AEDM: Days are zooming by 22, 23, 24, & 25

Day 22 Old Lady Walking
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The days are going by so fast and I can't seem to keep up. Making art everyday is not an easy task. Art Everyday Month has kept me focused on  attempting something everyday although I don't always keep up with posting it. I going to miss this challenge when its over. Here are my submission: Day 22 Old Lady Walking, I hope to finish this. Day 23 is a copy of a photograph of my oldest daughter when she was little with her freckled face friend. Day 24 Overcome Evil with Good sometimes the evil wants to take over our lives but we have to fight it with good. Don't let the bad things make you so unhappy that you can't find the joy. Day 25 My hope, her eyes are on the hope of God's word. Day 24 and 25 are in my large sketchbook that doesn't require me to be perfect, just let it go.

Day 23 Freckled Friend

Day 24 Overcome Evil with Good

Day 25 My hope

AEDM: Day 7,8, and 9 Almost

Still playing catch up. I'm almost there. Day 7 -So I took a throw away painting and tried to make something of it. I crop it to try to make the final painting look interesting.  Day 8- I did some student portraits. Day 9- I was finished preparing for my immunization audit at work and I made my tree. I love to look at it from my desk.

Day 7

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 9

Oil Pastels and Gelatos

 Finally I made something with oil pastels and gelatos that might look like art. I never quite got the hang of using oil pastels, but as in the words of the Space Commander from Galaxy Quest "Never give up, Never surrender!" For those of you who don't know, I am a self taught artist. I haven't taken any classes, not even online. Although I sometimes think about it, but I am enjoying teaching myself. I purchased the oil pastels 2 years ago and gave up, but pulled them out when I recently brought this gelatos kit from Michael's.

Imitation the Highest Form of Flattery

There are so many artist I admire and imitation is the highest form of flattery. I love Karin Jurick. She has the most amazing art work. I attempted to paint like her but I am way off. I tried to do an African American version of one of her paintings.

Is There Any Art? Paintings

I haven't done much art lately but here are 2 paintings. One was a commissioned piece I did in June of my coworkers sister and her two daughters. The other is of a little girl that attends the same congregation as I (Church of Christ). She had on a white cotton and lace dress. It reminded of the dresses I wore as a child. I took a photo of her with the intent of capturing it.

IF: Talent

My submission for Illustration Friday. The challenge word is talent. "whoever can carry the most, has the most talent".

CED: Mixed Media Bloom

Creative Everyday: Bloom

So I wasn't excited about the theme, but I was determined to stick to it. This was my 3rd try today to make something beautiful using mixed media. I'm so happy I tried. I BLOOMED.

Tuesdays Face

The Face Series

I didn't use my usual pattern for The Face. I drew it free hand and used watercolor, paint, and computer to color this one. I don't know if the exaggerated neck looks right with this technique.

Inspire Me Thursday: Believe



God will always make a way where there is no way.

 I didn't finish my current inspiration this morning because I was trying to fix my computer so  I had to use a previous inspiration. It helps me to believe because there were times in my life that I didn't see a way.

Homage to Modigliani

I have a new old artist that I came across Modigliani. I love his portraits. I admire the way that he did portraiture but put them in his owe style. If you have not see his work just google his name. The painting at the top is my attempt of his style, I didn't want to copy it exactly so I made a few changes. Modigliani died at the age of 35. If you are a reader such as I the book entitled Modigliani. There is also a movie.

CED: Small Girl Painting

I made myself take the time to do another Little Girl Painting. I love making these simple little paintings. I was hoping to have more in my collection by now. Here are the previous ones.

IF: Toy

Here's a little painting I did some months ago but I am submitting it for Illustration Friday word of the week "Toy." The toy is not as obvious but she has her toy bunnies on the bench, one is pink and one is brown. I had a stuff giraffe that was my favorite soft toy, but my all time favorite was my barbie.

CED: Nest

A couple of months ago I did a painting with a similar lady and butterfly. I love the colors so I tried to capture it again. So can there be such a thing as a nest of butterflies? Click image for full view.

IF: Dusty - Diva in Dust Gear

The word for Illustration Friday is dusty. Sometimes I find these words quite hard to suit my type of art since my genre is mostly faces of woman. So this is what I did. I've never been in or seen a dust or sand storm but I hear they are quite awful. My husband was in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm so I've heard his stories of sand storms. So can a sand storm make you dusty or do you only get dusty from dirt?

IF: Chicken - Dinner is served

My submission for Illustration Friday's word of the week "chicken." I wanted to depict one of my favorite chicken stories about how my parents took us down south to visit our grandparents for the summer. We were northern city kids and not use to a farm and farm food. The first time we saw our grandmother ring the chickens neck we were horrified. The chicken was running around with no head. "Chicken comes from the grocery store was our reply when we saw fried chicken at the dinner table." My sisters and I refuse to eat. Well after a couple of weeks you really start to get hungry and knowing that your parents would not be back until summer break is over you decide to eat it.

Well that was a lot to depict so I decided to do this chicken serving dinner.

Asked to Danced

"Asked to Dance" is the name of this creation. I was attempting a different angle. I couldn't get the shoulders right. This young lady has finally be asked to dance. She is looking up at the young man who asked her. I know that this probably does not fit today's society, girls don't wait to be asked or don't need to be asked.

IF: Winter, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Illustration Friday submission for the word Winter. I love the winter and for the first time since I've been in the south we had snow on Christmas. It wasn't alot but it was something.

Creative Everyday Challenge - Air

Christmas is in the Air I love Christmas time. I just wish that retailer's would wait for the week of Thanksgiving before they start pushing Christmas on us, this year they started before Halloween. We went shopping and they were playing Christmas music, I just tried to ignore it. But now it's Christmas time. I visited one of my most favorite stores after Thanksgiving "Pottery Barn" I fell in love with this ribbon Happy Holidays that is wrapped around the tree.

AEDM - Lady in the Grass

So I've been doing my housework in the morning before I go to work, so my creativeness has to come at the end of day after everyone has been chauffeured and fed. I wish I could hire a maid. So now at 9:30pm I've finally finished work on Lady in the Grass. I had to leave it alone because sometimes as much as you try you can't work thru it.

Face 21 - Inheriting Grandmothers Necklace

When a Grandparent passes away its nice to have something other than memories to hold to. My grandmother was a quilter which was something she taught me to do. I also have some of her handmade quilts.