Hello hello, I am so excited to share an upcoming book signing event in Seattle with two of my favorite people and artists 😊💓💚 Carla Sonheim and Diane Culhane. Please join us if you can as we would love to say hi!!
I’m excited to be a featured artist for Art to the 5th’s Documented Life Project
This weeks challenge asks us to use ephemera, old photos and to focus on memories.
Our Prompt quote is by the very popular singer, songwriter Jim Croce, “All that I have are these to remember you. ”
Of course, I do LOVE an old photo and some fabulous found paper, so I set about to build a small flower bouquet of family members, held by a sprite of a young gal.
Here are some photos of my process, see if you can spot the finished piece 🙂
My supplies for this challenge include: gloss medium by Liquitex, acrylic paint, white, red, raw umber for a wash, pencil, found images, old maps, pages from old magazines.
I started by laying down collage bits, chose my “hero” image, added more photos for small flowers, edited with white paint, smudged with pencil around the edges of my collages and tied it all together with small taps of color 🙂
Enjoy!!
Thanks to everyone at Arttothe5th.com for inviting me to play! I really had a blast with this challenge 🙂 great prompts!
If you enjoy fun and nice folks, come and join us for a night of creativity and sharing 🙂
Thursday evening, March 12, 6-9.
904 Railroad Ave, Winter Park, Fl 32789 mcraeartstudio.com
Bring your sketchbook and a friend, and a food or drink offering if it feels easy 🙂
With love!!
Xoxo
Lynn
I hope this doesn’t happen to
you, but sometimes, I feel a little cranky. Usually it means I haven’t made anything with my hands for a few days…..the good news is, I have learned there is a quick cure……and it’s really easy….
Simply…. Move Your Hands … Ahhhhhhhhh
Almost instantly I feel better 🙂
And cool stuff happens
And then I have a bit of chocolate to celebrate!
Sending love,
Xoxo
Don’t you love making gifts for the holidays? We made a family decision a few years back that we wouldn’t spend money, we would each just make something for one another and it was such a great experience we continued the tradition 🙂
One of my favorite things was the hand written letters from my husbands father, George… He wrote beautiful words about each of us and how proud he was of our lives…
Pure treasure 🙂
Wishing you and yours a lovely new tradition and a very happy holiday season.
With much love,
Lynn
Xoxoxoxoxxoox
Holy moly!! This was an article in Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion about 700 years ago:)
And wait, my studio hasn’t changed a bit!!! It’s still brimming with pieces and parts and ideas in progress..
I hope yours is too 😄
I am just about to make stuff and move my hands, ahhhhhh, …….my favorite thing 🙂
Xoxo
Lynn
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