Red Tape

Hammered

Have you ever hammered a few flowers?  They make interesting ghost images on a journal page.  Here are a couple pages where I tried this technique. 

How to:  Clip a few flowers (keep stems in water till ready to use).  Take a folded section of newspaper for your work space and lay your paper on top.  Lay front of bloom flat on your paper (watercolor paper is the best, but I just used my regular journal page, here). Cover bloom with paper towel, and gently tap all around with a hammer.  You will see the paper towel darken with color.  Peek under towel, before removing, and check to see if color seems to be transferring.  If not, tap a little more.  Remove paper towel, and flower bits...you may need a toothpick or tweezers if they stick. 

I labeled the flowers I used here, so you could see what worked well.   What flowers do you have in your yard today?

Both pages are white...not sure what the green and yellow casts are.  Couldn't remove it!

......easy and fun!

  

Weekend Downeasters

Erin and I took a mini trip to Maine for the weekend.  We stayed outside Camden, right along Penobscot Bay, in a gorgeous little cabin, which was part of a larger resort.  The weather cooperated nicely and we had such a fun time exploring Camden, Rockland, Rockport and Belfast.  Lots of things to do and see.  As you can tell, by the photos, my eye tends toward the fun 'kitsch' often found in coastal towns.  I just find the quirky things people put out there, to draw attention, fascinating.  Various tin structures seemed to be the most prevalent choice for Mainer's expressions.  I can't keep such gems to myself, so here you go....

..........ay yup!

Baby Hummer Rescue

I have been patiently waiting, in my corner of the Northeast, for the hummingbirds to return.  I have a bunch of the flighty little fellows that entertain me on a regular basis, when in town.

In the meantime, my sister sent me the most incredible video of a baby hummer that fell from his nest and was injured.  Cooperation between people and his mother, nursed him back to health.  This is an amazing video...hope you have time to watch it!  

.......don't you just love a happy ending?!

Schoolwork Is To Blame

It's not that I am not doing art these days, it's just that most of what I am doing revolves around getting things ready for art classes at school.  Lots of samples and step outs needed, so the kids can see how to break down the process.  This week, we did monthly calendars in their art journals.  Here is a portion of a page where I sketched a giraffe for them.

......even if it's elementary art, it's art!

 

Happy Easter!

I gave a quick look at what I was working on in the last post.  Here is the finished project.  The idea was to doodle on brown paper wrap, but I had a gift bag I needed to spruce up for an Easter gift, so I used that instead.  I like how the brown kraft paper looks next to spring colors.  Same bag....two views.

.....and on the Easter front......He is Risen!!

   

A Little Spring Color

Working on something new and fun. After watching this video, I decided to give this a bit of a try.  Here are parts....will post the end result when I finish it.

 
 
  

.....happy doodling!