Bird Lady.what do you think... PPF aand WOYWW

What do you think of the Bird-Lady or is it a man?

should I add something more?

in your artistic opinion?

I painted this in one hour and I am just wondering about 

Is it done enough

Update on Bird Lady it is now called
"Friends"

now for sale at Paxtons Grill in Loveland, Ohio

and I added more color and layers

hard to get a decent photo in this
 d_ _ _  basement !
fill in the blanks

 oh yes and here is my messy work area this week
in my basement still
bad lighting is a bad thing

AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

so...
Whats On YOUR Work Desk
and it's
Paint Party Friday !

-Kat-

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

Birds of Repurposed Wood and PPF

Happy Friday 

come visit all the artistic people

 and see what creative works of art are happening this week 

at the Paint Party Friday link

In The Works :

I have some cute owls

 that are  filled with LOVE

I have mislaid my carving tool bag and so

I grabbed the OLD OLD dremmel tool

and will track down the carving tools later

 I actually used my hubby's scroll saw to cut this shape out 

all by myself for the first time. 

 When he saw I did it he just said, " You better be careful"

like I would probably cut my finger off or something.

this is as far as I am right now

so far the design is just pencil lines

I will add texture with modeling paste

 and color with acrylic paint

eyes and beak will be made of clay and glued on

These little owls hopefully will end up

as a wall plaque.

Do you notice the

 Valentine - Love theme ?

Winter Art show at LASOM

LASOM 

stands for 

Loveland Artist studios on Main

as in Main street

what a wonderful night they have planned

 for the Loveland , Ohio area Art Lovers

Music, treats, and cocktails

and

ART

of course

Here is my owl art

soon to be installed on stands 

and ready to go in the studio for sale.

start out with a wooden cut out of a owl
I add the modeling paste and gel mixed with a bit of black paint
to get the texture I want
(turns out a little different every time)

the owl eyes are made separately
 out of sculpy clay and painted yellow

some are bigger than others and some are thinner than others

stick on the eyes with a little dab of gel and bronze paint mixture

It's A Flock Of OWLS!
not sea-gulls

before paint

After paint

also did up a few bluebirds

I sure hope there are some other
Owl Lovers out there
Or I'm gonna have a lot of owls staring at me all winter.
- KAT -

Little Things

Enjoy the little things,

for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things.

                                        - Robert Brault

What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday ?

Hi Everyone

This is my work desk today
WELCOME

This is the back of some owls
I made from scrap wood
I got the wood in the throw -away bin at Home Depot

Happy little owls

Some old tree bark I found in the woods
has been dried and treated with sealant 

cardinals are popular
this time of year
so i make a lot to sell
on my etsy
and in my art studio
which has an open house every month

This owl is a grey owl
but by moonlight of course he
appears purple and blue-ish 

This owl is a amber color and has hints of orange
and sweet light brown eyes

So
What is lurking on YOUR 
work desk this week?

Hugs and Happy November everyone


- KAT -

Bird, Bird, Bird, ..Bird Is The Word

Great News !

Suza 

has called

asking for more little birds

for her gift shop in Williamstown MA

as many as I can make in the next two weeks !

YEA !

There is  going to be a magazine article 

on her shop also

which is pretty exciting for Suza

and her shop

" The Mindful Bird "

this is modeling paste (heavy) mixed with a drip of water based paint
to make the basic texture on the wood bird 

owls, woodpeckers, cardinals, and bluebirds 

Maybe a bird of mine 

will make it into a photo shoot of her shop.

 I can hope and cross my fingers and toes.

It would be so cool for

an amateur like me

and for my art.

-  KAT -

Giveaway Just Because...

... i have 100 followers ! 

SO...

Please leave a comment

 and if you want to be included in the birdie give away ...let me know

in your comment which type of birdie

 is your favorite.

you can pick from

robin, cardinal, owl, bluebird,

 black-capped chickadee, or woodpecker

here is the photo of them all once more

they start our as plain wooden shapes
that I draw onto wood and
Mr. G cuts them all out on his band saw for me.
He's the BEEeeeeeesssssSST !

they end up perched on tiny circular branch cuttings

SOME "THINGS" ABOUT KAT GRIFFIN

favorite crunchy snack - pretzels

favorite  classic movie - "Gone With The Wind"

favorite bird - owls

favorite  wine -  a smooth not too dry, Cabernet Savignon

My mom is in heaven

My dad is a Benedictine Monk

Married to  my high school sweet-heart

we both went to Catholic grade and high school together.

I have four sons (33, 23, 19, and 13) that I love enormously

I'm a night owl

I like flip-flops, soft sand beaches, and any wavy ocean !

I love the sound of : 

sea gulls, wind in the birch trees in fall 

I  Love all types of music

I like to sing at church

(with lots of others singing along)

When I'm alone I often hum a lot.

I always worry about my weight, but I never diet.

I have a large extended family that I love to get together with.

I like change, from time to time

as in moving into a new home.

I was an air-force wife for 20 years.

I got married and had a baby boy over in England at age 19

I learned how to drive a stick- shift

 on the opposite side of the road... in England 

 Then - I  forgot how to drive a stick-shift 

I love holidays, and I like it to snow

...but can't wait for it to warm back up about February.

well that's enough of that...

I will pick  six ( 6 ) mini-bird winners

  Monday October 10 th.

so please leave a comment now and tell me your favorite bird

 from the choices I gave you above...OK ?

- KAT -

P.S. 
If you enjoy give-aways 
check this one out if you shop at Lowes !

Come check out  this blog and get some motivation maybe !!!

I'm Over One Hundred !

Whoopi !

I finally went over 100 followers !

So as promised in an earlier post

 I will do a little give-away

 ...and 25 weird things about myself

just for giggles. 

 I will post the give-away 

 on Monday : ( Oct 3 rd )

 and pick six winners

the following Monday : ( Oct 10 th ) 

when you leave a comment,

on Monday, Oct. 3rd

In your comment

 mention which type of bird

 is your favorite !

woodpecker, cardinal, bluebird, 

owl,robin, or blk-capped-chickadee

- KAT-

HELP...With Identity of a Few Birds

OK 

Here is a bird identity question for you all

what is this swooping large bird

it came by in a small flock 

they all circled above my yard

I think eating dragonflies or gnats or some bugs

I could not find it in my bird book

I am guessing it is some kind of swallow

because of how it is flying

very long /large wingspan

white
 under wing stripe

these guys are fast fliers
 I found it very hard to catch a good photo
with my simple camera anyway

 I also spied a few woodpeckers

they look different from the downey woodpecker to me

is this possibly a hairy woodpecker ???

woodpecker
black wings with white stipes

two of the woodpeckers
they like swinging up from below the feeder

white / buff belly

small bit of red on top of the head

Hungry woodpecker feeding on some seeds

Let me know what you think

sorry my photos are a bit amateurish

the sun was not cooperating with me.

But...I just love watching birds

Hugs this wonderful (70's and sunny here) Monday !

KAT Griffin