Three Muses Challenge - Turquoise

Martin Stein's Poetry

I love trying to illustrate poems that people have written. We did that a lot when Artella had an online site where artists of all types shared their work. One of my good blogger friends writes beautiful poems. His blog link is: http://starwatcher521.blogspot.com/ I created this digital collage last night based on his latest poem. He loves poppies. You may need to click on the picture to be able to read his words. I hope you enjoy it!

Beautiful Video

If you're a return visitor to my blog, then you know I can't resist anything about Paris or France. The creator of this video, Luke Shepard, needs funding for his next project. He explains the process here:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1191072802/nightvision

We are so broke right now (thanks to our wonderful economy) that I can't afford any donation, but since I enjoyed the video so much, I thought I'd try to help by spreading the word. By the way, I first saw the video at The Gossamer Tearoom. You might enjoy visiting her page, too!

http://gossamertearoom.blogspot.com/

Gypsy Soul

Elements from Tangie's new "Gypsy Rhapsody" kit. Gypsy model Googled. Font is Tangie's "Orange Marmalade."

Life Book 2012 Classes - Mandala

For week 35 of the Life Book 2012 classes, we were given instructions on how to make a mandala. I did mine while I was up north at our daughters. My mandala turned out kind of like a combination mandala/dream catcher. I couldn't resist the duck feathers I kept finding around their small pond, and kept stuffing them in my pocket. Once I drew and painted the mandala, I felt like I needed to add the feathers to it. You can't tell from the photo, but I used metallic paint, and the background is actually solid white. It's a beautiful contrast in person, especially with the white duck feathers. I'm glad, though, that I didn't decide to go with using the small, round goat droppings I kept seeing anywhere. That might have been a little too much mixed-media. :O)

Back Home!

Well, being without the Internet for a week robbed me of any sanity I had left. Being out in the country was so peaceful and beautiful, though, that it was worth it. Here are some pictures taken from my cheap cell phone.

Yep, the goats love me. I'm not sure what that says about me, but it's nice to be loved!

Life Book Class 2012 - Secret Person

After weeks of battling my inner critic, I finally worked on the project for Week 30. We were suppose to come up with a picture of a helpful critic (secret person) we could turn to to shut up our bad inner critic. I didn't paint the face like in the instructions, but drew it on drawing paper, and then put it on top of the collaged background I had created. The background didn't photograph well at all, as I used some silver paper along with others with silver writing. The background kind of faded out in the photo. Anyway, it was another case of just draw, don't try to make it perfect, and just take whatever comes out. At least it looks like a person. I'm very happy to have finally done another project. I beat down my inner critic one more time! I wish that thing would just go away!

My trip to our daughter's was postponed until tomorrow, Sunday, but I hardly touched the computer this past week anyway. Our two year old grandson, unbeknown to us, swallowed 3 small, round batteries. No one knew until one showed up in his diaper. That necessitated a trip to the emergency room as we had no idea if he had swallowed more or what. They did x-rays, and determined that two more were in his intestines. That was okay, as it meant they had passed through his stomach and shouldn't get stuck anywhere. However, I was the one who lifted him unto the x-ray table, and while doing so, one of us moved the wrong way. I wrenched my back. Corben just turns 2 tomorrow, but he's as big as some 4 year-olds. It doesn't pay to get old! I've been in pain all week, and living on Ibuprofen. I didn't even do one digital collage.

To make a long story short (woops, too late for that), it will be another week now before I will be able to visit your blogs. Don't give up on me. I haven't kicked the bucket yet.