Word Art Wednesday

Here is my entry for this week's 

WORD ART WEDNESDAY.

The Beach

This week's watercolor class did a beach scene from the

photo provided by the teacher. Below is mine and I am

entering it in the Paint Party Friday challenge.

Because my daughter, whom I have not seen for 3 years,

is visiting this week, I do not have more art to show.

I will try to visit after she leaves on Friday or Saturday.

Those Autumn Leaves Drift by my Window...

Those Autumn Leaves of Red and Gold...

Those of you who are still young may not recognize those 

song lyrics, but I used to play that record over and over

while I was in college. October is a month of many events

in my life including many birthdays, anniversaries, and even deaths.

Here is another autumn painting/sketch. I did this one yesterday.

Monday's watercolor class is getting to be more and more

of a challenge. I have never been around horses so I

don't know exactly what they look like, just sort of. The

class instructor owns horses and loves them dearly, so

that was our assignment. She supplied the photo for us to go by.

Here is my effort:

Last week I rediscovered Word Art Wednesday,

a challenge where a scripture is given to be used (or not)

in a piece of art. It doesn't have to have a scripture,

just be a positive sort of art post. Most of them are

cards, but mine is a watercolor plus digital text.

I showed this earlier for WAW but I also want to

have it here for Paint Party Friday.

And lastly is a digital collage I made. The flowers

are from a photograph that I digitally duplicated

over several layers of colors and the text added digitally.

Word Art Wednesday

Yes, I know Wednesday was several days ago,

but I just remembered that fun challenge I used to

enter: Word Art Wednesday. The hosts give a

suggested scripture to use but it is not required.

Here is my watercolor art with the digitally 

imprinted scripture on it.

A Variety of Arty Things I did this Week

Some cards I made with my Big Kick.

Some painted papers I made and will use for journaling.

Another of my signature Li'l Redhead illustrations,

based on my granddaughter who is now 28.

Li'l Redhead has been caught doing many household

chores in the last 25 or so years. One of my first images
of Li'l Redhead can be seen as my photo on FB.

This was the project Monday in my watercolor class.

The teacher provided a photo she had taken of a little

boy who appeared to be in his big brother's shirt.

This is a digital collage made with Photoshop

Elements' brushes as well as a brush I made from

my watercolor of the little boy.

I cut a stencil for the background and a stencil for

the face, sprayed blue ink, and then painted my

face with watercolors. This is so not me! But it was fun.

The last two pieces are reruns from about 4 years ago.

Join in the fun at Paint Party Friday.

PPF for October 7

This week's watercolor class was painting waves crashing

against the beach. As usual, the teacher provided a photo.

No one's painting looked like the photo or even resembled

waves crashing against a beach. Here is my attempt.

I painted Gracie, a friend's Beagle, from a photo:

Then I used my birthday gift card to Michaels to buy something

new and different for me: 2 tubes of gouache, orange and blue.

I used these plus regular watercolors to do this tree. Not sure I

will invest in more gouache since I don't know how to use it.

Next are the two sides of a 3-fold book we are

making in mixed media class on Saturdays.

These are both works in progress.

Here is the scene yesterday from my kitchen window:

And finally I am showing a family photo of my

late husband's grandmother and other relatives.

Grandmother is at the right end of the first row.

Anyone interested in copying this photo to use in art

is welcome to use it in a tasteful and respectful way.

Be sure to visit all the exciting art found at

Paint Party Friday.