monday free tut

 

 

on the weekend I came across a free tut from Donna Downey

and its a good one heres the link

http://www.donnadowney.com/online-workshops/40-000-fans-clearing-the-way-online-video.html

 

completely free and you have a few steps to get it

but compelety worth it

 

 



weekly wrapup

swimming continues

weightloss does not

hubby on the mend

snow (enough said)

no spring flowers

working on a canvas

sending out happy mail

finished and mailed circle journal

baby shower

family for dinner

lunch with a friend (the tax lady)

baking magic squares for the baby shower

trying not to eat them

working in my planner

playing with my IPAD

going to goodwill with the shopper looking for Tupperware

thinking I should have saved all my old tupperware for her

 

lee

 



A page in the life..;..

One of the challenges in the Documented Life Project

was to use a magazine ad or something from a magazine

I used Nelson picture.  I had cut it out awhile ago

because I liked Nelson, and I loved the look of this.

and so I went with it, and used some other elements with it

and I liked the way it turned out

I had a hell of time trying to get into my blog, a whole day

of trying this and that.  I thought I was going to have

to give it up, but I managed somehow to get in

don't ask me how I did it, I don't have the faintest idea (lol)

Four......

 

Do you golf? I wish I did, but I don't have

the patience for this game.  And its really

expensive.  I did this drawing a long

time ago I don't know If I have even

showed it before.  I wasn't happy with

a lot of things, about it, the butt, the legs,

the hands, the face.  But we don't all

have master pieces, do we. We could

not golf here even if I wanted to

it has been snowing for two days. I

wonder what happened to spring flowers



bad boy bad boy.....

 

This collage started with the number 8 card I found on the road

well walking devil dog, its actually a sorry card, but I loved the

saying on it. Move one man forward 8 squares.  I have

this picture of my dad when he was young, in a leather jacket

and knew I wanted to use it with that card.  I had some deli

paper that I have painted on and added it to the card, and

then that song bad boy came into my head.  I have

a bunch of indiv letters cut out to use and this is

what came out of it.  Then I sewed around the edges,

and roughed it up with some sandpaper to make it

look old.

 

lee



Mail Art Envelopes

 

I have been busy making file folder

 

mail art, these are not  quite finished, but here is a great

video showing you how to do it.

http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2014/1/27/altered-file-folder-video-tutorial.html

Searching for the elusive

 

I keep drawing these cityscapes because \I am

in search of a certain look, this is not it.

I have been organizing all my art that I have

scanned and put on my computer.  I have put

them into categories, such as faces, birds

  All the collage I have collected, and scanned, etc

That  way when I am looking for something it

should be easier to find.  Do you scan your

art?



The day after....

 

Thank you for all the birthday wishes

I had a great birthday, bought my IPAD

had a pedicure, out for dinner with the

family, nothing could have been better

Today I went to the art store, bought some

pens, and pencils, some charcoal. Did

some art, working on my second last

traveling circle journal.  I am having

trouble with this one, its subject

is Inner and Outer, I know what

do you do for that? I have a few

arty things I need to get in the mail

that I am way behind on .  So hopefully

you had a great day today

 

lee

 



hair

 

Today is the big B

I am going to Apple today and buying my IPAD
I am getting the 2nd generation only

because it has a big screen

I would like the mini but these eyes need

a big screen

Last night B celebration at the mother in-laws

favourite cake (carrot) supplied by my sister in-law

tonight if hubby is feeling better dinner out

with the boyfriend and the shopper

if hubby doesn't feel good we are

having a steak BBQ and all the

trimmings.

So today its all about me, pedicure

IPAD shopping, maybe the

art store.  Well I better

go make myself beautiful, as

you know when your 30 you

don't need much (lol)

did you know 61 is the new 31

 

 





New Technology

Well I thought I would post before I left for the day.  I am

on the hunt for a IPAD.  I am a little behind in all

the new techno stuff.  We have at present a home computer,

where the printer and scanner are hooked up to.  And I

had a Laptop, I did all my internet surfing on it , well in the family room
 with the

hubster.  Well last night the LapTop gave up. I think I have

had it about 5 years, and I have given it a good workout.  I

have wanted an IPAD but could not justify buying one

because I had the laptop.  And because I am having a

birthday next week, perfect timing.  So I am on the

hunt.  I will keep you informed.



there is a house in New Orleans

this began as just the house shape

and I decided to collage inside the

house with my painted papers

I had the round face and I saw the

body I the collage and she became a

girl.  I love that when it happens it then

takes on a whole other meaning then what

you started with. And the   song

House of the Rising Sun is one of my favourites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



swim girl....

 

 

today I am late posting

no excuses, I have nothing of value to say

I live a life that sometimes I am bored with

I have been staying around the house

keeping the hubster company.  The

only other thing I do is still swim

every morning. I have not even

been to the art store.  I know, I know

I feel the need coming on.

 

 

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b

 

 

 

 





Sgt Peppers Loney heart club band

 

 

I love the Beatles music, it brings me back

to my youth.  I still remember playing

She Loves Me on my record player on the

floor with my sister (lol) anyway I

was practising my lettering and this is

what came out.

snap crackle pop

 

click on picture to enlarge

 

this is document your life planner page10? I think

it was draw a bird, you know me and my birds.

Well the little blue guy, made out of painted

paper, the middle book pages, the last painted

napkin.  I found the words in a magazine, but

just outlinde them in whiteout.  The back ground

is  made with sharpies, and the bird on a wire

 tape I got on a package.

 

Well today the sun is shining, the snow is melting,

we can see grass, the deck is clear of snow, I

think spring is coming.  So today I am going

for a long walk with devil dog, to enjoy this

weather.  What are you doing today?

Downtown......

last night while watching Curling, not my choice

I was sketching, and this is what came

out of it.  I was trying to get the

correct measurements for a full length body.

I need more practice

 

 

 

 



DLP #9 Collage something you would recyle

 

 

 

Week  #9 in the Document your life planner , the

challenge was use something you would recyle in a collage.

As it happens I just received my circle art journal in the mail

and http://morganlefaestrinkets.blogspot.ca/ sent me
some lovely emphera, and she had it in a lovely
decorated envelope with some lovely homemade
touches, so I incorporated them in my page, she
also sent me one of her postcards and I am
going to use it in as a tip in.

I really am enjoying using my planner, not only as a art
project, but as a planner keeping my day in order,
things I want to do, I have my bucket list in there,
I am working on a  100 of my favorite songs
and once I have them all down, I am going to use
my itune gift certificates.  I am not rushing into
choosing my favorite tunes.
Do you use a planner?


 



A exchange tip.....

 

the skin color does not turn out to good on the computer in

real life it is very smooth, I tried to fix it in Photoshop elements

but it looked worse.

I created this while watching TV, just used markers.  I have

to make these ladies smile more, or is that just a part

of my style. 

 

The Circle Journal that I am a participant in just arrived yesterday.  This is

almost the end of the swap, only one more after this one.  I had

fun doing it, and for sure would do it again.  The art in the journals have been

amazing.  The only downsize is the postal rates, but you have to

factor that in when signing up for these things.  So if you ever are

thinking of doing a journal exchange think about where the

participants are from.  Just a tip from me.

 

lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A tiny peek in my life....

double click on picture to enlarge

 

well this is another peek at the inside page of my documented

daily planner.  I don't know if I told 't you this or not, but

if I did just skip this part.  I had made this bird

before, but I added the big eyes to him, and liked the

look and decided I would probably use this again.

So I make a collage sheet full of this bird and printed it.  So

anytime I want him I have him.  I do that a lot with my

art.  In order to keep my collage pages somewhere where

I can find them I keep them all together in a flat brown

box. 

Hubby is watching curling, devil dog is out cold on her bed, and

I am pinterest surfing.  I love pinterest don't you. The hubster

has been in and out of the hospital, since he got out after

spending a month there.  You go in with one problem and come

out with 5 you didn't know you had, its hell to get old.

At least one of us is healthy, I am a year younger (lol) I always

tell him he robbed the cradle.

 

 

Lee 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



ABSTRACTION or Distraction

I have hitched my wagon this week to the Challenge over

at  http://mix-it-monthly.blogspot.ca/ this week
theme abstraction, to use a certain color palette
well  I messed up big time and forgot
about the palette and did my own thing.
This was my take on it, so predicable right
I am going to do another with the right colors
and not use shapes, stay tuned
lee

good ideas gone bad

she started out as a good idea

and then she was almost the best girl I had ever done

but it went downhill quickly from there

I just never know when enough is enough

you know you think oh I will do a little of this and a little of that

then her face is crap, then I decide to put some

tissue paper on it, then went with my usual white

and should have just let it alone

so just so you know sometimes good ideas are bad (lol)

lee

When in Rome.....

I have been to Pisa, and the tower does lean, when we were there a zillion years ago
they were working on it, because it was in danger of falling over it was leaning so badly.  And  on a side note, these women are not in my family.....(lol).  I had fun searcing for the right elements for this collage, I did not not want to overload it with to much to look at..  I wanted the elements to speak for themselves, I hope I achieved that look.
Today I am in the midst of making chicken soup.  The weather in the prairies  is brutal  cold and a high wind chill, so soup fills the bill. Even devil dog does not linger in the backyard when its this cold.  I know I know I said no more weather news would come out of this blog, but say la vie. I