ariel

The deadline for entering into the Leesburg Art Assn. Spring show was the
15th....well.....of course it was the 15th when Kathleen reminded me of it. I called Pepper, the show chairman, gave her all my information and check number and she allowed me to enter my new piece "Ariel". It is a poster size 3 layer acrylic. This one is a bit different as I used some bronze in the 3rd application and every now and then you get a little bronze sheen. I took it to the office for Dawn to help me name it and actually one of the other realtors named it Ariel. It seemed to fit so that is what it is called. It is now over at 5th Avenue graphics to be copied..I am having geclee's made of it.......hopefully, I will sell some of them.

Going to work in the studio today, am trying to frame some of the stuff I have already finished.......not 'show' stuff but attractive enough for some one to hang in their home.

LIVE AND LEARN

The piece I was working on (words on a prefinished piece of art) did not turn out well.....won't try that again!! I am entering the new poster size, 3 layer acrylic we named Ariel, the White pictured below and Tempest an encaustic. My sister is entering 3 pieces as well. My grandson Tyler is entering the Student Division with a watercolor. Entering what??? you asked. The Eustis Art Leagues Spring show....it will be judged so hopefully someone in our family will be awarded a ribbon.

Tyler is the son of my daughter who has blog MAEBELLE PARK. Please check her out. My other daughter has MOCKINGBIRD HILL - please check her out as well.

WHITE

Shown below is a picture of me holding my new "White" piece.....as you can see it is a field of white flowers.....so appropriate for spring.. It really came out pretty nice.....when we have time we will probably make notes from it as we did with "He Loves Me He Loves Me Not".

White

entirely new

Finished a little piece that is entirely new to me......words on a previously created background.....I have used previously created backgrounds (such as my new White piece) but I have never used 'words' on it.....I do not letter so this is untested territory.....After painting on the words "lest not your heart be troubled" I then used white wash to sort of diffuse it......Not bad but not good either....

oh well, as they say, back to the drawing board. Abby

exposure

Well, did not sell any of my art - but - had several people in to see it and they professed to like my work.......I was not there most of the time but Dawn talked to them and told them that I had been doing art for only a couple of years.....which surprised most of them. I finished another piece today and already have it framed. It is an unusual painting technique.....you treat the paper first with medium..let it dry and use acrylic paint to paint on a color over the whole sheet..let dry....paint on another coat of paint (different color) use different tools to make designs on the paint - comb, fork, paper towel laid in the wet paint and lifted off, etc....be creative...let dry-- paint another coat of acrylic---spray on alcohol and the paint will bubble.....gives you very unusual looking art....

One of the pictures that I just finished and call "White" was painted on one of the above mentioned papers and is the background for a field of white flowers. I will post a picture on so you can see.

I will probably do some note cards of it. I love to experiment and try new and different things. I think that is what I like about art - it is so forgiving and you can just let go...... More later,

art festival in Mount Dora

FEBRUARY 2nd

Today is the first day of the fabulous Art Festival here in Mount Dora-They expect 250 to 300,000 people to come today and tomorrow. The artists that rent space have to submit slides of their work and it is a juried show. Some great artists will be here......jewelry makers, painters, clothes, sculptors, potters, etc. At the insistence of Dawn, I set up some of my art in the front conference room and she put a sign out front that there was an art show inside.........looks pretty good. But (there is always a 'but')the food vendors are parked in front of our building so I am not certain how many people will make it inside.

I plan to start sorting clothes today - my closets are bulging at the seams! Alot of the stuff will go to a Goodwill store. The next project will be to sort some of my stuff and have a yard sale...in a couple of months.

Gotta' go...........................