CHRISTMAS DAY 2017...

 These are some 

up 

close...

 portions

of whole

pieces that I am working on.

 A very good friend gave me a pack of

cotton wrapped canvases,

about 7x10 for Christmas.

I love how the texture shows up unless I get heavy handed.

There are 

TEN!!!

I started a series but who knows

where they will all end up.

I 

will

show

them when

finished!

 I altered this on a photo op to use in another piece.

I even tried my hand at a little Santa on an inky project,

he's in the trash!

I am so looking forward to a new year and sunny days!

Hope you all are staying well, and if not, taking GOOD CARE of yourselves. xo

IT'S SATURDAY AND THE SUN IS SHINING...

 Last night as the sun went down...

 TRULY INCREDIBLE!

Almost unbelievable!

 These are

 photos of our studio,

after we tore up the carpet and put down layers of felt.

 This is the flooring that

is going down.

We are hoping to finish in about 2 more days.

Especially me,

because I have a portion of cruddy

art supplies downstairs on the kitchen

table. 

Which I will need to cart back upstairs when we are through

with this project.

THIS

is why I haven't posted anything.

 Here is our fox...

well,

not ours.

He has been hanging around our house for a couple of weeks now.

He must have a den near by...

or 

she?

 And these guys have practically taken over

the neighborhood these last couple of years.

 I should mention here;

we live on 4 1/2 acres.

So officially most might say...

this really is "their" neighborhood.

Last night our nearest neighbors dog

got into a fight with one or more at midnight.

They had to take him in for emergency surgery.

They really have not been so cute I say.

They have become so brazen,

they scratch at our front door as if they'd like to come in and browse around.

Only took one time,

that I opened the door thinking it was our cat.

And there stood a raccoon standing straight up,

growling.

Ai yi yi

I had just started a class

of 

Misty Mawn's

Immigrants.

So I was only able to do one painting, boo hoo.

(Before we started tearing the rest of our house apart.

We have been remodeling upstairs for a year now.)

It has been bitter sweet looking up so many photos on the subject.

Then I started looking up photos

during the depression years, here in the states.

It has made me feel more than fortunate to have

been born after this time in history.

Have you taken a class lately?

This one is quite wonderful and affordable!

FROM START TO FINISH on a Monday...

Teal paint

collaged papers

Some black and white paint

These colors

and 

these colors

i was really not in the mood to do this

from the start.

But lots of times if i just dig in and paint

good things happen.

But not always.

 And 

then

it went

this way...

 And these very last 2 are in between

what the real finished product looks like...

It's almost always hard

but always

worth it,

i continue to learn.

i hope this helps someone else

looking in.

IT'S A SUNDAY...

 I have a little clean up to do on her...

and she was so FUN!

I started with one of those free postcards and did up an enjoyable play time paint collage.

Then decided on a face 

as I spied the upper part that could fit

the bill for an

headdress!

 This was one of those year when we didn't get 

very many apples off our GRANNY SMITH tree.

But 

ENOUGH

for...

 an 

APPLE PIE

for

my 

FISHERMAN 

that will finally come home today,

after his 3 day excursion

with 6 other men...

napping in sleeping bags, 

eating what "they" decided to bring for meals, ha!

I bet I get the best smile ever!

One tiny portion of THANKSGIVING 

family and friends.

It was such a beautiful day.

I 

TREASURE

them all!

Now on to Christmas plans...

Not really that much...this is the time of year when I go absolutely nuts, painting away...

HAPPY SUNDAY ALL

IT'S THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2017. And my last little oringinal for this month, in the year...

We get stacks of little postcards in the mail so often.

They are small, slick, and free.

So I decided to paint some of them and collage over a portion of the ads.

I just love sharing.

And I 

LOVED

how the photos underneath the paint 

peeked through.

VOILA!

 I found this for a $1.00

at a thrift store.

This is the back.

 This is the front.

It was a 

frame

around an ugly piece of flat tile.

Very sturdy...

Surely I can think of something to do with this!

 So I glued some tissue paper over the tile,

after painting it white.

Then some blue and mellow yellow

over the top of that.

Painted the frame black and then...

Then I scuffed up the frame,

collaged.

Not done yet.

I have to pull it together.

I did already sign it.

This is a photo of my dad,

at 18 yrs. old when he served in the navy.

While 

starting this yesterday,

I broke down crying off and on.

Looking at my young father,

a wonderful father and man.

Wondering just how many things i'll never know about him.

BUT

I treasure what I DO know about him,

to the fullest.

DONALD ALBERT HEBERT

XO

AUTUMN BEAUTY...

 Well now,

since previous post...

she made a few changes...

 She put on a paper undergarment...

Got out her cheesecloth apparel...

Her wings grew so that we could see them!

And she added flowers in her hair.

She may or may not hang with an exposed wire with beads or an unexposed wire on the back.

 This magical season of fall...

 continues to hang around...

This is what keeps me outside...

NO COMPLAINTS.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY HERE in our neck of the woods...

 Listening to Christmas carols

tonight.

While painting on old wood to make a hanger for a gift.

I 

LOVE

painting on old wood and how the cracks and imperfections show up!

Need to find her words and make a hanger 

that will go well with her look.

 I'm about midstream

with this one.

I am so good at playing...

ERGO

 My photo "thingy" that came with our computer,

updated itself yesterday.

So I played with it.

Seeing if i'd like to make the above painting into

flowers or the like.

Nah...don't think so.

But now I have a cute pic to glue on something for a gift.

And this

is a 

close up of the abstract.

I have some ideas running through my head.

But I never know what

the end will bring.

STAY TUNED...

I promise to show you when I finish...

but...

I cannot promise "when",

not even for myself.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY

for those that celebrate with their 

family

and 

friends.

IT'S ALREADY TUESDAY again...

 Prepping 

 UNFOLDING

 All the surprises begin

 And the magic starts...

 Churning

around in my brain...

Ready for explosions of...

Starting

new

pieces...

IT'S A TUESDAY, but i painted these faces YESTERDAY...and i only like one of them...

 something

I've

been

working on...

old music sheets (they smell old)

paint, words, and charcoal

 Some of these papers are so

old

they almost crinkle 

under my fingertips

before I can glue them down

I LOVE THEM

 Yesterday...

I painted so many blues and greens

all over so many different

papers!

I think it makes me feel like i'm 

swimming in beautiful water.

 I do not

like her eye placement.

But...

I like her "feel"

so she will

remain thus!

 I continue to attempt

to paint my faces so they don't all look

the same.

Maybe I am finally making strides?

This is it for today...sharing that is...