured artist on Jennibellies site

if you want to read the interview here it is

http://jennibelliestudio.blogspot.ca/2013/01/tell-all-tuesday-featured-artist-lee.html

you too can be a featured artist just email her

deadeye

as you can see her eyes are not equal, but I am still learning

so I am cutting myself some slack here

so today I am going to tell you my all time favourite art

tool, can you guess I bet you can

your right

white out

not a white pen

but white out in pen form from staples

that is my go to art supply any time I think

I need a pop of something, go back and look and

my art you will see it, I should probably buy stock

in that company.  It lasts longer than a white pen

writes over anything and you can control it just like a pen

Do you have a favourite art supply you use over and over

Excitement is in the air....

I have started this post at least 4 times, and I still don't have 

much to tell you, that's the trouble when you are retired

your not out and about with people all day long. I could tell you

its bathroom cleaning day , that we

are having leftovers for dinner, that I might go to Walmart,

that is cold and windy here but that's to predicable 

I could tell you on Thursday the bandage comes off my

finger, and the stitches come out

i could tell you I did this bird last night well watching

Downtown Abbey

I could tell you that's all for today and I will have more

exciting stuff tomorrow, try to contain your excitement

until tomorrow

something for you today

 

found 2 really good sites for you today

a really cute valentine project  

 

http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/1/26/tag-cardboard-valentine-tutorial.html

 

 

and a painting demo by flora bowley

she finishes a painting fast

its very inspiring 

 

http://vimeo.com/58224937

dont play with my mandolin

well yesterday started out good, but ended with a trip to the medi centre

The shopper was coming for dinner I decided to make broccoli and sirloin lettuce wraps

low fat and very good

I decided I wanted to do matchstick carrots and pulled out my 

brand new never been used Mandolin, yes I was playing top

chef ...so I was doing the carrots and decided to use another

blade, so to make a long story short, the blade went into

my finger and cut it down to the bone.  Now I am all alone

so I am very calm and go and get the first aid kit

and bandage it up.  And continue on cooking, but the mandolin is now put away never to be used again.

The bandages are getting soaked with blood so I decide to go

to the Medi Centre.  2 stiches later I am home and cooking supper.

The only thing that hurt the worst was the freezing going into my finger.

So now I have a big honking bandage on my finger, and a plastic bag because I

cant get it wet. So I look like a total dork, but guess what finger it is, not the nice one,

so I am hoping some idiot will honk at me, and he wont be able to miss the finger.

The Change up

CLICK ON PICTURES TO MAKE THEM BIGGER

I decided a change-up was in order for today, back to my

colour, you know I love me some colour

I was sketching the other night , drawing from my mind, I know

it sounds crazy but I mean not looking at anything to draw

but trying to draw without a reference, so I decided to

start small and this is what I came up with.  I finished it

and added some colour, scanned and called it done. Then

yesterday I came back to it, and added more colour.

So which one do you like?

Its all about the mood

I did this collage awhile ago, when I created it , I wanted it

to appear dark and moody, and make you wonder about the

woman

well today its snowing again, so today I am going to make

some banana   pecan muffins, home-made tomato soup in the crockpot

and make a Greek salad and call it dinner

what do you do on cold stormy days, do you cook comfort food?

Happily Ever After....

this one i did on a painted background, with

some old hand made paper (the red) some

text I found in a newspaper

some old box material and some bits of

painted paper

I thought the text fit perfectly with the 

the picture (i dont remember where the picture came from)

the studio is purged

and today I am going to try a new bookbinding method I

learned on Youtube

A little taste of PARIS

CLICK ON THE PICTURE IT WILL APPEAR BIGGER

I have a hard time creating collages because I feel they should

tell a story, that they make sense, that they are not just

pieces of paper thrown down 

So I envisioned this collage to be like a piece of

graffiti stuck to a wall on a building in Paris

I had an old piece of packaging that I created this collage on

found the image in a magazine

had some french tape

found a paris map a long time ago at a used book store

used distress ink and sandpaper to grunge it up

and and oil stick (the red)

Other than that it is snowing again, and the presidential

inauguration is on TV this am

and I am purging in the studio  

its leftovers for dinner

and that is it for today whats on your schedule

Are you a multitasker

these are some little doodles I did well watching TV, I think I was watching

a Doctor show, hence the nurse doodle.

do you like to doodle well watching TV, or do you have to concentrate on the show

or are you a multitasker and can do two things at once?

A room with a view

Well its Saturday, its cold and windy and generally crappy out

I have decided not to brave the weather and plan

on staying in all day and just make some art

and if you would like to see a collage that I made out of some provided collage elements here is the link.

I am at the end, http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/2013/01/collage-sheet-postcards-part-1.html

what are your doing today?

Hats are forever

One thing I need improvement on is drawing hats

I know this doesnt even look like a hat

these people can make hats looks good\

http://artofmyrajae.blogspot.ca/2013/01/myra-anderson-blue-hat.html

http://jkbees.blogspot.ca/2009/10/painting-and-enjoying-autumn-weather.html

maybe because I look like crap in hats is why I cant draw them,

i would like to be one of those people that can throw on a hat when  I am having a bad hair day , and look totally fabulous, but alas the shopper and my friends say that doesnt happen.

Last night we took the shopper and the boyfriend out for dinner to celebrate my

daughters new position.  She got a fabulous new job and so we were celebrating it.  Today I am off for a haircut, and then lunch with hubby and the mother inlaw, then home to do some collages.  Stay tuned for Monday begins collage week over la casa lee. But its ladies all weekend and then you probably wont see them for awhile, but never say never.

oh here is some fabulous ways to paint paper and stuff great videos take a peek

http://thequeenofcreativity.blogspot.ca/2013/01/painting-papers.html

Lady in Red

I decided to finish the week with my ladies

since I have many more drawn and not shown

as you can tell from most of my art

my go to colour is red

 the only thing in my cupboard

that I have which is red is my winter coat

and I never wear red lipstick like my ladies

do you have a colour which you always use

in your art?

The Changeup is coming

your probably thinking to yourself god is that all she ever draws

well this month I planned on drawing lots of women

because I want to get better at them

 but my interest in waning and I am moving into

doing some collage, so the girls might cease

and collage might take centre stage for awhile

Question of the day

your probably thinking to yourself, what's on her head,

that is not her hair I assure you

its suppose to be one of the nett things they used to

wear on their hair back in the 40's , needless to

say it did not turn out as I envisioned it.  Here is a question

for you, when you see something in your head, and put

it down on paper, does it turn out the way you saw it?

Monday Blues

snowing today

 still suffering from a cold

going to start swimming again on Tuesday

shoulder therapy is over, good as it is going to get

making potato soup for dinner

comfort food needed on a cold day

carving small stamps

Art Lesson

I have made a big error on this drawing do you know what it is?

Okay times up, when you start to shadow (example on the nose)

you stay on the same side for your shadows, unlike me, who did both

sides (that is a bad thing dont do it)

Big head, small body

I am trying to draw the whole person

as you can see i am having a bit of trouble

her head seems to large for the body

I have been down and out with a bad cold

doesn't seem to be getting any better

I did get the flu shot, so no flu, like everyone else in this world

but I did get the cold

so that's all for today 

I think a hot toddy is in order

She's a bit wonky

I saw this ad in the W magazine i don't even know what it was for

so I tried it out, I know the hand and the eye need work

I have been practising body parts

so your going to see body parts that don't quite look

like they should, just know practice makes perfect

plant,girl,birds

I have managed to incorporate everything I love to draw in this one doodle

girls, birds and flowers (lol) a little overkill I think

All done with Markers, because I was to lazy to go to the studio

and paint

I like markers they give me the colour I like

today I am having an ultrasound

I am drinking the water as I type

then to the bookstore

then to Michaels

then home to do some housework

a girl gotta do it sometime

to you from me

This is from my everyday book, I usually write, not type in it, but just wanted to show you a sample of it,
I use a three ring binder, the size of the paper, lined paper, and I draw in it, make lists, journal, and doodle.
I thought you might enjoy some of these sights below, I like them and they are doing some fun things you might enjoy

http://www.ihanna.nu/blog/2013/01/365-preparing/

I am going to do this one, for sure.  I create something everyday anyway, so I am going to give it a try...

http://alisaburke.blogspot.ca/2013/01/fashion-friday-jewelry-organizer.html
I just emailed the shopper and told her about this one, her earrings are all over her house......

http://allididwaslisten.blogspot.ca/2013/01/listening-to-you.html
you could be her featured artist

http://aprilmariecole.blogspot.ca/2013/01/what-do-you-get-from-cereal-box.html
an amazing journal created from a cereal box, gosh I wish I was talented in that way

http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/
If you have not been here go, she shares freely her talents and tutorials

http://blogdelanine.blogspot.ca/

http://andria-drawingnear.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-year-in-books.html
She wrote down all the books she is going to read this year, I am going to do it different, I am going to write
down all the books I want to read, and by the end of the year see which ones I actually did read I am limiting it to 10, a girl has another things in her life you know

http://jennibelliestudio.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/tell-all-tuesday-featured-artist-carin.html
You could be her tuesday featured artist , I sent in mine and will be soon, just one thing on my bucket list

http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/1/3/introducing-the-12-project.html
an absolute beautiful thing to do for someone, I have a friend who is so sick and has been for years, I might do this for her

http://artofmyrajae.blogspot.ca/2012/12/thirty-paintings-in-thirty-days.html
a beautiful website full of amazing colour and art, and 30 paintings in 30 days, go quickly and check it out


http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/
I love this one, I do it all the time, I just mailed off the collage postcard will show it tommorow

http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/1/5/upcycled-calendar-cards.htmlhttp://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/1/5/upcycled-calendar-cards.html
a great tut on using old calenders, she also has some great tut on her blog


so there we are,hope you like the list, the more I find the more I will share

lee

Problem corner.....

Art from my doodle book

As you all know I am trying to lose weight, its an ongoing issue with me

and I plan to beat it

Christmas was a little set back, but I am back on track again

logging my food, writing on my daily life diet blog

http://thejourneyweightloss.blogspot.ca/

and excerise all helps

but I have a neighbour a nice neighbour, a thinner neighbour, who

does not know about my struggling with my weight, but she

insists on bringing baking over weekly and just now another

square was delivered.  I know I know I could tell her,

but its one thing telling the blog world about my weight (lol)

but not my neighbours although the proof is in the pudding

(oh god another food reference).  So i just cut it all up

and put it in the fridge.  Now hubby is trying to watch

his weight and does not need the calories.  I could

freeze it, but as you know I have a dirtly little secret

http://leekre.blogspot.ca/2012/12/my-dirty-little-secret.html

She feels she should do this for us, because we do so

much for her, oh my I am going on.  So what to do

i dont want this in my house, and I dont want to hurt her

feelings, any thoughts?

 

 

 

pattern play

As you all know I love colour, I love pattern

In another life I would have loved to be a paper or fabric designer

art and pattern go hand and hand

this happens to be one of my go to sites for eye candy

http://printpattern.blogspot.ca/

I think as an artist you must look at pattern because of colour

colours you think would look like crap look great together, and you garner ideas

My favourites colours if you have hot guessed are red and yellow and green

primary of course, they pop they make me happy

MORE....

MORE IS MY WORD FOR 2013

I want more art in my life

more exercise

more fun

more colour

more friends

more reading

more being in the moment

more understanding

more listening

so that's my word