Awakening the Plants

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to WordPress for this week’s WPC ‘awakening’

Here in the northern hemisphere spring arrived a couple of weeks ago but the awakening of new growth has been slow due to the unusually cold weather. Today in Hamilton my granddaughter and I played in the backyard and even though the sun wasn’t out it was mild enough to be outside without hats, scarves and mittens. Miss Winnie loved playing with the puddles of water and digging in the mud and checking out the plants to see if any flowers were forthcoming.

Of course there are a few patches of green sprouts emerging in parts of the garden and if I got close enough I was able to see the beginnings of buds on some of the shrubs. On our walk we also came across a small flock of pigeons in a bird bath…..something they haven’t been able to do in awhile.

Art With a Toddler – Day 74

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….365 Days of Art

Today I travelled to Hamilton to spend a few hours with my granddaughter and her mom and dad. I packed up a box of circles from my collection, some stamps, Washi tape, a glue stick and clear ‘cow’ tape. I also brought along a small book with blank sheets inside so that Winnie could have her own sketch book.

We sat together at the kitchen island and I opened my sketch book and we worked side by side so that I could demonstrate how to make a simple collage using bits of paper and tape. She need a bit of help with cutting the tape and using the letter stamps was a bit of a challenge but she got right into it and she added some detail to my example as well.

Here is my piece:

Here is my two year old granddaughter’s art work:

No Sun in the Forecast for at Least a Week

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..April showers, grey skies, overcast, freezing raining and ice pellets

This may have been the last time I saw the sun (taken a couple of days ago).

Thursday Doors – White and Grey

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….Thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors

I’ve decided to focus my attention on the colour of the doors in my neighbourhood. This week I’ve chosen white and grey.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Kind and Caring

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge

Nothing says Kind and Caring more than giving love and watching over the youngest member of your family, serving food to those who are hungry and petting your dog.

A Patchwork of Flowers – Day 73

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..365 Days of Art is moving forward

I get my inspiration from many different places. I’m inspired by all the artists that I follow on WordPress, by numerous on-line class instructors like Carla Sonheim and all the teachers at Creative Bug and finally from books.

Today’s inspiration came from Pam Garrison over at Creative Bug. The first step is to choose three colours of markers and create a rough patchwork of squares and /or rectangles. After that start drawing with a black fine tip marker different flowers for each section. You can use imaginary flowers or actual flowers or a combination of both.

New Flower (April 11, 2018) – Mini Carnation – Macro Shot

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….testing out the macro lens on my iPhone

Wordless Wednesday – April 11, 2018

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I’m Calling it Finished – Day 72

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..365 Days of Art

I’m glad I waited before I declared my abstract piece finished. I added more grey to to top of the painting and I added more colour throughout. I was thinking of adding a third layer of highlight markers but instead I took my Micron pen and added more line and dot detail. I’m now happy to say that it’s complete.

Knowing When to Stop – Day 71

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Mama Cormier

……365 Days of Art continues

This morning Jill Kuhn from Jill’s Art Journal posted a work in progress that inspired me to use some more of my circles using a similar technique. Jill didn’t use collage and most of the colour came from the use of watercolours. I started by making lines and circles with my Micron pen around circles that I randomly glued to my paper. Then I used my Staedtler and Faber Castell markers to add colour.

I continued to add more colour to the larger spaces. I didn’t want to fill in every space and many of the spaces are quite large so my next step was to take a 6B Staedtler pencil and add more circles over the whole page. Here’s what I have for now. I’m debating whether to add another layer or leave it as is. In art there is a fine line between knowing when to stop and when to continue.