KAT's Nature... Is To Be Creative: wooden birds

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

PPF art play

First a video
Just for giggles

I filmed myself

and my son edited to make it better

creating primitive wooden birds

I have also been painting

along with the online group...

HERE

trying to paint in an abstract
more loose style

fun

it is a four week free course via web videos

with instructor Robert Joyner

here are my three paintings so far from the classes

-KAT-
Here is an older post
I like to create anything and everything
that pops into my head

http://katethewayitis.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-love-crafting-with-all-my-heart.html

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

BIRDS with STARS

OK... So this is me splurging on a mango shaved ice .

This is our favorite little shack

along the Little Miami River walk/ bike/ hike trail.

It has been just way too hot this spring and summer!

Seriously hot...like danger warnings about the heat hot!

So walk in the shade and eat shaved ice

or drink lots of H2O.

So of course i have been thinking about Christmas/ Hanukkah and /or Winter

season stuff for my gift shop art work.

We have a big outdoor-in-the-park Art Show

here in Loveland in mid September...

and I want to sell a few of my new bird ornaments

at the LASOM booth.

(My backdoor way into the exclusive art show)

only 80 artist are picked to sell and compete

in the annual big event!

Twice I did not make the cut .

but you can read about that here

if you really want to be depressed for me.

LOLOLOLOL

I sketched up some flying birds and had Mr Nature cut some out for me
using a nice lightweight thinner wood.
then I added my signature feathered texture
with golden modeling paste and base painted them black

I was going to do these birds differently.
I was going to use patterned scrap book paper on the bellies
of the birds and colors to match the look of the oriole in my bird book

I do LOVE golden STARS at the holidays
so I decided to put stars in this art... somehow

I rubbed on a mixture of bronze and yellow paint.
with my finger tip.
I like the random folksy-artsy look of that effect.

the star fit perfectly into the beak !
I got out the handy-dandy Gorilla super glue and some soft wire.

tiny-tiny hole drilled into the back wing-tip.

and glue the ends of the wire into the hole
(hold there for 30 seconds and it is set)

Do You think that maybe these birds hang the stars in the heavens ?

Happy Holidays!

Well...

I have a lot of these to make, so I have to start now!

Hugs To You

KAT

come on and see more
from the other crafty people at :

Not Just A Housewife's DIY Contest

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Summertime Speeds By and more Folk Art

July sure is speeding on by,

and before I know it the Back to School sales will be making me smile.

Don't get me wrong ..I love my sons and all,

but they need to have more to keep them busy than TV and Video games.

I should have splurged on the YMCA summer pass

but now I feel like it is too late.

My youngest is going into seventh grade this fall and so he will have football practice soon.

No easy thing to go through in this summer heat.

They have helmet fittings and uniform pick up

this Saturday already!

I have to brag on him a little .

He is getting very fit.

He goes to the gym three mornings a week to work out

with a bunch of the other varsity (7th and 8th grade) guys.

A lot of running and lifting heavy things and agility stuff.

I just pray he will stay in one piece this fall.

I'll talk about his arm situation some other time

Now for some FOLK ART

this is what I do all-day every-day lately...

Watercolor of a purple flower
&
a bird which could be an Eastern Towhee

Bluebird on a painting of a tulips

towhee on top of
a painting of some petunias

Black capped chickadee on top
painting of brown-eyed -susies

As you can see I have markedly

downsized

my wooden birds.

These are only about 2.5 inches in size.

The little paintings are only about 4 by 6 inches

and glued to a board that I sanded

and painted a grayish blue color.

I wanted them to have a distressed look but not overly so.

All I have left to do is to...

spray on a coat of some sort of protective varnish.

It has to be safe to spray on the watercolor paper.

HELP

Anyone have a suggestion for that product?

here is another way I am doing the 2.5 inch birds
They are doweled onto a very small base
This guy measures about 3 inches high.
...and TODAY!... my 12 yr old son said
they were "cool" looking!
O-M-G
I hugged him immediately...
...and said thank you!
I never get compliments much around my home
for some reason.
They just are not that type.
They do love me and support me
They just don't say
"Hey, that bird is really nice looking! "
I live for every compliment I can squeeze out

Maybe that is why I love blogging so much
Everyone has been so, so nice to me on here
Blogging has saved my sanity in this art adventure.