Will you remember me

My grandfather was in World War 1

My father inlaw was in World War 11

We dont forget about the people who fought for us

so we could live this life.

Bird Love

I made this collage piece on a wood canvas.  All the elements are my own, from the painted paper to the bird.  Then, when I was finished I put a coat on varnish on it, to make it really pop.  I love doing collage, and really don't do enough of it.  So this monthly challenge is making me think out of the box more.

Long Necked Woman

 As you can see I am still doing my ladies with

the long necks.  I have gotten a little better

at them, since I practice alot.  The nose

still seems to need work.  I also like

to give a background to them, it seems to

finish them off

lee

Collage Month

I wanted to start participating in some challenges, it ssems I got away from

doing that when I stopped blogging.

So here is the site that I entered into the challenge  https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.ca/, which this month

is all about collage.  I created this in my art journal, with painted papers

scrapes that I had laying around, and created the background with

the rest was just with markers and whiteout.

Hope you like it, it actually looks better in person.

Back in the saddle again

I have decided to revive the blog back to its former glory.  You know when you have 10 people who actually read the blog you dont want to let them down to long.  I have enjoyed my hiatus from the blog, and explored other areas , such as instagram, and facebook.  I am going to still be on both plus the blog.  I am not going to post every day as really I am retired, how exciting is my life.  I am quite a homebody and spend the days painting, drawing, reading, and somehow my house gets cleaned into between, thanks to the hubster.  Who has a little OCD and loves to clean, so who am I deprive him of his love.  Okay, this little ditty above, was not suppose to look like a matador in training, when I created it, but thats what has appeared, so I just went with it.  Since I been gone, I have had a wedding (my daughters) created a few pieces of art that have sold.  And am working on a commission right now, I will show it soon,   Okay I hope you all will be interested enough to come back here and visit me at my blog.

thanks Lee

friday Tuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW_WS9QU4eg vert interesting Jane Davis mounts paper onto a canvas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOYiaujVfQ looks like Jane davenport used a face stencil, and then shows you have she works with pan pastels to make it come to life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOYiaujVfQ she makes a painted luggage tag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kswSnU7HFY loved this one, I love all her videos she is
really talented, and low and behold I have that exact same paper

http://bloknote.nl/ a favourite artist
http://alisaburke.blogspot.ca/2016/04/chasing-dream-series-with-becky-dawson.html a really feel good story about chasing your dream and how one girl did it

The creative streak

I am back from the land of sunshine and wind.

I loved every minute of it, just basking in the sun, laying around

and just relaxing.  The hubster not so much, he is a more

lets go do something guy.  And truthfully there was

not much to do on the island.  We went on an open air

bus tour around the island.  I liked that they showed

us all the highlights of the lsland, and we went

to a local distillery where they made the

liquor that they sold.  All in all for a free

trip it was beautiful.

Then of course you come back to real life, and

before you know you are back in your routine. Laundry, cooking, dusting.  I have been

making a lot of art since I came back, I have been inspired, and have been

in the studio every afternoon, getting those projects done that needed my

attention plus getting those half finished projects moving again.

So while this creative streak lasts I am going to milk its for

all its worth.  So I am off to the studio, and will talk to

you soon.

 

lee