Finally...FINALLY...back in the studio and able to play with all my toys post surgery.
daniel smith PrimaTec watercolors
I bought a foam floor mat to ease the foot pressure so I can stand for extended periods of time on the hard cement floor...however Miss Maggie has decided that it is her new studio bed....
We will have to discuss this....
I suspect she will win.
Confinement continues, busy hands are making this much easier...I do not sit well, at all...
NME~Under the Influence~Chagall
I am jumping way ahead in the month but will be glad of it once I am free to move about. There will be much housework to do!
Homage to CS Lewis~in my BIG journal...
one day at a time.
Another painting day with Flora Bowley
in her "Bloom True" on line class.
Three canvases in various stages of layering...I admit I am jumping ahead in the class. I had the pleasure of doing a workshop with Flora last fall so the process is fresh in my mind. I am really enjoying this class and working in my own studio provides so much more time to pause and reflect as well as an infinite supply of resources. And I have a deadline looming. Surgery this friday will keep me out of the studio for a few weeks....no standing for hours playing.
Paint, paint, more paint...bubble wrap, great for mark making..
A happy accident with drips! I am learning.
Adding imagery in detail.
I hope you find time to play today.
Have you seen this?
I received one for Christmas from a dear artsy friend, and it is FABULOUS!
A blank board..
Draw a picture using water and a japanese brush...
moments later...
Poof! Gone! Evaporated...
just let it go..
very Zen.
How lovely and more fun than you can possibly imagine!
Some amazing art can result..
A portrait of Miss Maggie by artist Drew Berry
and yes there is an app for that!
Check out Buddha Board, you will not be disappointed. Of course you may already be enlightened to it's existence, for me a wonderful discovery! Thank you Morgan...
A new art journal for a new year!
Certainly not planned but somehow appropriate!
I made this lovely large format book with the direction of dear sister Judi, a Master book binder!
Silly self portrait with new IPAD app
Noteshelf
Oh my goodness such fun! I predict hours of playtime with this one.
Things I did while on a whirlwind trip through southern California..
Enjoyed a tasty beverage at a sidewalk cafe in Pasedena with sister Judi and dear frined Ginny..also made a visit to Zinnia which was of course fabulous!
An evening of art journaling at Gina's house..would you look at that washi tape stash!
Oh such creative fun!
Lovely ladies at Flora Bowley's class
Celebrated Judi's birthday at a fabulous Malibu restaurant, Savory. I'll not tell her age..
Birthday girl!
Antiquing..I really think she should have bought this hat!
And a stop at the French General!!!
Somewhere in the afternoon there was:
**an accidental wine tasting,
**a visit to the LA Library( wonderful!),
**lunch with #1 Son
**and a fine dinner provided by my brother-in-law prior to departure back east.
We wasted not a minute..needed a day of sleep to recover..
I miss my bbs..
Revisited some "old friends" this weekend...It's so easy to grabbed the same art supplies for every project and let me tell you I have LOTS of art supplies...
Saturday I set aside my new "best friends", watercolors, to play with some old favorites, Portfolio oil crayons.
Cheap, available at Staples for a mere pittance, but can create with spectacular results...
Add encaustic wax and a heat gun to the mix and....some scratching and dripping and blending and melting....
Ta Da!
Color palettes inside my No More Excuses journal. An embarrassing large collection of Daniel Smith watercolors, but I do love them! There are worse things to collect. I will have add a page with washi tape for my Lukas colors.....yep, I have those too...All my friend Gina's fault! Check out her No More Excuses workshop here:
A side view of the ever expanding journal I am using for daily work. The first entry was made on January 1, 2011. It is now at least three inches thick, lovely! Amazingly the spine has held up quite well however it is now so large that carrying it while traveling is no longer practical...
Solution~
separate pages travel with me and are added when I return home. Perfect!
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