Happy Friday PPF ers - Patriotic Painting

OK... So I thought I was done with this painting

but then it dawned on me

the tail feathers should be white !

so here is my final paintings

Hope you all had a
great Memorial Day weekend

-KAT-

PPF and WOYWW Post of art work

Thanks to all who said nice words

 about my finally

getting into the

 Loveland Art Show 

I am working hard to do some new 

and colorful happy art works this spring and summer

trying new things

how about you

Do you like to try new techniques with your art or craft?

how about wild animals with courage and beauty 

and freedom as an inspiration

We all love our freedom

Do you remember the movie
"Born Free"  ?

can you imagine I am thinking about my four sons as I work?
All courageous, strong, handsome, and I'm so proud of all of them
All in different important stages of their lives.
All making it through ups and downs
The roller-coaster of this life 
on this blue and green ball in space!

I love you
 Dave, Joe, Drew and Ryan

RRrrrooOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrr

    -KAT-

PPF- multimedia layered ripped-paper acrylic

I'm working with  papers and gel medium with acrylic paints 
the base is made from wood and covered in paper of different textures
I used a photo I took years ago during my sons eagle project
A deer was spying on me so I took it's picture

I have always loved  this photo
Love the woods
and all the creatures there

Then I added more paint to define the leaves

 

-KAT-
PS...I was accepted into the Local Art Show in September for the very first time ever !!!!!

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

Getting Loose with my painting

It was so hard for me to loosen up , but I think after a few fails-

 I have some looseness that I find very pleasant to look at

I am in the middle of watching videos

 on multimedia abstract art work with instructor and artist

 Robert Joyner. 

He let us be so free and unbound by the stress

 of detail and perfection in our painting

here is the first few art works and my attempt to be loose and abstract

Cock-A DOooodle -  DooOOOOOOOooo

whiskey bottle is a cool green glass - water paints, inks and charcoals used

so W-hat's O-n Your W-orkD-esk  T-hisW-ednesday
and click on the button below
to see the creative art  at
Paint Party Fridays Blog links

-KAT-

Bird Brained Kat - My H Day Haiku -WOYWW - PPF

Happily creating my new thing

Twig- Art

Just call me Twiggy

 (my hump-day-haiku )

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birds perch here and there

chirping, hopping, and bobbing

on the golden sticks

I found these

twigs out in the back.

My hubby had trimmed the bushes

and I found the twigs very pretty

even with out leaves or blooms of any kind attached

just a nice line and flow of the bare twigs.
I paper- mache (d) the "trunk"
- painted the twig to make it more durable
- gel super glued the birds on 

hhcampbell.blogspot.com

-KAT-

Friday art- WOYWW and PPF

Happy Last  Friday of February 2013

I am working on my little and big wood-bird art

I plan to try for the third time (year) in a row to be chosen

 to attend the local art festival this fall with some of my art

maybe third time is a charm?

Maybe -  Maybe not

I plan to make interesting little mobiles out of the little birds

I also will have birds I carved a bit 
and sanded a bit 
and textured a bit 
and painted a bit.

I'll then put them on natural branch stands of various kinds.

Much work to be done this summer

re-working some of my birds - life sized

tiny bluebirds for mobile project

    

 Happy Paint party Friday and 
What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday
and - Show Me What You Got ! 

I'm also taking 

an online and totally free abstract art lesson

should be fun

Please check out the link to this Free

 online art class

It sounds like a great experience

for artists of all kinds and levels

I am trying this out for the first time 

I hope it is all I am hoping it is

it is put on by Strathmore paper 

through an art supply store I go to

called Plaza Artist Materials here in Ohio

the first class starts March first

and is called 

abstract art with mixed media

• Mixed media boards
• Sizes: 22”x30” or 16”x20,” 3 boards*
• Mixed media paper
•  (90 lb./190 gsm) Size: 22”x30,” 4 sheets*
• Acrylic Paint (Instructor uses Australian Green Gold, 
• Magenta, Olive Green, Phthalo Blue, Titanium White)
• Acrylic Ink (Instructor uses Bright Red, Prussian Blue, Sepia)
• Compressed Charcoal
• Artist Crayons
• Spray Bottle
• Synthetic Brushes 
• (Instructor uses #10 round, #12 round, #4 flat, 1” square wash, liner, sash)
• Palette Knife
• Paint Palette

the instructor is

Robert Joyner

Paint Party Friday

Rain rain go away I need to bring a painting into town today

...I don't want  to hand Tim O'Grady a soggy canvas

Tim is a local Loveland Ohio artist

 He owns a place called Whistle Stop Clay Works

Read more about Tim here

Here is an art work I've had done for awhile

 

This is before pastels

This is after adding pastels

 print on metal I'm also bringing in

  I added in some little highlights of color with my pastels

 can you see any difference in the before and after

What do you think ?

Tim hangs the artist art works in a little place called

 Paxtons -  that is downtown Loveland

Thank you to the owners of  Paxtons

 for helping out all the staving artists in town!

They have good food there too By the way...

The corned beef Ruben sandwich is my personal favorite.

 -KAT-