….of the feathery kind
Kevin named this drawing Mommy Bird, Daddy Bird and Winnie Bird. Our granddaughter loved this drawing and her comments were:
“Little Winnie owl……awww!”
“She’s so cutie.”
It’s a Family Affair
4
Category Archives: Art
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Black and White
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
“Is it a Choo Choo Squirrel?”
…..a what????
I find it fascinating what goes through the mind of a three year old. This drawing was meant to be a cat but I guess if you look at the background as being a tail it could be a squirrel. Where the ‘Choo, Choo’ comes in is beyond me.
There are days when I feel just like this ‘cat’; confused and bewildered by the state of the world.
Monster Monday – January 21, 2019
….today’s comment from Winnie…..”too silly monster”
This is How I Feel Before My Morning Coffee
….thanks again to my husband for his brilliant drawings
Art at Montgomery’s Inn
….the new art season at Montgomery’s Inn has begun
Now that the renovations at the inn are 95% complete they are able to host art exhibitions in the Briarly Room once more. Just over two weeks ago I helped curate and install the art work of Shannon McManus.
Shannon is an abstract painter who uses different mediums on Terraskin and Yupo papers. In her artist statement she describes her work thusly: My abstract paintings depict visions of a natural world largely untouched by humankind. They portray the alchemic reactions inherent in stone, water, and earth; in decay, germination, migration and transformation.
Ten days after the installation the inn hosted the opening reception for Shannon’s show. It was very well received and close to 100 people showed up.
Shannon is on the left side of the previous photo.
Last April, Shannon was invited to display her work in China.
If you’d like to see Shannon’s work first hand you can still catch it at Montgomery’s Inn until March. For more information about Shannon and her art go her website here.
It’s Fishy Friday
…every Friday my husband draws a fish to send to our granddaughter
Here is this week’s creation.
When I posted this Winnie hadn’t seen it yet so I can’t share her reaction but when she saw the following picture she declared it was an Owl Monster.
Having Fun With Collage
….turns out I have another week before the next lesson
I thought I would never be able to get all eight of my collage pages that Carla Sonheim assigned us to do before the next lesson. Well there was no new lesson this week because the lessons happen every two weeks. That’s probably why we’re given so many projects to do. There is, however, no pressure to do all of them but since I have the time now I went back to my sketch book and completed my fourth piece.
This one started with a stone monolith and I added an owl face from an Inuit artist named Laakuluk Williamson Bathory. I didn’t know where to go with this piece until I found a picture of a large snake. I decided to make this one fun so I added some speech balloons and small critters reacting to the snake.
More Interesting Characters
….not sure if our granddaughter has seen these yet
My husband doesn’t always share his drawings with me but when he does I download them into my ‘Photos’. I know that tomorrow is suppose to be ‘Fishy Friday’ but I’m not sure if that’s happening. If it does I’ll make sure to pass it on to those of you who enjoy his work.
These three entries are a dog, a mouse and a bird. Not as colourful or quirky as some of his drawings but fun nonetheless.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Yellow and Blue
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
I had lots of photos of yellow and lots of photos of blue but the two colours together proved challenging.
