Portrait #16 Who's That Girl

Yay! I've worked out another portrait! I'm behind in the count but I'm okay with that!

I have no idea where she came from, just emerged on paper:)

I love that kind because I can see wee bits of other people in my life.

Tomorrow i have planned to do some more portraits.

I want to go out this month with a BANG!

I got out my microns a few days back and played around with the finest little point 005

( i love that one!) 

 I am almost done with the wonderful little sketch book Pat sent to me. So when I went to
Blick the other day I remembered to get some sheets of paper . Now
I plan on making another at the very same size!

The pages work out to 4.5"x5.5", perfect size. I need another small book...

And this is the last micron sketch i did on the last page of my small Moleskine.

 I did these sketches about a week or so ago...the last times i had tea.

 LOL, I like tea and its sooo much fun to draw/paint tea cups and such. 

I also enjoy all the little paraphenalia that goes along with it.

The loose leaves, the tea ball, the cozy, the illustrated tea boxes, sugar cubes, etc. etc.. but in the end I am a coffee girl!

And my favorite is the red-eye at Starbucks.

I don't get that too often because THAT is craziness in a cup!... I treat myself every so often.

Do you like the java or enjoy a spot of tea?

Enjoy your Friday!

Days #9 (a lesson learned) and #10 - 29 Faces

My lesson with rushing.

I had this vision of a girl amongst roses....

I had such a good time creating her.

Boy, I am glad I took these photos right before I finished. Impatiently,

 I shut my sketch book (CLASSIC Fran) and pretty much ruined her

face. I couldn't just wait for her to dry:( I have not a bit of patience and

'had' to put all my things away so that I don't leave them hanging about..

The original smile, which came easy with just a stroke,  but I felt it fit her just fine.

Up close

Upon opening my sketchbook :(

re-painted but not the same :/

Day 10's face was created entirely from my homemade stamp colleation. This gal looks like a clown AND  she was so hard to create. I almost started carving more stamps go make it easier but I wanted to challenge myself to see what I could come up with based on what i had;)

Have a good evening everyone. I had a great birthday and thanks for the birthday

wishes from friends and family throughout the day! My son and husband took me to a wonderful Japanese restaurant and surprised me with delightful and thoughtful gifts.

 The food was terrific and we had a great time, as WeThree <3 always do.

Take care!

MINI JOURNALS!

Before: Medicine box!

After: Journal!

A few nights back I was inspired by Jennie's youtube channel, again, and made just had to make these journals from medicine boxes and toilet paper tube. I always feel guilty throwing these out wondering if there is anything I can do with them? Well, yes!!

Pill box journal / Front cover

back side

This is the toilet paper tube!

spine view

I glued tags inside in order to use the string, for tying the book closed

Another made from a paper tube! I love the button:)

  

I have so much paper left over from my scrapping days, i could make a hundred of these and still have paper left over. Now I have two macaroni boxes and three papertowel tubes waiting in the wings:)

Happy Tuesday! Enjoy this day. Its cold, gray and rainy here
in my corner of NY today. Hopefully the sun will peek out later.

AEDM Days 20 + 21

Sunday

Monday

Since I was out at doctor appointments on Friday I tried to catch up with work on Sunday (Day 20) so I am a bit behind. On Sunday, I tried to work a bit on another of my abstract paintings and then this morning I carved a few more new stamps . At first I thought they were too simple, particularly the square ones, but there is so much that can be done with them. I'm going to use them tomorrow in my handmade journal. Here are some photos from the past few days from Long Island:

This is a picture of our back yard from last Friday, there is a big deck off the back of the house and up top is a dog run. The development is very hilly! More leaves are on the deck this morning.... All the rest came down yesterday.

This is a photo of a house at the corner of Hill and Glen Cove. The trees here were so beautiful and vibrant! There all gone now, this morning. I drove past and everything is on the ground and raked up.

Close up of a yellow one:)

Last but not least, by any means, is Delilah, the latest addition to the family. My sister's family adopted this cutie pie last week and we paid a visit to her and the rest of the brood on Saturday. Isn't she cute? She's a jumpy one for sure!

AEDM Day 17+18 - A Likeness of My Mom

I tried to catch her from a photo. Boy, portraits are tough. I wrote a 'Likeness' rather than a "Portrait". More of a caricature..I like the loose feel and I didn't do a underlying sketch, I just drew it with my markers. I have to say the left side of her face is spot on but the right, I got carried away I guess. I have a nice photo of my sister and another of my two brothers and my son. I'd like to take a stab at those. I suppose it I were to do a true caricature it would involve exaggerating one specific feature (?). Don't know. Work has been super busy so I had a good run of it but the coming days are going to be tough as my colleague is on vacation and I'm helping to cover him. ..I am soooo looking forward to Thanksgiving and having those four days off. woohoo.

AEDM Day 14 - Once and Again

I avoided the large empty white journal and decided to paint another abstract. Tomorrow I'll attempt the journal I made this weekend:) I trying to keep with a theme/style here with the abstracts I have painted so far. My colleagues at Art(that matters) are very supportive and give me alot of tips and encouragement. I also have to say that support I get on Flickr is amazing and I've met so many nice and super talented artists on there as well as thru AEDM!! Its all good.

creative every day

Yeah, I am creative every day but am I technically up to speed every day, no. It's doing the scanning or taking the photo that I am pretty lathargic about, lol! Here is a fun one, we did this at art journaling class. Blowing paint around and into a pattern. Not completely sure if I love it but it was fun to do:)