Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope all have had a lovely day with family and friends. I spent the day with my love. Tonight I baked for my family gathering. Carrot Cake from scratch using my best friends Grandmothers recipe.

Day 21 Guitar and Posies

Today I continued on the guitar picture as in the last post. Also adding my posies or yo-yos to the quilt.

Guitar Brights

In my last post, I talked about wanting to explore more in bright paintings. In my stash of canvas I had this one that had staples on the sides. I knew I wanted to cover those and had read recently about texture caused by painting on newspaper. I Mod Podged the newspaper on the canvas in a random manner. Then put on a slight bit of gesso then began working with my acrylic paints. I was then left with the decision of- What should I put on this canvas? I decided on a guitar tree and birds. I am not done yet, but this is the start of my painting.

Cornbread and Art

Some people have meatless Monday in their homes. Last year my husband quickly caught on that our meatless meal of the week is beans and cornbread. This was what I made for last nights dinner. I am really happy that I finally have seasoned this iron skillet enough again and it pops right out of the pan! I think mine turns even more golden on top due to my secret ingredient 1/3 cup vanilla soymilk. Last night I realized that I just want to play again with more styles and counted up my canvas and am now on a painting spree. I am really drawn to the bright colors that others use in their work and layers. This is what I am exploring today. Below is my attempt at a bright happy piece.

Day 18: Posies or Yo-Yos and Cards

Process photos of a Yo-Yos or what I like to call Posies- Cut a square, fold square in half, fold in half again, take scissors and cut the raw edge in a half circle shape from corner to opposite corner, Now you have a circle, turn down a 1/4 inch on the edges and stitch around the circle catching the folded edge, when you pull it tight you get a yo-yo. (note I am not one for exact measurements- there are methods to making an exact yo-yo I am sure you can find lots on the web)

I will be applying these posies to the quilt I have been working on all week. My other side project that has been in work are using these playing cards to make Christmas ornaments. I am just beginning to experiment with this. I covered with gesso and white acrylic,then decided to use paper to cover it instead.

YEAH for PACKAGES! Day 17

Do you ever get really excited to see a package show up in the mail? Well I do! Yesterday the mailman brought me this little delight.

Encaustic Wax! Yeah!!! I get my encaustic wax from an artist in Savannah that makes her own. I really do not have a safe place to make my own and it is just not something I am willing to try to tackle yet. I make a wide request to her telling her what I am working on and never know what will come in the box. Which makes it a little more of a surprise when I open to see the colors that arrive!

I made this little quilt recently for my nieces 3rd birthday! Now to get this little gift in the mail. Although I hate to not get to see her reaction when she opens it, I hope she will like the surprise of getting something in the mail. It is an I-spy quilt for her dolls.

Friday Quilt Continues

I found that I did not have a red or a purple embroidery thread and have now chosen a dark blue to add to the green embroidery stitches. It is coming along quickly with the stitching and I hope to start on the self binding soon.

Happy Friday to all my fellow Art Every Day Month friends! We are 1/2 way through the month and it is amazing how I often feel I do not spend enough time on my art, but by blogging about it I find that it confirms how much time I really do spend working on a variety of artistic projects.