Letter Love 101

I have just completed a fantastic class.  I will attached several photos documenting our process.  This class was taught by Joanne Sharpe of Whimspirations.  She gave us tons of information and pdf.   Here are a few of the first lessons.
Thanks for looking

 This first book is created from a composition book.  The pages have been glued together to give each one a little more strength.  From then we became to gather our many pens (I bought some also) and just create an index of all our pen, color and black and white.

 I have had these fountain pens for quite awhile now.  I think it is so much much experimenting with all the different inks.  I also love the way a fountain nib works with your paper.

 Up until the beginning of the class i had only owned 4 copic markers.  I was always wondering what the big deal was about.  But I think I know know! (Now I own about 70)

 These are examples of different alphabets used to create various alphabets. Working on black paper sure in fun.

I love to look through magazines or publications for interesting fonts and when i find them i quickly sketch them in.

Trying from my phone

Just trying to publish from my iPhone

Whirled Peace

Imagine...  whirled peace!

In today’s world, peace needs to be more than just a word.

Imagine…  millions of pinwheels spinning in the wind – pinwheels in the United States, Great Britain, South America, Australia, the Middle East, Canada,  Africa, Europe and Asia;  pinwheels all over the world! – big pinwheels, small pinwheels;  pinwheels of all  shapes and sizes – colorful pinwheels, decorated with drawings, paintings, collages, photographs  – pinwheels with words of peace and harmony written on them – fields of pinwheels, pinwheels along roadsides, in schoolyards, in parks, pinwheels EVERYWHERE!  

This is the Pinwheels for Peace project!

Please join us on International Day of Peace, September 21st, as we create a visual public statement about peace!  My high school art students and I participated.  Did you?

I luv turtles because he loves turtles

 Time changes many things, but not the joy 

friendship brings.

My nephew loves turtles so his uncle Rick picks them up whenever he sees one.  We are on the catch and release plan so we only have it for a day or two and then they are returned to the wild.  It is amazing how much fun one little boy can have with a turtle.

2nd Remains of the Day Journal

Main Entry: ¹re·main

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈmān\

Function: intransitive verb

1 a : to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up

 

I stretch my own canvas and often have pieces left over.  The "Remains of the Day" journal gave me an opportunity to use the left over canvas.  I simply cut two pieces the correct size, stitched them together and painted them with acrylic paint.  I used paint remaining on a palette after a day of painting and simply used an old credit card to smear the paint on.  The white dots were made from dipping a large marshmallow in the white and stamping it on.  Wow what fun to use scraps and  I have enough to make 25 journals or so! (like I have time to do that)

1st Remains of the Day Journal

I know I have been missing in action.  Here is what I have been doing! 

Mary Ann Moss's class "Remains of the Day", http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/.  I decided that it must be great on-line class because  just about everyone on the art blogging planet was talking about it and I didn't want to be left out any longer   .  It truly is addictive.  She creates wonderful journals using  paper scraps, mail security envelopes and emphemera she collects from her everyday life.   Then stitches them together with a sewing machine.   Using her techniques I created two journals.  I am going to use mine as a sketchbook/art journal.  I don't keep a written journal but I am going to try to incorporate more journaling with my images.  Because of this I have purposely left more blank space but love the combination of elements to construct a page in which to sketch on.

The Best Guy I Know....

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!

Here is my dad.  He works harder than anyone that I know.  I did this pencil drawing for my parents for Christmas. 

I love the holidays but it seems sometimes it happens so fast you don't have time to enjoy the season.  I wish each and everyone of you a very prosperous New Year!  And thanks for your continued support of my blog.