Some Teeny Tiny Art

Often when I’m working on a piece that just isn’t coming together I find little snippets that I like.  This little owl is one of them.  They are always between 2 and 3 inches square.  Here are a few more that came out of last week’s marathon session…

 

These will likely end up on notecards which will sell for $5.00 each.

More of the Monoprints

 

These are the other monoprints that were done, ready for adding the other elements that will make them mixed media pieces.  The Artisans Gallery above is a favorite subject of mine and I’ve done it in watercolor, monotype, monoprint and acrylic.  When it’s done it will be one more version.

Here are the others…another conch cottage

and a church on Marathon Key

There were a couple more but for some reason they are not showing up on my computer.  So you can be surprised when they appear with the finished works.

More Retreat Work

This is another one that is ready to be mounted on a wood panel.  I did the monoprinting part of 8 works but only have four that are ready to be mounted.  Here are the other three….

Still more to come but scanning isn’t done.

Some Daily Sketches

I’m back from an Art Retreat in Harbor Springs, Michigan.  It was a productive week for me, lots of new work and several starts completed. 

I still have to photograph and scan most of the work; however, I did get some photos of the morning sketches.  Every morning started with a daily reading, morning journaling and then a sketch.  The Spider Wart was Sunday morning, before I left. That one is already gone to a new home.  The rest you can see here….

That last one is the top of the fridge….

That’s all I can show you now,  As soon as I get the others scanned or photographed I’ll share.

Sketchbook Inspiration

I’m still doing Valri’s challenge and had an aha moment in the process.  I love to draw and often do the drawing first before painting; however, having done a very careful drawing, I end up being too tight when I paint. 

When I started doing the poured paintings I thought I had the answer; however, being a master at being a Jack of All trades and masking fluid having a shelf life, when I finally got to painting my masking fluid was too gummy.  The only answer was to buy it fresh when I was going to paint.  That has other complications but it’s doable.  If you’re not a regular follower, here’s an example of one of my poured pieces,

carefully drawn and then mask and pour the paint so it isn’t tight.

With the challenges I’ve been doing them in a handmade sketchbook made from junk papers that I’ve used to mop up paint or clean a brush or roller when making monoprints or monotypes.  Since the paper was already marked up with paint I could do a careful drawing and not worry about how I painted it.  The result is a loose look that I like very much.  So, the AHA moment – why not put some marks down on a larger sheet and do the same thing.

Next week I’ll be in Harbor Springs, one of my two annual art retreats with my friend Terry.  She doesn’t have a web presence for her art so I can’t provide a link.  However, I can tell you she is an excellent pastelist.

I’ll post the results of my week when I get back – good or bad.

Discoveries

More sorting and reorganizing in the studio and this is one of 4 sketches I found that I had forgotten about.  It’s from our trip to England back in ‘98.  I love the sketches’ have to figure out what to do with them.

Here are the other three….

 

For now I think they’ll live on one of the walls in the studio.

More Challenge Images

I have no idea what kind of fish this guy is but I sure do love all of his wavy lines and colors.  A couple more from the fish challenge,..

This one was just there in the tea bag…

And the last  day I did two on the page, the bottom one I planned to do, the top one was just there.

I may flush him out later but for now, it’s on to the next challenge, Pigs.