TONY Quilt

Just finished this. I worked on this small (11x11") piece for the DVD (coming to stores near you in early 2007!) This is Tony, friend of Bill and Kat. I outlined him in shiny beads--fancies him up a bit. (I teach this painting technique in my Art Quilt class too.)


P.S. I've looked on line for an art quilt flickr group and haven't found one. If you know of one, let me know, OR, if I start one, would you post your art quilts?

He sees me while I'm sleeping!

Sketchcrawl today at Lori's with her lovely home all decorated for Christmas. I couldn't resist drawing some of her Santas, including the EVIL one!
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BeBop

BeBop. Two of the drawings were done while he was napping, but he kept moving so I drew the one on the right from a photo, which I don't normally like to do. BeBop is a beautiful cat. He was found, when he was a day old, with his feral brothers and sisters, and hand raised by a cat lover. I got him when he was 8 weeks old. His front paws appear to have a french manicure, and he has the most beautiful tail. Obviously he had a Siamese Dad. He's a sweet, nervous little guy, but loves to be around people.
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Baby Clothes Project

I was asked to embellish a baby outfit for possible inclusion in a book. Here's a closeup of the finished work. I dyed the white outfit cut a rubber stamp, made a stencil, applied color, then hand stitched the print and the hems. See Baby Clothes Project for the process photos. I think it's pretty cute.

buddy face

I could barely get his little face drawn before he squirmed to another position. This is the size of a postage stamp. I'll try and draw BeBop tonite, so he gets equal time.
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Leaves. I love leaves.

The rain we had didn't wash away all the autumn leaves. Husb brought these leaves home because he was going to paint them, but I drew them first. The individual spiney red/green leaves would make a good logo or pattern.
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A 'real' Picasso!

Here's one of the images I showed the kids, it's from Picasso's Cubism period.

In process. 3rd grader does Picasso

I showed the kids images from Picasso's Cubism period (that would be 1909-1912) and then had them draw a piece of fruit (I'm really getting the full benefit of that artificial fruit!) and add color with oil pastels on the 1/4 sheet of paper I provided. Next, they cut the paper, rearranged and glued it to a larger paper. They then used the same technique on with three other fruits, and glued them all to a sheet of paper. [This student will add a background color to his little pear painting, then cut the paper into sections to paste on the larger sheet.]

third graders and Picasso

The completed Picasso-inspired artwork (by a 3rd grader)

Picasso-inspired art. By a third grader

our christmas tree

It's kind of a charlie brown christmas tree this year, but it's full of memory-laden ornaments. Notice the crepe paper santa on top of the tree--it's the one my dad made years ago (and it's featured our our christmas card this year.)
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10 north, an artists' group

I'm in a group of artists called 10 North (10 women from North County) and we've been together since 1993. We show our art work, and meet monthly, discussing art and life. We are indeed sister/friends. Last night we met at my house for a Christmas potluck and ornament exchange and as usual had a great time with lots of laughs.

It's starting to feel a little like christmas

We've decorated our house and little christmas tree. We usually have 3 small trees (like 3 feet tall) but this year we have just one. Buddy is a rambuctious kitten and we're afraid he'll take a running leap and jump on the tree! He's seen here resting, after chasing BeBop through the house all morning.
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secret breakfast

I drew this morning's breakfast VERY quickly, because I wanted to eat it! It was delicious. I love this polka-dot plate! Pamela and I found two of them for sale for $2.99 and we each bought one. Please don't tell me doctor about this breakfast! He's prescribed cholestrol-lowering meds for me....
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BeBop by Janey on the SE Coast!

Janey has honored me yet again with a portrait of my little BeBop. As she says on her blog, she has indeed captured his aura. What a gift Janey has given me...Artists are generous and compassionate souls.
Thank you Janey!

UPDATE: You can have Janey draw your animal, and then you can buy a print from her for a very reasonable price. Check her online shop here.

BeBop

Buddy!!!

Look what Florida Janey did!! She painted this FABULOUS portrait of my Buddy. I LOVE it!! Thank you Janey!! This little portrait makes me sooo happy! and here's Janey's blog

orangepapers and fruit stickers

Peter Pen turned me on to a flickr group that posts fruit stickers and now I'm addicted to collecting them.
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more pomegrantes!

A student came to my studio today to take pics of my creative process and some of my work. I did this quickly for her photo shoot, then I ate the pears!
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