today i am being a fauve. this is a copy i just did of georges rouault's 'head of a woman' 1939. rouault, was a french painter who showed with the fauves, but i think he was not actually considered a fauve. so maybe i am altering art history here. anyway, i love the faces he paints. gives me inspiration.

another patched pair of pants. these didn't need patching, but i love to take a piece of an old sweater, some felt and embroidery thread and put it together on something.

playing with water color paints and adding texture.

here are the beginning diary pages. scroll down to see others i posted a week or two ago. eventually this will be a book.
























i have a yellow beetle named 'lukyduk' (my vanity tags). she is my favorite car so far.

the most BEEOOtiFULL girl in the world. this is lindie, my honeybee! here she is making her first sock monkey. I LUB U.

what is this? painting in the snow. my opus tutor, james hunting (http://www.jameshunting.com), likes me to make things big and loose. so here it is big and loose painting in the snow. it's fun to try! i am pretty sure he is going to tell me now to stitch it. so i will do that and show you in a future post.

oh...and, thanks for saving me from the lobster pot. happy travels!

big hiney is going on a trip. BYE!

stitching on paper - a first for me. this is part of an opus exercise, which combines making marks on paper and then stitching on it. i coated the paper with matte medium to give it some durability. i like the feel of stitching on paper.