PPF Introduction

Hi Everyone!

A few months ago I was having trouble with my glasses. I actually could see better without them. So I pulled out my old glasses from 2012 and could see just fine. I went to the ophthalmologist told him what was happening and he said, "Yes your eyes are better." He sharpened up my old scrip and now I see better than ever. I guess it is all the vitamins and minerals I have been taking for the last few years. 

I have managed to get some art done this week too and have a lady I want to introduce to you.

So here is the art for the week.

Just a quick draw

20x16" gallery canvas, acrylic painting.

  Now to introduce you to Kathleen Bye. Kathleen is a beautiful bead artist. She writes

At the age 11 I found myself at my mother's treadle sewing machine sewing clothes.  I loved the hand sewing in particular, so when I moved to Arizona and spent time with a sister who beads and met other beaders, it just evolved from stringing beads to bead embroidery. Making cuffs and collars are my favorites to make.  

I hear from many people that started out young at a sewing machine and then later became beaders. I also love the fact that Kathleen uses my Nicole's BeadBacking, leather and my hand painted Cabs in her art. 

Kathleen Bye. I love her smile

 One of my hand painted cabs

Linking with Paint Party Friday

beadwright.com 

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

PPF Faces

Hi Everyone!

Well the days here are typical summer, cold, windy and rainy for a week at a time with 1 nice day, then cold, windy and rainy again. I miss a real summer. We did drive over to Scottsburg, OR. to pick organic blueberries. Estill farms has two fields, one in Scottsburg that is organic and one in Drain, OR that is not. This is our second trip this month. They have a bumper crop and have reduced the price to $1.25lb. It is so much fun to be in the field just picking berries. I have enough now for the year. Everything from blueberry pie, muffins, cake, cobbler and everyday a blueberry smoothie. Can't beat it. 

I also managed a few pieces of art. 

The first is a young man that was sitting in the Dr's office in Salem. Mike was called in and so I pulled out a pencil and paper and started drawing the young man across the room. He was young with beautiful bold features. He was called back just after I got him sketched in, so the rest is pretty much done from memory. I was hoping he would come back out so I could show him, but we left before that.

Abstract face with acrylics

A while ago I was asked to sit for a group of artist here in Florence that meet once a month to draw from life. Here is one of the drawings of me.

It looks a bit like me.

Oh and here is the last haul of blueberries 

we picked.

 The photo is dark but you get the idea of how much we picked. 

Linking with Paint Party Friday.

 

Beadwright

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

PPF Time

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I missed last week. I looked at the date and thought it can't possibly be PPF already. Well it was and I had NO new art. I really don't have any this week either. I swear my weeks are flying be me and I don't know what I have to show for it. I did make some new cabochons. These are sold on my beadwright.com website. I am trying to make videos for some of them. They are sooooo beautifully full of shinny color and movement that just doesn't show in a single frame photo.

I am looking forward to seeing what all of you have been creating. I also hope your summer is a good one for you.

This video goes with the cab above

Linking with Eva and Kristen with Paint Party Friday

Nicole/DVArtist

 Honor and integrity in art, in life.