Time flies when you are having fun...

Work and art and blogging seem to be almost impossible for me lately.

They last time I posted it was early fall.  Now the Holiday Season is fast approaching!

I have no idea where the time went.

But I continue to play with acrylic paint on yupo paper whenever I have free time.

The painting above is a background of acrylic paint on yupo with a plastic bag 

smushed around to create  texture.  The "ball" is acrylic paint on yupo.

On this one I did an acrylic background on yupo.  When it was dry I covered it with a 

thick watercolor wash.  I sketched the scene on the dry watercolor in white and then lifted

the watercolor off with a stiff brush and water and a toilet paper square to soak up the watercolor.

For some this seems tedious but for me it is very relaxing.  The dark frame is a separate sheet of

paper that I have done the thick watercolor wash again only a shade darker.

This is a spider web background with circle stencils , etc.

And these are backgrounds with a variety of texture awaiting inspiration.

Happy PPF to everyone and please know that even if I am not posting,

I am "lurking" and enjoying everyone's art.

Is it fall???

Thank you Laura for a our seasonal challenge!

Living in Southwest Florida, fall means the temperature drops below 90 degrees.

We don't get to enjoy the autumnal colors.

As a matter of fact, today I am off to buy some bedding plants for the side yard.

But I did have some leaves I had pressed left from a trip to visit family

in Connecticut (last fall) so used them as my string.

Diva Challenge is Stripes!!!

This week Laura Harms challenged us to use stripes.

For the past three years I have faithfully tangled my 

Carole Ohl Tangle A Day calendar.

This week, with time constraints, this worked best for me.

Stripes show up a lot in my calendar.

And I love the option of trying new tangles in each day's box.

Thank you Laura for a fun challenge and the opportunity to share

Carole Ohl's brilliant calendar.

This weeks Diva Challenge...Water

Thank You Laura!

In the midst of a hot steamy Florida summer

our challenge is "water"

Perfect!

One nice advantage to our summers is the wonderful aromas 

floating in the air.

Early on it is the gardenias and magnolias.  Later we have

the ginger and in our case an assortment of cattleya orchids.

Enjoy!  I wish you could smell them.

Shine....

Many months ago I did this spider web on yupo.  Today I had an idea for using it as a background.
I made my star stencils, taped them down on the background to show off the most interesting colors and painted the whole thing with a transparent acrylic paint.  I let that dry and then put down a few smaller star stencils and sprayed it lightly with white acrylic.

Unfortunately, the original is upside down from how I used it  today.

I think I will stamp a few white stars around and call it done.

It was a fun afternoon project and I used one of the many backgrounds I am accumulating.

Happy PPF!

Diva Challenge

It feels so good to read a "Dive Challenge" 

and have time to do one.

Work has really put a crimp on my tangling and I miss it.

So this week we are to use patterns that start with our initial letters.

So here we are...Sand Swirl and Arrowhead.

That would be me!

Finishing up some projects

I have had some fun with this and now I think it is about ready to head off to my granddaughter.

And before I dispose of the stencil, I will have a little more fun with an "elephant hide" yupo I made months ago.  I never found the "perfect" elephant for the  hide so this was the result.

This is acrylic on yupo and before it dried I added some alcohol.  Nice affect if you want to create a foam or frothy look.

Hoping you all are having a great week.  Happy PPF