my halloween grandbabies

reeci, annie and piper.....

face3

another face for 29 faces of september....i have sketched another in my altered book.....this time i painted the page with "absorbent grounds" by golden.....i wanted to soften the writing on the page but still be able to use watercolour.....this did the trick.....this is a quick sketch with pen and then colored with watercolour...my time has been very limited for art these days....

face 2 for 29 faces of september

another quick sketch in my 29 faces altered book....pen and watercolour

it's here again-29 faces

29 faces of september....i could not resist to do this again for september......go here and see what it is all about.......

here is my first face...a quickie on a piece of scrap paper that i pasted in a altered book......this is where i will keep all of my sept faces......it really is fun to see all of the great faces each day......

cold wax

since i have not posted here for almost a month i thought i would share this cold wax "experiment" i did some time back ..... this is small, 4x4......interesting to do and i am pretty sure i will try it again as soon as things slow down for me.....busy, busy, busy.......

class with Jane Davies

among many other things , i am doing  "Keys to Dynamic Composition" with Jane Davies..... i have a way to go but thought i would share this piece with you...........i love jane's work and this is the first class i have taken with her.....she is going to be teaching in saluda, north carolina  at random arts in september....the 7th, 8th and 9th......i am really looking forward to it.....

a WIP for Annie Kate

i am doing this mermaid "as per request" for my grand daughter Annie Kate...she is 9 years old and loves mermaids....i have made a promise to her that i would have it done in 2weeks......this has been a WIP for soooo long.....soooo, this is going to be my main project for the next 2 weeks......and i finally found the sea shells that were collected in the florida keys many years ago... i am going to use them on the mermaid picture....she already has a shell "headband".....by the way, Annie Kate  loves glitter, so there will be loads of glitter...

idea book

one of the on line classes i am taking is julie prichard's new mixed media class ..(.link on my sidebar)....i love her classes...she is a fantastic teacher.....this is the photo of an "idea book" she instructs you to make...it was fun just grabbing whatever and sewing it into a book.....

art on a board

yes, this is painted on a piece of "lumber"....a leftover piece from some work our daughter was doing at their home....i raided the scrap pile.....it is 5 1/2 x 16 inches tall....it was inspired by a picture i saw in a asheville, nc "about town" magazine.....i used acrylics and prismacolor nupastels on it.......i do love using the nupastels...... i just love using my fingers to blend them......i have a load of pan pastels but cannot get used to using the "wand"....

doodle wip

while my husband was in the hospital having back surgery i was doing this...a doodle that took forever to get to this point.....but it kept me occupied.....the husband is doing great...me, i am exhausted from being away from home for 4 days and staying in a motel......hospital is 3hrs away from home .....and then there was the trip home in the car......i won't even go there..........

#22

calling this #22 for 29 faces of may.......i did not want today to go by without at least a very quick face sketch ....this is done with a 6b pencil and i used  nupastel for some color...finished in less than 10 minutes on text weight paper......

#21

for 29 faces.........

#17,18,19 and 20 for 29 faces of may

9 more faces to go .....or more maybe.....i hope you are not getting bored with book pages faces.....i can do them quickly...my days are pretty full right now with all of the extras that life throws at you.....thanks for the comments....they make my day........ ;-)

#16 for 29faces of may

i worked on this most of the day today...i don't know why...it almost hit the trash can a couple of times....it is on a collaged canvas....this canvas is doomed because this is the 3rd "painting try" on it.....but anyway, here it is as much as i dislike it, it is my face for this day.....it is 11x14............

#15- 29 faces of May

another Modigliani type piece.....

29 faces #14-wip

a work in progress....a gift in the making ...it is large,24x24....... ...bright, huh??

for 29 faces

i guess you will be seeing at least 29 posts of faces for may here on my blog....if i do this i will amaze myself........the 3 faces here are drawn in ink and then watercoloured......of course, as you can see, they are on book pages.. i used my rotring ink pen....it is not waterproof and i like the effect you get when you apply water....takes some getting used to though.......i used india ink on the second girls hair with a new dip pen i just bought and it is waterproof . i wasn't happy with the hair markings.....and just getting used to the dip pen.....and the 3rd girl is weird looking...

29 faces #10

another gouache resist for face #10......

Face #9 for "29 faces "

faces, faces, everywhere on my table........ this is another for "29 faces of may"..... it is a gouache resist....(google it) if you want to learn about it...there are several ways to do it....... anyway, i did a Modigliani  type painting...a really fast drawing......but i had fun....actually, i did several of them so you might see another soon......lol

face#8

#8 for 29 faces in may....the day got away from me but i did manage to take 30 minutes to sit down and do this quick sketch with pastel pencils.....very hard to get a picture of this...but you get the idea...