sunshine and shadows

inspired by Walt Whitman quote

angel themed

Inspired by Painted Pages...

Guess who this one is for.

 dragonfly

 fragrance

(an eyes closed thing)

bedtime story

Mandala Class

Took a Mandala Class at the Baum School on Saturday morning with my mom.

I think I smiled the whole time.

The result...

And the paper bead LOVE came out of the basement for February...

Liana and I made this last year. 

The letters are covered with paper beads we rolled from magazine pages.

SCORE!

I just want to thank the nice, older man with the silver mohawk and the large grommets in his ears -- thank you for cleaning out your house and putting this out for me!

oh happy day

A little kingdom

So I am working through the book Painted Pages by Sara Ahearn Bellemare and having a really good time playing in my new and improved art room (no longer an "office" - sounds too work-y). I have promised myself to spend some happy creative time in my art room every day and have been pretty faithful. Here are the results of some recent "playtimes":

the curiosity collage

dragonfly zoom 1

(colored pencil, pastel, paint, gel medium)

a little kingdom

(playing with collage papers - no scissors allowed)

(quoting Louisa May Alcott)

collage

(paper scraps left over from 

an art project I did with my class last year 

-- scissors allowed)

Art Breaks with the Painted Pages book

My Painted Pages book suggested taking close-ups of some of my art to use as inspiration, so I did...

This is the watercolor I did as I demoed watercolor techniques for my kids at school.

So the idea is to just zoom in on parts I like...

to discover little masterpieces.

Now I'm using these to inspire me when I have my "art breaks" after school