Mixed Media Monday-Paint

This is a piece I did a couple of weeks ago with paint and chalk. I was playing around in the studio and thought of how much I like Spring and here it is.

Inspiration Thursday-Medical

To be honest I was not going to do this challenge. I thought what would I do as the term "Medical" really is an unusual topic. My mother gave me a really old medical journal that her mother had given her, really a reference guide. Way back they were more concerned about posture, etc being a good woman,exercises as a way to relieve cramps etc. They did not dwell on the reality of death. A whole chapter devoted to how to care for a new infant. So here is my collage to the term Medical.

Illustration Friday-Wrinkles

Okay when I thought about illustration friday and saw the topic was wrinkles who immediately came to mind was Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, that man has some serious wrinkles going on. While since I am not great at drawing people that actually look like them. My next thought was the "Walrus" they not only have a major weight problem they also have alot of wrinkles. And then i find out I am not really that great at drawing a Walrus. I hope you can tell what it is>>> So here is my rendition of the Wrinkle theme, an Ode to the Walrus.

Inspiration Thursday-Reduce Reuse, Recyle

I wanted to do a art piece for Inspire me Thursday as well as Earth Day, so here is my Hope. Made from a peice of found wood in a thrift store...and the message is there is Hope for the world.

Tag Your It.....

The object of this challenge was to create a tag without using stamps. I found an old manila tag laying around, and used stamp ink,,,as a paint and painted the background. I then used a punch to cut out the decorations, a transparency and drew the flower in the middle. Plain but I like it.

Illustration Friday - Primitive Art

Here is a little mixed media that I did. Illustration Friday is all about the word Primitive.

Theme Thursday - Stripes at the beach

Here is me praying for those lazy crazy days of summer to come soon. This is my entry for theme Thursday.

Look Up Look Way Up......

I made this for a challenge using tags.....today its about polka dots...I was going to make the giraffe out of polka dot paper but just could not.I used markers on my hand drawn giraffe, the markers covered her pretty good So I used polka dots on the tag and the ribbon hopes that works for the challenge

Suddenly you see....

I heard this song on the radio, and some of the lyrics are "her face is a map of the world" and I loved it. I thought it would make a great art journal page and here it is...hope you all like it

Dreams

Well i decided to work in my art journal tonight. I have been dreaming of late in colour is that weird or does everyone dream in colour. Now I have been having the same dream over and over again, I think that means something, maybe I should consult a dream book. Anyway hope you all had a great weekend and here to a great Monday.

Inspiration Thursday and Illustration Friday-She Failed to Deliver

I decided to combine Inspiration Thursday and Illustration Friday as one today and it works. A girls gotta save time when she can. For Inspiration Thursday, it was envelopes (mail art) now I could have gone the traditional route with lots of stuff all over the envelope etc. But immediately I thought of mail and a carrier pigeon, now thats how my mind works. For Illustration Friday it is FAIL. Now note who the letter is to, so you know she is going to fail to deliver the goods, because who knows where this guy is at any given time. So hope you like the two, if not lets try again next week.

Mixed Media Monday-Paris

When I made this I envisoned that it would be a flyer on a pole in Paris adverstising French Fashion Week.

Illustration Friday- Save

did this for Illustration Friday, when I saw it was the word Save, I immediately thought of this song, and it has been in my head since then.....help

street team-stencils

Alright this was my attempt at stemcils, I like it. The results will get better with more practice with the tool. and maybe getting spray paint which I am going to get tommorow. Stay tuned for more stencils much better than these (these need alot of help)

This and that....

Well here it is Sunday night, I have had a busy weekend, with very little time for art but that will change. These flowers are from my 3 friends I have had for about 35 years. I got them Friday as that was the day of my offical last day of work, though I have not worked since December. I am retired....and I feel a great weight has been lifted off me.
Not only have I retired by my 19 year old daughter finally took driving lessons and got her liscence, along with a car that she bought herself. My life will be changed no more driving her..... I feel like a new woman. Dont ask me why she wanted so long to drive, probably because I did it all for her, both she and I have our independance now......So I was going to cut some stencils out with my burning tool. But thought better of it as I did not want to wake hubby up with the smoke alarm going off and give him a heart attack. Our smoke detetcor goes off with the iron smoke. Well its late better go, going to creat tommorow so come on back and see some art...

Theme Thursday -Orange and Black

Loved doing this one, the elephant is black and grey...I thought of India and the colours and they also use alot of orange, black and pink. Hope you enjoy it.

Inspiration Thursday: Peace: Peace Train

I was thinking about what song to use for this and was going to use by John Lennon "Give Peace a Chance". But I was listening to Jan Arden in the car and she did a remake of Peace Train by Cat Stevens and I loved it.

Dance Like there is no tommorow

Alright maybe I cant get my legs up quite that high. Again thinking today (really I must stop that) about my life, and what I have done and havent and the choices that I have made bad or good. I decided I am not going to look backwards anymore this new phase of my life forwards only. Regrets there will be none,,I will be happy with what I have which is really great, family, friends, art, and blogging pals.

My Little Indulgences

I was down in the art room tonight watching Project Runway and cleaning up, trying to get those creative juices flowing. I thought in 20 years I will look back through this book and what will I learn about myself so I decided to put down my little indulgences and see if they change. Today I spent the afternoon making cards, I belong to a card group that meets once a month and makes cards (Stamping Up) I enjoy making these cards it is very relaxing but will never replace art. But a little distraction and something different.

Fish Tales

Well I am back as you can see. Creativity at all time low but working on it. This is a little page I did for my art journal, this did not start out as fish but as circles and this is what evolved. It felt good creating again, when I did Inspiration Thursday, so thought I would try my art journal.....If any of you read or saw the movie "how stella got her groove back", sounds good to me, but alas I am happily married so getting my groove back will be a little different. Here's to getting your groove back.

Inspiration Thursday-Two Peas in a Pod

My take on Two for Inspiration Thursday.....

Dry Spell

Well here I am posting with no art to show, and no picture either. I think I might have done this once or twice since I started my blog. I just noticed I have not got a date on this blog that I just redid, I will try and fix that. I had a glorious Easter, the weatther was ok, but lots of resting and cooking for family. My mother was staying the weekend with us and fell. Now if she was 40 no problem but she is nearly 80 so it was a problem. She fell on Friday night and stayed in bed all day and night on Sunday, would not go to the doctor. On sunday she made it downstairs and had easter supper and then I took her home. She wanted to go home, she lives in a seniors home, with no stairs etc. She seems on the mend, a cracked rib, still wont go to the doctor. Other than that we had a turkey for the family , mothers , cousins and had a really nice time. I did not take one picture which is not like me..Well I have hit a dry spell with the art am going down to the studio tommorow to try and create something will keep you informed.

I feel spring coming on...

I did this on watercolour paper of course with watercolours. I feel spring in the air, new blog page, did you notice....how proud I am did it all by myself. Told my boss today about retiring as of April 3 and the weather today is perfect. All is well in my world. I have a puppy barking at me to play with her so I am off might post a little later....

Ikea Art

The ladies are an art card that I picked up at IKEA. I love their cards. I picked up the board at Michael's 1.50, it had a cup painted on it I think. I gessoed the board, distressed and painted it, used gel to glue everything down, painted and wiped etc, added some Asian inspired stamps I have and here is my new art piece. I love how it turned out all for about $2.00 I am including the art card. The board has a wire with beads on it, very nice.

Today is the next half of the rest of my life.;...

That is right today is my birthday. Now normally I would not mention it but it is an important birthday for me. I am now going to be able to do what I want when I want (by the end of the month for sure). Create art at all hours. I felt great trepidation about this day.
1. Because my family seems to all check out at this age.
2. Because really I have worked all my life or at least 35 years of it and thought
I would feel adrift without it.
3. I thought to myself I dont want to get older.

Well there is no more birthdays after this one......I have put a freeze on them. My doctor says I should be around for a few more years. And I feel that I have so much more to give of me that I dont need to get paid for. I want to volunteer, I want to take painting classes, I want to lunch with friends, stay out late and not worry about work in the morning. Be able to get up in the morning and sit on the deck and read the paper at lesisure and much more. So much more to look forward to and I am...This card was made for me by my talented friend Sandy...

Outside My Window-Jen Worden Challenge

Ok I have posted this before it is from my art journal. Jen wordens challenge this week for outside of your window, like outside of her window it is a winter wonderland. We have a big dump of snow last night. So I decided to show this again, something I wish was outside of my window. This is a mixed media outside of my window.

X-Ray Vision

I chose the colour inkblot number 5. I immediately saw this picture in my mind.
If you dont get it, she is having an x-ray.

Doodling in my moleskin

Yes I do have a moleskin journal. Just like the millions of people out there. This is my first, I have used other small art journals in my purse, but I really like this one. It just feels right, so when it feels right you just got to go with it. I went and had a hot chocolate today at Starbucks and was doodling and here it is. Now I am going to use my gel pens that I carry in purse and fix it up. I love to doodle ,

Jen Wordens Challenge-Finish up an old project

Well those of you who read my blog have seen this girl before. I have had her hanging around the studio unfinished for ages. I dont know why probably because I was unhappy with her. That is why I never did the other side. So I took the challenge just to get her finished I only had a few things left. I added a stencil some paint etc. Then I got the brian wave to use wax. Okay my first time and probably my last, I did not like the way it looked. Then I tried scrapping the wax off, and ended up with this. So here she is in all her glory, scrapped and faded and looking like she has been in a fight for her life. Lets just say she is going in the back of the closet....Any tips on using wax would be helpful for next time...