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....

Bragging Again

here i go again going on about my grand kids...this time it is Annie who just has to do art with me when she is off of school and is spending the day with me.....when she saw the studio door i am doing she said, "oh please, nonnie, can i do one too...please please please."......well what is a "nonnie" to do but let her do a door....the studio bathroom door.....talk about 2 big blue eyes lighting up, she was so excited ......and here is her work in progress.....now she is 7yrs old and she did this all by herself with my direction.....great, huh?

Painted &Stamped Book Pages

i was playing late last night...couldn't sleep....made these papers from book pages...used my cheap acrylic paint on them first and then some stamps when the paint dried......then used some distress ink to give them a kind of vintage look..... fun...... when i did return to bed i slept until 8am..... yah

Free Day

i am usually taking care of my 8 month old grand daughter during the week but today i am free...i wanted to post these proofs of them that were taken by a photographer on location at a neighboring farm........i love , love these pictures of piper and annie...

Fall in it's glory

just felt the need to share these pictures.....the ginkgo tree in front of my studio is absolutely beautiful .....against the Carolina blue sky it is breath taking ..... and the hydrangea bush is always gorgeous...they were bright blue this summer...i am always in awe with fall.......

2 more WIP's

this is the outside and inside of my studio door.....what fun this is to do....this is the result of the graffiti chic 2 class i am taking from alisa burke i am really enjoying throwing the paint around.....i am anxious to use some of the stamps i made....i did use the heart already..... ;-)

So Many Classes

I have signed up for so many on-line classes this past year and although my intentions are good and i get so excited, i do not seem to complete the class from beginning to end.....so i have made a commitment to myself not to take anymore classes until i work on the ones i have already paid for......

the photo above is a result of one of alisa burke's classes ....i have tken 4 of her classes... i love her stuff and i sooo enjoy throwing paint around....it is so relaxing....these stamps are made from craft foam and were a blast to do.....can't wait to use them... ;)