SECOND SHOWING...so close to being finished...

 They are...

 coming along

smiling

I freaked

as I

was leaving my

studio room

this morning...

I looked back at this painting

and thought there was

an accidental blog of

dripping paint...

WHEW

just a little ladybug

strolling along!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018

 The yummiest...

 of progress...

TODAY

almost there...

a wee bit more to do!

CHRISTMAS EVE ~ 2018...

 I had fun

 making these little hangers

 for 2 of my great 

little nieces

for this Christmas.

a very MERRY to all my friends!!!

IT'S DECEMBER IN 2018...

 A new girl

and then how

'bout

that flower, dead center

not cool.

So I added some little flowers and leaves

(not shown here) 

in order to off set 

the 

FLOWER! smiling

SOLD! Thank you!

 She reads...

 Her skirt

This beauty was just lying on the porch steps

as I walked into the house.

I couldn't pass it up...

Happy Holidays

EXACTLY ONE MONTH away from Christmas day...

 We get these stacks of cards in the mail.

So I paint them

collage them

paint and collage...

 here is how this one looked...

 Then

turned it into

this!

 Paint and collage on the next one...

 Ta Da!

like magic

only a little harder...

 BEFORE...

 AFTER

 BEFORE...

You can paint this way,

any size,

on any substrate.

Now on to Christmas decorations

xo

THANKSGIVING in two more days...

 Feeling

especially

 fortunate

to 

have a home

 A

loving 

family

 We live in California

and have so many friends 

and people 

we know that have lost 

their

homes

in the latest

fires.

 Many of us are helping

as much as possible...

 You and I

know

it can't ever

be 

enough

 And now the

holidays

are upon us...

 homes

family

gathering

loving

nurturing...

 WE 

pray

every day

for all those

that have lost so much.

And that it

will be sooner

than everyone

 thinks,

 for

all of them to be 

HOME.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

TO EVERYONE!

Even if you don't celebrate

this day,

or eat turkey.

Have some beautiful moments 

with yourself and if you can...

your family.

"DREAM SHE SAID, to everybody"...

 Someone gave her a new skirt...

 And she finally

earned her wings!

She now

awaits 

her 

ankle 

bracelet...

Materials:

Barrel Stave substrate

dyed fabric

copper (sealed) legs and wings

acrylic and deli paper bodice

collaged face

And this is Monday in a November

FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER...

 From my box

of 

words...

 Drying in our window...

 How I love

LAYERING.

And then

LAYERING

some more.

Until it all gets 

JUST RIGHT.

With:

burlap, cheese cloth, dyed fabrics and

VUNDERFUL

acrylics and textures.

This quote I love!

It is so profound

and

meaningful for we women.

HAPPY WEEKENDER EVERYONE

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN...

 Like this backdrop?

hahaha

I sure don't...

 Drying under a window

in the sunshine...

There is a lot of texture,

I say!

Painted deli paper (from left over paints)

Dyed cloth leaves

Cheese cloth

Painted papers (when using my left over paints)

Various fabrics and papers

Acrylic paint

This is a little taste

of 

Autumn

on the 

ole'

homestead.

It has been warm and long

with sunshine,

till today, when it turned a little bit cold!

ONE MORE MONDAY IN OCTOBER...

 Wanda,

what did you accomplish yesterday?

 well...

 I

painted over finished paintings,

because 

they 

just didn't

have that 

"it" factor

for me!

 And

then I did some

"prep" work.

"no, not for meals" (smile)…

ALL

for future art work.

Was it boring?

Heavens no!

I was using left over paint,

listening to music,

having a "devil may care"

attitude,

and 

stirring up my

CREATIVE juices

for

TODAY.

As soon as I post this...

I AM ON IT!

Have a marvelous day everyone! 

OCTOBER is already almost half over...

 I started an

owl series

 a 

couple of days ago...

("start living to change")

 I just haven't

done hardly any series...

 But..

it was so much fun!

And I had to

let the ink dry

in 

between each one.

 Next will be

the need to

purchase 

mat's and frames

without driving the price up.

Then

hopefully,

as I continue

desperately,

and frustratingly,

to figure out the doggone

comment settings...

so that I might hear from you.

It isn't working right now.

I hope you

ALL

have a beautiful weekend.

Our prayers right now

include those in

the hurricane area.

XO

P.S.
I like to give credit whenever possible.
I took an Tracy Verdugo class
that started all of this.
I think it was called "wonky owls".
So I am sure there is a resemblance,
yet I have been practicing for quite some
time and am trying to go far and away
from her likeness.
And I am starting to exaggerating their ears,
which I think,
brings more personality to each.
Impossible maybe to do so completely.
The inks have the same colors.
And it's not the easiest to completely
alter an owl...
ALTHOUGH...as I continue, who knows.
I was just thinking about a little flowered hat on one of them.
And thought the "art curator" looks like
he's wearing
a 
dapper scarf! (enter smile)