FRIDAY ART JOURNAL...dyeing, drying, hanging "custom drapes"...

 i accidentely found this one, that i did sometime this week,

i haven't a clue when?

 

 

 

 

 this one will get toned down...already started on her face this a.m.

that's how i discovered the one above ;)

funny stuff, my life!

 

 

 

 

 yesterday

PERFECT

weather

for; washing and re-dyeing our

custom CHEESE CLOTH CURTAINS ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 in our own home...

i don't dig curtains or drapes, for whatever reasons...

finally...

 

 

 

 

 a few years ago, i dressed our windows!

coming up with this inexpensive way and i just

love them!

and even better, so does Richard.

later in the day he said;

"i sure like how they blow 'like that' in the wind...

pitter patter ;)

 

 

 

 

 

Misty Mawn is the artist of the Rose painting,

and Mr. Miller is the artist that made our

copper curtain rods, with oak leaves on the ends...

JUST RIGHT and SOFTLY....

THE DRAGONFLY...

 CUPBOARD DOOR

 10 1/2" X 28"

 

 

 

 

 

 Paint, modeling paste, papers, cheese cloth (mimic a wing)...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Photo Transfers, Fibers

 

 

 

 

 

 Dragon Flies....

 

 

 

 

 

Text...

 

 

 

 

 

i understand (but abhor) when people ask me how long a piece of art has taken me...

for so many reasons, i know they want to KNOW...

and for so many reasons, i don't want to say, most of the time.

One piece might take a few hours, another, a few days, weeks, months and this one...

 

if you were to ask...;)

a year...or it could have taken 6 months...

 

you see, i NEVER EVER keep track.

it seriously is not important to me HOW LONG...

 

 

it's what i LOVE

it's what i am PASSIONATE about

it's what i darn near live for some times

IT IS

;)

 

HAPPY TUESDAY FRIENDS

and thank you always, those that leave a comment,

giving me clues as to how a piece might make you feel,

the colors you like, the style of something that speaks to you,

and more!

 

THANK YOU

ART JOURNALING...with no extra words posted today...

 

 

 

 

WHIMSICAL DAYS...

 a time to play...

 

 

 

 

 yesterday...

 

 

 

 

 finding my way...

 

 

 

 

 remembering to play,

 

 

 

 

 AT LEAST...

once a DAY!

 

 

 

 

 LETTING my paint brush and colors

in my mind's eye

take over

SLOWLY

SURELY

APTLY

my WAY...

 

 

 

 

 allowing my color loves to

come through

from my heart

 

 

 

 

so many days of THIS...

such a premonition of rain...

yet not...

we'll all survive

and find the ALIVE in our earth

reveling in the OFFERS

chiming in with the crickets, birds and frogs...

RELISHING all at each given moment.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

BARREL STAVE GIRLIES,,,



 READY TO HANG...

 

 

 

 

 UP CLOSE FABRIC,

IT'S CHIFFON...it blows in a breeze ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 "BLOOM"



 

 A portion of her LONG COPPER legs with a flower attached!

 

 

 

 

 READS AT THE TOP

 

 

 

 

 Blooming and Changing!

 

 

 

 

 This storm looked like it was on it's way yesterday afternoon..

it was dark and BEAUTIFUL...

 

THUNDER AND LIGHTENING...

 

 

 

 

 GUSTY WINDS...

 

 

 

BARELY A FEW DROPS...ah well...it was SOMETHING FINE

TO OBSERVE.

 

 

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE

;)))

JUNE ARTWALK PREPARATIONS...

 GEARING UP FOR JUNE ARTWALK here, near our home town...

in the big REAL CITY of AUBURN, CA.

A cupboard door..

a long time to it's fruition,

along with some other

CUPBOARD DOOR ACTIVITIES

 (that i'll share soon)

 

MATERIALS:

plaster

paint

cheese cloth

little "ditty"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 own personal photo transfers are within...

 

 

 

 

 a bit of strength in IRON and FIBERS...

 

 

 

 

 the IMPORTANCE of WORDS and FIBER...

 

 

 

 

 

 grungy aged look...it is!

 

 

 

 

 

 ATTIRE on a new BARREL STAVE GIRL...

 

 

 

 

 

her SET OF copper LEGS...

her FACE debut,

 in next post...

 

 

The Artwalk always gives me that push to DIVE in DEEPER and

get

ORGANIZED!

 

I am focused, some of the time ;)

 

HAPPY MONDAY

CREATIVITY ABOUNDS

 Journal page...

an exciting one!

When I am able to re-purpose my own artwork into a piece,

I am thrilled over and over

each and every time!

That CARDBOARD PIECE, a flower I showed you awhile back...

I printed and cut it, mixed it up and used it for her head piece...YAYYY!

(she's on Pinterest;)

 

 

 

 

 I BELIEVE THIS, do you?

 

 

 

 

 on a weekend day, my niece Katie called up and asked what I was doing...

WE ENDED UP, each of us making an art journal.

This was her first!

I thought it so terrific!

We had so much fun painting, drawing, stenciling, gluing...

ALL DAY LONG,

from START to FINISH.

this is the FRONT of her journal...

 

 

 

 

 this is the BACK of her journal...

 

 

 

 

 this is ONE of her many pages...

 

 

 

 

 and another page...

she just dived in and I LOVED watching her EXPLORE,

JUMPING INTO THE DEEP END, right away.

then stepping back and saying,

"show me something else" and

made these ALL HER OWN!

 

 

 

 

 here are a few of my inside pages...

 

 

 

 

 this type of journal gives one a jump start on each page...

 

 

 

 

 we EXPLORED so much together...

We received the best of both worlds...

LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER...

when we leave ourselves WIDE OPEN for ANYTHING...

 

 

 

 

 YES, just anything...

one thing leads to another...

and creativity leads to...

more creativity...

 

 

 

 

 NEXT DAY...

 

 

 

 

 a BLUEBERRY photoshoot...

 

 

 

 

 to re-purpose...

INTO

A

PAINTING

that I am working on!

i'll show it soon!

 

 

HAPPY, the day after

CINCO de MAYO!

 

;)