8-31-16 ~ In Whom Do You Believe?

Day 23 ~ Personal Sovereignty

365 Days of Spirit Art Journaling

This post is linked with:
 The Three Muses ~ Frames
365 Days of Spirit Art Journaling

7-7-16 ~ Children and Music

"I would teach children music, physics and philosophy; but the most importantly music, for all the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning."  ~ Plato

I wanted to draw a picture of children playing music for The Three Muses this week - the prompt is Music - so I searched stock images on the internet and found a vintage photograph which was perfect. The children were standing on the table playing their oversized instruments...sososo cute. I just couldn't resist trying to paint it. It reminds me of being 4 or 5 when my parents bought me an old preacher's folding organ which he'd used when moving from church  to church. On that old organ, I took my first piano lessons and have adored music every since. In the fourth grade they gave me private pastel art lessons and that was the beginning of my love of art. My parents left out the physics and philosophy which is a very good thing because I am definitely NOT a left brainer. 

7-1-16 ~ Friendship and Your Garden

The current challenge over at The Three Muses is "Quote".

This quote was found on the internet and anonymous.

Here is my interpretation.

Weezie and Genie...Best Friends Forever

Weezie is truly a friend who has always overlooked my broken fences 

and instead admired the flowers in my garden. Edging upon 80, nothing has changed.

6--19-16 ~ Sunday Sketches and a Kite Challenge

Alexandra's Sunday Sketches

The Three Muses Kite Challenge

After the horrendous and tragic Orlando Massacre and remembering the watercolor I did at the time of the Oklahoma Bombing, I thought I would try to sketch something that had a bit of meaning for all of us as well as having kites in it for the Three Muses challenge of "Kites". My son has a framed poster in his den that shows a little girl caring a sign with "Make Art Not War" on it. Here is a copy I found on the internet. 

That quote kept coming to me so here is my in contribution. Let us all be friends and love one another just like my two little girls. Note...I did not forget Alexandra's little bluebirds...

they are on the shoulders of the girls :-)

We are tearing up the uneven kitchen floor of our 110 year old house, and I have a pile of old vinyl tiles which I just cannot throw away. The idea came to me from some linoleum prints a friend of mine made years ago (Fannie Mennen) to see if I could sort of emulate them. You can see my carving in the first shot and what I created on my first try with the brayer in the second. I had not a clue what I was doing...I just started cutting VERY carefully. I added some of Tim Holtz's yellow distress ink and spattered it in an attempt to create some flowers.

These are some of the assignments from classes I am taking online.

 This is an old vintage photo copy with doodles on and around it.

All of the following are some of the lessons from online courses I am taking.

4-4-16 ~ Umbrellas and Best Friends

Years ago ...around 1970...Weezie took her four children and my two to Palm Beach to my parent's home in her big red station wagon. While there went to the beach every day. The children were always with us, but there were too many of them to put in this little picture. There were two prompts this week for my artwork so this is my contribution.

Here are the two old Poloroid photos I still have. They are in bad shape, but at least they give you an idea of the real scene I was thinking about.

 My daughter is on the right and Weezie's daughter on the right. 

They are now 52.

The two boys are Weezie's sons. 

...And here we are...Weezie and me in all of our youthful glory...hehehe.

I think I am 30 and Weezie 32, but that's a guess. Boy, have we changed!

I used watercolors, Copic markers, and some pen and ink. 

This post is linked with:

I Play Along with Inspirational  and The Three Muses.