tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895629213994000972024-03-05T19:58:03.482-05:00ScAtTeReDSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-54653310396542677212020-06-18T14:28:00.002-04:002020-06-18T14:33:04.378-04:00Trying to be Joan Mitchell<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently I finished reading a biography of Joan Mitchell, one of the famous female artists in New York City in the 1940's and 50's. Wow! What a life she led. It is a wonder she had time to paint but then she did a lot of her painting after midnight in a state of mild intoxication. Her work fascinates me so I decided to give it a go. First of all, it was in the morning and second of all, I was sober so why would i expect success? I enjoyed doing it but discovered later that I tend to do horizontal marks and she is more inclined to do vertical and horizontal marks. My scribbles don't resemble her scribbles is what I am trying to say. Whatever, this is my attempt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cabin fever is giving me fits lately. I keep thinking of places I would like to go and then I remember that it is best to stay home. Florida is having big increases in Covid 19 cases and I do NOT want to have to deal with that. My daughter bought me a shield and I have worn it when I go out. I like it much better than a mask as I have asthma and find a mask very confining. The shield is much easier to breath for me. I have listened to family, children, grandchildren and great grandchild and how they are coping with the pandemic lifestyle. It inspired this painting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is called Navigating 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you look closely, you will find words that relate to this year in the fog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully my friends at Paint Party Friday are happy and healthy!</span></div>
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Blooming on the lanai this week</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-58704138842851273322020-05-21T16:58:00.002-04:002020-05-21T16:58:31.946-04:00You get what you pay for<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Curious week, this week. Things are slowly opening up but not many are out and about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am one of those that didn't get out much before the pandemic, and won't be out much after the restrictions are opened. I imagine after this weekend we will see more activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought 3 crappy canvases at Michaels this week for $10. You get what you pay for and these are not worth a penny more than $10. But the good news is that when I paint on a canvas like</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that, or an old used canvas, I tend to paint much looser, which I like. So the first day I had a very busy canvas AND a very purple canvas. So the next day I got up and used chalk to draw a design on the dry paint. I mixed a bit of black in the purple and used some white and completely changed it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like this but I don't like the canvas...oh well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I dug out an old painting and reworked it a bit. I am not sure about it yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the good news is, one of my favorite orchids is blooming this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a dendrobium amabile nobile and it reminds me of egg yolks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This plant has a dozen bloom stems, a record for it. I repotted it last spring. This year, so far I have divided and repotted 16 plants. It is hard, dirty work. I don't need to tell you what my hands and nails look like. </span></div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-51664549318638560422020-05-08T10:30:00.001-04:002020-05-15T13:36:52.398-04:00Gathering my thoughts<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It seems that when my creative genes retreat, I turn to collage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the result of one of those times. I called it "Gathering my Thoughts" because it looks to me like what I think is going on inside my head. One random thought sort of connects with another random thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week in SW Florida we were released from quarantine however I am VERY uncomfortable with being out and about. I started repotting my orchids and that has kept me very busy and isolated and I think I will stay that way for the next few months. We are so fortunate to be older and not really interested and a social life. I feel very sorry for young people missing graduations, weddings and other milestones in their lives. They will create the 'new normal'.</span></div>
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A reason to celebrate for me. This grammatophyllum is 10 years old and has been cared for by me for 10 years with no blooms. This year we have BLOOMS</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! It is Friday again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are getting ready to have our lanai and cage cleaned so I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">am not painting for the next week. Having it cleaned involves moving close to 100 orchids, their tables and my painting supplies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just hope it stays cool. I have been repotting some of my orchids and as long as it is under 90, I don't wear out as quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, my painting this week was done with a brayer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is another one that is currently on display at Art Center Sarasota. I received an Honorable Mention in this juried show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aren't they gorgeous. Growing them is such a rewarding passion, even when I do have to repot them.<br />Wishing all a happy, healthy PPF</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The days seems to crawl, but the weeks fly by. How does that work??? I am busy repotting orchids as this is the best time of year to do it. Each year it seems to get tougher, they seem to cling to their pots more and I struggle to complete one a day, with a day off in between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My seven year old granddaughter said "I hate to tell you this Nana, but you ruined it!" I had wanted to call it "She's on a Roll" but on completing it I called it "On a Roll:". What do you think?</span></div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-67383769225408738612020-04-24T07:29:00.001-04:002020-04-24T07:55:15.882-04:00Playing with collage<div style="text-align: center;">
Through out my art journey, I have enjoyed getting messy.</div>
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No matter how you try, if you are working in collage, you have a mess.</div>
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I have tried using the heated iron and I do the traditional glue method. No matter what, you still have bits and scraps of paper everywhere.</div>
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The process (and the mess) are very relaxing from time to time.</div>
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Here are a few samples of my work.</div>
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Am finding that my creative juices really lag.</div>
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I have been watching Linda Benton Mccloskey (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLM5a9yoYNVlOcV7sT-bwgQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLM5a9yoYNVlOcV7sT-bwgQ</a> )</div>
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So here are my attempts at painting with a brayer.</div>
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My new header is one of the new directions I have tried this year. I had an instructor at the Art Center who has really encouraged us to try different abstract ideas.</div>
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My orchids have benefitted from our being sequestered in our home. I have new fertilizers and am more attentive to a regular watering schedule so should see some rewards soon.<br />
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-88698166970565908792019-08-23T07:10:00.000-04:002019-08-23T07:14:48.792-04:00Have a seat...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Long time no see. Summer and life have interfered with my blog life.</div>
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But I have had some fun things working on my easel this summer. This one is called "little red chair". I used old papers to collage the chair. It was tedious but I really liked the result.</div>
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And this one is called "Come, sit a spell". The paper is really old stained paper from an old Sears Roebuck Catalogue and some not so old paper. I had wanted to add something more to<br />
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It is truly summertime in southwest Florida.</div>
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We are hot, hot, hot and we are having daily showers amounting to about 3 inches each shower.</div>
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So there is no painting on the lanai. My sweat drips into the paint and I give up after a few minutes.</div>
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So we have studio time at the Art Center each Wednesday afternoon. There have been seven of us and we are each doing something different. We share ideas and supplies.</div>
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This week I was painting on aluminium foil. Because I was interested in texture, I rumpled the foil into a ball first and then carefully (it tears!) opened it up and used a brayer to spread it out.</div>
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And for the fourth of July my Pot. Mem. Mario Lanza #16 was blooming. I smelled it before I found the blooms. They have a beautiful faint sweet scent.</div>
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"No time to work, just time to play because it's summertime"</div>
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Haven't had much time for painting this week. I did paint this one on my 16"x22" yupo paper.</div>
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I had done the background a couple of weeks age and added the sailboats yesterday.</div>
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When I do backgrounds on yupo, I have to spray and spray...and spray it with workable fixative in order to seal it. After I seal it, I paint it with a matt medium to make sure no paint seeps into the next layer.</div>
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2019 has been one of those rare years that has presented us with a collection of physical issues.<br />
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Not an excuse for not being around, mind you but when given the choice of blogging OR painting...guess what I chose?</div>
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I have had a nice season with my art. I sold a few and have had work accepted in every show that I have entered. So, today I will share a bit of that with you.</div>
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This is a resin covered collage. I call it "yikes!"</div>
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Another collage called "Pri-merrily"</div>
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And yet another collage called "Vor-text"</div>
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I call this one "pain"</div>
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So that about sums up the past few months. I have been lurking about and enjoying everything you all are doing. Wishing everyone a <a href="http://www.paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Happy Paint Party Friday.</a></div>
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And from the garden this morning...triplets! I love it when that happens.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-63965148579980765432019-03-15T12:54:00.001-04:002019-03-15T12:58:35.712-04:00How did we get to Friday so quickly?<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes it seems like the days drag by,</div>
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but then the weeks sometimes seem to fly by...go figure???</div>
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It might just have something to do with my age.</div>
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I entered two pieces in the Art Center Sarasota show, Outward Bound and they were both accepted. That was a nice surprise. One, Beach Music, you have seen before here but I finally framed it.</div>
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The other was done to replace a piece that we have hanging in our dining room. It had really faded so the new one has several coats of UV protection on it.</div>
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This one is called "Fiesta"</div>
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This has been a different direction for my art journey. I think I was looking for validation in what I was doing. Now, I think I will get back to creating. It is more fun.</div>
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Our "season" is drawing to an end which means there will be less traffic on the roads, more chances to get into restaurants and fewer buyers for artwork.</div>
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We love to see them come...and we love to see them go.</div>
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Wishing everyone a great New Year at Paint Party Friday!</div>
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The bloom this week is a teeny, tiny dendrobium that blooms on the old dead stems.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-80987772509805435652019-03-07T13:06:00.001-05:002019-03-07T13:10:41.391-05:00In a canyon, in a cavern...<div style="text-align: center;">
Mostly play this week and that isn't such a bad thing is it?</div>
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Classes are done and I am left to my own ideas.</div>
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I have had a couple of good art weeks. One of my collages(that I had promised to my daughter) sold. I call it "Anthology"</div>
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And then the three collages I entered in another show were all accepted and one received an<br />
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This is "Anthology".<br />
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This one is just painting for fun. I call it "Clementine".<br />
My husband thought it resembled the crater on a volcano. I remembered that VERY old song,<br />
"In a canyon, in a cavern excavating for a mine. Met a miner, 49er, and his daughter<br />
Clementine."<br />
That is a great example of the minutiae floating in my mind.<br />
Wishing all a Happy Paint Party Friday!<br />
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Inspite of our cold snap, my "guatamalensis" orchid is gorgeous this week.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-57416865187137714842019-02-22T09:47:00.000-05:002019-02-22T09:47:25.604-05:00Learning from the masters<div style="text-align: center;">
The past couple of weeks we have been studying the art of Picasso and Matisse.</div>
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in a Matisse style. I always have a problem with that because once I start painting, it becomes my style. Unfortunately for me, that style is like neither of the above but more like that of a former kindergarten teacher. Oh well, I am what I am and it is too late to change that!</div>
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So here is this week's project.</div>
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And from my garden today a very weird dendrobium orchid.</div>
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I must confess, I was lurking and visiting your sites each week but the frustration of not being able to comment got to me. Nothing is resolved but I decided I had better touch base with those that follow me, or lose them in the atmosphere.</div>
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I have been painting and using collage in new and different ways.</div>
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My idea of a Tuscan scene. This one the sky is painted and the rest is collage.</div>
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This one I call "the road warrior". If you look under the tiny diamonds, you will see a tiny man crossing the horizon.</div>
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Another mix of collage and paint.</div>
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And last one, The First Show, is an assignment for a class I am taking from Kerry Didday.</div>
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He uses a dry brush technique and is encouraging us to do figurative art.</div>
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All new to me but I am enjoying it.</div>
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It is a big day for this old girl today...I am 77!</div>
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Egads, how did this happen...so fast?</div>
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There is some saying about the days being long and the years fly by.</div>
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It is TRUE!</div>
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However it seems in the 70's the days fly by also.</div>
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That said, being a December birthday, that means that turquoise is my birthstone. Oh, there are also some glittery birthstones that go with December but in my head turquoise is mine.</div>
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And I love it!</div>
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I can remember each piece of turquoise I have received or purchased AND where it came from.</div>
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Of course, most have originated in New Mexico and that is where I acquired most of it.</div>
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So, I played "dress up" and put it all on at once!</div>
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And now on to my art for the past couple of weeks. I dug out my old friend yupo and here are some of the results.</div>
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One of the things I like about yupo is that you can cut it and weave into it pretty easily.</div>
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Another thing I like about yupo is that you can lift paint as I did here and in the first one (the dots have been lifted in it).</div>
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I have been enjoying another "Abstract" class at our art center.</div>
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And then one more...a collage.</div>
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Doing this was a lot like knitting, doing the same thing over and over again.</div>
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It is sort of soothing, if you ignore the sticky fingers.</div>
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But I collected an assortment of different pages and print.</div>
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So that's it! I haven't been around but I have been playing and visiting your sites.</div>
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My computer issues have not been resolved. But please know I am visiting and enjoying all that you do. Happy PPF and A Happy New Year to all.</div>
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It is that busy time of year and I think I will find anything to do rather than what I am supposed to be doing. Does that happen to you? I get very frustrated with myself. Another weird thing,</div>
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Friday comes and Friday goes and I completely forget to visit my friends at Paint Party Friday.</div>
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Then on Saturday, I realize and make a late visit. I think the frustration with not being able to comment on other blogs is getting to me. They say I need to use Chrome and we have tried it and didn't like it. But it is a Google product so I guess this is a way of forcing people to change.</div>
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This old girl is too old and too stubborn but it does diminish the experience.<br />
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So what have I been doing?</div>
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Collage...and more collage, and collage papers (the most fun).</div>
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This was lots of fun to do. I peeled matt medium off my fingers for days. I am thinking about using a tack iron. Have any of you used one? What are your thoughts? I can't seem to get everything to stick nice and smoothly and think that that might make it easier. (A Christmas present to myself when I haven't bought any for anyone else).</div>
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These blooms were hanging at the bottom of a very large orchid and we couldn't see them so for the first time, I picked them and brought them in.</div>
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It is upon us...the Holiday Season.</div>
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Many of my orchids are blooming or in bud. </div>
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No art today! Just wonderful natural blooms that are giving my Thanksgiving color.</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!</div>
Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-17231566105188204072018-11-16T07:45:00.001-05:002018-11-16T07:45:39.176-05:00Frustration with technology<div style="text-align: center;">
My issues with Blogger continue. Now they tell me that I have to use another browser.</div>
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They "think" Safari is the problem. So, we have a problem. I am not using another browser.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-31457300359852279682018-11-09T10:37:00.001-05:002018-11-09T10:38:38.886-05:00Reworks<div style="text-align: center;">
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It is 87 degrees here in Florida and has been warm all week.</div>
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Yesterday I went swimming.</div>
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I have had a couple of open wounds for the past six weeks and couldn't swim so it was a great</div>
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and the Holidays are upon us.</div>
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Last week I shared a dancer that I had done for my new class at the Art Center.</div>
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Well, she didn't pass the test so I got to do what I love best...rework a canvas.</div>
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I had done a collage frame before so there is a lot of texture on the canvas. I put scraps of sheet music in the center and then painted and collaged my flamenco dancer. No class this week so I have to leave it alone till next week. Abstractions are a struggle for me but I love them. I guess Have a rigid brain (I am sure my three kids would agree with this).</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-55100890026622191872018-11-02T09:00:00.001-04:002018-11-02T09:01:23.108-04:00Painted tissue paper<div style="text-align: center;">
A good week!</div>
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I already know that the class I am taking at the Art Center is a winner.</div>
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Our first class we painted tissue paper...don't laugh. We used sponge brushes on wet tissue that was stuck to a white trash bag. We then were assigned to use the tissue as collage in something we created at home. My topic was "dance"<br />
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I used the tissue as the frame on this one.</div>
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I now have enough painted tissue to last me the rest of my life. My file bag of collage paper is so heavy I can hardly lift it.</div>
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Then yesterday I resurrected a painting I had done a couple of months ago and essentially</div>
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And now for my technical difficulties. For the past few weeks I havent been able to comment on most of the blogs I visited. Only a few of them would show my comment. The rest disappeared into the great beyond. It was suggested that I clean out our "cookies" which I have done. We will see this week if it helped. If you have any ideas, please share them.</div>
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Wishing you all a Happy PPF</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-58142423988225793382018-10-27T07:57:00.001-04:002018-10-27T07:57:56.096-04:00Help!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
To my Paint Party Friday friends,</div>
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I am unable to post to your sites for some reason.</div>
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In a few cases, my post showed up but over and over I got nothing.</div>
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Has anyone else had this problem?</div>
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Can you help me out?</div>
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Hopefully there is a "wizard" out there somewhere, especially at this time of year, that can help me.</div>
Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-3495931028284372742018-10-25T11:57:00.000-04:002018-10-25T11:57:13.963-04:00Fall!<div style="text-align: center;">
Finally our temps have dropped under 90 degrees.</div>
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That must mean that fall is upon us.</div>
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We were lucky to be able to make a quick run up to the northeast for some respite.</div>
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The leaves were just beginning to turn but the temperatures were so cool and refreshing.</div>
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And with cooler temps, I should be able to spend more time painting on the lanai.</div>
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A new class is starting at the Art Center that I am looking forward to. </div>
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It will be a mixed media class with some collage. It sounds perfect. I am looking forward to it.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04453392932533324194noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789562921399400097.post-45522306856136636962018-10-12T15:22:00.002-04:002018-10-12T15:22:54.280-04:00Fall???<div style="text-align: center;">
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The only time of year I miss Colorado is in the fall.</div>
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We used to enjoy the cooler weather and the beautiful color everywhere.</div>
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Even the sumac at the side of the highways turned a radient red.</div>
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In Florida the heat and the hurricanes continue.</div>
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I am so sad for all of the people in the panhandle of Florida.</div>
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Hurricane Michael was deadly.</div>
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We endured wind and soaking bands of rain for most of the past week but thankfully that was all.</div>
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Today is our last class in collage. I am afraid that this one was a bit of a disappointment.</div>
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We just did our thing and didn't really acquire much new information.</div>
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To that end, if you are doing collage, could you share with me what you use to attach your paper?</div>
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I have been using Mod Podge and feel I get too many wrinkles in the paper.</div>
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I did this one at home on one of those boards.</div>
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This one only has tiny bits of collage. I wanted to try a chili red base color here.</div>
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Wishing all a happy PPF</div>
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PS My blooms on the lanai this week</div>
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