spelling

I've become a terrible speller

"tomorrow" is with 1 M, not 2

but even if my spelling is getting worse

I make up for it with a little OCD

I decided to completely re-do that part before popping it in the mail to someone - and they were probably oblivious

It was on Etsy like this:

No biggie 

- but seriously -

good spelling is a lost art!

how I spent my summer vacation

In between doing other things like:

camping in the rain (bracing!)

working as shop girl full time (not fun!)

sleep study for my youngest (adventure!)

a baseball game (love!)

first one leaving home for college  (wow!)

I made lots of crowns

(There are 9 in this picture, but 3 sold, so 11 crowns!)

Yesterday I posted about Rest.

Nothing is as restful to me as creating something ... and for whatever reason, it's crowns these days.

I start with a can that sparks my imagination  and from there the crown reveals itself. I've learned not to over think it and just create. Bending, hammering, piercing, soldering. It's like going for a walk and turning down this road and then that road until you arrive back home.

(The 2 crowns above are what I made  yesterday)

rest

welcome to a news free zone

that's what you'll find when you visit an art blog

no words to say about standing vs sitting or legal vs illegal or black vs white or red vs blue

I'm tired

today is a swim in the pool, a fresh tablecloth and flowers,  a cup of sharp strong tea ... thoughts of charcoal and paint and board and metal ... Gregory Alan Isakov on Pandora ... I know, I like sad music ... but I'm tired and nothing perks me up like a sad song about bootlegging. 

flash cards

I have these funky weird flashcards ...

I picked them up at the

senior center thrift store

I've been gessoing them and including them as a thank you note to packages that go out

But some are just so weird.

Like these about women:

"She works very rapidly, but her garrilous tongue nullifies the effect of this good quality"

"Take your girl home by the circuitous route"

Really?

Or: "She had a special knack for serving condiments in new and unusual receptacles"

And sprinkled in there are a few about communism and junk:

"The protagonist of communism was brought before the investigating committee"

"The FBI devotes particular attention to groups that seem subversive"

"The ideology of communism cannot be accepted in a democracy"

The good old days, right?

impressions

I bit the proverbial bullet and went out and got digital prints made of 2 of my watercolors from the sky paintings I did in March.

I say biting the bullet because this sort of thing is very tedious to me. 

How nice it would be to have an assistant :)

"River Road"

"Summer"

And while I was at it, 

I threw in these 2 abstract color studies from the class I'm taking. 

I really enjoyed this excercise and will be pursuing this technique more. 

They are in the mode of Paul Klee.

"Silos"

"Poppies"

If you are interested in purchasing a print, they are listed I'm my Etsy shop. The paper is a heavy 100 pound paper and I am very pleased with the color quality. I think I'll be biting more bullets in the near future.

while out walking the dog

This is what I noticed today while out walking my bosses dog today:

wavy glass is amazingly beautiful

The 7up logo is red (not green)

Cigars, candy, and coke - such healthy choices

 

And -

Wouldn't it be fun to try painting a mural someday? 

the sky at my feet

These are my favorites.

It's been 6 weeks of painting the sky.

I've had many moments of fear and doubt ...

... those moments have been taken over by joy.

FYI: I'm looking into printing options