3-24-2024 50 Years...La Mano...La Bota...La Luna...

Today we celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary!

I am the luckiest woman on the planet

to be able to share this lifetime

with this wonderful man!

Best husband ever!!!

I love you!!!

#letsmakeart #sketchaday #loteria #21_LaMano #22_LaBota #23_LaLuna

3-23-2024 Custom Washi...LB24WK12-Christina Kent Portrait Lesson...Colorful Clouds...

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#washitape #custommade 

#iloveartingwithmygrandkids

The day before yesterday 

the GDs and I started making some custom washi tape 

for future art projects...here's mine before I cut it apart.

We pressed pieces of masking tape onto a sheet of wax paper right next to each other )with a small space between each strip so we could cut them apart later), used a paintbrush to cover it all with matte medium, then let it dry completely. When dry, we used matte medium to collage paper scraps, napkins, coffee filters, tissue, book pages, etc. on top of the masking tape strips on the left, painted with stencils on 2 strips from the right, and used posca pens to make some marks on the last 2 strips on the far right. It was a fun project that occupied a bit of their time! Once dry, you can cut the strips apart, and when ready to use on an art project, just peel the strip of masking tape off the wax paper and apply to your artwork!

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#letsfaceit2024 #portraitlesson

#christinakentinspired

#initialsketch

first underpainting with raw umber...

2nd underpainting with raw umber...

acrylic colors on top to finish...

While my portrait painting is far from perfect

and only slightly resembles the reference photos,

I am able to see my progress

beyond my kindergarten stick people!

In this class the teacher used oil paints...

I only have acrylic paints...

so did what I could with what I had.

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#letsmakeart #letsgomakeart 

#landscapeworkbook #volume2

#colorfulclouds

3-22-2024 Sun and Moon...

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#ilovepaintingwithmydaughter

The sun loved the moon so much 

that he died every night to let her breathe...

3-21-2024 Charcoal Soul...

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#lifebook2024 #week12 

#CharcoalSoul #CyndyRossInspired

Layers 1-3...

Layers 4-6...

3-20-2024 All The Noise...

#lifebook2024 #week12 

#debunkingthehumanform 

#pamelavossellerinspired 

#allthenoise

3-19-2024 Start of next painting...

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#lifebook2024 #week12 

#pamelavossellerinspired

#debunkingthehumanform

initial sketch

step 2...collage...

step 3...

3-18-2024 Socks...Mas Tarjetas...Paint Night...

Finished knitting another pair of 'Frankenstein Socks'

using leftover bits and pieces from other projects...

this time I tried an afterthought heel.

#letsmakeart #sketchaday 

#loteria #17_elbandolon 

#18_elvioloncello #19_lagarza #20_elpajaro

Más tarjetas de loteria...

DH took me to a play last night...

"Paint Night"

We thought it was going to be a comedy

but it was more 'drama'...

but the actresses did a great job!

Thanks, DH!

3-17-2024 GRB...Irish Soda Bread...

Great Revivalist Brewing...

takes old, rundown, abandoned buildings

and turns them into local brew pubs!

Earlier this week

 we visited this one...an old church...

in Clinton Iowa.

Pretty cool place for a pizza and beer for lunch!

We ordered at 11:21 a.m.

and got our 8"round soggy pizza with raw toppings

and leftovers from the oven on the bottom

at 12:14 p.m.  Sigh.

(I had such high hopes!)

If we ever go again

I think we'll get a sandwich instead...

this pizza was not worth the wait!

Happy St. Pat's Day!

Here's a recipe for some Irish Soda Bread:

3-16-2024 Easter Card Sketch...

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#easterlily

Today I'm doing the beginning sketch

of my 2024 Easter Card(s)...

And here it is...painted...

3-15-2024 The Forest...

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#TheForest #cookbookartjournal

3-14-2024 Come To My Tea Party...El Arbol...El Melon...El Validate...

#lifebook2024 #week11 

#cometomyteaparty #pamthorburninspired 

#childsplay #cookbookartjournal

#letsmakeart #sketchaday #loteria

#10_ElArbol #11_ElMelon #12_ElValiente

3-13-2024 Still Practicing the Loomis Method to Sketch Portraits...

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#letsfaceit2024 #week11 

#loomismethod #christaforrestinspired

Here's my sketch for my next portrait painting...

still practicing the Loomis method...

and the reference photo...I know, I know...

it looks nothing like her...but at least I'm trying...

practice makes perfect, they say.

#letsfaceit2024 #week11 

#christaforrestinspired #pencilsketch

I'm a beginner at painting portraits

and am too imtimidated 

to try this one using paint 

without a preliminary sketch

(like was done in the lesson)! 

So I thought I would try to practice 

sketching the face 

(using the Loomis method), 

and then use Christa's directions 

to LOOK FOR SHAPES 

as one does the shading. 

I have/use an 8X10" sketchbook. 

I don't have a 12x12" canvas

that is used in the lesson,

and I don't have any of the acrylic paint colors 

the teacher used in the lesson

except the white and black. 

I'm calling this one done for now...

may revisit it later in the year 

as I gain more confidence and paint colors.