Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Yellow and Blue
Labels:garden, painting, art
flowers,
pencil drawings
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Day of Sunflower Paintings
All set up and ready to start. |
The ideas keep coming... |
Labels:garden, painting, art
acrylic painting,
studio space,
sunflowers
Monday, August 29, 2011
Altered Sunflower Photos
I love to collaborate on photo effects with my husband. We used to have a regular dark room years ago but are doing it all digital these days. In this case I grew the flower and took the original photo and Doug took it from there as we discussed the changes along the way. I'm seeing a LOT of possibilities for inspiration from these when the last Sunflower dies.
Labels:garden, painting, art
altered photos,
sunflower
Photos of the last Sunflower
Labels:garden, painting, art
Photoraphy,
sunflower
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Outgoing Mail
Here's a little drawing I did on the corner of an envelope I was sending to a friend. I've been sorting through the rest of my art supplies and trying to organize my work space. I'm hoping to start several new projects and finish up some old ones as soon as I get a bit of sleep. Keep reading and watching...there will be new work soon.
Labels:garden, painting, art
letter writing,
pen and ink,
pencil drawing
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Butterfly House, Birdhouses and yesterdays watercolors
I repainted the roof to the butterfly house, (Minnesota weather isn't kind to things like this and it's been out there for years.) |
Yes, this arbor is a pretty busy place and I like to think that it brightens up the neighborhood a bit. |
I was pretty surprised to see how well the new flowers I painted on it matched up when we put it back together. |
I forgot to add this photo to yesterdays post. I had wet and salted watercolors EVERYWHERE ! |
Labels:garden, painting, art
Bird houses,
Butterfly house,
watercolors
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
A Pinch Of Salt
Labels:garden, painting, art
Salt,
watercolor painting
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Watercolor Morning
Here's something I haven't tried in YEARS. ( I usually do landscapes and florals) |
This was a card and envelope set I painted to write to an old friend. |
Labels:garden, painting, art
letter writing,
portrait painting,
watercolor painting
Monday, August 22, 2011
Power Iris
Here's where I've finished with it for now but who knows what will happen to it next time the mood strikes. There's a lot going on in the painting because there's a lot going on in my life these days. It's one and the same, the art and me...at least with this project...
Labels:garden, painting, art
acrylic painting,
Iris
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Purple Project
Labels:garden, painting, art
acrylic painting,
Iris
Friday, August 19, 2011
Art Recycle Challenge Painted boxes into other projects
I almost sold one of the boxes once but the buyer complained that it clashed with something in her room. I still laugh when I think of it because my work is NOT something that you buy to blend in with your decor and I wasn't willing to compromise the concept of the piece by repainting some of the panels to match her place just to make a sale. I'm glad I kept it now because it gives me a variety of artwork in one place that can be used a number of ways. I store things in the box itself but dumped them out today so that I could put it on the scanner and use the designs on a numbr of different projects that you'll find at http://www.zazzle.com/julia_art* |
Labels:garden, painting, art
art projects,
julia_art,
painted boxes,
recycling,
zazzle
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Back at it again...
Now that the sunflowers are blooming I can get back to work on this painting. Judging from the flowers on the table I think I'm on the right track, don't you? It will be easier to tell in the morning light but I think I'm about done with this. What do you think? I might change the background a bit...or not...
Labels:garden, painting, art
acrylic painting,
sunflowers
Sunflowers and Painted furniture
I don't have very many sunflowers this year (just 4 or 5 volunteers from last year) but I was really happy to find them blooming today. I'm starting with acrylics and who knows where they'll go from there...
Labels:garden, painting, art
Painted Chair,
painted furniture,
sunflowers
Storage and display ideas for Art
I was hanging up as many of the paintings as I can to avoid the damage you get when they're just sitting around or stacked anywhere. |
I decided to use that last little bit of wallspace to mount this magazine rack that I'd painted and it holds all of the 8x10 inch canvas panels that I'm in the process of doing paintings on. |
This was an old magazine rack and an assorment of old wooden cut outs. The trim on the top is actually a row of hearts with the thin ones peeking over the back and the large one mounted on the front. |
Labels:garden, painting, art
organizing,
painted furniture,
storage
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Today's Garden Photos and Fun with Watercolors
Labels:garden, painting, art
flowers,
gardening,
photography,
sunflowers,
watercolor painting
Monday, August 15, 2011
A bit of fun in the mail to brighten your day
This card contains bits of a card from a friend, a photo of flowers from my garden, a picture from some note paper and a bit of pen, ink and pencil. We find it kind of fun to write back and forth and keep adding things until the cards (or art, depending on how you look at things) get too thick and heavy to drop into envelopes to mail. This one is starting to get pretty interesting...and it's an idea that you and your friends might enjoy too.
Labels:garden, painting, art
mail,
note cards,
scrapbook projects
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Scrap lumber art for the garden
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Can you believe this was a 2x4 yesterday? We had an extra one laying around but you could go shopping and build a planter box like this for about $3.00. I painted it this way because it's going out by the roses and will be filled with daisies and there's no good reason for the trim except that I like to do it, it's fun and I think of it like quilting with paint.
Labels:garden, painting, art
Roses,
scrap crafts,
scrap lumber
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