The Prang Challenge...

These are the cards I made for the Prang Challenge swap. We were supposed to use only Prang watercolors. Not crazy about all of them. Oh well...

 

I know...the rainbow willow is familiar. But it fit the theme!

 

 

The last two would be my favorites. I really like the blue that comes in the set!

I had a long, hard day of frying chicken today. I fried over 1,000 pieces of chicken. No kidding! (And things were getting kind of tense toward the end of my day. Sheesh!) Tonight and tomorrow I plan to RElax!

Y'all have a great 4th!
Shalom!

Fur, Feathers and Scales swap...

Just finished these. It's fun getting these cards in the mail, but hard to let go of these mini paintings! I'm learning to share.  :)

(I did add a little pen to this fish painting after taking the photo.)

 



I have two in the "fur" category, so the host can have one as a gift.

This one is for a personalized trade. That means the receiver requested a certain theme and I gave her a theme for my card in return. I told her to make me something with a Messianic Jewish flavor and I decided to do the same because she said for me to ask God what I should make for her. I plan to make more cards in this vein, with scriptures.

 

Hunger calls! Shalom!

It's a BEE swap!

I can never remember the names of these swaps off hand...something like My Sweet Honeybees swap. Anyway, here are the four I made (one for the host).

It's a bee skep. I'd never seen one like this, so I thought it would be interesting to draw!

 

I learned that only bumblebees have long enough tongues to sip the nectar from red clover.

 

 

And my zentangle bee...

 

This swap was tons of fun. Now to get them ready for mailing!

 

Love y'all! Shalom!

WOYWW!

Wow! The weeks are flying past so quickly! Which means that our LIVES are flying past quickly. Which begs the question, am I ready for what comes after this? Yes, I do wax philosophical sometimes when I stop and really think about how the days are speeding on.  I love to see my workday speed by, but I'd like the home time to SLOW DOWN.

Anyway, here are my two desks today.

I'm working on a new swap which has a honeybee theme. Since I learn by trial and error I'm trying out various combos on the slick paper I'm gluing to my ATC. I took a sample piece of the slick paper and applied some Gesso to it... (well, actually this is the side without Gesso)

I asked many questions. Does watercolor work on it? Nope. Does pen? Yes. Does the pen work on Gesso? Yes. Does the pen work on top of colored pencil? Not so much. Etc, ad nauseum until I had copious notes on each combination. Now this is elementary stuff to all you collagers out there, but to me, one who almost exclusively does watercolor on watercolor paper, it's a mystery how all of these materials act with one another. So...I'm learning! (See copious notes below.)

 

And something you'll rarely see on my desk...a large jar of Gesso. Maybe I'll use it more often after this.

 

 

So, I have lots of ideas dealing with bees. I'll keep you posted!  If you want to visit more exciting desks like mine (cough) go to Julia's Stamping Ground blog and hit the links!

Happy summer and much shalom to each of you!

Watercolor Nouns-the set

Here are the four ATC's I'm sending in for the Watercolor Nouns swap. I needed a person, place and thing. I made two things so the host could have a card as a thank you for hosting.

 

 

These were fun to make! Tomorrow is another early day at work, so I'll say good-night!

Shalom!

Watercolor nouns...

The ATC swap I'm working on now is Watercolor Nouns. It requires 3 paintings in watercolor: a person, a place and a thing. Here is my place painting...

Wish I had a copier! I kind of hate to let this one go! :)

It's getting late, so I'll sign off for now. Have a great Father's Day tomorrow!

Shalom.

WOYWW! (even though it's Tuesday!)

Day off!!! We are having fun playing in the sun today. It's been so cold and rainy this spring and summer that many of us are just getting out to plant our gardens. Hoping for a long fall! Planting the garden and working in the yard is our favorite play. I should incorporate some of that into my art!

Anyway, here is my desk for WOYWW. I'm working on some MOO's for a swap. In case you don't know, MOO's are little cards that measure 1" x 2.75". This particular swap calls for making them into bookmarks. You can see the beads on the right that I'm going to use at some point. (Wish I was more creative with collage!)

 

BTW, here are the MOO's in their finished state...

 



I hope the beads don't make them too bulky in the mail! (The moderator okayed them.)

Although I mentioned it in my previous post, here again is the ATC I received from Heather for the WOYWW-4 swap. Love it! (And the beautiful card that came with it!)

So, if you want to peep around other desks worldwide please go to Julia's Stamping Ground and follow the list o' links!

Shalom all and have a sunny summer!