Day 10 of 365

The spark....make something really, really small. so I cut out this paperboy. I did not have fine detail scissors so I use full size scissors. I places him on a newspaper at work. I cut the man out of that same brown paper that I made the ten-word story from. (see last blog)

Day 8 of 365 days of art

Okay I was making an ad piece for work and the feeder on top is what I started with. I added the green background, Nuthatch, and the holes in the suet...I love it! It has been a hit.

Day 7 of 365 days of art

I am still creating art digitally. It is a lot of fun! This is a kid from the paper. The hand is mine...the nails are not....the blood is fake.

Day 6 of 365....art....

 Soooo day five came and left....bye. Fridays are my crazy days where I have no me time....are you buying that? This is what I started...I am going to make his eyes red...yes it is a him. I am soooo not anywhere near started...but I got a ribbon on him and put glow-in-the-dark around his eyes...I will be working on him tonight and tomorrow!

Speaking of tomorrow, I am going to see the new movie The Big Year. I can not wait! Ohhhh yes!
More later and the movie review tomorrow.

Day 5 of the 365 days of art

 Hello...so the spark today was to use something you collect in the piece. That would be hard...I am an artist...we collect everything. So at the paper tonight there was an ad with Ladybugs on the whole page. I cut some out and cut the wings. Then folding them made them look like they were flying. I thought...why not use aluminium cans. I watched people throw their cans away and started gathering them and washing them out. At home I have a large trash can (outside) lined that I toss them in every morning. When the can gets full I take them to be recycled.  So I cut up a can, used a marker to make dots and tah dah...done...kinda on the crafty side but C'est la vie.

Day IV of the 365 art a day thing

The spark...take a 5 minute walk, make something and leave it. Take a walk for 5 minutes...are you kidding me? Who has 5 minutes..okay...I do not have 5 minutes. But I did make something and I did leave it outside...Now in the 2nd photo you will see a poor little Hummingbird...It is way dead. Probably some big bird got a hold of it...or old age...poor little thing. The peanuts are from Wild Birds...It was fun and my boss totally did not get it.....score!

Day 3 of the 365 days of art

Day 3 The spark is to make something with no scissors and/or glue.

When they run newspapers through the press they have to run ink first to calibrate the colors. This usually means that there is some very nice and colorful paper...see photo above. This paper goes to a recycling company in the city. But alas, I grabbed some and used it for this project. I made a twisty rose. very easy and fast!

Day Two..of 365 days

This is my original photo

Day Two...the spark is use your favorite animal as your inspiration. Birds would have been my pick...that was too easy... so I picked fish.

Here is what I did...I took a photo of a guy who also works at the paper.( His name is Jon.) My hand was actually part of the photo...He was 10 feet away from me. Holding my hand up to his head I took the photo...so it looks like in the photo that I have a hold of his head. Using Photoshop I cropped out all the back ground and left my hand and his head. I added the cloud background and the fish bowl....Done.

I bought a new book

As many of you know I have two part time jobs...besides everything else I do. I have little time to work on art. But that has all changed. I still have my two part time jobs but I have added a new book as an inspirational tool. It is called 365: a daily creativity journal: make something every day and change your life.

So I started yesterday. Above is yesterdays piece. I picked a theme for the 365 pieces that I will be creating over the next 365 days. That theme is....wait for it....my two jobs. I work in the mail room at the local paper and I am a certified bird feeding specialist at Wild Birds Unlimited here in Norman.(Oklahoma) Each day the book gives you a little spark...yesterdays spark was make something to fit in the palm of your hand. This piece is not really done...I need to add age...with ink.

Here is what I did: I started with a piece of brass wire and formed into a heart. I found the ads that I had seen in the newspapers when applying for both jobs and added them. Grabbed a red drop that I got out of the trash at the bird place ( it is chipped...and is "trash") and stuck some mail stickers (that I use everyday in the mail room) on it. Tah dah done.

It's been a long, long time!

Well.....I see time has once again past me by....Stampaway was amazing....the trip to Ohio....amazing.....Chicago....well....you know......amazing. In the past several days I have been getting excited about the up coming Stampaway 2012....and I am already working on some new ideas and new images...I will have more info soon....and it is so good to be back in the world of blogs!