Felting

We went to see friends in Las Vegas and we brought them some vessels that I crocheted and then felted. While were at the hotel I realized I hadn't taken pictures of my creations, so here is my very poor photography of my first felted creations!

So lame!

Wow! How lame am i? No posts in months!
December was very busy. I completed some more on the last painting and starting crocheting like a grandma on speed! It was only encouraged by a gift of a crochet book from my brother and a giftcard to B&N from J&M where I bought more knitting and crocheting books! So, I guess I will have to add some pictures of my yarn creations and an updated picture of my painting. Keep watching....

Last of the Series

This weekend I started the last of the large face series... mostly because there is not enough room in our house to store or hang any more 3 foot by 4 1/2 foot paintings.

Cori

So this is what I've been working on this week. I might change her a little... or not.

Finished?

I think it's finished. Maybe not. I'll let you know tomorrow!

A little hiccup in my plan.

Ok. So I didn't make art last week. But, this week is different. On Monday I made three drawings that I plan to do some sort of mixed media thing with, and yesterday I started a new 4 1/2' x 3' painting (which is pictured above).

The Sound of Young America

Did I mention that I often listen to The Sound of Young America podcast when I paint? It is an awesome show filled with humor and interesting guests. You should check it out. There's a link to the website in the left column of this blog. You don't need an ipod to listen. You can listen to it on your computer as you're checking e-mail, leaving comments on myspace, or whatever you do when you use your computer. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

karla and paul

Karla and Paul. Andrew wanted to be in the picture too. I've been working on this for several days. I'm not sure how I fell about how it came out. There are parts that I really like. And, I like the overall composition. And, I like that it's both disturbing and funny. I think I'm just getting caught up in some small details. I hope Karla doesn't completely hate it! :)

my helper and a sneak peek of what i'm working on...

A picture of my buddy Andrew who is always willing to help - or take a nap someplace nearby! In the background you can see what I'm working on. I started it on Tuesday and worked on it a bit more this morning. I hope to finish it this weekend.

Ward, Ryan revised

After talking to Karla about this painting, I changed the background some. I didn't think I wanted to change it, until I moved it off the easel, looked at from a different perspective and saw it seemed a bit top-heavy.

I also started working on another large painting the same size as Ryan, but don't think I want to post pictures of it yet. So, keep watching! ;^)

Ward, Ryan

bigger than 6" x 6" (3 1/2' x 4') and less than an hour.

Another Abstraction

It started as something else but became too tight. I got frustrated and started painting layers of shapes.

Can you see it?

This started out as a painting of cat toys, but i just wasn't feeling it!

August 24 & 25

It's Tobey the min pin.
6" x 6", acrylic, two days of painting.

August 22 & 23, 2006

It's Andrew, our 11 year old beautiful boy kitty who likes to dress up!
This is also about 15" x 20".

August 16, 2006

I was tired of painting small, so this is about 15" x 20". I spent more than an hour on this.

August 14, 2006

I lost focus and only painted for half an hour.

August 11 and 12, 2006

This took two days because I wasn't happy with it after spending over an hour on it the first day.

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