"Message in a Bottle"...

 i started with spray paint for the bottom layer,

my favorite way to start.

there is probably one teensy portion of that left peeking through

 

 

 

 

 up close...butterfly wing

 

 

 

 

 sideways shot up close

 

 

 

 

 more up close...

this quote applies to so many of we women!

 

 

 

 

 dragonfly wings with script

 

 

 

 

 the colors above this photo are the very truest..

materials: fabric, tissue paper, finger painting,

palette knife painting, sponge brushes and regular ones ;)

computer generated script

24" X 36" X 1 1/2" Deep

 

 

 

 

 for a solid year, i had been working on my nephew's guitar...

 

 

 

 

 this was a daunting task for me, honestly...

it took such great patience drying and painting all sides...

 

 

 

 

 

 i will never attempt this again...

 

 

 

 

 there are little squares like this all over the front

(this is very up close)

 

 

 

 

 close up of the little skunk...

 

 

 

 

the back is by far my favorite, and joey's too...

and he said he loves it, i have to believe him...

this just about sent me over the edge at times.

 

Man, it is summer time...I've barely been here obviously and it will probably be another while till i return!

i hope you of you, my dear friends are enjoying your times together, when life seems so much freer and sunny smiles

(except for the friends in other parts of the country where it is not summer)

i wish you sunny smiles and time with friends and family as well!

 

CHEERS MY BUDDIES! 



JUNE ART WALK in Auburn, Northern California---oh SUMMER DAYS...

 the AUBURN ART WALK is coming up this Thursday...

 

 

 

 

 so i started a count down on face book yesterday...

 

 

 

 

 showing what will be available...

 

 

 

 

 taking great Giant Steps to join in more...

 

 

 

 

 i worked on finishing this last night...
i placed this FOR SALE on pinterest...

 

 

 

 

 ever so glad to find the words...

the substrate is a book cover,

made plaster to cover burlap.

then knitted some rustic fibers at the bottom, and

added the beads last night with chain to hang ;)

 

 

 

 

it's 105 here today but our miniature roses are not wilting,

they love it!

and I've been in the swimming hole almost the entire day...

HAPPY WEEKENDER FRIENDS!

 

 

XOXO

PLAY EVERY DAY!!!

 PIECES OF ME

showing you...

 

 

 

 in my FULL CIRCLE journal...

 

 

 

 i put her, Carolyn, right in the middle of "my girls"

today, for this post.

it's been an entire year since this sisters' been gone.

but it seems like just a few days ago.

i have had a lot of tears today, but there is such

JOY in my heart...

where she sits...

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE!

 

 

 

 this is the left side of my

HEALING painting today..

 

 

 

 this is the right side of HEALING...

 

 

 

it's a journey WITH that girl,

it's not alone, ever.

i have been so very blessed and gifted with

such wonderful friends that have touched my life

and that continue to do so,

each and every day.

some of you are right here right now...

i love you, and i thank you DEEPLY.

(insert a heart and musical note)

 

 

 

 this is in the very same journal...

 

 

 

 

no matter where i am or who i am with...there is always,

always time to PLAY...it's an essential part of all my days...

even if that means just sharing a good laugh with someone...

i love this quote:

 

"LAUGHTER CAN BE A VACATION!"

 

 

i treasure your visits,

i treasure your thoughts and words,

i treasure you, even when you don't leave a post.

 

THANK YOU ALL

for any check-ins ;)

wanda

xoxo



TODAY IN MY JOURNAL...

SPECIAL PLACES

 Feeling so wistful one day...

 

 

 

 it had been 3 days, after, all since holding my brushes...

 

 

 

so I headed for my FULL CIRCLE JOURNAL...

 

 

 and layed down tissue paper over the top of some partially prepped page

and began to paint...

 

 

 

 yesterday I went with our daughter, and son in law to HIGH HAND NURSERY!

THIS is such a special place nearby...

Everything that is INSIDE is in the old fruit packing sheds...

everything OUTSIDE is one of the most beautiful nurseries you've ever laid eyes on...

and then there is a conservatory for eating, inside or out with the best food in the land...most of which come from their gardens!

 

 

 

 this is the TIN THIMBLE...it holds the most wondrous fiber and cloth...

and...they have the coolest classes on hand dying silk and many other kinds...

 

 

 

 this is a darling make-shift cupboard,

just FULL of blank canvas' ;)

the kind of place you'd like to accidently get locked inside for the evening!

 

 

 

this is one of the wine marts nearby. this is WHY we were visiting...

our friend Kermit just opened his own mixed media PAINTING GALLERY!

and I didn't take a picture of any of that...

we were all so engaged at the wonder of things...

DON'T YA' JUST LOVE WHEN THAT HAPPENS?!

LITTLE SAIL BOATS

 as this piece took all it's turns and changes...

while painting and adding tissue pattern and

various ephemera...then stepping back...

Eureka...this just needs a little sail boat sitting on the ledge!!!

My friend Yael from Israel, sent me a box one day...full of "BEACHY" finds.

ergo the seed pod for the bottom of the boat and the rusty wires hanging off the very end of the box.

 

 

 

 photo transfer of a sailboat...i HAD to have a bit of blue in this painting ;)

 

 

 

 this shows the entire piece

the substrate is the end of a wooden box that we had turned into a plant holder

and then the box finally fell apart after all the watering.

but then...my husband said, "i suppose you'd like to save this and paint on it?"

with a big smile on his face, he gingerly took it apart for me and started to take out the nails...

NO NO NO...part of the charm ;)

 

 

 

a close-up; painted burlap, a knitting sweater pattern with directions. tissue paper pattern piece,

paint and i had to add "M" birds of course.

 

 

HAPPY SAILING THIS WEEKEND FRIENDS...

wherever that may be!
  P.S.
it reads;

"make your own day...
make your own way...
set your own sails..."

ANCIENT WALLS

 i've been down with bad health...so i have been away from BLOGLANDIA...

on the mend Now...

but never deserting my art loves, even if i could make but one stroke in one day...

they all count...they all add up, and often times it's better to go slow...

whether your choice or not, hmm...

 

 

 

 there are so many layers buried within these walls, it might almost

make ancient walls authentic ;) here

 

 

 

 i CAN remember putting down, cheese cloth, plaster, ribbon and even beads...

 

 

 

 i photo transferred this onto my canvas...

it's from a very special trip to Panama...

 

 

 

 a photo transfer from Africa...alas!

i was not there...but feel like i COULD have been when i

delve into this painting ;)

 

 

 

 there is a thick strip of  some thing i placed,

where you can see it in the middle here?

 

 

 

top left hand: beads, ribbon and hand sewing...

 

 

i haven't decided on it's title yet...but they always come...

 

 

and NOW...off to visit my favorite blogs...

COLFAX CALIFORNIA ARTWALK

 just delivered 4 pieces

 

 

 

 you may have seen them before...

 

 

 

 my barrel stave mixed media paintings

 

 

 

 they are ever so FUN to create...

 

 

 

 and so very fun to see people's expressions...

 

 

 

 they have little bonus' like feathers

 

 

 

 words, and steel painted flowers!

 

 

 

 this is the last piece...

 

 

 

GRATEFUL to all the people that enter my life...

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!