Tired Tuesdays

On this rainy Tuesday...all I feel like doing is taking a nap! I am going to try to work on some collages today but mostly will work on projects for my classes.

Listen to this crazy, cool idea one of my students has:

For the "20 Drawings" assignment (find an object and draw it 20 times using 10 different media) One of my students is going to bring in a couple of eggs...some hard-boiled, some not. He is going to draw the eggs 20 different times....showing the egg being cracked, the yolk, some of the egg shells, etc.....I am excited...this is such a creative idea!

Monday Blahs

I really do not enjoy Mondays! I try and try and it just doesn't work for me! I am always incredibly tired in the morning and just grumpy all day long! I am hoping Tuesday is a happier day for me:)

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I was able to work on some artwork and the husband worked on our website that we will hopefully be launching soon!

The leaves are starting to turn colors and it is supposed to get a little chillier here soon. Yay!

Today I assigned my painting class a color chart assignment. I feel mixing colors is so important when completing a painting. I think color charts are pretty too! Paul Klee's Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black looks just like a color chart to me!

I love color and almost have to stop myself from going overboard when I paint. My favorite color is cerulean blue. What is your favorite color?

Marble Art

Good Morning! Well this weekend has been very lazy! I am sure it will continue today! Currently I am on my 2nd cup of coffee. Check out this adorable mug I got at Marshalls this past summer. Such a find! I of course bought a bunch!

Today my artwork is on the main showcase on Etsy...we will see if anything will come out of it!

My plans for today include waking up the husband, going to brunch at Joseph Beth Bookstore's Cafe and collecting items for my classes tomorrow. Tomorrow I plan on having my special needs students do a painting with leaves. This is the perfect time of year to collect different leaves and use them as stencils. You can also print with leaves, you just want to be careful how much paint you use!

On Friday my special need students and I painted with marbles. It was soo much fun! What you do is:
1. Find a box or a container- you get different effects depending on the size of your container so experiment!

2. Place paper on the bottom of the container

3. Collect some marbles (other balls work as well but with different effects) Marbles move really quickly across the paper so you end up with really crazy lines across the paper.

4. Either place the marbles into paint or drop paint onto the paper...make sure the paint is kind of watery. Put the marbles into the container.

5. Shake the container and make the marbles race across the paper! Do this as long as you want! Add different colors, add more or less marbles.

So much fun:) We will be trying this with hotwheel cars next...hopefully it works out!

Brillante Weblog Award!!!!

Yay! Thank you http://lanyardlady.blogspot.com for choosing this blog for a Brillante (with an e!) Weblog Award! I have had so much fun writing on here and sharing my art and life with anyone willing to listen! I guess once you receive the Weblog award you are supposed to choose 7 great blogs. So here are my 7 websites that I think are WONDERFUL...of course there are so many of you out there...these have just caught my attention lately:)
http://stelabird.blogspot.com
http://pamperingbeki.blogspot.com
http://small-impressions.blogspot.com
http://alamodestuff.blogspot.com
http://blissfulb.blogspot.com
http://littlebrownpen.blogspot.com
http://circlesareforever.blogspot.com

Almost the weekend!

Celebrate! It is almost the weekend! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. What are your big plans this weekend? It seems like the weekend is the only major time I have to create new pieces. Usually the husband and I go out to lunch or brunch and talk business the rest of the time!

Scenes from an artroom

I teach high school art and probably spend about 9 hours every day in my classroom...craziness....here is my out of control desk...this is actually clean for me!


Here is also a shell drawing I am doing as an example project. My drawing class is going to draw one item or a collection of very similar items at least 20 times using 10 different media or combos of media. This is a fun challenging project and I invite all of you to try it! You end up being pretty good at whatever you are drawing...practice make a difference!

If you had to draw an object 20 times, what would you draw and not get bored with?

Song of the day: Mambo de la Luna- Kirsty MacColl....very festive

Favorite Artwork

One of the posts on the Etsy forums today was "What is your favorite artwork in your Etsy store?" This would have to be my favorite at the moment. It is called Yellow Paisley Bird. It is made from hand-painted collaged papers. I adore collage.

Blogger geek

I cannot stop looking at blogs tonight! I should be in bed by now but I just can't stop reading everyone's cool blogs..so much fun yet so time consuming!

Nothing much too new today with me. I made some new paper today and will hopefully use it tomorrow to make some fun items. I am loving the whole linocut idea and want to make more...if only there were more hours in the day!

I am posting a fun picture from my classroom. I made a tree and bird cutout out of construction paper and had some of my students who finished their projects early make leaves that related to the Principles of Design (CBUMPER! contrast, balance, unity, movement, pattern, emphasis and rhythm!) It is soo elementary art but somehow it makes me happy! I like things to be simple and colorful.

Tonight I ate dinner at my grandparent's house...it was so wonderful:) We sat outside and had chicken, cabbage and potato salad. It got dark out at around 7:45...I am so not ready for it to get dark early...oh well what can you do?!

Well I am off to bed!

Printmaking Monday

Well Happy Monday! Tonight I actually was productive! I worked on a couple of linocuts and was actually kind of satisfied with them. I am posting pictures of my little bird linocut because it was my favorite:) What is it with me and birds lately?! I am becoming that weird bird chick...I just think they are so pretty and graceful I guess. I am such a weirdo I know!

Saturday Events

Well Saturday is almost over and I feel that it was semi productive. Today I decided to try doing some bigger collages so I bought some 18 x 24 watercolor paper to use as a support. I did the basic under painting but need to figure out what I am going to do before I start cutting and pasting!

I have a couple of new pieces finished that have not been put on etsy yet-I will have to post them on here soon...I need to take some nice photos first!

Here is my recommend for the day: Archer Farms Pumpkin Spice Coffee. It is amazing and I drank the whole package in under a week. I got it at my favorite store Target. I want to go back and buy more coffee but I am scared what else I might buy. I am one of those people who go shopping with a certain item in mind and come out of the store with ten other items except the item I needed. Yeah...that is me..compulsive shopper girl.

Well I better go and get ready for bed...tomorrow will be a long day. Once again I must drive home from Cleveland to Perrysburg. Only a 2 hour drive but yet it feels like forever! I must download more This American Life episodes! They are my favorite.