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   I really like lots of color. So I surprised myself lately by doing black and white. The graphic quality of these has inspired me. So I painted a BUNCH more!   I had to add a little color to see the effect. Not bad.
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I have been thinking about sardines. I don't even like sardines. But those fish all lined up look kinda cool. The tins they come in, well they can be very inspiring. This is the only part of this painting I liked.  The online workshop I have been taking has taken a lot of my free time, and it has been quite interesting for sure. Here are some fish paintings I did very recently. The workshop is mostly taught using abstract paintings, but I wanted to do it in my own odd whimsical way. Oops! Almost forgot this one that I did at my local art gallery, Valley Art, for Print Day in May. Magnets are holding this one on my dishwasher.  I am taking a 3 month online art workshop and because I am self taught, there seems to be a few things I could learn. Usually I paint things that kind of look like things, albeit in a wonky way. But in this learning phase, I am doing more abstract things. Take it from me, doing a GOOD abstract can be crazy challenging. But I am plugging along!  Part of the workshop is to have a painting journal. I resisted at first, but then found out that uh, I like it!     Well. I had far more canvases tucked away in my studio area than I thought. haha! I don't often paint abstracts, and I thought it would be fun to try one last week. There is a small group of working artists and we got together for a critique afternoon and I got some good ideas and applied them to this painting. It is now done!  I painted this years ago and just ran across it in my photos yesterday. I like it and may revisit this kind of idea again. Fun to be inspired by my own art!
 BIG ROBOT. I put this on the wall to look and see what it needs next. Hmmmm...  Another BIG ROBOT. Looks like this will turn into a series!  Besides painting BIG ROBOTS I am putting up lots of art on the walls of my "gallery."
I just finished a commission for a Shrinky Dink piece of art. It was for a book club with 5 women. It was very challenging and that made it more fun in a way. It gave me techniques and ideas for more artworks. Now that this is done, I am making Shrink-Bot and Shrinky Robot-Kitties!
It has been a while since I painted some bugs. Thought I would give it a go!  I think I am going for an infestation over here!
I had never tried Shrinky Dinks before and thought it might be fun to try. Well, I tell ya, it is SUPER fun! I am working on making art, like real art, but in a shrinky format.     Fun, eh! I have a friend who works in a gift store nearby where I have greeting cards. She contacted me to see if I would be interested in painting on some fabric that she could then quilt and turn into pillows. Sure! Why not?  Pretty cool, eh? She is very talented! She got one pillow for her to keep and then she made me this one in trade. THEN she made a bonus gift for me that I adore!   She uploaded my image I painted to Spoonflower and had it printed there and then made me this super cool zippered bag. I am a lucky gal! I have been busy the past couple of months selling things I have collected over the years. I have been an eBay listing machine! I have been a reseller for a very long time and now parting with things that I no longer need. Now that does not mean I do not still have/need LOTS of stuff. haha! So, while I have been busy selling things I have been thinking about what to paint next. I started with an idea last week and painted a couple of them.   I am also going to try listing paintings for sale on Ebay. Why not?
I like birds. I like little villages. I like trees. Bingo! I put all those ideas together and painted a series of 10"x20" brightly colored paintings.   |
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