Art Every Day Month -- Day 28

There are only a few more days left in this Art Every Day Month. Be sure to check out the other art being made.

I have nothing to show you of today's fun. The project I just finished up, is a gift for someone who reads this blog. I don't want them to see it before it arrives in their hot little hands.

Yesterday, I slept just about the whole dog gone day. Literally. I not only didn't make any type of art, I didn't even think of making any art. I did look at a very few of the other folks who had posted their art for the 27th day. It's the first day I missed working on something all month. Makes me a bit sad, but it could not be helped.

Late on Thanksgiving, I looked at many of the blog postings for art that day. One precious woman had drawn a turkey using her hand as the body, like we all did when we were kids in school. I wrote down the link to the turkey drawing, but now I can't find it. I've lost lots of things today. I'm sorry I can't give her credit for the idea. (If you read this, you know who you are and I'd welcome a comment with a link to your turkey.) I loved her turkey and remembered mine from childhood fondly. So, I made another one, which I share with you here. The other photo was taken on Wednesday night after playing with watercolor paints. I wanted to see what each of the colors looks like, so I started to paint them and write down their names. I didn't get finished, but this is a fair start. It was the very first time I've used watercolors since I was a kid and would get them in a little tray with maybe 6 or 8 colors in little dry paint ovals. Remember those? * I found the blog, the link is right here. The blog is "A Desire to get Creative: The Art of Michelle Halpern".

Art Every Day Month -- Day 22

I didn't have the time or energy to post yesterday. First day I've missed posting all month, I do believe. I did have lots of art fun though. I went into Dallas and bought supplies to water color. I've wanted to learn to water color for so many years! I have signed up for a couple of classes over the years, but for one reason or another, it never happened. Now, I know nothing about water color, but I plan to jump in and paint anyway!

Then I went to my quilt class. It's really more of a sit and sew with good friends now. It was fun. It was relaxing. It was inspiring. I got the "Happy" quilt quilted. Or I thought I did. With the help of my friends, I decided to add more quilting to it, so I'm now nowhere near done, but it was fun when I thought I was finished. I know I'll like the quilt much more with the additional quilting on it too.

After all was said and done, I went to Barnes and Noble and got some magazines to feed my soul and need for art. After this post, I plan to sit in bed and read through them until I want to get up and sew or paint. If that doesn't happen today, it's OK. I'll be soaking up inspiration and getting some much needed down time.