Recent Photos and Project Updates

There are a number of things going on in the garden this time of year besides just the planting and transplanting.

In case you were wondering what I was working on at the paint party I've got photos of the iris that I had started painting that day.

After the party I went back to working on it in the house.

My sisters were more interested in repainting some of the birdhouses which was a good idea on their  part because it was a windy day and their projects weren't blowing in the wind like mine was.

I ended up bringing in some of the flowers so that I could finish the painting in the house.

Masks may not be needed in windy, outdoor conditions but we feel that wearing them is a good habit to get into.

I'm still redesigning the furniture arrangement for correct social distancing so that future visitors can be happy, safe and comfortable as well.

I was very happy to see how well this old landscape painting of mine looked printed on a mask. This style should be great for any outdoor event. Don't you agree? The placement of the center tree and the lake give you somewhere to focus on what would be the nose and mouth.

My Art on Masks and a Social Distanced Painting Play Day in the Garden

 I don't often get in these pictures because I'm usually the one shooting them. That's me in the turquoise mask. I designed this mask especially to go with it, a blue, and a purple dress that I have.

You may remember it a few posts back as one of the paintings I did to use for scarf and necktie designs. 

For the mask I reduced the image and mirror imaged it. Can you see the similarities in the design now.

This mask was made from a landscape painting that I did back in the 1980's or 90's when I was teaching that Bob Ross style big brush painting. What we like about using it on a mask is that one
of the trees goes over the nose and gives you somewhere to focus when talking to the other person.

Now, back to the fun.

Because it was a windy day we didn't worry about putting the tables quite as far apart as we could have but there is more than room enough to do that here.

Some of us were doing bird houses and I was trying to get a small painting of  Iris done before the Iris stop blooming.