Settled in the Maritimes of Canada, surrounded by the forest and Acadian Mountain Chain, I live a simple life of gratitude. This blog is a journal of my art, food, furkids, garden, home, my life and my thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Crops and Farming. I'm in a Halloweenie mood...so let the spooky fun begin! Bugs is posing for my version of the movie poster "Children of the Corn: Runaway"...corn is a crop right? 😊 I didn't include a bloody dress on Bugs, like on the girl's dress in the movie poster...I'll keep that for October's themes!
I'm still on a Blog break, so I'll be back to visit you all in October! 🎃🎃 Please check out the link gadget below to see more Crops and Farming artwork!
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October 1st: Next Thursday's theme is Goblins and Trolls. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! The link gadget expires Sunday at noon (EST).
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Architecture. Bugs Bunny put on his best sales jacket to try to sell the house he designed for his target audience. I think he'll be a success! 😊
I'm still on a Blog break, so I'll be back to visit you all in October! 🎃🎃 Please check out the link gadget below to see more Architecture artwork!
PS: 🎅🎅🎅 I will be adding this to my posts for a few more weeks: Please contact me via my contact form on the right side bar of my blog if you want to be on my Christmas card list! Send me your address and I'll send you mine! And also please contact me if you have been previously so I can give you my new address! 🎅🎅🎅
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Besides my impending potato harvest, this is all I have to show for my garden this season! Five squash...but they are still quite tiny. Fingers crossed they'll grow before the snow falls!
September 24th: Next Thursday's theme is Crops and Farming. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! The link gadget expires Sunday at noon (EST).
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Eyes and Ears. It was Bugs Bunny's idea to dress up like Disney's Dumbo this week! He had to lay off the carrot juice for a few days to fit into Dumbo's little costume though! 😊
Oh I had to share this! My friend Dorothy, many of you know her blog The Frog and PenguINN...sent me a card and look at the stamps she chose! Talk about knowing me well huh? Thanks Dorothy! 😊
This is a collage of four pen and ink drawings I did this week. I saw something like this on an internet image and I wanted to do my take on what my eye sees each season.
This study really got my imagination going and I was able to relax while I did a little drawing each day. Taking time for myself and practicing self-love is SO healing. I told Alex that all I want to do with my life is draw/paint, cook, eat, drink wine, make cheese and love him and the furries. Simple life. 😊
House Update, we're knocking things off the list!!!
Alex got up on the roof and fixed the leak around the chimney flashing...NO MORE LEAKS!!! But...the roof needs to be replaced - that'll be next year. This is the year of the bandaid...we're thinking of getting rid of the shingles and replacing them with a tin roof.
I got my office all unboxed and organized. I'm SO happy and I feel so much more calm and creative now. Clutter is horrible for me! I think I spent 4 days in a row just focusing on art, and it was amazing. For those interested, I put all of the upcoming themes for the rest of 2020 on my sidebar along with a page that describes the theme and gives some inspiration. You can also find those themes and a link to the pages here: Thursday Art Date With Rain. I'll be thinking of the 2021 themes too this month! 😊
Baby Oscar (now a 6-year old "baby") has developed feline asthma...we had to bring him to the vet because he started wheezing so badly we thought he might suffocate. He's on steroids and also antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection. Oh my gosh, how did this happen? Poor sweetie. He's been on the meds for a week now and he's doing much better.
It's getting cold overnight...Jack has to wear his hoodie every morning now!
That's all for now folks. Please check out the link gadget below to see more Eyes and Ears artwork! I'll be back to visit you all in October! 🎃🎃
PS: 🎅🎅🎅 I will be adding this to my posts for a few more weeks: Please contact me via my contact form on the right side bar of my blog if you want to be on my Christmas card list! Send me your address and I'll send you mine! And also please contact me if you have been previously so I can give you my new address! 🎅🎅🎅
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My Attempt At A Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Draft!
September 17th: Next Thursday's theme is Architecture. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! The link gadget expires Sunday at noon (EST).
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is The Old Masters. I wish I had more time with this theme, I had so many neat ideas! But I was lucky that Bugs Bunny was able to squeeze me in for this tribute to Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With A Pearl Earring". I actually really love this oil painting which was painted in 1665.
I decided to take a page from Leonardo da Vinci's book. He did a self-portrait back in 1512 titled "Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk". Here's my self-portrait: "Portrait of a Woman in Red Pastels". 😊😊 Actually I used hues of red, orange and yellow for this one. This was a simple, very quick sketch. I tried to capture da Vinci's facial expression in my own.
That's all for now folks. Thanks for your sweet comments on my last blog post. I feel like I'm on the verge of burning out again and I'm taking time every day to relax, do yoga and meditate - it's helping me a lot. Please check out the link gadget below to see more The Old Masters artwork! I'll be back to visit you all in October! 🎃🎃
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Fiery Rain Eye (I did this at photofunia.com!)
September 10th: Next Thursday's theme is Eyes and Ears. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! The link gadget expires Sunday at noon (EST).
