It seems I am . . .

 . . . just a bit fixated on flowers right now, even though I'm supposed to be doing other things.  I worked on this journal spread,

started this one,

and finished another.

I did manage to do some testing on ideas for spider webs,

and now need to determine whether any of them will actually work in Owen's upcoming birthday painting.

We'll have to see about that, won't we?  Hope your week has been a good one, and for those readers who are dealing with the horrendous climate change fires around the world, know that you are not alone.  Keep safe - and creative - in the midst of chaos.  

It's been a busy week again...

 ...as I continue to play catch-up on my life.  Snatching moments in the studio is a delight, though.

I've been working sporadically on a journal page about the brain, given that John is experiencing deepening dementia.  

There are so many types and fragmented areas to this disease that one can hardly imagine 

how someone can go from capable in every area 

to losing cognitive knowledge, words and essential abilities.

I suspect there will be several more layers on this spread as we go through the sped-up process of this disease .  

Also in the works is a birthday painting for a grandson who is turning three in September.  I bet you can't guess what it might portray?  Let me know in your comments, please. 😉

Happy creative week to you - may your remaining summer be filled with light and joy!

S...L...O...W...L...Y...

 ...getting back into the studio after a month and a half of the summer busy-ness.  You have to love those long, light days and the family visits that brighten the summer, especially when we're smack dab in the middle of pretty much nowhere. That means we get little in the way of winter company.  😉

The challenge of leaving the studio empty for so long means that there's not much in the way of progress being made on any projects.  To get back into the groove, I've been working on small bits of things including the start on a journal page,

a birthday card,

a sketch for a grandson's birthday painting,

and an August prompt (creating poetry from a torn book page).  It makes me laugh that the favourite part of this is the torn edge of the page.

As things settle back into a routine, I'll be back to working on the large painting.  I'm going to pop over to your pages now to see what you've been up to while I'm away - feeling the excitement!  

I can feel the pull....

 ...to add another colour (maybe a dozen of them 😁) to this massive panel

as I've been working with the same basic three colours for weeks now.  

I'm reining myself in, though, given that I've not finished the layers of paint and stencils, never mind the close-in work that's required before the final wild splashes.

Meanwhile, the beat goes on.

I did take a break on the 3 x 4 to do an art prompt for July.  The requirement was the use of three colours - magenta, hot pink and spearmint, with the addition of black and/or white, if desired.  The colour correction is off on this photo of a 5" square slap-dash playtime.  The white paper shows as very pale pink.  (I'm putting that down to the preponderance of hot pink in the painting, rather than my inept use of the photo editor.  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.)

And I thought you might like to see these photos of 'found art' John showed me in the garage.  He's been cleaning out in there, and was struck by this stain on the floor.  I think it's just grand, don't you?

How's your week been going - any found art in your world?  I look at these as gifts from the Universe as they remind me to keep my eyes open and pay attention to things!

How is it...

...that summers fly by so quickly?  We're into July already (a month chock-a-block full of guests for us - hooray!) and isn't that astounding?

I've managed to add part of a layer on the large piece 

and parts of it are really starting to look interesting.

I keep going back, though, to the initial area of plastic wrap technique, which thrills me to bits.  

The other small plastic wrap piece (12" x 12") is still in process,

and I've been playing in my large experimental journal as well.

The beauty of experiments is that they spark more ideas, more creativity, and much more fun!  May your summer studio be crammed full of wild ideas sparking more of them, endlessly.