July Heat

On the news reporters say it's the hottest July ever. I feel for those workers who have outside jobs. Recently we attended a graveside service, and a gentleman passed out due to the oppressive heat. Thankfully he recovered. This hot weather has been unpleasant and even dangerous.

 The flowerbeds are full of weeds. However, one little corner has zinnias returning from last year's planting.

A visit to Millington's Abandoned Antiques helped to lift my spirits. I still like to view the different junk/stuff/treasures in all the booth displays. 

Art is another way to lift one's spirits. This time I chose to do mixed media using art tissue paper, paints, and paper cutout.

Time to turn off the computer and get some sweet sleep. 

July Joys

We had a quiet Fourth of July.

Arm is healing with strength and movement getting better each week.

Creative mood returned and helped me create two mixed media pieces. 

 

Simple patriotic touch in the entryway

Can you guess what the flower pot is?

I recently bought a set of brushes on a wooden palette.

I used the cardboard piece that held the brushes in place.

Summer Days

 Even with the summer heat July has been a good month. Tallulah has mastered crawling. 

Her dad shared this picture of her standing. This little lady is getting stronger and braver.

Olga and Gunner returned from a visit to see relatives in Mexico. Olga brought back some lovely gifts for Tallulah, Lauren, and me.

Of course, I've been spending time over in the art room. I still love to paint flowers.

I had fun doing this mixed media.

frayed piece from a book spine

art tissue paper

  buttons

Springtime

 Today was a lovely mild day to mark the start of spring. I inspected my flowerbeds but put off working on them. Instead my spring celebration started on a canvas.

And spring cleaning was also put off. Instead I tried changing some parts of the decor around here. If you have followed along with me through the years you know how difficult it is to do the mantel due to hideous vents. Here's my latest version.

Saturday is a good day to be lazy.

I certainly was!

Painting and Tutoring

It has been a while since I carved out some time to paint. A visitor to my studio on Sunday is probably the reason I'm back at it. She liked many of my paintings. 

This painting of a barn I decided to redo. A happy childhood memory was the hayloft at my grandparents' farm in Louisiana. My brother and I would climb there to enjoy the view from up high. We also liked to climb trees for that feeling of being way up in the air. We had a lot of freedom in those days to explore. Miraculously we survived without mishaps. This barn painting makes me recall those wonderful experiences on the farm.

  

I picked up a small canvas at Goodwill for one dollar, painted over it, and tried this angel pose.

This one was quick and fun. I used cut up plastic pieces dipped in paint for the haystack and pitchforks and an owl that was cut from a magazine.

I emptied out the suitcase of old teaching materials. Now I'm using it as an end table for my coffee. This week I've been in teacher mode to help Lucas with a few of his third grade lessons.

Art Expressions

 Art Tags

 Mixed Media

 collage

abstract on canvas

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