her vision. family. art.

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i crack myself up at how I stockpile findings to use in my Art! i seriously have so much crap that i don’t use because I don’t know what i have!!! on my to-do list is to downsize and attempt to organize my ‘art elements’. a little out of control!! i am just now using these plastic flip number charts that she sent to me probably over a year ago thanks girl!- J i’m finally getting the chance to use them on these grapple actionshots  i took of Eth this season. at first i wasn’t sure how i’d go about using these without taking away from the numbers (152 which symbolize his wrestling weight class) on the tiles, and i wanted to use the tiles as the journal shell, so..   i printed the pics on lazer and again did image tape transfers. (these are actual number tiles used at some point). this gives me the dimension that i like and the numbers are still visible. i feel like i overkill tape transfer, but the fact is, it’s a simplistic way to more dimension. not to mention it gives me that raw appearance that i like to use in my sport artwork.not pretty, remember!   this was fun to work on. i haven’t done any sport art in a while, and this felt good. doing what i do! ( i love grunge work;-)  one of the inspirations here i got from a recent catalog where they show some pics framed with white-out tape. Layered and Random.  *it fit here. *i documented some key facts from his season in bullet-journaling with my nib and black ink. the rest is just some season memorabilia from tourneys, etcetera.  **sidebar/i’m going to seal the journaling because the thick areas just might flake off the plastic. definately an afterthought!

i love this pic and the very real expression i captured of him after an OT win in districts. (cute, isn’t he-   ;-P

lol

great past week. fun. possibly inspiration for new art..

all’s well except the fact i woke up tuesday morning with a fabulous cold sore on my lip! i’m blessed with a good one about once a year-thanks to my dear dad for that genetic perk! 

here's a little cosmo; my nieces, (i'm crazy about them, but then you already knew that *wink)!!    

it's thursday/CSI night!have a great weekend! mine is buZy!

*have to include this email i just received:

have you forgotten us little ones sitting back waiting for more jaw dropping work??? i know you have a life and all but really!!!! think about your fans okay..........

having withdrawals -that's all it read! lol   -and i say "TY...   i've been having withdrawls myself, promise! *wink) I so appreciate you fab people!!

L8R

Finally some much needed time to get some journal work done and to relax for a moment! Of course I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked, but I’m learning not to complain about any free I have these days, it is what it is!  My age-old theory of living for the moment has taken on a completely new meaning-   so after my groovy friend reminded me that I had pushed my deadline (notorious of doing..   but then again I work better under pressure *wink) of getting this piece done for my inspire classes, I got this little file folder journal re-worked; with instructions and step-by-step images for a guide she’s putting together for the event. And, this was done in the course of 3-4hrs and with a great desire to catch up on sleep at the same time (not my best work). But, This was in much need of being re-created because the original was put together last summer.     -lol things change.  Anyway, it’s re-worked, and I didn’t miss my deadline by much    

I  was working on this, and I found myself using concepts and thoughts that I’ve used on other journal pages. Then it made me start thinking how things and people of your past   are amazingly still in your mind and come out through your art.. (you won’t understand by looking, but I know it’s there J; hint- the taped ‘wing’ on the cover). This mini journal just focuses on me and mine. At this pt.     I really love using dyes and alcohol inks. you can do so much with them. and, I really like the fact that they’re so versatile and can be used untraditionally-.  For example, I dropped some alcohol ink onto one of the pages, and instead of using the blending solution to move it around, I threw water in the mix and moved it around with my hands. I like the appearance I get when I tape transfer on top of wet acrylic. SMUDGE! Also on the images of the boys these aren’t supposed to be ‘perfect’ photo images! I printed these with the intention of doing a tape transfer, and decided to do this little flip-thing. I folded the image in half and then taped over it with packing tape, making sure there was excess along the edges to attach the image to the page. I framed the image with masking tape (SURPRISE)!!! and acrylic. Now the image flips back-forth so you can see both of my manchildren. I’m sure I’ll play with this mini journal more before the event because I have more thoughts and ideas, but, it will have to wait. No time at the moment.

I wanted to share something that was said to me recently     one of my bro’s coaching friends came up to my ‘part time’ job a few nights ago and I was talking to him and his wife and then he says I wanted to tell you something.   He told me that he had googled my bro’s name one night and he found my typepad.  he said I’m just a baseball guy, I know nothing about ART, but I want say your work impacted me, and I wanted you to know that!     that was pretty cool to me.

I’ve done a little blogging here/there, and I’m loving the St.Valentine’s that I’m seeing, it’s not  in me this year. no ‘tattoo’ valentines! *wink, so not making any myself.

Ok.

Wrestling districts this weekend. 

L8R