Friday, September 30, 2011

For Paint Party Friday this week I'm sharing two different versions of  pastel paintings that I created last year of Little Nell/Columbia from the Rocky Horror Picture show.  I loved going to Rocky Horror when I was in High School and I've seen two live productions since then that were just fantastic.  How about you, did you use to go "To the late night, double feature picture showwwww?

Hope you like them! Thanks for visiting.


Happy Paint Party Friday! Follow the link above and stop by to see a list of participating blogs.

This blog is very new, I'd love to have you as a follower!  If you'd like to visit my other blog Project 365 you can find it here.  Art Project 365 is a 2 year project, a consortium of artist that have been creating art each and every day for the last 600 + days!

A little Add On, I came a cross Amy's clever idea to write a Never Ending Story and have decided to participate.  You can check out her idea here.

Thursday, September 30, 2011

I can hardly believe it's the end of September!  This month has just flown by.  I created an Etsy treasury this morning based on Owls.  They seem to be all the rage lately, are you caught up in ti?

Here's a link if you'd like to check it out!

I Don't Give Hoot!  an Etsy Treasury.

and here's a piece of my Own Owl Art

Happy Thursday!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Well it seems Wednesdays are a happening day in the blog world!  I am participating in:

Wordless Wednesday***WYOWW***Animal Wednesday

So welcome to everyone blog hopping from those events!

My contribution to Wordless Wednesday is "An Accidental Heart"  My Son and I were talking a walk on our visit to Grandma's in Florida and came across this heart shaped dried up plant frond.  I think it may have been shed from a nearby palm tree.

(This image, like all of my art, is a copyrighted ...please respect my ownership of this piece. Thanks so much!)

An Accidental Heart
For Wordless Wednesday

For WYOWW Wednesday I've created 3 Heart inchies 1 x  1 inch works of art.  These were done with watercolor and ink. They are still on my studio table because they are going to become a microbook.

Every Inch of my Heart

For Animal Wednesday a picture of one of my 4 rescue dogs, Norman, on our walk down at the river. He has the sweetest soul and happiness for him is a tennis ball and sleeping with our Son. Which I hope to capture a picture of soon.  Now normally I wouldn't let an 85lb dog sleep in bed with my Son because it's a bit crowded and Norman is quite the shedder, but our Son started sleepwalking about a year ago and I was really worried he'd get hurt wandering around at night. When Max wakes up he bumps into Norman trying to get out of bed and instead of getting up he rolls over and continues sleeping  in bed.  A perfect solution!

Norman Reflects

So happy Wednesday!

Monday, September 26, 2011

If you're looking for my Blog Prize Giveaway post you can find it Here.

Red Glasses

I was having a little color contrasting fun with this one yesterday.

Today I did "Keyword" research as I delve more deeply into the world of online marketing I'm trying to understand the power of Keywords for coming up in search engines.  It was an interesting exploration and I have much to learn!

I also always try to find a new artist each day to admire and I happened upon this artist, Amy Shackleton through a friend on Facebook today.  This video is truly amazing, wouldn't you love to have that kind of space to create in!

Sunday, September 25th Sunday Sketches

Good Sunday Morning (In the Pacific Northwest anyway).         If you're looking for my Blog Prize Giveaway you will find it HERE.

Mohawk

Well a quick 5 minute, very simple line draw sketch today as I'm super busy and want to visit everyone on Sunday Sketches.  I saw a woman with a Pink Mohawk that I found just fascinating enough to want to capture some quick details.  I'm hoping to come back and do a "real" sketch later when I'm a bit less busy.  Please join me and visit all the wonderful blogs featuring Sunday Sketches!

I'm playing in a tennis tournament today.  It's a fundraiser to resurface the city tennis courts, the kids really need it since they are the only outdoor courts for the the entire school system to use.  I hope it goes well, the kids deserve a place to play, there are so many talented young tennis players.

Bean

This is Bean my Chihuahua.  He's a rescue dog, I have 4 rescue pups.  He's 15 and I've had him since he was about 5 months old.  No one wanted him because he came out of a puppy mill and has a very expensive to treat auto immune disease of the eye.  All I have to say is he's been worth a million times more than he ever cost.  He's the sweetest, most loving little guy and I'm thrilled he's part of my life.

Happy Sunday!

Saturday Sept 24th Giveaway for International Rabbit Day!

It's International Rabbit Day!  In honor of my general love of Bunnies I am having a blog giveaway.  An 8 X 10 Print of my Blue Bunny.   Comment Here anytime between Sept 24th and up until midnight Sept 30th to enter to win and I will do a random draw on October 1st for the winner.  I will give you one additional entry in to the drawing if you are a follower of my blog and 2 additional entries if you tell a friend and they mention you in their comment!

Blue Bunny

And for Sweet Saturday a little photography fun.  This is a photo I took with an art filter, it was a close up of a napkin with a heart on it.

Art Filtere Photograph

Friday, September 23, 2011

For Paint Party Friday
Blue Bunny
-Prints Avail on Etsy

Saturday September 24th is International Rabbit Day!

Happy Friday!  Welcome Paint Party Friday Friends!  This is my brand spankin new blog and I'd love to have you as a follower! It's just a gorgeous, sunny day here in the NorthWest.  What am I thinking about today, Stickmen!  Stickmen you say?  Well as I was doing my morning browse on Facebook I noticed a link someone shared called "Draw a Stickman."  Well why not, so I went to check it out and was delightfully surprised.  I'm not going to give anything away but I hope you'll check it out and enjoy it as much I did.  Here's a link to Draw A Stickman  for you 

I posted my Blue Bunny today for Paint Party Friday because he has always been one of my favorite paintings.  He's technically quite simple but I love the dramatic interplay of the colors and children always respond to it.   The original is Acrylic and Charcoal.  He's not a new painting, I've got one in the works that needs to be photographed that I'll share next Friday.

I've never released prints of him before but decided to do a limited print edition in a variety of sizes and added him to my ETSY shop today.  For my blog followers I am offering a very special deal, buy one and get one for a friend.  You decide if you get the earlier or the later edition since they are all signed and numbered. To claim this offer order 1 print in the size you prefer and send me an ETSY Email with the subject line BBBOGO.   I will confirm you are a follower on my blog  (It's ok to be a new follower) and email you for details on your matching gift print.

Hope your Friday is Fabulous!

Wednesday, September 21 2011

4 X 4 Original Created For Humane Society Fundraiser -Prints Avail Etsy 

This morning I popped on Facebook, like I usually do with my Diet Coke in hand, only to see that once again they have changed their user interface.  I went on to read the usual myriad of comments, most yelling at Facebook for making changes.  So here is something to think about, Facebook proves to us over and over again that change is difficult for us, but to advance technologically and as a society we have to incorporate change, sometimes on a daily basis. We are comfortable when things stay the same but if we are willing to dig, learn, find the new way to do something we often will appreciate it. If we want our schools, our economy, our government to truly change and improve we have to embrace the changes and the difficulties that come with learning a new way to do something or we stagnate as a society. We can't make an informed decision until we fully understand and are able to use the "new." That's my soap box for today, and the post in a somewhat more abbreviated form that I posted on my FB page.

One Minute Writer

Prompt: Happily Ever After- Rewritten

Together as a society they began to embrace change and the difficulties that ensued while they learned a new way. Everything began to improve, their schools, their government and their economies and most of all their outlook on life. Together they found optimism and a bright, new future.

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Well Monday has started out as a whirlwind of craziness.  I was called to jury duty starting the same day I already have plane tickets to go home and visit my family.  I'm all for civic duty but honestly as a homeschooling Mom this presents a whole host of difficulties!  I spent the morning writing my excuse letter, feeling like I was back in school trying to get out of class for the day.

While I was busy working on that I decided to have my Son write for the "One Minute Writer" entry today.  I've been having him keep a writing journal and follow along with this program as well.  It's an excellent daily writing assignment for a homeschooler!  He's a witty bloke and it always comes out in his writing.

One Minute Writer 
Prompt: Hidden Camera 
by Max 12 years Old
(The Photo is his too.)

Where would I put my hidden cameras?

Why I’d place them wherever I please!

I’d place them in the ground!

I’d place them in my room!

I’d place it in your room!

I’d place it in the girl’s bathroom!

Sunday September 18, 2011

Hang On!

Welcome Sunday Sketchers from Blue Chair Diary!

Well you can probably tell I've been infatuated with the ordinary pencil lately.  I recently had the opportunity to participate in a themed postcard swap over at Atc's for All.  The cards featured the style of Tracy V. Moore, an edgy journal artist up in Seattle.   My blog entry on September 16th is a work in progress from that swap.   Anyway, I had such a delicious time sketching, that I haven't put my pencil down yet to go back to my paints and other textural mediums.

I don't know that raccoon ever truly have to hold on like this little fellow is doing. They are usually such nimble beast but as his face began to develop, he looked like a worried little fella that needed to grip onto to something.  

What else has been on my mind this week?  Tap Floors.  My Son has taken up tap dancing and needs a place to practice.  Cement ruins tap shoes and I don't want the floors in the house to get scratched up so I'm thinking about creating a portable tap floor for him.  I think I just might have some leftover cork flooring from the time we did the kitchen.  p.s. don't put cork flooring in your kitchen!!

Oh Special Post Alert-- Found out about Unicorns vs. Zombies birthday party  here's a button and a link!

http://butterscape.blogspot.com/2011/09/unicorns-snack.html

I'm a Zombie Girl Myself.  Here's Poor Dead Fred...He's having a hard time coming to grips with his demise!

Saturday, September 17

A Saturday Journal Page

Her Thoughts

One Minute Writer 
Prompt "Day"

Bring to this day, this wonderful day, the sheer force of your very being.  Give this day your heart and soul and live, live, live like you mean it.  Taste from the core of your being.  Hug from the very center of your soul.  Laugh, listen, jump, run and look, yes really look at the very life of this day, this beautiful day, this beautiful life, this beautiful you.

Six Word Saturday  (It's a bit of a cliche but it works for me.)

Take a deep breath and smile.

A Friday Journal Page

New Sketch in Progress "Bird King"

One Minute Writer – Fiction Friday

Prompt: “Pop”

Pop, soda, by any name it is my addiction. I wake up with one name floating in my head, "No Silly, not my lover's, Diet Coke!  It's an animal need, a craving on the most visceral level. I quickly stretch my limbs listening to each pop and crackle and giggle because now I'm thinking "Pop" again. So I quickly hop out of bed and run down the stairs to open the fridge...Ahhhhh!

Note: Prompt/Theme for writing today was provided by the "One Minute Writer" Blog.