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07/01/2022

I do have something to show for all the time I haven't been blogging. It just isn't easy for me to get on the computer and start writing. It looks like I left off with the Anne Brooke Tag Challenge a year ago, and at times, that certainly was a challenge. But I got a lot out of it and really enjoyed slow stitching....

I do have something to show for all the time I haven’t been blogging. It just isn’t easy for me to get on the computer and start writing. It looks like I left off with the Anne Brooke T…

07/12/2021

Just to catch up to where we are in the challenge...past the half-way mark in the year already! Sometimes it took a couple of tries before I felt I got it right. That was the case with Weaving; it took three versions before I sort of liked the results. Tag No. 20 Pekinese Stitch Tag No. 21 Bullion Edging Tag No....

Just to catch up to where we are in the challenge…past the half-way mark in the year already! Sometimes it took a couple of tries before I felt I got it right. That was the case with Weaving;…

07/12/2021

Having a project like the to work on has become such an enjoyable habit this year. Each week, on Friday, we get a prompt and demonstration from Anne for the next week's challenge. Anne Brooke is an artist and teacher living in West Yorkshire, England who posts on YouTube. I don't remember now how I found out about her, but I'm happy I did!...

Having a project like the to work on has become such an enjoyable habit this year. Each week, on Friday, we get a prompt and demonstration from Anne for the next week’s chall…

03/08/2021

It's been a ridiculously long time that I've been away from this blog, but I'm going to give it another go. I'm still loving collage art, but I've also started doing some stitching. At the moment, I'm taking part in textile artist Anne Brooke's challenge, which has been fun. Each week, Anne posts a theme as a prompt and we interpret it in our own way using fabric and notions that we already have at hand....

It’s been a ridiculously long time that I’ve been away from this blog, but I’m going to give it another go. I’m still loving collage art, but I’ve also started doing s…

02/23/2019

The assignment for Week 5 of the online course was to make abstracts with tissue paper, either hand painted, or already colored. I used both, since I had a stash of colored tissue already at hand. I love making abstract art, mostly non-representational, so this was an enjoyable project. These are the four that I posted.

The assignment for Week 5 of the online course was to make abstracts with tissue paper, either hand painted, or already colored. I used both, since I had a stash of colored tissue already at hand.…

02/02/2019

I've started an online collage course with Randel Plowman, an artist whose work I LOVE. Each week we get an assignment, so there will be no reason for me not to make art. For the next fifty-two weeks. Oh boy! The project for the first week was to gather material, set a timer for five minutes, and make a collage. I couldn't believe how difficult it was to only work for that short amount of time. [ 74 more words ]

I’ve started an online collage course with Randel Plowman, an artist whose work I LOVE. Each week we get an assignment, so there will be no reason for me not to make art. For the next fifty-t…

05/02/2018

04/05/2018

It probably appeared as though I had vanished from the blogging world, and I will just say that I was distracted by other things. Namely, knitting. It's become my new obsession. But I want to get back to drawing, collaging and painting, so I thought the best way to keep myself on track was to reboot my blog. I'm going to try. [ 30 more words ]

It probably appeared as though I had vanished from the blogging world, and I will just say that I was distracted by other things. Namely, knitting. It’s become my new obsession. But I want…

07/24/2017

A page from my sketchbook journal, using colored pencils and watercolor wash.

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A page from my sketchbook journal, using colored pencils and watercolor wash.

07/18/2017

BREATHE IN
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06/14/2017

A LA CHERE ALICE
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06/01/2017

PINK ROSES
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