CAC - Journal Swap

I participated in a journal swap on Create A Connection. And late yesterday, I received this lovely journal from Jocelyn, my journal swap partner, along with a lovely handmade card and an ATC. So lovely. Thank you. I can’t wait to dig into the journal and make it my own. What I really like about [...]

Artwords - “Woman”

This weekend I started another face for my practice. As it turns out the Artwords prompt for this week is “Woman” so I thought I would show you what I’m working on. Inspired by my recent trip to Hawaii, she just happened. I have been studying faces, and I’m getting a bit better about creating [...]

Earth Day CAC - Living Green

Today is Earth Day!
Friday, in Create a Connection, we were asked to share how we are living green. I do my best to live as green as I’m able.

We purchased a Honda Civic Hybrid, which I love and saves both the environment and money on fuel.
We recycle our bottles, plastic, and paper (lots of paper!).
We [...]

Thursday was a fun day; Friday was recovery, tea-time and art

On Thursday, after I posted, I left to meet Angie for a day of fun. We started off our morning at Starbucks (as usual) and then went to Hancock Fabrics, which was going out of business. Bad news for them. Good news for us! We cleaned out the Sulky threads and found some cool fabric [...]

Some art before I go

I’m headed out to meet Angie in a bit, but I wanted to share the final versions (yes, you read that right - two versions…) of the dark-haired lady’s face I did.
Why two versions? Well, here’s what happened. To the left, you see Version 1. I fixed the mouth, finalized the eyes, and I was [...]

Yesterday was a good day

For the most part, yesterday was a very good day. I painted for the majority of the day, went to a thrift store and picked up some pretty fabric and other things to use in my art and I spent less than $6. We love days like that! LOL I also got in the mail [...]

More art to share

I painted this portrait this week. It is the only one of four or five that I think is done. I just thought I’d quickly share it. I have more to work on, but I had to share! I see a progression from the first two. I’ve painted this one on canvas instead of muslin. [...]

Journaling in the face of tragedy

Yesterday I was avoiding the television. Once the tragedy started at Virginia Tech, I had to turn it off. I could feel myself falling into deep grief and I have been so good about being positive. I’m not ignoring the tragedy. I feel it deeply. So deeply that I had dreams about it last night. [...]

Painting, painting, painting

I was honored to have the opportunity to spend Wednesday with some arty friends. DJ Pettitt, returning from her workshop in Kauai (yes, folks, the same place I left two weeks ago!), had a long layover. Angie picked her up at the airport and they both came over and we played in the studio. I’ve [...]

A good day

Yesterday, I had my IV treatment. Now, in the past, this has caused me to be flat on my back and nauseous for a couple of days afterwards. Yesterday, however, we tried something different. We slowed down the infusion time and Angie came to visit. Well, I’m excited to say that I was able [...]