Art Journaling....

I do love my ART Journal...and not because I love what I create inside (sometimes it is just a scribble and doodle of nothing) but because it is how I feel. Really inexpensive therapy. Ido love this pink colored layout though with some fabric with trees and birds...love those... and just a few words in my awful handwriting...a migraine FREE day... I will be able to go back to that layout years from now and remember how wonderful it is when you have chronic migraines to have a migraine FREE day :)

I also love to draw and paint little girls with their pets or friends... never knowing when I start what they will look like or what friend will accompany them on the page. Mixing water color pencils with pastels and crayons, ripped paper and glue, sharpie or stamps... how can you go wrong. This little girl has just some light water color pencils for medium.

It is for some reason 90 degrees here today... and way to hot in mys studio so this is it for today. Now I know what if feels like to go from 45 degrees the other night to 90... 45 degree difference. Where did spring go? Feels like mid summer to me.

HAVE A HAPPY ARTSY DAY

More Art Journal pages

More Art Journal pages today....once I open these I just can't seem to stop.

Art Journal Page and NEW "stuff"

Another page in my Art Journal (sorry the picture is out of focus) that I completed yesterday...and that is about it when it comes to completed art. I have been so busy with Easter, work and the student art exhibition that my own art has had to take the backseat.

I did find a reason to go to Michaels yesterday though since I was in desperate need :) for another one of my favorite pens....

Some fat quarters I just had to have.....And the cutest stamp and 1$ ribbon....the colored pencils I can't wait to use.

Youth Art Exhibition

This week I have to get ready for the annual Youth Art Exhibition for my students. I teach ART to over 300 children at one of the Elementary Schools where I live, grades 1,2,4 and 5 plus a special needs class gr. K-1.
The school district is putting on this huge Art Exhibition for all Elementary schools in our district and each teacher can show 22 pieces of art out of about 300 students. It is hard to pick....

By Thursday all the art has to be matted and labeled...ready to hang...

I just today picked the last piece and have not even started the matting...me in a nutshell :)

I will take pictures of the Art I have chosen once it is matted and pretty.

Happy Easter from My Art Gallery

Happy Easter to all of you

I am having my ME day today as I do every Friday. Working as an Art teacher gives me the privilege to schedule my classes as I see fit and I work hard all week to give myself Friday off and my own precious ME day.
Today is a pretty crappy ME day... had to clean the bathrooms, vacuum and soon head off to Costco... all this with a brewing migraine, medicated to the point of falling asleep....scrubbing toilets and wondering how to get ready for company this evening and Easter brunch at my house on Sunday at noon.
I have been migraine FREE for a couple of weeks now after starting a seizure medication to prevent them. This is the 3rd migraine in 4 weeks so I am doing better but not awesome. Before the medication I suffered migraines every week and sometimes more than that.
My 11 yr old daughter is off school toady and helping out making the COSTCO list that we never follow :) and will come with to do the shopping. Too bad that Michaels is on the way there.
I will be back for more in a few days....

Brand NEW "things"

Finally found one of these...had one in red when I was a little girl and used to pack it carefully when visiting Grandma's house...

This one is brand new and has to be distressed somehow. I do love the lion but think he has to go... he is to modern looking. Any ideas on how I could make this little trunk look vintage? I am open to suggestions.

Found this adorable pin in the same store (75% off)... I think it is made from polymer clay and it makes me want to make some of my own. I also want to have a go at these adorable handmade buttons. You can find the directions on A Year of Color.
I can't wait to finally use all that polymer clay I have laying around.

I'm back....

I am back from Laguna Beach, CA... almost 4 days of pure bliss.

If you love the sun, art and cute little shops this is the place for you and the beach is lovely with white sand and turquoise water.

I am so full I could explode...and not with all the good food we ate but with ideas for ART. My husband was a trooper and followed me around some amazing little Art Galleries... I loved the art by William De Bilzan
that we saw at the De Bilzan Art Gallery in Laguna Beach.