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...

SERENDIPITY and JOYFUL SURPRISES...

 some newer news

and work...

WRITING WITH A 

FOUNTAIN PEN (I love)

on 

old black grungy paper

from and old grungy photo album

found at the Goodwill!

 Then I took lots of photos of these

I changed some on our "computer photography" thingy

 I was creating them for a specific few projects.

But like all good surprises,

I have already used them in other projects, before even reaching the intended ones.

I 

LOVE

when that happens!

I'll try to dig up where I used them and show you later.

 I am hoping not to bore anyone to tears,

but...

in having to search for baby pics of our one and only...

I thought I'd post these few and then share a few things that happened while and after the search.

This is our Erin Lea.

We adopted her as a newborn. 

YEAH...miracles do happen.

She's going to be 34 when she has her own baby in January. 

That is the exact age I was when we adopted her.

I love serendipity!

.

 This is her backside and Bambi, whilst camping at Shasta Lake, California.

She has been an

absolute

JOY

in our entire family.

 An added tidbit:

After searching and sending the photos off to her friend, I painted this little face.

It looks nothing like her.

Though,

I am constantly amazed at how much we are influenced by our own selves, putting our heart and souls into our work, eh?

People talk about this all the time...and then 

BAM

there it is 

right in front of me.

I 

LOVE

that!

When I finished this,

I

did

not

like

it 

one bit. 

When I found it by accident today...

I 

LOVED 

it!

What the heck...I didn't even remember painting her, it was a couple of weeks ago.

And 

I

LOVE

that!

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND FRIENDS!

IT'S A TUESDAY...

 Today I played while my large paintings were drying...

I experimented with collage paper

and 

FW INKS.

I decided to make book marks.

I found out what I like and don't like.

In the meantime I have some little gifts to give.

AUTUMN COLORS...

 Oh why oh why

couldn't I find

that

one

bottle of Q?

Well...duh!

 I had a hankerin'

for some hot wax...

and so...

And

I hadn't painted a face in awhile...

so I pulled her off yesterday.

I see an 

UNINTENTIONAL

series of red and orange going on here!

Must be the season.

OH YES.

I MIGHT BE BACK...

 I feel like I should have something so

DRAMATIC here,

on my return.

Thank you Katherine Jeanne Wood for that xo

So, instead...

I posted this cute funny book

I purchased 

for a brand new 

BABY GIRL,

our first grandchild ever.

Venna Sloane is supposed to enter

our stinkin' world around January 8.

BIG NEWS

HAPPY NEWS

MIRACULOUS NEWS

for us.

This photo explains

the new season we've entered 

around here.

The leaves are turning those grand fall colors.

The evenings are trying to cool down...

Today is 89 degrees...wow, so changing mother nature can be!

Soon it might really be autumn...we'll see.

In the meantime...this felt like a whole new universe to me. And i'm hoping to be able to re-enter again, into my little blog world.

I am also on Tumblr, I had to find somewhere to put my art work memories and see it in print.

The address there is On the Edge of my World. Or;
wandamariearchive.tumblr.com/

FLY LIKE THE WIND FRIENDS