Yes I am still watching the olympics and decided to create something. If you cant tell these are mini TV's the way most of us are watching the Olympics. I wish I was there, I would love to walk on the Great Wall of China what history...oh well I can watch my TV and dream
When I was working I had no time to do anything, it was work, come home, get supper, clean up, if time some art not always(rarely) and then bed. Same routine every day. Now that I dont work, I am still as busy, how did I ever fit work into my schedule. So I have decided that I need to get off this fast train to nowhere and take some time and do things for me.....how about you.
One of my favourite sites to visit everday is Letterpress http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2008/08/the-crafty-olympics.html. She is having a little contest about words, paint, pattern. This is my submmisson for the words.
I noticed that I have been doing a lot of birds and fish lately, so I decided I needed to practice a quick drawing 5 minutes or less...the more you practice the better you get. So I decided on a naked back, so I asked my daughter to pose.....the answer I cannot repeat, my husband same answer. So I used the model in a book I have that Renoir painted, I must say his drawing is much better. She looks like she has no bum....oh to look like that again.Here is the original painting....from Renoir
Still in my art journal, using charcoal and the wax crayons....and water. I am working on that acrylic peice now, first coated with blue and sprayed with turpintine, with photo later to show you effect.
I made these as a stencil, and again playing around with ideas in my sketch book. I just used charcoal on them. I am planning on using plexiglass for these birds...will show you when done.
Been working in my journal, and thinking about pattern and fish, and the olympics...random yes I know. And here is what I came up with. I love fish, I love to draw them, and some of the colours of the fish are fantastic. That is why my fish is so colourful. I again used my neocolours, and charcoal.
my own rendering of a painting done on cave walls found in France. I have been reading an art book on this, and decided to try my hand at it. The animals I tried to make prehistoric looking.
I started out with this picture to do a photo transfer which worked fine, I added stuff etc, and I did not like the direction it was taking. I was going to throw it out, when I thought to myself make something else.
And this is what I made. Hence the name Godess of the Flower Pot. On one of my favourite artchannels on Youtube, Paganart wants to trade art with people, so I thought this would be perfect for him. But now I am second guessing myself, maybe it looks to amaterish, dont be afraid to tell me, if you think it is and I wont send it....
This is a small series I am working on for my home, various colours of blue I think the cavas is 12x16. It is not finished yet, but I have used various different things, stencils, molding paste, some tile paste, acrylics etc. 
These are stencils I am working on, I just finished the butterfly, the reason it is yellow is because I used it with yellow spray paint, it took hours to cut out.
No I was not in Positano Italy, on the coast enjoying myself though I wish I was. No I was not in China partaking in the majestey of the Olmypics, though I wish I was. I was at home with hubby while he was on his holiday fixing up (landscaping the backyard, installing some needed fencing and generally just working our butts off. Now that the hubby is back to work I can start to do what I like to do NOTHING..(lol) hubby does not read my blog. Thats not true, I do lots throughout the day, with a little of this and that thrown in for good measure. Lots of late nights watching the Olympics...Now what the heck is wrong with the Canadian team still no medals. I am not sure but I think the last summer olympics we came away with no medals. Maybe they better stay in China and learn the chinese way of training they seem to be getting the medals. I have also been making stencils like a crazy person, have I used any yet, nope but plan to soon. Well enough about my life I better go back to it, I think I hear the Young and Restless calling me.
I love these crayons,,,neocolour ii water soluble made in Switzerland. I colour from them are vivid, and clear...just try one and you will be hooked.
Well here it is 11 at night, just came up from the studio. Was working on a couple of travel journals, working on a commision. Yes you heard right a commision. I cant believe it myself but I am. I am doing a sample canvas for her, due to the fact that she wants a really big one and I want to make sure that this is what she wants. I think this might be my one and only, due to the fact I cant handle the pressure...weird I know but what if they dont like it. Art is so subjective, what someone has in there mind is maybe not what I see. Oh well, when the sample is done I will photo it and show you. I am employing various things in the canvas, of course different paints, molding paste, tile paste, different textures, sanding, spritzing turpintine on it to make it look like rain etc......
I am still playing in photoshop trying to learn and be able to manipulate my photos to make them look better. Meet my neice and her new hubby.....this is the orignal photo. 
And this is the photo that I did in photoshop....they both look good, but I like the more quirky one.
I was going through my pictures tonight and came across this one. I took this picture on the beach ..spanish banks. in vancouver 2 years ago. The last summer I spent with my sister before her death. Had we known what was coming..I think what would I have done differently..I would have savoured every moment with her. Made her laugh more, made her life an little easier.told her I loved her and that she was the best big sister that anyone could have had.
The days of summer are whizing by me....I love summer, and out summer is way to short. My best buds and I are going on out annual girls 4 day escape. This year it is beautiful Victoria, hotel right on the waterfront.and fun fun fun, September 18. Today I again started a doodle which evolved into this, birds are really not my strong suit, this bird I notice everyone makes....so I kinda copied the style....but I like it, the poem is mine....I like to make up short quirky poems.....if you cant read it...it says
I am a pisces, I was doodling in my journal well talking on the phone and this evolved. And I do love the water so I am the right sign.
This is my mother in the middle with her sister and brother....nothing to do with the title.l
I have been playing around in photoshop lately trying to teach myself the program. As you can see from this photo I need much more practice. Actually I did this on purpose and coloured it with felt pens. Both these girls are out of town for awhile so I am safe until they come back.
well on my blog break, I have been opening myself up to new possibilities. I have embraced new techniques, gone back to the old tried and true methods, have practiced drawing each and every day. For I believe that by drawing each day you become a better artist. Even if it is on a paper napkin well out enjoying myself I create something, nothing to show, some would not call it art but it is something I have created. In taking a break from my blog I have stepped back and taken note that I was not enjoying my blog anymore I felt I had to create in order for people to read my blog.....when I first started out my blog I did not care if anyone read it. It was a way for me to be creative because I felt I was stifled creativly. So I am going back to the way I orginally wanted my blog to be, I am not going to feel that I have to create daily so I can put it on my blog. Sometimes there will be pictures I have taken, a drawing on a napkin, a photograph that has inspired me etc. My desire is to create amazing things at my pace........I did not take this picture and forgot where I got it, but I love it and plan on making it a stencil....
Well here I am again, I have been playing around with Image Transfers, on paper and canvas, wood etc. I like the way they turn out. Just a photocopy and a little gesso. This one still has some of the paper on, I have not finished with it. Plus it needs some texture etc. Try it, you will be surprised. This is my dad about 19 years old in the navy.
Well I am missing blogging, but loving the time that I am having. Have got the computer fixed, and a tuenup and is running smoothly again. Have created some amazing backgrounds on canvas, which I will upload once I have finished. Have read a few amazing books, created a few cards. Have been able to surf the net. I had been feeling like I had pressure to create. I know I dont but I pressure myself. So that is way I am taking a break, just creating when the mood strikes. It must be the weather, I love summer, and my creativity is at an all time low...but it is coming back. Still on my break but blogging when I can. This cool guy is my Dad, I think he was about 15.
