Artful readers club

photo.JPG, a photo by lelloavengers on Flickr.

I wasn't going to join any new challenges this year, i was just going to FOCUS on what i wanted to do. That was to be my word of the year. I didn't make any resolutions but on my birthday, which was last movember, i did make a list of 50 things i wanted to do beore i turned 50, (this November). One thing on the list was read 50 books, i have already finished 13 or so..... So when i saw this challenge i decided to join in, (late and all) because it was what i planned to do anyway. The challenge is to read a book a month and make a piece of art, any kind, related to it in some way.

So i am behind, as others have already posted there first review of their book and art to go along with it on friday, but here 's my stack of 12 books i plan to read. I just picked 12 off my shelf that i hadn't read yet.... So by friday i will have finished the one i started last week, a short one, and have a post on it.

Here's the link to the club...
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-artful-readers-club.html?m=1

3 more ladies conjured...

one ready to show...

color inspired by driving into a sunset this week,

 

As I work east of where i live, 

i drive into the sun, morning and night most days of the year.

For a short time, i drive home in the dark,

but now, for an even shorter time...

sometimes i get to drive into a sunset!

and more color inspiration..

these have been hanging in my kitchen all fall and winter so far. 

Finally dry enough to grind.

not sure what type of peppers, a variety given to us by a friend...

hot because just grinding had us sneezing and tearing up...

Hot, deep red and rich

homemade pizza imagined

hot spaghetti dreams

As for the lady, i like the mandala medallion behind her, but she looks too much like the magazine model i looked at, the pose is too "fashion"... next week the ladies are lighter, looser, less dramatic more art nouveau and botanical mixed... bet you can't wait to see.

oh, and i do still plan on redoing my blog but i have been working on etsy first... go here for my store and here for my new "about" page where you can actually see me. I tend to hide from view but i am there if you have had a need to know what i look like..."see" you all next week!

Share the joy

photo.JPG, a photo by lelloavengers on Flickr.

"share the joy thursday" comes right after our weekly "we made it half way, and there's nothing to worry about, wednesday night", which invloves...
Sweet walter red
Candles
Bubblebath
Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Aretha and King Harvest's 'Dancin in the moonlight' on pandora radio on the ipad
and not much else.....

Eatting last week's words

As soon as you say something, everything changes to prove you wrong.

I said I was done with the falling ladies....

Done...

i haven't felt like painting them in over a year...

then people commented nice things about them...

and i thought, "well i could do them with just one color like I have been doing with my latest mandalas"

Now, I have soooo many ideas for painting falling ladies...

I finished two this week already...

here's the first...

 

before the 2nd here are a couple photos of my week...

just because....

and a bit more surreal than usual...

Falling with a pig

don't we all do this sometimes?

 wearing pink ribbons?

well, happy paint party friday and hello to everyone at Haiku my heart... both wonderful places to stop by on a friday! see you!

feeling poetic

hello,
i want to apologize for my absence lately from blog land....
i have a million excuses and none
I just didn't have much to say for awhile...

I've been waiting in the wings

the wings of a blackbird

waiting for the colors of dusk

gathering shadows from the

snow filled ditches... 

My mandalas are changing,
Less color... I was and am inclined to add every color available as i paint but i don't like the look when they are done... So i decided to try to keep it simple and paint something i actually might want to look at later.

Rythmically complex

One color saturated

Self satisfying

I use my fingers to tap out syllables when i write haiku...

Also, i feel the need to change my blog and etsy shop so the falling ladies will be leaving for good.... I need a makeover for the New Year!

Thanks for stopping by and forgiving me for not visiting lately!