Mama Cormier

…. my journey to a healthy life, making new memories and so much more

I’m a Fan of….#33….the ROM

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Jez for hosting Fan of Challenge

The ROM is the Royal Ontario Museum located in downtown Toronto. I’ve been a member for several years and whenever I’m in the area I like to drop in and see what’s new. Recently I went to to see the Treasures of a Desert Kingdom.

The jewellery in this collection was quite amazing.

Amassed over the course of nearly four centuries, these treasures reflect the history and artistic legacy of the Rathore dynasty, one of the longest continuous royal lineages in the world, that ruled this desert kingdom until India’s independence in 1947. (Copied from the ROM website)

Unfortunately the show ended September 2. I was hoping to return and spend more time in the gallery.

Adding Collage to Crazy Flowers

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….lesson 4 and 5 of Carla Sonheim’s ‘Flower Crazy 2’ class

In the next two lessons we were encouraged to make some abstract flower shapes on Swedish tissue paper using water colour and chalk markers. I didn’t have Swedish tissue so I used a tissue like Japanese paper that I had on hand. Here are the flowers I created, first with the chalk markers and then the watercolour paints.

Then using some of the techniques learned so far I created a new abstract floral painting and layered the collage pieces on top using a mat gel medium. Once the medium was dry I added some shading using pencil and highlighted area with white ink.

New Flower (Sept. 21, 2019) – Giant Pink Hibiscus

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A Photo a Week Challenge – Stacked

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week Challenge

Which Way Photo Challenge – Week of Sept. 20, 2019

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Alive and Trekking for hosting the Which Way Photo Challenge

Why Your Carrots Need to be Separated

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….when they first come up through the ground

Today I pulled the carrots from our garden. They were certainly an interesting collection of sizes and shapes. I think our raised garden beds need to be higher and separating the seedlings at the beginning of the summer would have been beneficial to producing more normal shaped carrots.

Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Electric

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Snow for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge

Electric Guitar

Electric Lights

Distorted City Lights

Electric Scooter

Electrical Box

Battery Operated Electric Lanterns

Electric Car

New Flower (Sept. 20, 2019) – Pink and White Mum

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New Flower (Sept. 19, 2019) – Coral Zinnia

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Five Small Paintings

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….in lesson three after making stamps from a kneadable eraser

After playing with my homemade stamp I proceeded to create a bunch of small paintings using all the techniques taught by Carla Sonheim in Crazy Flowers 2, up to this point; watercolour scraping, abstract flowers using a Pilot Pen, mark making with unusual tools and stamps made from a kneadable eraser.

The lesson only wanted three paintings but I got a little carried away and did five. The first on is a bit busy but I quite like the rest.