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  • new reads and more crowning glories

    It was a terrific Christmas and a nice few days of just enjoying family time.  Today I'm catching up on loose ends, wrapping up a few deadlines, and planning to do some reading.  A fabulous graphic book from Lynne looks amazing,  a cool book of architect's libraries from Santa, and a handful of magazines are piled on the table.  I've been hearing about Flow magazine (for paper lovers) from Lisa and Julie so I ordered from the Netherlands and they arrived in two days!

     

    MW new reads

    The Jan/Feb Somerset Studio arrived and like last year, Lynne and I collaborated on an article.  The title of our workshop Crowning Glories is not meant to be literal or limiting, and we each presented different ways you could interpret the title.  Lynne describes and illustrates how impressed she was at seeing pages on exhibit from The Persian Book of Kings.  For my part of the article I took on a self-imposed challenge to incorporate faces, something I rarely do, and found inspiration from playing iPad Solitaire!  Whether you're traveling to see something unique at a museum or gallery, or you're procrastinating on the couch while playing games, you can find new directions to influence your work.

     

    MW CrowningGlories SS article

    MW CrowningGlories SS LP article

    MW CrowningGlories SS MW article

    I decided to leave my panels in black and white for the article, but I've been working additional pieces in color, which I will show you another time.  This design style has become addicting and I can't stop making them.  Here are the original four colorized in Photoshop.

     

    MW Playing Card Panels

    And a reminder about our workshop, which is filling up!  I think there is only one spot left in the first weekend before we start the waiting list, and a handful of spots left in the second weekend.  If you are interested, email Lynne, lkperrella (at) aol (dot) com for the packet of details.

    MKW LKP Crowning Glories reminder

  • tis the season….windows

    While Mom and Dad visited for Thanksgiving, us girls spent a day in the city for a fun meal, a Broadway show, and of course viewing the holiday windows.  First up is Tiffanys.  They have smallish windows in comparison to other stores on 5th Avenue but they manage to step out of the little (blue) box.  One year they popped out from the frames as if a carousel was emerging from the facade - an amazing spectacle.  This season they covered the entire buiding with a decal, yes….a press-on sticker, to alter the architectural impression.  Amazing!  Clever!  The dispays behind the glass were simply enchanting.  Tiny rows of white brick homes, with glowing street lights and warmly lit windows.  And of course, the jewels.

    Mw GirlsDayOut

     

    MW Tiffanys 2013

     

    Next:  Bergdorf Goodman

  • tis the season….windows

    While Mom and Dad visited for Thanksgiving, us girls spent a day in the city for a fun meal, a Broadway show, and of course viewing the holiday windows.  First up is Tiffanys.  They have smallish windows in comparison to other stores on 5th Avenue but they manage to step out of the little (blue) box.  One year they popped out from the frames as if a carousel was emerging from the facade - an amazing spectacle.  This season they covered the entire buiding with a decal, yes….a press-on sticker, to alter the architectural impression.  Amazing!  Clever!  The dispays behind the glass were simply enchanting.  Tiny rows of white brick homes, with glowing street lights and warmly lit windows.  And of course, the jewels.

    Mw GirlsDayOut

     

    MW Tiffanys 2013

     

    Next:  Bergdorf Goodman

  • *tosses confetti*

    MW VV112213

    I can't believe I haven't posted since Halloween!  This definitely has been one of my busiest months.  With the holidays nearing it appears things won't slow down for a while, but I try to catch a few moments to do things that aren't on the list, like playing with photoshop….it's important to keep practicing your skills, whether with a mouse or a brush.  My self-imposed assignment last night was to make a birthday card for my favorite rock star, Ville Valo.  The photo credit is unknown.  I placed him over a scan of a painted page.

    Earlier this month I had the pleasure of team teaching with some respected colleagues.  It was such a blast to share our love of stencils with a huge group of enthusiastic artists at The Ink Pad in NYC. We even spray painted!  It was pretty blustery outside on the second day but most came out with me to brave the wind to give the spraying a try – with some very cool results.  I didn't take alot of pictures, but here is the happy clan.  I'll show you the fab journal we constructed under Andrew's direction in a few days. 

     

    MWInkPadNov2013

  • *tosses confetti*

    MW VV112213

    I can't believe I haven't posted since Halloween!  This definitely has been one of my busiest months.  With the holidays nearing it appears things won't slow down for a while, but I try to catch a few moments to do things that aren't on the list, like playing with photoshop….it's important to keep practicing your skills, whether with a mouse or a brush.  My self-imposed assignment last night was to make a birthday card for my favorite rock star, Ville Valo.  The photo credit is unknown.  I placed him over a scan of a painted page.

    Earlier this month I had the pleasure of team teaching with some respected colleagues.  It was such a blast to share our love of stencils with a huge group of enthusiastic artists at The Ink Pad in NYC. We even spray painted!  It was pretty blustery outside on the second day but most came out with me to brave the wind to give the spraying a try – with some very cool results.  I didn't take alot of pictures, but here is the happy clan.  I'll show you the fab journal we constructed under Andrew's direction in a few days. 

     

    MWInkPadNov2013

  • 10.31.13

    Happy Halloween!  I was talking to my friend Julie yesterday about how cool a cyanotype would be in black and white.  So I had to try it on a photo of my thorn print - converted in photoshop.  Have a fun day!

    MWhalloween2013

  • 10.31.13

    Happy Halloween!  I was talking to my friend Julie yesterday about how cool a cyanotype would be in black and white.  So I had to try it on a photo of my thorn print - converted in photoshop.  Have a fun day!

    MWhalloween2013

  • no-carve pumpkins

    The Halloween rituals have changed around here.  We haven't carved pumpkins in a while.  Last year, we missed the event altogether due to superstorm Sandy, and the year before there was a freak snow storm that brought down trees and affected the night of trick-or-treating.  Some years it was so warm that our carved pumpkins rotted out and were gnawed at by squirrels before the 31st arrived.  So we started buying the fakes, adding our embellishments with a few paint pens.  You've seen the white ones, and now we've added black and orange. Fallon's are still in progress.  She better hurry, Halloween is almost here!

    MWpumpkinsmore

     

    MWpumpkindoodles

     

    MWpumpkintats

     

    MWpumpkinpatch

    It's Lucky's first Halloween with us.  She doesn't know it, but Halloween was Winston's birthday.  She looks just like him here, doesn't she? 

  • no-carve pumpkins

    The Halloween rituals have changed around here.  We haven't carved pumpkins in a while.  Last year, we missed the event altogether due to superstorm Sandy, and the year before there was a freak snow storm that brought down trees and affected the night of trick-or-treating.  Some years it was so warm that our carved pumpkins rotted out and were gnawed at by squirrels before the 31st arrived.  So we started buying the fakes, adding our embellishments with a few paint pens.  You've seen the white ones, and now we've added black and orange. Fallon's are still in progress.  She better hurry, Halloween is almost here!

    MWpumpkinsmore

     

    MWpumpkindoodles

     

    MWpumpkintats

     

    MWpumpkinpatch

    It's Lucky's first Halloween with us.  She doesn't know it, but Halloween was Winston's birthday.  She looks just like him here, doesn't she? 

  • Giveaway – Gelli Style

    Are you on trend and making prints with the Gelli plate?  It is a genius invention and superb product.  If you've been out of the loop you can catch up quick with a visit to GelliArts.com.  Joan's videos are so nicely done that you'll see how easy it is to pull cool prints from the plate, and the many many ways it can be used with stencils and with texture for your art-making. 

    They are just launching a 8" round plate – swoon!  AND it can be won by entering their giveaway.  Pop over to the blog HERE, and leave a comment to be in the drawing.  Be sure to get in by October 22.  I am honored to have three of my Green Pepper Press frond stencil/mask sets included.  You gotta see what Joan did with them in her video demonstration and photos.  I've grabbed one to show you, below.  Don't you just want to lick it?  It's that delicious. 

    I still think facebook should have a "lick" button alongside the "like" button *grin*.

     

    MW GelliArts Giveaway