Thursday, May 23, 2013

Art day!

I spent a lot of time "doing" art and took a 4 mile walk! (See my exercise blog post here, with pics!)

I made two ATC's for the WOYWW anniversary swap next week. I only made two. One for the regular swap and I think the other one is spoken for. Not sure I'm supposed to share them yet, so...

This is another ATC I'm working on. It's not for a particular swap, but just for one-on-one trading. I like this translucent look which I'll add text over. I may try to come up with several of this style.

 
It's similar to something I've done in my scripture journal. I may have found my style! :)

It's late, so I'll say adios for now! Peace upon you.


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

WOYWW?

Late getting here, but at least I made it, lol!

Just a few ATC's for the latest swap. I think I'm going to make a cute envelope for them out of a hymnal page or some other text. Gotta get them mailed tomorrow! (This is how your desk looks when your only tools are colored pencils, pens and watercolors!)


To the left...


I need to get into the Word more. I need fresh inspiration for my art and that's the direction I need to go!

Have fun trotting around the globe admiring desks! You can follow the links over at Julia's Stamping Ground! :D

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

My third swap...

I came across another interesting swap on ATC's for All. In this one you draw flowers using your non-dominant hand! I've done this before with faces, so I thought I'd give it a try. It's getting  late so I won't rattle on. Here they are!


Two of them are Israeli flowers and one is our state flower. The Lotus flower I came across in a bunch of flower images. Now to mail them off!

Shalom and good-night!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Played in my art room...

It was a good day! A great service at church, Subway, then a Sunday drive. The Sunday drive was rather sobering as we drove around the area 10 miles south of our town where a huge area was burned by wildfires. Many homes lost. The black, charred woods were a sad sight. They'll never be replaced in our lifetimes. But no lives were lost, which is a real blessing!

Once at home I spent a lot of time in my art room mostly organizing, looking through notebooks and sketchbooks and packing up some mail art for my ATC swap and my art buddy. Hopefully I'll make it to the post office before work tomorrow!


Here's a shot of my blurry ATC notebook. Ready to be filled with ATC's as I receive them!

 
Who watches from the bookshelves? ;)

 
 
I came across this page from my scripture journal which I had removed and stuck in a notebook. I placed it on the shelf as a reminder.
 
 
 
After playing in my art room I decided I'd better get in my 2 mile walk because it was clouding up. I almost got back home before it started sprinkling! I gathered some baby leaves and a crispy fall leaf so you could see how small the three sprigs of oak leaves in the middle are compared to a full sized leaf.
 
 
Later in the evening I finally watched The Hobbit! It was fantastic and I look forward to the next in the series. I had to watch on my computer because the DVD player didn't want to load it. It was actually better on the computer (with headphones) because our DVD player makes a lot of noise. I think Bob preferred to watch TV while I watched the movie anyway. (Not much of a movie buff...unless John Wayne is involved.)
 


Lastly, I posted this on Facebook. I need to work on my handwriting, but I love this scripture.


And now, 'tis very late, so I'll say goodnight...

...and shalom!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

A small bit of art on a lazy Saturday morning...

Just a little ATC to send to an art buddy...


And some lovely block prints from a beautiful little book...


 
 
 
 

It's a drizzly day here. We sure do need rain, but I may have to wear my yellow rain poncho if I go walking later!

Have a great day and much peace!

Friday, May 17, 2013

ATC's for Self-Portrait Swap...

Finally finished the ATC's for the Self-Portrait swap! They aren't due for another month, but I like the feeling of finishing an assignment! :)

I call this one "5k"...original, huh?


Remember, these are supposed to highlight one of my interests!

The title of this one is "The Wonder of Reading"...



They don't have to look like me. (That's the rule I made up!)

Another original title is "Zentangles"!

 
 
Last and least is "Scary Old Lady with Tinwhistle"...
 


It doesn't matter that I  haven't touched my tinwhistle in ages. I'd still LIKE to someday! My hubby says this doesn't look like me. He had BETTER say that, lol!

Anyhoo, I'm off to post these on the ATC site so I can find out where to mail them.

Have a great weekend and much shalom!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

WOYWW!


Thanks for dropping by to see what's up on my desk for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!
It's been a LONG day, so I haven't played at my desk today, but here's where I left it yesterday.
These are some ATC's I'm doing for the Self-Portrait swap at ATC's For All. They're supposed to show some of my interests, and hopefully don't have to actually look like me!

My desk...


and a close-up of the ATC's...


On my slant-top desk you'll find a sketchbook in which I'm jotting down some zentangle patterns...


It's late and I'm ex-HAUSTED, so I'll make this short and sweet as per Julia's instructions. You can find a list of more desks to visit at her blog called The Stamping Ground. Take a virtual world tour and have fun peering at desks! ;)

Shalom!