Flowers and Altered Book Art

This week I did a bit of watercoloring. I discovered I had always

drawn violets incorrectly so I have changed my way of doing them.

Also, I am showing the next two pages of my altered book. I don't

know if they are finished or not. Join everyone at Paint Party Friday.

The 3/4 face is a doodle that I colored with Photoshop Elements

and printed out in two sizes to adhere to my pages.

Altered Book Pages from this Week

The little houses stencil was made by Joanna.

and a work in progress.

Check out the other Paint Party Friday entries.

Improvements and New Art

I found some of my altered book pages too messy so I went back 

and changed a few things. Here are the "improvements". If you

want to compare them, here is where the originals are.

And here is a page I have just started. I don't know where

it is going yet. I need to add some journaling or quotes.

And below are two sympathy cards I painted this week.

These are my entries for Paint Party Friday.

Paint Party Friday

First, here is a quick scene I did. I couldn't tell if it wanted to be

water or grass, so I decided this first one is grass. By using Photoshop

Elements, I have made it into a choppy body of water. Then with

PSE I have the wild colored version.

Lastly, I have a watercolor sketch and 7 altered book pages.

I'm entering this in Paint Party Friday challenge.

"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain."

"From darkness to light, from death to life through love -

that is the Easter story".

"Look around you. Winter is over, the winter rains are over, gone.

Spring flowers are in bloom all over. The whole world's a choir -

and singing."   Song of Songs 2:11 The Message

"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line

but you miss all the fun adventures when you go that way."

This has no quote, but it is just a tribute to being my being 80 1/2.

"It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird

'How do you fly?' You just do." Eric Jerome Dickey

"I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity."

Brad Paisley

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.