Friday, August 20, 2010

teenagers again . . .


So, today I'm walking through the living room with a
bottle of Clorox Clean-Up when the 17-year-old says

"WAIT a minute, just where do you think you're going??"

"To clean the toilets."

"Pffft. You and your crazy hobbies . . ."

(For real, this happened. Welcome to my world.)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

mini atcs--watercolor resist background



Mini atcs (1 1/2 by 2 1/2). Altered Pages images,
watercolor resist background.

Thank you, Gingersnap Creations, for the "paint"
challenge. (I almost ALWAYS have paint somewhere,
both on my artwork AND my body!! What a mess . . .)

***post update***
How fun is this???



Thank you, Gingersnappers!! :)

Thursday, August 05, 2010

project update: good news, bad news . . .

Working on making gelatin plate prints.

Like this:



(Linda Germain has a whole set of YouTube tutorial
videos demonstrating this printmaking technique,
and they're all fabulous.)

The good news, is--so far, so good.

The bad news is, this is as far as I've gotten: