11-18-2023 Layers 1 and 2...It's Beggining To Look A lot Like Christmas...Princess Day...

#letsmakeart #layers1and2ofmynextpainting 

#TiareSmithinspired #cookbookartjournal

#lifebook2022week39

#strengthandcourage

The GSons in Chicago and family

have begun decorating for Christmas!

National Princess Day...11-18-2023

just a quick sketch...

11-17-2023 I'm Okay...

#letsmakeart #lifebook2022 

#quirkybird #tamaralaporteinspired 

#todayspainting #cookbookartjournal

11-16-2023 Red Hat...

#letsmakeart #redhat #awesomeartschool 

#karencampbellinspired #mysteriousmistress 

#todayspainting #cookbookartjournal

11-15-2023 Fear + Ignorance = Hate...

#letsmakeart #cookbookartjournal 

#fearplusignoranceproduceshate

#todayspainting

11-14-2023 Quirky Bird...

#letsmakeart #lifebook2022 

#quirkybird #tamaralaporteinspired 

#todayspainting #cookbookartjournal

Layers 1-4...

11-13-2023 Otterly Lovely...

Layers 6-8...finished! 

Another painting in my cookbook art journal.

Final Layers...I'm calling it finished!

11-12-2023 Layer 5...

Several More layers to come...

11-11-2023 Thank You...Layers2-4...Broken Brush From Jerry's Artorama...

Thank you for your service to all who have served in our country's military! 

I love that our entire street is lined with flags in almost every yard!

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Layers 2-4 of my next cookbook art journal painting...

I hate it when this happens...

I ordered a new (expensive) paint brush

and it arrived broken

because Jerry's Artorama packed it 

in an flexible cardboard envelope instead of a box.

Argh! So frustration!

11-10-2023 Cosmic Cat...

#letsmakeart #ASG2022 #cosmiccat

#idaanderseninspired #cookbookartjournal

My lesson with this project...

don't use watercolor pencils on absorbent ground!

What a mess!

11-9-2023 Gratitude...700 Days...Moon Hugging Venus...

#letsmakeart #lifebook2022 #week38 

#lauradameinspired #encouragementcollage #gratitude 

#todayspainting #cookbookartjournal

Today I hit my 700 day streak in DuoLingo!

This is in addition to the 174 day streak I had going before...

but lost when I left the country for vacation several years ago.

The moon was hugging Venus this morning...

It's hard to see Venus in this photo

but she was easy to see with the eye!

Click on photo to enlarge...

11-8-2023 Starlight Deer...

#letsmakeart #letsgomakeart 

#starlightdeer #idadnderseninspired #ASG2023 

#cookbookartjournal 

Yesterday's painting...

11-7-2023 The Boys...

Can't wait to see them later this month!!!

11-6-2023 Anatomy of Growth...

#leacayounginspired #anatomyofgrowth 

#lifebook2022 #week37

#cookbookartjournal #sketchbookskool #sketchaday 

#awesomeartschool #primavintagepastels

The crown...my worth

The glasses...the lenses thru which I view the world

The hair...self-expression

The dress...creativity

The plants...growth, change, transformation

The pots...grounding to Mother Earth

My under-sketch for my next painting...

11-5-2023 Circles of Belonging...

#letsmakeart #lifebook2022 #week37 

#circlesofbelonging #olganguyeninspired #olganguyen

Today's cookbook art journal painting...

11-4-2023 Pray For Peace Angel...Cookies...

#letsmakeart #awesomeartschool #sketchbookskool 

#prayforpeaceangel #idaanderseninspired

Yesterday's painting in my cookbook art journal...

as I pray for peace in Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Hamas, 

and everywhere else where people are fighting...

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And with my Christmas celebration only 19 days away...

let the baking of Christmas cookies commence!!!

11-3-2023 Fingerless Mitts...Kep #4...

I finished knitting 2 pair of fingerless/texting mitts

to use up the yarns leftover from all the hats I made...

...and am now casting on my 4th Kep

using traditional Fair Isle Key colors and wool...

11-2 Pray for Peace Angel...Gifts Wrapped...

As the war against Ukraine drags on

and the war against Hamas intensifies,

I decided to do this "Pray for Peace Angel"

for my next painting for my cookbook art journal...

inspired by Ida Andersen.

Here's step one...

the under-sketch...

DH and I got all the Xmas presents wrapped this morning...

only 20 days until our

Thanksgiving/Christmas get-together!

11-1-2023 Cleopatra...The Sphinx...Shredder...Trapper...Painting with my DD...

At the school "Costume Parade"

 Cleopatra (on the left)...

The Sphinx...

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And in Chicago...

The Shredder...

and Trapper...

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#letsmakeart #todayspainting #ilovepaintingwithmydaughter

#savagedaughter #samhain 

#tearsofgold

 

#letsmakeart #letsgomakeart #jackolantern

#todayspainting #ilovepaintingwithmydaughter