sisterhood

 I finished my spread in the sisterhood sketchbook challenge for October and got it mailed out today. I love october for it's cool weather, falling leaves, crisp air, indian summer, crunching through dried leaves, and the anticipation of  Halloween for dressing up and all, even though I didn't dress up this year. So that's what I did my page on and I had to throw in a falling lady since I started with putting them in almost every book so far...

I also worked on some art from Carla Sonheim's workshop that was in  Rice Freeman-Zachery's book: Destination Creativity that I won, (that I keep mentioning every week because it's been Fun to read). It was a cool project where you started with a photo of a lion... here's mine from a fountain...

then you do some one-lines of it, pick your favorite and she walks you through a painting her way...  and I ended up with this lion...

So...  then to try to make this technique more of something of my own and not just be copying Carla Sonheim I did this piece of my son using her technique still but alittle more of me in it......

I 'm wanting  to try knew techniques lately but I want them to look like something I made and not something the person I'm learning from would make...it's a fine line between feeling like a thief and feeling like an artist. Next week I'll show you the art I created using the workshop from Jesse Reno in the book...
And if you didn't hear about Amy's project; go check out our Animal Farm blog...
http://sketchy-commies.blogspot.com/
 where we're posting sketches we did in our sketchbook exchange. It's going to be a quick turnaround and so far I'm enjoying it, but I won't post my sketches..., you'll have to go to the blog to check them out...

And also, To enter my giveaway go to the linky at the top of my blog and cut and paste the interview I have posted in the first spot there,, answer the questions in a post of your own and link up. You could win a pendant, an ACEO or a falling lady print! You have until late Novwember....Better do it now before you forget. I really want to see what people have to say ....

See ya! Happy Paint party friday and artists in blogland saturday