Charcoal and Shiva Sticks....

yikes...haven't been around here for awhile...

class has been in with misty and i have

been practicing like mad...and loving it all!!!

she's a wonderfully tough task master...

with no regrets here on learning and learning...

she's getting closer to being finished...

i am awaiting misty's answer on how to

get into the eye area for details, while using the oils...

Morning Sketches

here is some of the work on one of our

assignments with misty (mawn)...

pencil, erasure and smudger...

i am so excited to be learning and practicing,

practicing, practicing........

3/4 Face / Excercise and Lesson / Cover Girl Ad

i kept thinking...hmmm...she reminds me of

someone????

woke up this morning...looking at this face...

far and away from my usual...i know, i know who this is...

tinkerbell with an attitude...but then...tinkerbell DID

always have attitude...!

i just can't wait till we get directions for painting

these from misty...some will surely be altered...ha!

Learning in class again...

i am learning and loving this...yes, another class and with misty.

this first week is pencil, erasers and smudgers.

funny thing is, i've never sketched much and went

right to painting...didn't know ANYTHING...and so now i know

this will help with my painting...

this one "she's ready to cry"...ahhh

point and press to enlarge...we are learning shading...

INTERVIEW WITH PIERRE AND WANDETTE!!!

p=pierre
w=wandette

p: wandette, wandette, whatever have you done here? Theeese photo'-graphs' are a beet tackeeee, no?

w: oh oui, i am hanging my head when i see theem! my only ex-cuuse ees...i was needing to scurry to work!

p: oui...the towelette for a back ground?? hang-eeeng on the porch?...tsk tsk!

w: oh, pierre, i know i know...i wanted the enquire-ees to see all the beau-tee-ful colors, sparkles and hues in the sun-shine!!!

p: oui...your scarflettes and cloth jewelry ees ex-queeze-et' to the eyes, mon cherie!

w: oh, pierre, you are too kind! ...and there has been a ..."how do you say"...enormouse change-eengs in moi, of late...

p: ah...we have no-teesed'...since turning an new age, you have abandoned...well...let us say sometheeng about a stick and your "tooshee"...?

w: (aghast) pierre, pierre...there is no need to be vul-gar'...my blogette is rated "G", oui?!!

p: par-don-me'...a mere sleep of the tongue...put it this way...we have noteesed you are less priveet' latlee', no?

w: Oui! life is too short weeth-out fun and games and lighthearted-ness'...i am off weeth mon amie's, joanne (http://breatheasme.com) and miz kateee (http://www.mizkatie.com) to sell our paint-eengs on theee' street cor-ner' weeth our hair in thee' wildness, laugh-ter' in thee air and amore' een our hearts. ciao babee!

p: ah, mon amie, ciao and amore'!!!

"Graffiti Girl"

...thought i would post a finished rather than

another "unfinished" collage and painting...!

January art Journaling with Misty

misty's prompt...our photo's incorporated into our artwork...

the woman is from my painting, printed on silk, some fabrics

sewn...the substrate is a book cover i painted to look like wood,

this work is close to being finished...

i am making eyelits and chain to turn this into a "hanging" piece.

we're practicing in our sketchbooks for misty's new

class..."painting faces"... nothing i've ever done

on a regular basis...except last January...while following

misty's prompts...very different from painting and quite

interesting!

She's Come Undone!

unfinished, good progress into the new year!