Saturday, May 9, 2026

watching paint dry plus watching fabric art growing

 

My creative time was split this week between paint/drawing   and fabric work

tools of the trade sit out by the computer all the time

Making Zen workshop online was fun, 8 lessons a day in slow making, and I watched most lessons but really  about 4 of them. As for sewing, the color of the month is orange so I used orange in paints too

this was just from youtube... a lesson using water color. Draw with a paint loaded brush around a circle, then use that to stamp all over your paper. 
Paint where the circles overlap (many colors of ink for me) then doodle over the small sections
I love it
One of the mixed media lessons had us paint then stitch over that...mine came out like a tidal scene to me... using zig metallic silver and gold markers first

then pan inks and finally brown embroidery threads thru the paper remind me of bird feet in wet sand
I hope to try this technique again on heavier paper


I start each lesson by drawing the instructor's pace and painting it 

I love capturing the unique faces it's a lesson in observation. 





a face made with collage plus pencil, ink, paint


sometimes I paint on watercolor paper and tape into the sketchbook, other times right onto sketchbook
this time I painted from life instead of following the lesson 





For Rainbow scrap challenge's color of the month, orange, I tested different paint and ink colors

using up leftover gouache right onto the paper  plus instructor's image

one of the Zen stitch instructors had us using smallest scraps to make very tiny vignettes...


I haven't stitched yet, but also will add buttons/lace/beads sequins and then.... 


small scraps sewn into segments to be connected with scrappy strips...

each little scrap work together to make a fascinating vignette
I see art in my daily walks, built by nature, and that said, my snoopervisor who is VERY helpful would like me to put on my walking shoes and let's go!

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

I Like Thursday # 503 go go boots? earth shoes? snow and a white poodle

life goes round n round

 welcome to this week's short list of likes... 

I like that it cooled off, snowed a bit, even if it was less than predicted. A heavy wet snow that should help with our extreme drought

within an hour of snow stopping, melted... we got about 7" of wet snow

Alfie: I tole you mama, you should let me go out and play more
Alfie loved it, even if he came in sopping wet! He dug at the hole a ball made when it landed, he ran, he ate it as it fell from the sky.... 
I admired the tiny bubbles in my coffee cup!


on a walk this week, I saw this stain on the road

I LOVE the face

then saw a poodle shaped stain

wow! Alfie was not impressed

Alfie has been living with us for 2 1/2 months now!

Alfie surprised me by walking up to a neighbor we were chatting with, Ryan, and putting his head under Ryan's hand, which worked because Ryan petted him the rest of the time we stood there! 
mama's brave boy Alfie! 

The same poodle put himself to bed this week, without the mama. Went up, and got in his bed alone. 
Reminds me of the time after we first married and went on a camping trip. Our lab Chelsea put herself to bed in the camper while we sat at a campfire. 

I am enjoying the free lessons online (Making Zen) this was a tiny hand sewn scrap project... 

I painted my nails orange this week in honor of it being the color of  May on RSC


videos

my kind of car reads a book

link if needed https://youtube.com/shorts/hb0j_PYcjh8?si=ANUJJy6sjdkxTNNT


best time to drink liquids


conversation starter this week
did you ever where gogo boots? Platform shoes? earth shoes?

As a young teen I so wanted to wear white shiny gogo boots but my calf was too big.... I think I wanted to be so hip like the cool girls on TV 




I DID wear earth shoes in university.... negative heels, wide toes, I was in HEAVEN 




During college years, platforms were in vogue along with Disco dancing which I also did


I love heels but they cause more back pain now... so it's all about comfort, and when I discovered Birkenstocks I never looked back. 



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Saturday, May 2, 2026

my creative week "everything I need exists within me"

 

for the last week of pink scraps at RSC, I pieced tiny scraps and turned it into a notebook cover



the back

the insides
That's silk on the binding for sheen!

for the last lessons on Sketchbook Revival... the parade starts now



this is a daily practice... 4 small blocks, an object, a sky scene, word, abstract

daily gratitude words and image




I LOVE the area near the bottom where two colors blended




And two morning paintings this week on my own

"Life goes round N round" 
this one to use up some gouache on the palette (yogurt lid)
And this one from watching a Buddhist video.... hope you can click on the image to read some quotes


inks
do not rush to be "more"


loved this orange flower image from https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/


linking to some or all of these








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Thursday, April 30, 2026

I Like Thursday # 502 mother's day requests plus spring cleaning?


welcome to this week's list of likes.... tulips in a yummy shade of peachy/pink
this video to play in the background as you do chores, or rest, or stitch



birds singing, only birds, no talk.... very soothing to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNB8iwiQb9k


what would you like for Mother;s day


link here

or these
https://youtube.com/shorts/h_LD2jPDhhc?si=tItCjHf9dT4PukvT




another conversation starter, do you do Spring Cleaning? 
I do an amended clean, but it's not Spring yet here, it seems to bank from HOT to cool last week

I sporadically do deep cleans on areas like baseboards, mirrors, ceiling fans however have been dormant collecting dust for months so I clean them thoroughly before turning back on. Not an easy task on the 2 story family room, I have to lean over the upstairs railing with an extended swiffer pole... 

what about you?

tar forms a heart on the road... nice!


what are these pretty pink flowers? dahlias? 


https://youtube.com/shorts/h_LD2jPDhhc?si=tItCjHf9dT4PukvT

bwahahaha


Alfie's Affirmations

Alfie: before you obediently down when the mama says "DOWN" look for a treat in her hand 


Oh, I do it anyway but feel gypped anyway

If you get a chance to go outback, take it!!! And run too if you have time, running figure 8s is so much fun! 

"ALL DONE" is sometimes a trick.... it's just so the mommy can see your hair cut from a distance, then you might have to come back for some more snip--- snip---snips. 

But, there is no reward as good as a happy mommy who says, Awe in that singsong voice, and 
"I L O V E you" while petting your clean hair
why are they called walks not "sniffs" 

shadow play

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