Month: February 2022

Coffee at the right! It is a bright sunny day! Are we heading into March with fair weather? Wishful thinking! I’ll be practical and take one day at a time. I am back to myself, and Alexander. I will begin pulling the writing of the Shibui Manual together this week. The writer coaching me has… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine!

We are to have up to one foot of snow by the time the snow ends today. A couple of days ago it was in the 60s! Go figure! February Thaw? Saying Good Morning and Hello! Coffee at the right! I have grandchildren visiting me! As it is February vacation. They are doing their games… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine!

Good morning! May your day be sunny and bright! We are almost through the month of February. A week to go! A poem about spring. A Poem about Spring in Just— spring when the world is mud— luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee (E. E. Cummings) Have a great day!

Next week will be exciting and busy! I will have Emma and Oliver Thomas for the week, for the first time by themselves! So they are excited! That will be fun! I will be Guliver for the week! LOL The pen me down all night long! I will get to sew with Emma, do Minecraft… Continue reading Good Morning! Grandkids!

I do other types of artwork, or perhaps I should say I have or can, the world has simply become one of Shibui Found Image Art. One of these days I will try out the printmaking supplies, or this huge canvas and oil paints to finish it. I was surprised at how many pastels I… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Wednesday? All Day Long?

With this foundation I experiemented by layering the action art. I began with the lightest watercolor tints on dry Rives BFK printmaking paper. Blend in yellow, blue and a slight bit of pink. The next step was the blue gray tint. After this dried the green, brown and gray of the forground. I began to… Continue reading Art &Design Series.Shibui

Time to make the coffee? I think so, to have in the morning, put it on the timer may be so when I climb out its read?. A busy morning, picking up my car for one! Batteries don’t like to exist after 6 yrs old, and it was time to do the oil. Got a… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine!

My dearest, I miss you! I love you! It’s sad to know there will not be any more cards filled with all the reasons you love me! It’s sad to not feel your trembling touch along my skin. The warm soft kisses. The sense of “mine” we shared. I can write about you, and even… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Valentine’s Day!

I used this foundation in this manner to see what would happen with geometric shapes. I could make straight lines along the edges you see. There was something under the small box so I could still stay within my rule of using straight lines. This is not finished. Another rule for this one was I… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Shapes?

This is a short one folks! But a bit fun! I thought I would show you this triptych. I do not think the orders are the same in both photos. It might be a challenge to figure it out. The middle one on the top pic is the last one on the bottom on the… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Birds! Birds! Birds!