Jo's Art Class

Here's what I started in Jo's art class today and came home

to finish. The text says: Before finding her niche, Daisy

always felt like a thorn bush in the garden of life.

I think some of us do feel that way at times. I know I do.

More pages from the altered book

Above is the WIP from last week. I glued some deli paper on both sides.

The deli paper had been used as a palette so it had these wonderful bright

colors on it. There was little to change to make a dress so I added the girl.

I found the hare's face on another piece of deli paper along with his cape,

so I added the ears, feet, etc.

Here is the result.

And here another pages spread. The quote is from Schumann and it says:

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

And my favorite one with some collage work is below:

This is my Paint Party Friday entry.

Altered Book

More  pages from the altered book. The last one is a WIP.

The wonky white house was drawn from a template by 

Connie Powell.

These are my entry for Paint Party Friday.

More Altered Book Pages

Visit more artwork at the Paint Party Friday website.

And here is the inside cover:

And here is a self portrait but it really is a photo

that I used Photoshop Elements on.

Vase of Flowers

This is a doodley sketch done while watching TV,

done in Caran d'Ache watercolor crayons.

Altered Book

Here is the inside cover of my book that I am altering.

Altered Book and Board Book Pages

I have started painting the pages of my altered book.

The scanner is acting up this morning so I can't do

closeups of each page. I can tell this is not my field 

to be in. Such a mess to my more organized nature.

and here are two more board book pages:

This is my entry to PPF.

Metal Tape Cards

Here are a couple of cards I have finished off today.

They were made using metal duct tape that I dry embossed.

The flowers are from Michaels and the decorative stripe

are from A. C. Moore's bargain bin (a real great deal).

I used 2 strips side by side for each card. The seams

are not too visible after I applied the acrylic paints.

I'm staying in today. I had a bad start to the day because I failed

to listen to the news before leaving for church. Last night the

forecast sounded fine and we would be up in the 40s by noon.

So I traipsed out to the SUV and took off down Rte 711 before

really warming up the vehicle. I did notice it was drizzling, but

I thought it was rain. After a mile, the windshield quickly became

a sheet of opaque ice. I almost panicked because I could literally

not see out the front. By going about 5 mph or less and peeking under 

the windshield wiper blades I was able to make it to the only place

within 4 miles where I could turn around. Very scary. I learned

a valuable lesson… warm up the car before leaving the driveway.