Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Glass

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

Wine Glass on the Beach

Glass Bird Feeder

Philip Beesley Glass Sculptures

Glass of Beer

Glass Windows on the ROM Addition

Abstract Art in Nature

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..start with a sunny day, find a rocky beach and zoom in on the water

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – August 24, 2018

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Which Way Photo Challenge

Signs, roads and walkways.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Sculptures, Statues and Carvings

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

This summer I’ve spent as much time as possible visiting art galleries, museums and gardens. The first group of photos are from the grounds surrounding the McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg. These amazing sculptures were created by Ivan Eyre.

The next set were taken at the AGO from the Rebecca Belmore show. Rebecca is an Anishinaabekwe artist who is known for her performance and installation work.

Chicken – 365 Days of Art

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….day 144

The assignment from Carla Sonheim this week was to find a photograph of a chicken and draw the outline with a black Sharpie and then with a finer marker make some detail marks and lastly take a pencil and add some shading. It was optional to add colour with some light coloured markers.

I think I will try this again but use lighter markers or no colour at all.

Developing More Characters

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….days 141 to 143 of 365 Days of Art

Over the long weekend I was totally engrossed in creating these collage characters made from art papers. The first thing I had to do was create more art paper because I had left my collage papers at home. Out came the watercolour paper and my watercolour set and I went to town.

Once they dried I cut out random shapes in different sizes and then I started to play. Here are three more ‘characters’ that I created from the cut out shapes.

Character Development – Collage Bird

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 140 of 365 Days of Art

Over the long weekend I worked on Carla Sonheim’s assignment, Character Development. We had to take art papers and cut them up into random shapes….large, medium and small. Then the fun began.

I looked at all the pieces and looked for shapes to create an animal. The idea here was not to go with the first creation but continue to move pieces around and change them until you saw something that you really liked. Here is my little bird, duck, chicken going through different stages.

…..here is my final bird

Shiver Me Timbits

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….Day 139 of 365 Days of Art

My granddaughter picks up language so quickly and sometimes she takes expressions and changes them for her amusement. I guess she must have heard the saying ‘shiver me timbers’ and she changed it to ‘shiver me Timbits’. For those of you who aren’t Canadian a Timbit is a small round doughnut or doughnut hole sold at the Tim Horton’s Coffee chain.

I took her expression and attempted to draw a box of ‘cold, shivering Timbits’.

Share Your World – July 23, 2018

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Cee for hosting Share Your World

In regards to puzzle what’s your choice: jigsaw, crossword, word search, mazes, logic or numeric puzzles, something else, or nothing?

My favourite puzzle is Sudoku.

List at least five favorite treats and it doesn’t necessarily have to be food.

I like to treat myself to the following:

A premium ice-cream in a cup

A manicure and pedicure

A good movie

An evening out with friends

A nice glass of wine with my husband

A piece of torte with my father (he loves his cake)

A slice of freshly baked bread slathered with butter

What is your favorite type of dog? (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie)

My favourite dog is hands down a golden retriever. I’ve owned two in my lifetime. We now have a mutt who is definitely my husband’s dog. He’s always said that the goldens were my dogs and Frances is his. (Scully is 15 years old in this photo and Frances is going on 12)

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.

This was a very special week because my son was visiting from London, England. There was a lot of eating and drinking, touring museums and art galleries, visiting his sister in Hamilton and attending a rugby game.

At the AGO