Pam Garrison was a guest artist recently on Carla Sonheim’s Year Long Class and treated us to a lesson using random splashes of watercolour to create an art piece. Once the paint dried we had to look for shapes and bring them out with outlines of black ink.
In this piece I saw mostly flowers and some birds.
….Kevin is questioning if his monsters are a little too cute these days
Goudy Loodiy Moody (Winnie’s name for this guy) is wishing everyone a lovely spring day!
…it’s been too long since I last posted my art
I’ve always enjoyed sharing my art on this blog but several weeks ago I had a very upsetting and unfortunate experience with an internet troll. For a few posts I was getting long and horrible comments from an unknown person. I was told that my work was crap, that I shouldn’t call myself an artist and that I should give up on art. I blocked this person but they came back under a different name and started to insult my husband’s art as well. In both cases I blocked the comment and reported it as spam but the damage to my ego was profound.
Many friends told me to let it go and I did continue to make art. For awhile I only posted on group sites on Facebook and on Instagram. One of the first pieces that I posted after the negative comments was a very simple mediative exercise where I was instructed to make small circles all over my paper with watercolour. When I was done I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the outcome so I started to add details with black ink.
After posting it on the art group page that I belonged to I was shocked by the positive comments and the number of likes. The last time I looked on the page I had 714 likes and 60 positive comments. This was certainly a boost to my ego and inspired me to continue making art.
Here is the piece that brought me back from the doldrums.
…not really….my husband made it up
For those of you who love chickens you can go ahead and hug your chickens. For the rest of us we can simply hug this chicken virtually. Not sure what inspired Kevin to go with a chicken for Wacky Bird Wednesday.
….Gary is quiet, shy and misunderstood
Our granddaughter thought Gary was creepy and nicknamed him Ghostly. At first I had to agree with her but after discussions with the artist I’ve had a change of heart. What are your first impressions?
…welcome to Wacky Bird Wednesday
My husband said this reminded him of a friend who loves to talk. Do you have a friend that won’t let you get a word in edgewise?
…Renzo is Fred’s best friend
Renzo is a cloud watcher and searches the sky for planes. Can you tell?
…Tonguely is missing his yoga classes and is thinking of starting his own
This is Tonguely”s inverted frog pose.
….another creation by Kevin
This is Lucinda. Fred and Larry don’t like to hang out with Lucinda very much.We’ll have to have a wee talk with them.
….another Funky Frog Friday work of art
Mama Cormier 