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Backlogged Part 2 |A Week of Doodles Coming at Ya!

Well hello there! I'm a slacker.  Actually I'm exhausted and have been working my butt off for school this week. 

So, the doodles have been happening, but not getting posted daily.  I'm okay with that. Don't get me wrong, my goal as of now is to make and post daily.  I've got the make part down pat.  It's the posting.

On my honor I will make a great effort at being more diligent.

Heck, I don't even know if anyone out there is looking at these, or even cares if they get shared.  But I do.

The images are in order below.

Sunday- boat

Monday- peony

Tuesday-Yahoo

Wednesday- peaceful and powerful

Thursday- Brave

Friday (yesterday)- hell yeah!

I Like You...Lots

I do, I really really do.

Today has been a really hard day.  After waking up at 4:30 driving three hours to class, giving a presentation I had a week to prepare in a giant auditorium in which I couldn't refer back to my notes because it was so dark I couldn't see them, I had to go to my research class. 

I hate this class.  This classes causes me more anxiety than any other class ever has in the history of classes because there is so much black and white information, and math, and numbers, and math.  The professor asked us what we wanted to learn about research during the class.  I responded, in tears mind you, that I understood virtually nothing and needed to learn everything.

Today has been a hard day.

I am happy to say I am onto my FAVORITE class EVER!  And during this class I will be able to do a bit of research processing thru art.  Also my research professor kindly offered lots of help and some meetings to work together.

Well here is my doodle of the day.  I feel like I need a little magic in my life right now and what's more magical than even David Copperfeild (ha ha) you ask?

Unicorns.

Making a Mess-- A.K.A. Recycled Paper |Part 2 | Art Every Day 362

Hello Lovelies! 

This recycled paper project has proven a bit more complex than I than I thought it would be.  All my fault, nothing to do with the paper.

Things to remember....

--after boiling the paper, cool it before putting it in the blender.

--PUT THE TOP ON THE BLENDER EVEN IF IT IS COOLED, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT IS STILL BOILING.  (I learned that one the hard way.) graphic image to illustrate this point:

Oh yeah, that's a big bad burn on my forearm right below my wrist.  Thank goodness for my husbands first-aid skills it is healing and no longer hurts...as much.

Here is the little collage I ended up making from my recycled paper.

This stuff is thicker and harder than cardboard.

I shoulda used the screen, instead I hand pressed the pulp into a mold.

In honor of my first earthquake I present to you, Virginia.

Playing Art Every Day

Playing Catch Up that is!  I have a couple of great things to share and show...soon!

Fleur-de-Lis and Open Sky Art Every Day 282-283

Little late on this post, sorry!  And...I thought I posted something Thursday evening, but it disappeared...or somehow ended up in the draft box, so I re-posted, don't miss Thursday's post below!

day 282 fleaur-de-lis #5

and 283 a photo of beautiful today!

Flight Art Part 3 Art Every Day 247

Today was a great day for painting indoors...cozied up surrounded by colors, brushes and just my imagination to entertain me. I worked on the flight painting I've been dabbling with lately...not sure exactly where it's going, I wonder if it is looking a bit over-worked, who knows, its been FUN.

Okay I've been trying to upload a picture for 15 minutes. I give up tonight. Try again tomorrow!

 

****HELLO!  It's the day after tomorrow...sorry.  I'm not sure what was going on, but I couldn't upload A-N-Y pictures yesterday and the day before!!  aarrrggghhh.

The more I look at this the less I like it.  I don't hate the whole thing, but the white circles in the lower portion are too fat.  I'll see what I can do sometime this week.

Sick of Sick!

Okay, maybe I should change the name of this blog to:  Art Every Day I'm not SICK!

I finally feel like a Human Bean again!

Little update coming soon!

 

Catching Up Art Every Day 210-217

So, here I am...playing catch up.  The past week has been crazy busy, I managed to work on a few things, but put off posting in exchange for a few extra minutes of sleep.  Things are starting to feel back to normal...what's that??

210 Another page for my Upcycled Journal

 

211 My first attempt at a linoleum block carving, loved it and want to do more!

 

212 A little free motion self-portrait

 

213  Wouldn't you love to get a letter in a fabric envelope like this?  I know I would...still working out the particulars on the best way to go about this...

 

214, 215, & 216 A mixed media collage

 

217  The beginings of a new collage, haven't gotten very far yet, but looking forward to seeing where this one goes!

 

 

Yay, that brings us up to date!

 

What did you make today?

 

Scanning Art Every Day 178

I spent waaaaaay more time looking at inspiration, sketching ideas down, and organizing bits than I did actually making anything today.  But!  It was not a total loss! 

I scanned in a ton of images, post cards, photos, misc things that I have been holding onto for 'future' art projects.  I like to find these things and scan them in, and then I print them on old book pages--instant old effect, and I can use the images over and over again, instead of cutting up the original...which I do sometimes too.

Here are some of the things I scanned in today.

Can't wait to use them!

you can see an example of a scanned image being used in my artwork, over here the Chevy truck is one, and here the smiling girl.

 

What did you make today?

Affirmation Art Every Day 172

I know I said I would have a finished skull quilt block for you today, but, It was just one of those days. fail.

I could only take a minute and remind myself it will all be okay by putting together this.

What did you make today?