NOT a litter box...
My sister Sue and Juana and I all went out to Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester, MI today to deliver Juana's and my toys for the "Come Play With Me" show.
Here is a short demo of me with my piece "Chime Cat Visits Cloud City". See...it's NOT a litter box...LOL
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
365 Day 96
back to the plaster cloth!
Today I have been adding more plaster cloth layers to my main character -- 'Nipped -- for Kill Taupe's Meth & Hot Dog 2 show, but this is all you are going to see today because I am supposed to only show teasers (until after the show is over).
these are the scissors I use to cut the plaster cloth -- my hands are usually quite plaster covered
Today I have been adding more plaster cloth layers to my main character -- 'Nipped -- for Kill Taupe's Meth & Hot Dog 2 show, but this is all you are going to see today because I am supposed to only show teasers (until after the show is over).
these are the scissors I use to cut the plaster cloth -- my hands are usually quite plaster covered
365 Day 95 (late)
gah! I can't believe I missed my deadline!
I was taking a break in between spraying sealer on Chime Cat and I must've dozed off in my chair. MAN -- that is really disappointing. Oh well.
Here is a shot of the bathroom/spray booth with the edge of the cloud cart on the right...grumble grumble grumble. Even though I used a low odor spray, maybe I breathed in a bit too much of the fumes during the second coat. This is the only room with a good exhaust fan that empties to outside of the house.
Oh -- and guess what won't fit into my car?!? My sister is coming on Thursday morning to help me load Chime Cat into her truck and we will swing by and pick up Juana and then we will all make a run out to Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester to drop off Chime Cat and Juana's 3 entries for the show. Then we will all come back here (after lunch) and Juana and I will play Magic: the Gathering for a bit -- we haven't played in a while (too sleepy in Kalamazoo) -- then I will take Juana back home. Thank goodness for my sister and her truck (she needs a truck to be able to pull her horse trailer).
MAN it is disappointing to wuss out and drop off to sleep and miss my self-imposed deadline!
I was taking a break in between spraying sealer on Chime Cat and I must've dozed off in my chair. MAN -- that is really disappointing. Oh well.
Here is a shot of the bathroom/spray booth with the edge of the cloud cart on the right...grumble grumble grumble. Even though I used a low odor spray, maybe I breathed in a bit too much of the fumes during the second coat. This is the only room with a good exhaust fan that empties to outside of the house.
Oh -- and guess what won't fit into my car?!? My sister is coming on Thursday morning to help me load Chime Cat into her truck and we will swing by and pick up Juana and then we will all make a run out to Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester to drop off Chime Cat and Juana's 3 entries for the show. Then we will all come back here (after lunch) and Juana and I will play Magic: the Gathering for a bit -- we haven't played in a while (too sleepy in Kalamazoo) -- then I will take Juana back home. Thank goodness for my sister and her truck (she needs a truck to be able to pull her horse trailer).
MAN it is disappointing to wuss out and drop off to sleep and miss my self-imposed deadline!
Monday, April 4, 2011
365 Day 94
omg...I am DONE painting Chime Cat!
Tonight I can breathe again. (I hold my breath when I paint detail stuff.) I am doney done done painting Chime Cat.
Even the cloudy handle for the cloud cart pull strap is done.
cloudy handle for the pull strap of the cloud cart
final touched up whiskers
Now I just need to seal the entire piece several times. And then attach the cloud handle to the strap, and the strap to the cart.
Man!
Tonight I can breathe again. (I hold my breath when I paint detail stuff.) I am doney done done painting Chime Cat.
Even the cloudy handle for the cloud cart pull strap is done.
cloudy handle for the pull strap of the cloud cart
final touched up whiskers
Now I just need to seal the entire piece several times. And then attach the cloud handle to the strap, and the strap to the cart.
Man!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
365 Day 93
I'm not very fond of auto focus
One of the things I did today was to put another layer of color on the middle ghost in this painting.
I am trying to build up layers of color so that I can scratch through it.
before today's color layer
It is a wee bit frustrating to me that the camera will not focus on what I want it to focus on...that darn auto focus!
after today's layer of color
I wanted to show all of the wonderful colors and the sort of glow that is developing around the middle ghost. Oh well -- it is there -- I can see it in person.
hard to see in this photo, but the middle ghost is developing a really cool glow around it
One of the things I did today was to put another layer of color on the middle ghost in this painting.
I am trying to build up layers of color so that I can scratch through it.
before today's color layer
It is a wee bit frustrating to me that the camera will not focus on what I want it to focus on...that darn auto focus!
after today's layer of color
I wanted to show all of the wonderful colors and the sort of glow that is developing around the middle ghost. Oh well -- it is there -- I can see it in person.
hard to see in this photo, but the middle ghost is developing a really cool glow around it
Saturday, April 2, 2011
365 Day 92
watching paint dry
I returned late this afternoon from the art-filled road trip to Bonnie Pfingst's Tiny Studio in Kalamazoo...what a great time and so many wonderful folks!
Back to work on touching up the paint on Chime Cat's cloud cart. Yes, still touching it up!
deliberately semi-cryptic shot of the cloud cart
I returned late this afternoon from the art-filled road trip to Bonnie Pfingst's Tiny Studio in Kalamazoo...what a great time and so many wonderful folks!
Back to work on touching up the paint on Chime Cat's cloud cart. Yes, still touching it up!
deliberately semi-cryptic shot of the cloud cart
Friday, April 1, 2011
365 Day 91
an art-filled road trip to Kalamazoo!
Juana and I are off on a road trip to Kalamazoo for the April Art Hop. We will be going to Bonnie Pfingst's Tiny Studio for her 1st-ever Tiny Market. Click on the poster to go to Bonnie's Tiny Studio blog!
Bonnie is also an Art-o-mat host and I will be taking a wide selection of art from my inventory of onesy/twosy artpacks from columns that didn't sell out all the way. This will give Bonnie an opportunity to see some Arto-artists she may not be familiar with yet and also share more Arto-art with her Kalamazoo area Arto-fans.
Juana and I will be sharing a table at Tiny Market. I'm packing up the Arto-artpacks, Tookies finger puppets that I made just for Tiny Market and a couple of my Animal People collages.
yikes -- I can't forget to take my Art-o-mat hoodie!
And of course...there is no way that Juana and I are taking a road trip and staying over at a hotel without bringing Magic: the Gathering!
travel essentials
here come the minotaurs...minotaurs are my favorite magic character(s).
Juana and I are off on a road trip to Kalamazoo for the April Art Hop. We will be going to Bonnie Pfingst's Tiny Studio for her 1st-ever Tiny Market. Click on the poster to go to Bonnie's Tiny Studio blog!
Bonnie is also an Art-o-mat host and I will be taking a wide selection of art from my inventory of onesy/twosy artpacks from columns that didn't sell out all the way. This will give Bonnie an opportunity to see some Arto-artists she may not be familiar with yet and also share more Arto-art with her Kalamazoo area Arto-fans.
Juana and I will be sharing a table at Tiny Market. I'm packing up the Arto-artpacks, Tookies finger puppets that I made just for Tiny Market and a couple of my Animal People collages.
yikes -- I can't forget to take my Art-o-mat hoodie!
And of course...there is no way that Juana and I are taking a road trip and staying over at a hotel without bringing Magic: the Gathering!
travel essentials
here come the minotaurs...minotaurs are my favorite magic character(s).
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