Oops. I did it again. How can the days be so long and my time so short? I am truly baffled how I can watch deadlines go whooshing by! I can only excuse it that the month for fireworks…
This series is about the most charming thing I think I’ve ever seen! As a girl who’s always drawing ideas in her sketchbook, I totally “get” the artist’s move to capture and catalog iterations of fireworks lighting up a…
Art Journey Challenges, Monday Musings
Monday Musings: Creating for Art Journey 5, Fireworks Fragments
Happy Monday! I hope that you all have had fun with this firecracker of an Art Journey challenge! I was a little bit of a procrastinator this round, but it all worked out in the end. Sometimes we work…
I have a little unfinished business to share. I almost never show unfinished work, but I often think maybe I should. I know a lot of artist that do because people are intrigued by the process. So I could…
Art Journey Challenges, The Earring Whisperer
Earring Whisperer, Art Journey 5 Inspiration: Vintage Japanese Firework Illustrations
Hello, friends! I hope you’re enjoying Art Journey 5 as much as I am!! Gosh, I had so much fun with these vintage woodblock designs that if I hadn’t run out of time, I could have just kept going…
Art Bead Picks, Art Journey Challenges, Monday Musings
Monday Musings: Art Bead Inspiration for Journey 5, Fireworks Fragments
Sorry to be a little later into the new Journey than I intended… life and time have kind of gotten away from me lately. I don’t understand how that happens since I’m at home all the time now, lol.…
The inspiration for Art Journey 5 is a series of Japanese catalog fireworks illustrations. I like the graphic nature and limited yet striking color palette. Still, in the beginning I was stuck. I had several art beads that fit,…
Is anyone else suffering from Corona-brain? I barely know what time it is let alone what day it is and the weeks are really starting to blend. Couple that with the fact that my Muse has completely abandoned me,…
As a child of the 80’s, “Fashion Plates” was my favorite toy as a girl and I spent hours and hours curating collections of pretty outfits. From the many plates, I’d usually choose my favorite top – a waist-up…
You have been seeing a lot of inspiration from Alphonse Mucha here at art bead scene lately. I did some other beads inspired by his work in my last post. Today I am going to zone in on a…