Bird prints

Sorry I have not written on here very much at all lately! I have been very busy with the end of the school year and my summer classes started so I am super stressed! I have been doing printmaking with my students for their final projects and ended up making linocut of my very own! Here is my little bird print! Hope you are having a great week so far and enjoyed the long holiday! I will try to post soon!

Love Birds!

Happy Anniversary to my lovely parents! It is their 31st year together! Congrats Lovebirds!

Summer Art Studio!

Hello! Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far! I only have three more weeks of school (not counting this week!) and I am so ready for summer! Last weekend I even opened up my summer art studio...



This is a little room off of our garage that has the perfect amount of space and light to be my painting studio! I just love it! Let me take you on a little tour...


This is my little table that I got for $10 at a garage sale and painted white! Perfect table for collaging on...I try to keep it clean!

Next up is the view of my backyard:


In the summer I have a beautiful garden that I overlook...right now there is not too much going on though!


Here is where I sit when I want to relax a little and think about what I will paint next:




Look at these beautiful lilacs I picked to put in my art room:



Here are some paintings I am currently working on....I hope to finish them soon. I am planning on adding lots of collage on top of the painted canvases.





I will post the finished paintings when I am done! Have a great night! I am off to get ready to watch LOST!

Life is Art

This was the theme for our annual spring art show. We had our art show on Tuesday and it was a huge success! Here are some pictures from the show:


Look at all of the beautiful art!







Art is life...life is art!


I am so glad the art show was successful! I am also glad it is done! It is so fun but so much work putting it all together! Luckily I have three other art teachers and lots of helpful students to work with in putting this together!

Oh...and guess who came to the art show:


My Grandma! Yay! She liked the art and the refreshments:)


I am off to go running and hopefully actually do some painting today! Hope you have a great Saturday!

The Sea and Cake

I just love this band and it's name! Two of my favorite things in this world, the sea and cake! The video kind of makes me a little nauseous though..what do you think?

The Lilacs...

This morning I went and picked some lilacs from our backyard. Yay! Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers! They smell divine!




Aren't they beautiful?



Jack Henry thinks so...





He just loves to smell (and sometimes eat) them.


Yay for Spring! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Weightless

Here is one of my new collages titled Weightless. I mentioned in an earlier post that I am into hot air balloons lately (as you can tell.) I don't know if I am going to put it into my etsy store yet. It is a little different than my usual collages but oh well..my style is evolving?!


Hope your Saturday is going well! It is 85 degrees here! Can you believe it?! I laid outside all day and read a book! It was great... I have not done that since last summer! Have a great weekend!

Video of the day: Belle and Sebastian

Here is a video by one of my favorite bands. Belle and Sebastian were introduced to me by one of my students about five years ago and I still love them! Here is a video for the Blues are Still Blue. Enjoy and have a great night!

The craziness continues...

I did another sketch this evening...I took a break from homework and grading and just relaxed and did this drawing. I am thinking of doing some large canvases in this style...maybe...This sketch does not have a title, so if you can think of one I would love to hear it!


I did this sketch with chart pak markers and a micron pen


Close up 1


Close up 2. Did I mention I am into hot air balloons lately? I want to go on one really bad...trying to incorporate them into my art at least.


Close up 3. I adore lines!



Hope your week is going well..they are forecasting 80 degrees for the weekend *yay* I can hardly wait!

CBUS Governor Art Show

Over the weekend the husband and I went to Columbus for the Ohio Governor Art Show. One of my students had a drawing accepted and we went down for the ceremony and the opening of the exhibit. It was so cool! I am impressed by all of these incredibly talented high school students!



Here are some pics:

Downtown Columbus...

I just like the composition of this for some reason...



Isn't this cool?

In the gallery (James A Rhodes building)




My student's artwork is the swimmer on the left.



A painting of buttons...who knew they could be such an amazing painting?!

There were lots of other pictures that I took but these came out the best...there were so many people there so it was hard to take a ton of pictures!

Hope you had a great weekend! I only have one more grueling week left and then I am done with my two masters classes for almost a month! I am so excited to have time to do more art! Yay!