Watercolour Flowers

some watercolour flowers i did to practice.....i cut them out and i will probably use them in something mixed media.....i am taking the "color drop flowers" class from martha lever over at creative workshops....

Green

the color of the week over at Twinkle Twinkle ,you guessed it, is GREEN......and i decided to do another portrait..... wish the shot was better....

Blue

This is"blue" for my first "Summer of Color" piece over at Twinkle Twinkle a fun challange to get you inspired....you probably guessed the first color is "blue" ......... i can use all the inspiration i can get these days...a good pinch would help also.....

it has been hot here in western carolina (90's) and i have to admit i do not like the heat...just want to stay indoors.....the heat is the reason we left florida... happy day!!!... ;-)

Playing This Morning

trying the "color drop" flowers again...... my style....

Yikes!!!!

the ink ran.....i used the rotring art pen and thought it was permanent ink.......not!!!

SheArt #10

on a 6x12 canvas board

She Art #9

on a 5x7 canvas panel

WIP

for "Gritty Jane's Portrait and Papers" class.....the dress and flowers on her head wrap consists of torn papers.....the background is collaged with torn paper also...then painted dark and then the figure is sketched.....and so on and so on.....

She Art #8

this was created on a 5x7 canvas board.....

1st Color Drop Flower

not very impressive....but i will continue to practice..... not a great photo...sorry......

i need to add that this was done in Martha's Color Drop Class....... great class....check it out

Soon to be Jam

Picked these this morning at my daughter's house......soooo yummy......they will mostly be used for jam......i think i will try the "no cook" freezer jam a neighbor told me about...it makes a small amount and is supposed to be super easy to prepare.......i am about "easy" when it comes to the kitchen....

again

she art created on a 5x7 canvas board..

Busy Busy....

mostly busy with our 14month old grand baby, Piper.....this picture is Piper in papa's Gator hat....she loves wearing it......and is a big ham when you pull out the camera

and....more "she Art" on a 10x10 canvas

Obsessed

with "she art"......i finally am using some of my craft paint,stamps and the ton of paper i have stashed away......and these are so much fun and stress free.....

One more "She Art" 4x6

this is the last one i will post here, honest....the others will go on my "card and paper arts blog" i haven't been posting much there but i think it is a good spot for my "she art" and etc.... ;)

She Art (again) 6x12

ok, i am having too much fun with these....

Playing with "She Art" on a 6x12 canvas panel

boy i am all over the place with my art these days....i must admit that i really had a great time doing this "she art" ( Christy Tomlinson ) piece even though it is loaded with too much "stuff".( i think)...and the girl is not straight....i got carried away ...paper was flying everywhere and mod podge had my fingers sticking together...... but it is fun, fun, fun....

Zorana's Class

Finally took a photo of the journal i did for Zorana's Class. It is a 8 x 10 accordian style journal that ties on both sides.......Pictured are the front and back covers....the pages are "rosin paper"....I like the size and i know i will enjoy working in it......

Another Sketch

Another charcoal sketch for Gritty Jane's class....i like the charcoal and think i will do more....i think i will use a reference this next time... i think all of the "girls" i do (from my head) look alike...so boring!!!!

Charcoal

i have been playing with charcoal the past few days.....i started this and got a smudge on it that would not go away....ugh....did not want to put any more time in it....off to another sheet of drawing paper......

Stamping & Coloring on Fabric

In Sharon's apron class one of the assignments is to stamp and color on muslin so we can become familiar with the pencils we are using to do the apron art....The color we are using comes from Inktense pencils by Derwent.... they are awesome....i have used them before and really like them....they are watercolour that is permanent when dry....

These butterflies are my practice.....i think they are so pretty.....

Nope, not a Forsythia

this bush outside my kitchen window is not a Forsythia....i have a number of Forsythia bushs on our property and this is way different ....the flower is very different.....i bought it years ago...seems to me it was a Japanesse something or other..???......sorry about the picture but i just cropped the original....

I think it is spring

out one of my kitchen window you see this beautiful bush..i don't know what it is....but it is yellow and gorgeous.....

Doodles

i did make some time to doodle three doodles in my sketch book......

Sketch in my sketch book

No Finished Art because.....

2 beautiful grand children, Piper Jane and Annie Kate, are taking up most of my creative time these days.......but i love it... they will soon be grown and won't need "nonnie" as often as they do at this time.... ;)

Zorana, I Finished One

Finally got a, not so great, picture of one of the small journals i did from Zorana's class......i plan to journal and sketch on separate small pieces of wc paper and attach them in the journal....probably all faces...i love to do faces..... this was very "fun" to do..... I also started the larger journal that is part of this class.....it is done with rosin paper..... fun , fun, fun...... the journal is 3 1/2 x 5 inches and ties closed with a ribbon...... i loved doing it...

Face in Color

i painted this some time ago when i took Sharon's class and forgot about posting it here ....so here it is...

Is It Spring Yet ?

just needed to see some flowers......i did these in my "15 minute journal"......

2 More

I did these 2 paintings mostly using "nupastels" by prismacolor... they are fun to use...i drew them on re-purposed materials..... one is a piece of scrap wood and the other is a "food" box that i stuffed and then covered it with collaged papers before i drew on it....

Out My Kitchen Door

This is the scene out my kitchen door .... in the summer you look at my herb garden and the flowers that bloom every spring, summer and fall......the snow is beautiful , but 14 inches of it keeps us here on the mountain.....if i were an organized person i could get soooo much accomplished while we are stuck.....and even do some art.....

At one Sitting

I have my "Nupastels" sitting on my work space and decided to use them this evening......a very quick sketch on a up-cycled cereal box that i covered with medium, torn papers and molding paste....i used pastels to sketch with years ago......i think i like them again... :D

Watercolour Sketchs

I took a class in Saluda, NC at Random Arts some time ago and lost the sketches that i did...i found these 3 stuffed in a magazine this morning.. the class was with Jane Lafazio I really enjoyed it...she is a great teacher... we did watercolour work for our sketch books...

Crafts with Annie

This is what my grand daughter Annie and i did all day monday ....she was home from school with a bad cold......put that Cricut to good use today and cut out all these wonderful snowflakes....what a happy, excited grand daughter she was......

Waiting

These are works that are waiting for me to complete...and i am only posting the ones i have in a "art space" ( messy art space ) in our home, not my studio down the lane......i also have at least 100 sketches of faces in journals that need color..... ...or applied to canvas or wood.....love doing faces.....it is sooo hard to work only on the week-ends ....... but art is my salvation..... ;-)

Mixed Media Painting

i started this piece of art for Piper Jane (my grand daughter) about the day she was born...that was 8 months ago...it is finally hanging in her room...it was inspired from a photo i saw in a pottery barn catalogue some tine ago...it is the largest piece i have ever done...30 x 40....it was a lot of work.....but i love how it came out.... i wish the photo was better....

Happy 1st Birthday Owen Madden Gunther

can't believe you are a year old already.....God bless you , my adorable baby boy.....by the way this is my "great grand baby"....yikes!!!!!

Works in Progress

more wip's here...it seems that is all i have been posting lately.....but i feel the need to post something today...it is hard to do art when i am away from my studio 3days a week taking care of Piper, my 8 month old grand baby......but i manage to tote some art supplies with me each day....i have been doing some "gouache technique" pieces for gifts and thought i would log them here and share with everyone.....they are time consuming, but easy and relaxing for me to do ......most of these are in their beginning stages...today i will be putting the gouache on the ones that need it , then the india ink, and then the final step of washing the ink off and seeing what resulted (the fun part).....then you finish with paint of your choice....fun....