Hi everyone! Another cold grey Monday here. Mo and I are waiting for the groomer and her spa van. Before I begin, here's a couple blog / Blogger bits of business.
Blogger has changed commenting format. Pls be sure your comment is typing before you expend a lot of effort.
And second, for my quilting friends, I promise I will do a quilt post soon, maybe end of the week? The finishes are on their way home from Lori C in Ohio, ooo the thrill!
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shells in the photos are mine, collected here and there.
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I submitted a variety of photos over the week of entry [dandelion clocks are, btw, the single fluffy dandelion umbrellas, that blow in the spring winds, each carries a single seed.]. Upcycle, beachcombing, weird found objects, but I won for my new quilt label which features a dandelion seed umbrella, symbolizing my shared love and good wishes to the quilt or other objects' recipients.
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I didn't know anyone in the UK to give my prize to, so pretty much begged to receive at least the pin and small poem/ wish.
@weepeace of nature generously braved international mail and my gift arrived last week. So thoughtful, so carefully presented. I'll treasure it always.
I made this scribble doodle collage to digitally send as a thank you. The words by me are from a writing exercise about ''mindfulness''.
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A couple weeks ago I had a run in with a woman on IG, who was scathingly scornful, along with about half her many! followers: "faux spring branches? Why? When just outside your yard and woods---and the markets--- are filled with fresh real plants.'' NO amount of explanation---we don't have flowering trees, we have snow; it's illegal to cut branches in parks and dunes and public spaces; market branches, if even available, are very costly and messy. On and on. Pissed me off so bad! So smug and entitled. You know what, everyone does not live in a big house with a big yard in a flowering woods, in warm Georgia, in March! Yeeesh. Surely my silk forsythia branches with their burst of happy sunshine yellow are not all THAT tacky, a harmless indulgence that I can afford? How rude. And they wouldn't find my weird object silk flowers from the street gutter amusing at all. So different from @weepeaceofnature, for example.
I had to unfollow the page before I got insanely troll-y. Yes, I know, ignore, please myself---but it really irked me.
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This past week's tiny paintings recap: @roomportraitclubweek 62. This week we were offered, I think, 4 scenes, all close up tablescapes, not really rooms. I did two views, cropped, both in watercolor and on the computer Draw program I have.
The first photo is to remind you just how tiny the watercolor cards are. Blog friends Julie and Penny have told me not to be critical of my paintings, hard for me as a work critique is [to me] a way to learn and improve, and very much a part of one's life and work and development as an artist? But I will refrain here, just documenting instead.
Bunny!
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More tulips:
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And a Lighthouse, because these computer drawings are very fun.
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love
lizzy
gone to the beach...
it is too cold and windy for me to try to go to the beach, so I am leaving you with some pics from warmer years, sorry.
https://www.instagram.com/roomportraitclub/
https://www.instagram.com/weepeaceofnature/
https://www.instagram.com/oldnewvintageandblue/
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That bedroom may be odd but I love it! Those faux canopies over the beds might as well be flying carpets, there is so much imagination in the entire setting. Can you imagine the bedtime stories those children must hear in that setting - enchanting!
ReplyDeleteI think they look like mystical robes to carry you off to magical places...
ReplyDeleteI personally love some silk forsythia --so
spring-ey;))) I love your bunnies...and he colors are just fabulous--very nice works...they really show your joy for Springtime...hugs, Julierose
All I can say is keep creating those fabulous paintings/drawings. The computer ones are so joyous, free and full of delight!
ReplyDeleteI'm tickled to see the Ghanaian elephant grass fans at the end of the children's beds.
Yes, the comment section looks quite different!
ReplyDeleteLove the tiny painting of the bunny in the bowl! The unusual child's bedroom is odd, looks like a gypsy style or from a Nordic? country? The things over the bed would have given me nightmares as a child as odd shapes and shadows were MUCH too easy for my imagination to conjure up something spooky!
I actually prefer silks over many fresh flowers - they last longer! Don't smell as good, though... And they're a great alternative if you don't have access to fresh/real you're allowed to cut. Some people should learn to consider their words before they put them out on the internet.
Last but not least, I love your little prize! Your quilt label is very cool, I'm glad you won something!
Why do people waste their breath being negative? Ugh! The dandelion drawing and winner's prize is so special!! So glad she sent it to you!!
ReplyDeleteIt's frustrating how blogger keeps making changes, and usually not for the better. I wish they're mostly leave things alone, although I'd be happy if they provided us with a "related posts" gadget.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on winning a prize--a great one, at that. Just delightful! I only learned last year that the word clock also refers to dandelion seed heads. I thought fabric printed with those would be fun for the back of my Time Flies hourglass quilt. No luck finding in colors I thought would work, though.
I love, love, love your new quilt label. It's spectacular! I'm so impressed with your "scribble doodle collage." You're really good!
All I can say about the lady complaining about your faux forsythia is: Oh for heaven's sake, what business is it of hers what kind of flowers you put in your home?! I think they are bright and cheery for the end of a winter than won't seem to end.
I absolutely get the idea of a critique. Others and ourselves are sometimes needlessly critical but generally I agree that a critique helps me learn, helps me see what I missed, consider next decisions, etc.
Your little paintings are amazing. You must use a very fine brush to get such detail in such a small space.
I love the bright colors of that child's room (though I'm not sure about those canopies above the beds). I would love to be brave enough to use such colors in my home, but the fact is, I probably wouldn't like living with the colors.
Congratulations on your sweet win. Very kind of them to send along the pin.
ReplyDeleteOh geeze, already got booted off of blogger comments just trying to write this. Gonna go before I put in more effort. Will comment on more recent post :)