….my imaginary fish
Sidewalk Cracks – Art Piece #2
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Sidewalk Crack Art #1
….thanks to Carla Sonheim for reintroducing the art of sidewalk cracks
Carla has once again offered a week of free lessons for kids of all ages. This week her lessons are focusing on the cracks we find in sidewalks and creating animals, creatures, people or anything else we see in these cracks. Try it, it’s fun.
Introducing Chef Lucky Ducky
Back into Collage
…another art project for the soul
Randomly gluing down bits of paper and then adding some marks is another very restorative way of making art. It started off as a way to patch up some pages in a sketchbook that I want to start using again. I took out pages that I didn’t like and discovered that I had to reinforce the front of the book if I didn’t want it to fall apart. Collaging the double spread with colourful bits of paper did the trick.
Art for the Soul
….after a very long hiatus
It seems like I haven’t made art for a long time. I feel like I want to do too much and something has to go by the wayside. Unfortunately that something has been my art. Currently I’ve been very busy with baking bread twice a week at Montgomery’s Inn, lawn bowling two nights a week, taking ukulele lessons and trying to practise between lessons, going downtown to the Women’s Art Association of Canada to work in the library and trying to get up to the cottage on weekends.
My father tries to be as independent as possible but there are times that I need to drive him to doctors’ appointments, grocery shopping and the bank. Fortunately my neighbour has returned from the hospital and I no longer have to go next door to feed her cat every day. I did that for seven weeks.
This weekend I stayed home to spend more time with my husband. Unfortunately our plans to go out together didn’t pan out because he came down with a bad head cold. I am very grateful to our daughter and daughter-in-law who invited me to go to the art gallery today. It was a fun afternoon. I’ll tell you more about that in another post.
On Friday, I opened my sketchbook and took a line drawing that I started earlier in the week and filled it in with colour. It was very therapeutic.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – 5+ Items
… thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
Do you have photos with five or more items? Time to go into the archives.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Threes
….thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
All Lined Up
….thanks to Judy for hosting the All Lined Up Photo Challenge
A special shout out to our son-in-law for the last photo of our granddaughter with the line of dipping sauces in front of her.
Vegetable Alphabet
….another Random Word Doodle
What to do With Old Paint Brushes
….I’ve been meaning to write about this for awhile now
Back in February or March I received a request to donate old unwanted paint brushes, spools of thread and old frames to the Women’s Art Association of Canada. A couple of very creative women had come up with an idea of how to use them as decorations for a major fundraiser that ran over 5 days in April.
I managed to attend the first evening and was delighted to see how Janet and Deniz had used the old brushes. Here are a few of their creations.
Mama Cormier 