BLOSSOMS in the Placer ARTS and EVENTS CENTER

 Placer County Arts is having a May Show, titled,

BLOOM

3 of my paintings were accepted ;)

(always thrilled)

This is the first one;

 

JUMP INTO YOUR LIFE

(my picture taking has gone down hill)

 

 

 

 

 

 up close, the largest flower pot in the painting is fabric with paint added to it

 

 

 

 

 there is writing...positive messages all along the orange lines...

 

 

 

 

 

 I have loved these hanging on our own walls...they are so cheerful...but alas...

I paint so much, our walls are over loaded ;)

 

 

 

 

 This is the Second Piece.

These first 2 are 12"x 36" x 1 1/2" gallery wrapped

The 4 polka dot squares are torn fabric and

the flower centers as well ;)

 

 

 

 hoping you can read this quote from Mark Twain?

 

 

 

 

 This 3rd piece is 10" x 28" x 1 1/2" gallery wrapped,

titled; Plant "P" words ;)

TISSUE PAPER (crinkly) is the foundation over the canvas before I applied the layers of paint and more tissue paper.

There is a lot of texture that just doesn't show up in the photos.

 

 

 

 

 like "purpose", "perky" and...

 

 

 

 

 that IMPORTANT one;

Play, play, play...

 

 

 

 

the sides are pretty too...

one day i'll take better photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet and Mingle Night is May 1st for art collectors,

and then our work will remain in the ARTS BUILDING,

the month of May.

If they sell, we are allowed to replace with another work,

so I am very busy PLANTING seeds of ideas and trying

to BLOOM some more.

 

TIS' THE SEASON FOR FLOWERS AND FRIENDS

THANK YOU FOR VISITING ;)

SPRING IS IN THE AIR!

tomorrow

more photos

 

for an up coming

show

called

BLOOMING!

 

(imagine that)

it is spring somewhere...

even if it's just in our

 

HEARTS!

 

XOXO

Saturday Night Art Journaling...

FINDING HER WAY...

INSPIRATION FOR OUR WEDNESDAY...

 After all our company went home...

for 4 days of excitement, and a new baby,

and all that family lovin'...

 

 

 

 

 I'm left with not knowing what to do with myself...

and so I finished "her" on carboard ;)

 

 

 

 

 and these are...

 

 

 

 

 in my Pinterest...

under the Cardboard section

 

 

 

 

 for my collage partners..

those 3 funny colored (just shows up that way here) papers in the center bottom and one to the right are copies on paper of some of my own ink transfers.

they were just right to set off the entire piece

 

 

 

 

another up close

 

 

 

 

 and closer...sooo many layers!

 

 

 

 

A pile full of DREAMS for you...

they should last till after the weekend eh?

 

wanda

xoxo

PRELUDE TO OUR EASTER...

 NEW LIFE

 

 

 

 

 GIFTING LITTLE EASTER HANGER

oh, and I put these cardboard works on Pinterest ;)

you can poke the Pinterest button on the sidebar.

SIMPLY SATURDAY...

what happened to Inspiration Wednesday and Art Journal Friday of this week,

we might ask? Well let's just say I was so busy, that I didn't come here ;)

 

I have been studying hard and performing some of the lessons in our class, ART ENTWINED.

And in between is another part of my life that includes, other paintings, drawings, gluing. And then there are family HAPPENINGS...

 

These are all pieces of my class, done in my journals.

I will try to just put a simple/short explanation under each photo so that you won't fall asleep in your chair, whilst perusing.

 

and one more time I will write that I left EVERYONE a message on my own blog, in case I didn't visit yours (for shame Wanda)

and to say that I am ever so grateful for ANY input! it helps us get better at what we do! and I sure do treasure them all IMMENSELY.

THANK YOU EACH OF YOU

 

 

 TWO COLOR ~ SHAPE ~ FORM study

 

 

 

 

 I HAD to poke in a 3rd green color for a statement in the piece ;)

 

 

 

 

 TWO COLOR PAINT and FORM...

yes, again I break the rules with PINK (cheeks and wings for effect ;)

 

 

 

 

 On Sunday I was putting some of my work together for class and I was thinking again for the 100th time, how Misty Mawn puts so much time and effort into her on line classes, that I have NEVER experienced with any other ones.

She goes so many extra miles...

eg; extra musings and quotes and recipes

and then a wonderful mix of lots of music we can use RIGHT THEN, and purchase off the net if desired (not from her)

just one of our weeks in class (there are 5) one could work on for an entire year with explorations and such...

INVALUABLE

PRECIOUS

she sends us WHIRLING and LIGHTS that FIRE OF DESIRE under me EVERY TIME!!!

SO I posted this on our class page, and thanked her for all the TREASURES she shares with us ;)

 

 

 

 

 YESTERDAY, in my FRIDAY ART JOURNAL

 

 

 

 

 ;)

 

 

 

 

 These next 2 are practices on FORM and SHAPE using as FEW colors as wanda can...

 

 

 

 

 to paint later...

 

 

 

 

 and THIS became an even bigger treasure than it already was.

JoAnna Pierotti has passed away (special artist and special human).

This was my very FIRST ART JOURNAL that I bought rather than make.

I wanted something extra SPECIAL because I was attending ART AND SOUL

4 day work shop with my sister Carolyn in southern California one year.

JoAnna had her mother draw a picture for her, then painted it and glued it onto a journal and finished it up with her magic. Her mother passed away on her return trip immediately after this. and many of you know our Carolyn has since left this earth, WELL...

 

 

 

to have a precious piece of JoAnna and writings inside about Carolyn's and my art journey together...

NO WORDS.

 

 

HAPPY WEEKEND FRIENDS

XOXO

ART JOURNAL FRIDAY

 I am taking the class ART ENTWINED

with Misty Mawn and this was her first gift before class even started, a prompt,

to make a plaster covered journal.

So I made a large and tiny one and am ecstatic over them and will wait to paint and glue in them, probably when class is over.

I have been so in sync with the tasks she's had us do, it's uncanny.

Plaster, inks with paint sticks from our surroundings, color studies, master studies...all of which I have been exploring just days before class opened!

and so...it is just an WONDERFUL added "take" on all these excercises, from Misty and I am loving it!

 

 

 

 

 and now on to the EXPLORATIONS in my ART JOURNALS...

they pretty much speak without my adding additional comments,

so here we go ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing you all a Happy Weekend with many

fun EXPLORATIONS!