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Arting for 365 Day 162: Long Neck Lady

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Day 162(10/7/12): Long Neck Lady

~3 x 5″ Ink on paper

Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

This weekend was one filled with quite a few art firsts. As some of you may recall I showed my work at a local farm’s harvest festival (first #1) on Saturday and Sunday. The boyfriend and I got to the festival around 8 am Saturday morning and begun hanging my work in a small, dilapidated old barn that had a ton of character (first #2). The barn’s roof had blown off in areas exposing the sky above, and the doors were long gone. Thick straw covered most of the floor creating a soft cushiony blanket below. It really was a pretty neat space.

The barn. The side you see here had all sorts of kid’s art stuff set up.

After hanging a few paintings and setting up a small display table on the squishy straw, the boyfriend headed back into town to do some work and I proceeded to try to stay warm in the 30 degree weather. As a few flakes of snow fell through the open roof, I realized I had never before shown my work in such cold temperatures (first #3). All day temps hovered around 35 and the wind blew. The few folks who were at the event huddled around metal fire filled trash cans, turning their bodies rotisserie style in order to stay warm. Needless to say, Saturday was not the best or busiest day for me or any of the other vendors, for that matter. They shut down the event early and I spent the rest of the night at home trying to warm up.

My space

Luckily though, Sunday was gorgeous! The day was sunny and crisp and folks were out and about. I met a lot of great people, had some friends come out to visit and really enjoyed myself. After wrapping up, one of my friends came back and stayed with us, making us dinner and then she and I did some drawing. Long Neck Lady was one of the pieces I worked on. All and all – a lovely day!

Loved the crazy crown of feathers on the heads of these chickens!

Arting for 365 Day 160: Road to Somewhere

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8 x 10″ ink on paper

Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

A few days ago I sat down and did a drawing of my shoe. It was nothing spectacular, but I like to think studies of live and in person items are always good for the eye and mind. Yesterday I pulled out the pencil drawing and decided it might be fun to use some of the lines to start a new, abstracted piece.

As I began working on it, a strange, robotic, headless woman with wings began to appear. This was not the final product I hoped for, so I continued adding lines and turning the paper in order to create this abstracted landscape. It’s funny though, I can still see the woman so clearly. Once your brain has decided something is there, that seems to be all it can see.

Arting for 365 Day 157: Holy Crap, We Bought an RV…To Live In

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Day 157 (10/2/12): Holy Crap, We Bought an RV... To Live InGoal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

For awhile now the boyfriend has expressed his dream of living in an RV and a few months ago we even started looking at them semi-seriously. As our lives continued to get ever more busy, though, we decided to put the idea on the backburner. That is until last week. Last week we received a letter explaining our rent would be going up. While the amount wasn’t a huge increase, I wasn’t pleased. I was ready to move. The issue lay in that the boyfriend hates moving and firmly stated that their raising the rent was not enough to get him to move again. “What if we moved into an RV?” I asked, feeling relatively certain I’d know my answer.

Sure enough, this past weekend we bought an old 1994 Winnebago Itasca Sunrise! She (Gertrude as named by the previous owner) is a beauty, seems to run like a dream and is a hoot to drive as long as you are not in Denver traffic. I can’t wait to start our adventures with her – the first being winterizing Gerty for the upcoming months in Colorado. I can’t say we are the wisest people for taking on RV living as winter is moving in, but heck, no one ever said adventurous and wise go hand in hand.

Arting for 365 Day 156: Handmade Business Cards

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Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be showing some work at a harvest festival this weekend and so will be spending a chunk of the week prepping for it. After creating yesterday’s piece (below), I realized I liked it fine, but that it might be better suited as business cards.

It was a few years ago that an artist friend of mine, Alissa, used scraps of her own work to create business cards. I thought it was a brilliant idea and I immediately stole it. I often use old works that I may not have loved but that I think could look good cut up. Each card is a tiny piece of original art that folks can take with them and I feel like the cards are a bit more memorable than the norm. Beyond that, I like the idea of re-purposing some of the old work I have laying around.

The process is a simple one:

1. Take any work you like, as long as the paper is pretty sturdy

2. Make a grid of 2″ x 3.5″ squares

3. Cut them

4. Hand write or print out (I use Avery brand clear labels) your contact info on the back

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Arting for 365 Day 155: Sunday Card Making

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9/30/12Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

Next weekend I’ve been invited to show my work at a local harvest festival. There should be quite a few people at the event and I always feel like any chance I’m given to get my work in front of an audience is a good one, so I’m pretty excited. On top of that, the festival should be a really great time – lots of fun people, delicious food and music.

I don’t have a super concrete idea as to how much space I will have though, and so decided it would probably be wise to start creating some smaller items to sell. Last night I pulled out business envelope scraps and markers and created a few of these bright, fun cards.

Arting for 365 Day 154: Pumpkin

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Day 154 (9/29/12): Pumpkin

Each piece ~ 3 x 5″ Watercolor and ink

It has been a whirlwind of a weekend. Yesterday’s activities  included visiting my brother and his family, watching an extremely intense game of 6 year old flag football, and attending a house warming party which was followed up by a night on the town.

As you might imagine, a few of these activities involved drinking adult beverages – which could be treacherous when one is attempting to not miss a day of making art. No worries – I continued the streak by working on this lighthearted little pumpkin.

Arting for 365 Day 153: Coasters in Black and White

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Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Yesterday I decided it would be fun to create some more coasters. Instead of using old paper brewery coasters, I thought I’d paint directly onto tiles I picked up for ten cents from the local Habitat for Humanity Restore.
Using ceramic paint that you can pick up from an art or craft store, I got to work on abstract designs.
I finished up by baking the coasters for 45 minutes in order to set the paint and sticking cork to the bottom.
A pretty fun project for a Friday afternoon!