Art Renewal

 I 'm linking up to Artsyville's Glue-It Tuesdays

 I had started a painting on a page in my art journal but lost interest fast.

I thought I would use that as a base for this composition. 

 

I keep a plastic sandwich bag for my watercolor scraps.

I get great satisfaction out of the fact that

I can use all these little bits together. 

 

I did add some addtional paint to the purple bits, they looked too plain to me

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Another project I am working on involves this book I have WaterPaperPaint and I have tried a number of the projects.

This one is Project 20:



 the edges of the artwork don't appear perfectly straight,
 I'll have to flatten in some books.



Of course, as I do with most instructions and recipes,

I don't read all the way through...[shocker]

I was supposed to use black paper or matte black acrylic to start but I just used black gouache.

So it got a bit tricky and easily muddied up the brighter gouache colors.

So next time I will be sure to use acrylic, then I won't have to go over alot of the elements to brighten them up. 

I am tempted to cut this up and make four ATCs but I think I am going to leave it.

Detail, a look closer

My favorite part are the blues, in the top left quarter and bottom left quarter. Green is my favorite color but blue is such a close second. 

 

 

 I am so glad its getting warmer. Aren't you?

A few spring-y things:

 specimens I selected while on my walk with the dog.

the crocuses are coming!

 

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

Have a terrific weekend and enjoy!

Take care,

Fran T xo

Glue it Tuesday on Sunday

I wanted to make my collage on Tuesday but just getting to it in the very early hours of this morning. Here is my contribution to Artysville's Glue-It Challenge. I'm also going to link up with Sunday Sketches to share what I have been working on this week (more below).

 

I love green, can you tell? :

I initially wanted to have the two pages flow together and
 painted both the same color background,
but they are two distinct collages, to me, and that's perfect.

Green , though I love it so much, is a hard color to capture...
 

no matter how much I try to color correct the photos,
each image has it looking a different green:) I tried to tone down the photo
because in reality its not so garish.

Clean up is tough in the early morning hours.

Hell what am I saying?

Its tough no matter what time of day it is.
 

 

 I couldn't find my glue sticks,

where they disappeared to, I have no idea.

So I mixed a little glue with water.

 

 The book I used to collage in is from a journalling class I took a couple of years ago. Here is a look at some old pages, I think these are from Summer 2011:

 

 

We did alot of collaging in that class and I miss it! I'm on vacation starting Wednesday and I plan on getting together with a friend who loves to collage as well.

 

I also took a stab at creating some art using acrylics. I am very dedicated to watercolors and switching off always feels like sort of a big thing for me.

 

I keep buying these little canvases when I go to Blick and the last time I was there I had to literally say STOP.

And I promised not to buy more unless I do a damn painting. (I'm like to think that I am only a spendthrift when it comes to art supplies)... I went in without a plan so I wasn't expecting too much.

i had, had, HAD to cover that green blob LOL!!! haha.

 

I like how this turned out, this little piece (4"x4"), am pleased with how it looks. I'm glad I tried a little sgraffiti on the right side.

 

I started on another, larger (8"x 8") canvas board and primed it with some black  I'll work on that during my vacation too.

 

Thanks for reading through this far!
Have a lovely week!

Take care,

Fran T xo

 

 

 

Wednesday's Tuesday List-It

Another List-it coming right up!

Thanks again to Aimee's blog for such great inspiration.

 

I doodled these out last night. I like this challenge, simple and fun but allows me to be reflective and appreciate the little things ;)

 

I've also been doing some abstract work.

I love to get to do this because I just get lost in the process and can just meditate.

My scanner did a terrible job so I ended up using my iPhone to photograph but the color is still weird

 

Please get over to Artsyville and check out this Tuesday's List-It participants:)

 

You'll be glad you did!

 

Falling Behind

It's been quite a while and I've fallen a bit behind with my posts.

Here are a few images I've worked on these past days.

today's artwork - Sunday 11/18/12 , for AEDM and Sketch Sunday

We finally got power restored in the house on the 11th. Which was just shy of two weeks. This past week we tried to get back into the swing of things.

 

 

 

 I been creating the whole while through but unfortunately  I haven't been blogging
AEDM and PatternADay much since the storm. But I'm here!
 

I've definately been keeping up-to-date on Instagram. Blogging takes a little more time. Instagram is just so, well, instant. LOL!

But you can say more when you blog. I don't have alot to say tonight. So tired and this is going to be a busy week with Thanksgiving on the way. I'll try to do a better job this week:)

Have a great week my friends. Thank you so much for all your visits and comments as it means alot to me.

 

Back with more great mail!

This post is the second part to my mailbox goodies!

 

I was delighted to have the chance to swap with JennieBellie:)

Her "The Cheats" zine is genius and full of useful drawing

instructions. Jennie had even tucked papers into the zine to draw

 on as well!Then she also sent along some fun cutouts for me

to use too:) I loved her 'Just Magic Door' as well. Its

at the top left of the photo and I plan to use it for journalling.

Oh yeah! Jennie has a fantastic YouTube channel , if you didn't

know already. It full of great tutorials!

This next Zine is a such a fun one as well. Elizabeth

[ Sketchbook Buttons ] was so kind to trade thoughts

with me about zines and swap hers with me too.

Look at these pages, aren't they wonderful? I also love the postcard

she wrote to me on. Its this great drawing of Thanksgiving dinner!

 

From Sketchbook Buttons


About a week later I received a big envelope from Laura,
her blog is one of my favorites.  I had sent her my zine and
small piece of art. Then I saw her flickr stream andI fell in love
with these paintings of hers and she was so kind to
have sent one that was almost the same!

I have this displayed on the shelf in my office. Love it!

Last but not least, here is a three-ring binder that I have with some

 amazing ATCs I have been lucky enough to swap. I may have posted

a few of them before. I know one of these days I'll have them out of the

sleeves and framed. There is not enough hours in the day! LOL!!

Thanks for letting me show off what I have received.

All this work is fantastic and I am just so delighted to meet

such generous artists through my blog and flickr stream.

It's really amazing!

Have a great day:)) XO

Yellow, it is.

 Yellow is the color for an upcoming ATC swap I'm involved in. I started these larger pieces with the intent to cut but I like them both too much to cut. These larger pieces are 5"x 7".

So next time around I used pre-cut 3.5"x2.5" card:))

I made two but keeping this one for now and will hold for a non-swapbot swap:)

I haven't yet found out the color for the month of March's color challenge. Lets hope its yellow and I call it a day :)  LOL

Happy Tuesday friends!

Creative Everyday CHALLENGES

I'm involved with two challenges now, one it Tracy Bunkers' and the other is Creative Everyday . So I'm doing my best with my full time job and being a mama... but I STRIVE to do something creative as often as I can! Will try to do this every day! Today I am working on getting things together for a small craft fair that I'm participating in next week in SeaCliff, NY. I am focusing on quotes that I love and it makes it fun and less stressful that trying to get full blown painting done. Frankly I like to sell stuff but its the actual painting and de-stressing that does it for me! It's my therapy for sure. These are some small frames that I got for a dollar at a tag sale that I'm upcycling:)

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:)

Red Bow Studio

I had an awesome time at Red Bow Studio (http://redbowstudio.blogspot.com/) tonight! I am so happy about what I accomplished this evening. I was so much fun not having to setup and clean up at home. We had to focus on a color and bring items that served as inspiration. Of course, I picked my favorite color of all time - green. Patricia, the studio owner/instructor, has so much material, tools, paints, etc to available to use. What a terrific time. I love the idea of this studio and am so glad I can attend. I am looking forward to next week's class where the focus is on drawing. This is what I did tonight:

So much fun!