Sunday Sketches

This week has just zipped by without much time for art at all. 

The one night that I didn't have to work was movies night with the Hubs :0) 

So I brought out the paper and pen and did some more Zentangle work. 

It was a long movie so the page is full :0) 

Linking to....

http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-sketches.html

Paint Party Friday.....Week 47....

It's been a crazy week here....all of my work shifts were late ones....and when that happens I never get much of anything else done. 

I sleep almost until it's time to go to work and  hit the bed again when I get home.

I used to love these shifts but not anymore.

So enough of the whining and on with the art :0) 

I did manage to get one card done this week. My granddaughter that is in kindergarten won the "Student of the Month" award. So I made her a card.

It really didn't scan very well.....those metallic water colors again :0) 

She'll be happy with it. 

Hopefully next week will be better.

 Linking to ....

http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Butterfly Effect.....Opposites

This week at Butterfly Effect the theme is "Opposites" 

At first I was stumped with what I was going to do .... I have been knocking around with the idea of trying to do "Zentangles" for a bit... so I decided to give it a shot and see what I came up with. 

While practicing a couple of the tangles I thought of trying a heart with each side being a mirror image of each other...sort of. 

Remember this is my first "Zentangle" and I have no idea what I'm really doing.

So here it is.....

Linking to.....

The Butterfly Effect

http://whisper-to-whirlwind.blogspot.com/2012/01/opposites.html#comment-form

....and one of these days I'll learn how to do a real click on link...maybe :0) 

Paint Party Friday.....Week 45....

Still not getting much art done these days....lack of energy and inspiration I guess. 

I did play with my metallic watercolors in my journal.... I like the look but wish that the colors were more true. The red and pink look like copper. Oh well I'll find a use for them.

Linking to.....

http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

The Butterfly eFFECT

This weeks "mission" :0) was

a quote or a poem and art related to it. 

Being even more brain dead than normal I was having difficulty coming up with something...anything!!!!! NA! DA!..

So I started digging through my stash of magazine pictures looking for inspiration. 

Still drawing a blank....the only pictures that stirred a reaction were one of a pair of geese  apparently kissing and a really funky bird that I had no clue of what it was....didn't think to cut that part out I guess. 

Then a friend sent me a quote she thought I would like.

Finally I had a use for the bird pictures...well at least the funky one fit .

So I grabbed my journal and started cutting and pasting. I used small pictures of me at different phases of my life and used them as the center of my flowers. Couldn't resist using the geese either :0)

Had so much fun doing this one that I did another with pictures of me with my kids  and grandkids. 

Check out the other entries here:

http://whisper-to-whirlwind.blogspot.com/

Metallic Watercolors are sooooooo FUN!

I bought myself a set of metallic watercolor paints a couple of weeks ago and have just gotten around to trying them out. 

This is a 9 X 12 inch watercolor and ink painting that I will be donating to the Fund Raiser Auction for my brother-in-laws cancer treatments. 

He received great news today!!! His treatments have been successful and at this time he is cancer free and won't have to have any more treatments. They are giving him a few more weeks to recuperate and  then they will do some reconstructive  surgery. He won't be able to go back to work until around Easter and the bills just keep pouring in.

My sister was able to go back to work last week now that he is not getting treatments every day and can be left alone. 

Things are starting to look up in their world but continued prayers will be appreciated. 

Thanks for all of your support!  

Paint Party Friday.....Week 44......

Things Forgotten

This is a watercolor and ink painting that I did for Butterfly Effect last week ....and forgot to post it :0( 

Lucky me that this weeks challenge is 

Things Forgotten. 

 Art Swap Bonanza

...I'm also showing my newest journal pages that high lite the

art swap I did with AMY! She posted on her blog to send her some art and she'd send art back. So I accepted her challenge and dashed off a home made card.  

These are the two pieces she sent me. Which I created pages in my art journal for. 

This one is a card that has the sweetest note inside. I love all of the great friends I have found in blogland! My life is much richer!!! 

Linking to ...

http://whisper-to-whirlwind.blogspot.com/

http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/