Finger painting!

Finger painting with acrylics over a Sherwin Williams paint chip ad.  This is a response to "No Excuses Journaling" Sprout challenge #6: Alter an image from a magazine.

Happy Goat Lucky!

Took a mamma/daughter trip recently to Charleston, SC.  We stayed on Middleton Plantation.  This goat was quite the poser in the stable yards.

Prepping blocks

I have spent this morning preparing blocks for next weeks favorite block class with Junelle Jacobson.  The title of next weeks block is DOWNTON ABBEY!  Can't wait to see what we are going to do !

I took a different approach to my blocks this week.  I started with black gesso, then did layers of different colors of paints.  When they were dry, I sanded them to reveal the layers and some of the black.

Another spring bloom block...

Saturday Morning Block!

It was another Saturday morning with Junelle Jacobson.  Today's favorite block was "Spring Blooms".
We started out sketching, and being encouraged to explore outside as Spring is emerging.  She also gave us permission to buy ourselves some fresh flowers, which I did at the grocery store!

Rusty old box in the studio

I love chippy paint, rusty, old, metal stuff especially when I can repurpose them into art supply storage in my studio.  I found this gem while antiquing in Winston Salem last weekend.  My watercolors have a new home! I can finally see all my twinkle H2O watercolors at the same time instead of digging through a bowl for the right color.  

DLP Challenge: Draw, sketch, collage, or paint a bird.

My bird!  I started with Derwent inktense pencils, then did acrylic paint with my fingers.  Highlights with white paint pen, and outlining with Sharpie.  I did it on a nutrition fact card from Chipotle that I picked up at lunch yesterday.

Planner page for week 10.