Hey, Little Cow! Aren't you a cutie!
Original Oil Painting on 8"x 8" Wrapped Canvas
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I would love to invite you to view the final product of a project that my two artist friends, Julie Brandt and Cheri Wollenberg, and I have finished.
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Find Creative Companions 2023 by Eaton, Brandt, Wollenberg at Blurb Books. 3 Artist Friends committed to create a monthly painting with an art companion piece.www.blurb.com
Three artist friends made a yearlong commitment to create one artwork with one companion piece each month. They would meet on Zoom at the beginning of each month to reveal their pieces, encourage each other’s endeavors, receive their new topic, and enjoy each other’s company.
The Formation of Creative Companions:
1. Idea Proposed
2. Conversation Held
3. Excitement Built
4. Ideas Brainstormed
5. Plan Formed
6. Guidelines Generated
7. Rules set
8. Name Chosen
9. Questions Asked
10. Guidelines Changed
11. Rules Tossed Out
Creative - adj.
relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas,
especially in the production of an artistic work.
Companion - n.
1. a person with whom one spends time
2. a pair of things intended to complement each other.
1st 2/07 - Trees in summer
2nd 2/07 - Same trees done in autumn colors
3th 2/07 - Value study in black and white
4th 3/07 - Seeing the color in black and white
5th 3/07 - My choice... An owl from my backyard
6th 3/07 - Same owl, second attempt
How about another owl!
It's always such a treat to spy an owl in the trees around our place. We hear them often but rarely catch a glimpse of one. When we do see one, he's staring glaring down with such an attitude of disdain and superiority. I just love him anyway. Ours rarely give permission for their photographs to be taken, but every once in a while, I get lucky.
Thank you to Leeanne of Not Afraid of Color for reminding me to notice things I like.
I like that first fire of the year. Actually I love every fire in the fireplace. |
I like the weird mushrooms that appear in fall. My friend says these are good to eat. Ummm... no. |
I like visiting art museums. These were my 3 favorite paintings at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. |
I like the deer that live in our woods. |
I like the tree at the end of our driveway. It's fabulous in every season. |
I like like it even after the leaves fall. |
I like my painting workspace. |
I like my pretty little flock of backyard hens. |
I like this guy. He likes me too. |
Do you send Christmas cards? Are they unique like
a photo from this year, or say, hallmark boxed ones? When will you aim to
send them out? Oh, I basically never did for years and years. As a teacher, December is such a hectic time, I just never got around to it. I still forget to get around to it in time, but... for the last couple of years, I've done a Valentine card. That's been kind of a fun thing. At the top of the card, it's said something like "Merry Christmas... Happy New Year... Happy Valentine's Day!" It was kind of an accident the first time, but I liked the surprise of it. I think I'll do it that way again.
Extra credit: do you do craft projects with your old cards? When I was teaching, I always saved them. My students would use them their art projects.
Describe your perfect Christmas party, where, who's there, what food and drinks are served, etc Only family... Our 6 little ones do plenty of running and laughing and squealing. Food would be kid friendly. Drinks would be soft drinks or juice (with lids for the kids).
Unwrapping gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Christmas morning was always our tradition. But as we now share our kids with their in-law families, we're fine doing it on a different day when we need to.
Do you prefer Christmas or New Years? Christmas Do you have a usual way to spend NYE and or NYDay? Not a very interesting answer, I suppose. Just being home.
Would you rather kiss in Paris or kiss in a tent in the woods on NYE? How about my house (which is in the woods) instead of a tent.
Would you rather be at a big fancy party where you all scream happy new year at midnight, or at home on your sofa or with a couple friends playing cards etc 100% I'd rather be at home, preferably sound asleep at midnight.
Eve-
1. evening
2. the evening or day before a special day
3. the period immediately preceding
They eat well, relax, walk through the snow
take it easy, have a nap, and just lay low.
They're the ones who must persist
to tend to each detail on the long checklist.
They clean out each stable and muck every stall
make last preparations for the next night's long haul.
They bring plenty of water and hay and oats.
massage sore muscles and brush shaggy coats.
They test every harness and each jingle bell.
trim every hoof and check antlers as well.
There's much to take care of on the twenty-third
when your an elf in charge of the reindeer herd.
For my companion piece, I thought I'd just whip out a watercolor of this reindeer... It was a disaster. So I thought I'd "fix" is with colored pencils... then pastels... then paint pens... All disasters... Finally used acrylics to cover all the previous attempts... Better, but pretty boring and near ready for the bin... But... then... I was thinking how my handsome guy had become so silly looking and thought how the reindeer must party after their big flight. How about a few stickers! Ha ha ha... a party animal!
I like turning in to my driveway... especially in fall. |
I like having a dozen happy hens... and Pete (the rooster). Don't count too carefully... Just pretend there are only 12. |
I like knowing I've been trained in CPR & AED. Boy, I hope I never need to use either though! |
I like discovering mushrooms that popped up overnight. |
I like okra blossoms. They're the prettiest. |
I like what happens to the trees in our yard during fall. |
I like a sitting outside by the chiminea on a crisp fall evening. |
I like living where we never know who will show up in the yard. (But, I don't like that our neighbor drained his pond and all these guys are searching for a new home.) |
I like what happens to the trees in our yard during fall. Wait... Did I already say that? Well, it's worth saying again. |