Weekend art!

Happy Saturday!

My plans this weekend are to finish up a batch of etched copper jewelry, antique the finish of those pieces, and at least design their construction. I'm also designing a box to hold my original jewelry pieces!

Here is a peek at a new art piece I just finished -- the background is a photo I took in Oxford, England -- the script is quotes by Vergil.



More to share later on in the weekend. Make art, my friends! It will do you good to create some beauty to share.

Lynda, the Island Queen

Summer, holidays, and old friends

Hello! This past week I finished a semester in our wonderful year-round school! It is challenging, yes! I choose to "wind down" for a couple of days, then am much more able to make art and otherwise enjoy myself.

Today I have spent some time making a few new website banners, plus I have shared some photos on FaceBook and with friends from a Mustang Car Show held here in Raleigh. These cars are gorgeous! I love the careful polish of the finish, the pristine look of the important logos, and the pride of the owners!





This week's projects, besides getting the NEW semester begun, are to paint some watercolor backgrounds with spray watercolors and some special effects, as well as to etch a batch of copper jewelry. Some fun!



NOTES TO ALL: Surround yourself with positive people...AND...do NOT lose sight of old friends. "Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver, the other gold."

Lynda

Inspirations from the UK -- and more

Leeds Castle -- one of 6 views from inside windows -- my favorite vantagepoint.



Castle Combe, UK -- one house set apart. I felt I was in a book. A fairytale.


A lazy stream in the Cotswolds. Sit down and watch the river run.






This lovely angel stands patiently in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.

Goodnight.
Lynda

Summer Projects - the sun is HOT

Gaze into the pool...koi in a cool spot on a warm evening.


Welcome, everyone! I have used other means of communication for the past year, and have prodigally (is that a word?) returned to my blog. Here's to my being able to keep up..





Join me at my kitchen table for a cup of coffee or some iced tea...the roses are from a sweet student. Lovely.





The latest project is a series of website banners for a professional association, and I'll post one as an example...next will be a few photos for inspiration, and who knows what I will end with today! Stay tuned.








I will post more this evening. Leave me a comment -- and look everywhere for inspiration!!! Lynda

I'm ba-a-a-a-ack!

Hello, everyone! and thanks for checking back here to see if I am alive and kicking! I definitely am, but have had 2 months of whirlwind life, as happens in most people's experiences.

I am finishing up the school term at the year-round school where I work, AND I finished the planning for, packing for, and anticipation for, my wonderful trip to England. I JUST got back this past Monday afternoon, and I am elated AND exhausted. I will be posting a few photos here when they get organized. My quickest advice? GO there, and you will understand. I will also share parts of my England journal here.

The other projects have been my entries into other artists' Round Robin journals. Today I am finishing yet another couple of pages in the one that I must send on to the next person on the list. This one has the theme of HISTORY. I will use some English history (of course) and some photos from my recent trip.

More to come later today, and again, be patient with me! Stuff is coming!

Lynda

Spring photos AND Round Robin Art

Good afternoon! It is raining here in NC (still) and I am glad...glad for a cool rainy Saturday to be indoors, AND glad that our long-winded drought may be winding down somewhat!

I worked on some flower photos today and printed some for my "new" room upstairs, so I will share one here. I have made several versions, but this one is my favorite.



In addition, I am sending off my Round Robin journal, begun with friends from the Visual Journaling workshop I attended in February. There are 20 artists contributing to each journal. My theme is "travel" -- no surprise -- and I am posting here my cover design (modified from my latest poster design), as well as the first two sets of pages.



The first set is watercolored, then ink-outlined, and last I decorated two envelopes, one to show the "to" -- TO my artist friends -- and the other to be opened and read by those colleagues as they receive my journal. There are instructions inside the envelope, as well as a list of all the participants and the order in which the journals should travel.



The second set is 2 digital collages, each begun by scanning some old journal pages, then with travel photos layered on top. I printed those pages, then took permanent ink and journaled around each element.




I will be adding pages to the other nineteen people's journals throughout the next 20 months, then each of us should receive our original journal with everyone's contributions! So exciting.

I hope you all have a marvelous weekend -- look for me here again soon, and be sure to leave me comments or send messages!

Lynda

Thank you AND I'm getting organized!!!

Thank you, everyone for your kind comments and enthusiastic, creative questions regarding digital collage. Thank you for reading the article in this issue of CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS, and a BIG thanks to Lesley Riley for asking me if she could interview me for that marvelous publication! It has inspired me to continue what I am doing, and do MORE MORE MORE!

So...with that in mind, here is a series of early shots of my "new" artspace. I will keep posting them as I finish putting the room together. I figured that if I could get the painting, jewelry-making, sewing projects out of my computer space, I could accomplish even more in both work areas. I am so lucky to have the space, I know!






This week I am "tracked out" from school (ask me about year-round school sometime), so I am working on my room upstairs. I bought a rug, a pillow, a wooden tray, and some placemats in my color scheme (blue/taupe) and am on my way up there this afternoon to put things in place. More photos to come tomorrow!

Here's to creating what we love and finding some space to do it! I am also anxious to share my plans for my England trip with all of you, so watch this space!!!

Lynda