Books, Boxes and my Daily Challenge

This morning I went to Craft Circle at Church.  The speaker was Claudia Squio, Colorwayarts.  Pop over and take a peak at her wonderful books and boxes.  I am inspired to make a few boxes... she had my head swimming with ideas.  She teaches too.

And my daily challenge.  I was tempted to start on a box when I got home but discipline... I had to get a daily done.  Today I played with mixed media, an abstract piece and an even piece for the weekly challenge.  This is Two plus Two...

It's 8 x 8 mounted on a cradle that is 1 3/4 inches deep.  Now I'm going to go play, maybe a box for my embroidery stuff.

Wine About Winter & My Daily

First, the daily... I am slowly putting away Christmas and these crab apples seemed a good candidate for the Even Challenge over at Daily Paintworks and my daily painting.

The rest of my day was spent judging Wine About Winter entries with Colleen Rockey and Bette DelVecchio.  We saw a lot of art, all of it good though as always some were better than others.  We had a hard time narrowing it down to the winners but we managed. 

If you are local, come on downtown Friday evening for Wine About Winter, taste a variety of wines and see some good art.  It's always a fun evening.  Stop by the Coast Guard Festival Office and see what I'm showing.  I'll be there most of the evening along with some of my nautical works.

Day Two & A Challenge

Here's a tiny piece I did at the Library today, it's the day Tuesday Painters meet.  I also accepted the Daily Painters Challenge... Even.  Good design usually includes an uneven number of images,  the challenge was to use an even number.  I did four leaves.  It's a tiny piece, just 2x2.  I may add it to a note card.

Day One of Daily Paintworks

Here's my first daily for 2018...

No Resolutions, Just A Word

This years word is "Daily."  And to help me remember it, I've joined the Daily Paintworks site.  I'm not going to start posting until next week; I still have a bit to learn about how to use the site.  Meanwhile, I am still doing a bit of work in my sketchbook and this is the latest....

I like the pears and strawberries, not crazy about the background.  May have to try this again   

Tuesday Painters

This time a drawing, never got to the painting part.  We spent too much time talking.

 

And the photo is not good, this is just graphite line on white drawing paper, no shading.  I may go further with it; then again, maybe not.  It's time to think about putting all of the Christmas away.  I hate putting it away.  Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, I love seeing all of the decorations and lights.  Everything is so festive... and calm at the same time.  A time for reflection.

 

It's a time when I look back at the year that has been and begin to think about what 2018 will bring.  I'm looking forward to a terrific 2018.  And though it's late... a wish for all of you...

 

Finished....

It's finished and in place

Now to do something about cards