PPF off course

Hi Everyone!

 

The piece I am showing today for Paint Party Friday, is not how I wanted or thought it would turn out. In art, sometimes we just go off course. Anyway I do. I was feeling pretty good about this piece. 

I got a good start on it.

 

Feeling good

 

Beard coming alolng nicely

 

Then, I thought it would be good to color his hat with a pen. It was horrible. I then colored his clothing to calm down the hat. It still looked horrible. I realized that the hat was too much against the white paper so a darker background. I so wish I had just stayed with the graphite. Anyway this is my entry for today.

Come by PPF to see what all the other wonderful artist have created. 

Enjoy your day.
 

 

Nicole/DVArtist

 Honor and integrity in art, in life.

 beadwright.com

TAD with RAin It's a Halloween Party

Hi Everyone!

 

It's my party and I'll scream if I want to. 

 

Welcome to my Halloween party hosted by Rain's Thursday Art Date. (TAD)

and presented by........

Come on in if you dare, ahhh come on it's a party.

 

Showing up all things dead
We have musik	with the grim reaper to sing
dead eye'd skulls
Mummy still trying to get out of the grave.	Sugar kills
The big guy in the back came from Mexico for the party
Too many hands for my face	The three hags ready to spell
My skull bouquet
Witches brew

 

I hope you enjoyed the party. I had a different party planned but for the life of me I could not find my Halloween supplies. I tell you that I have more supplies than a store and could not find the huge box they are in. So I gathered things I have as decorations in my house. Some of the items I made some are bought. My skull bouquet I made a few years ago.

The mummy is what I made for TAD,S Urban Legends. The story goes 

“The Bandage Man is a phantom of a man completely wrapped in bandages that haunts this small community. The bloody figure, who smells of rotting flesh, jumps into vehicles passing on a road outside of town, notably pickup trucks or open-topped cars, but also sedans, station wagons, and even sports cars. Sometimes the mummy breaks windows or leaves behind bits of bloody or foul-smelling bandages. One legend has it that he is the ghost of a dead logger cut to pieces in a sawmill accident.”

 

 

Nicole/DVArtis

 Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com

T for Tuesday agua por favor

Hi Everyone!

 

Today is T for Tuesday with Bluebeard and Elizabeth. I am going to share my bottle of agua, (water) I drink about 76 oz of water a day. I just sip on it and by then end of the day I have it done. However, the last month or so I have been drinking coffee. I hadn't had a cup of coffee in several years. For me it's very dehydrating and not good for me at all. Like one of the worse things for osteoporosis. No more coffee for me it's all about the agua. 

 

Last week Rain showed a beautiful pizza she had made. I was wondering what to fix for dinner that night so I made a pizza too. I forgot to get a photo of when it came out of the oven. 

However, here are the three left over pieces. LOL 

it was so pretty and yummy good.

Pepperoni, ground beef, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms 

and 2 kinds of cheese.

Plus lots of seasoning. 

 

I don't know what is wrong with me as far as art goes. I sit down to create and my brain goes off to some other place. With AEDM just around the corner I need to get with it.

So I started this. Just sketched. I don't know if you can see it without clicking on it to make it larger. This guys face just seems so peaceful, or like he knows something the rest of us don't.

Here maybe you can see this better

This is the first sketch there will be a lot of 

change by the time I get it done.

 

Well I am off to do something great, hee hee hee I hope.

Enjoy your day.

 

Nicole/DVArtist

Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com

Good Monday Morning

Hi Everyone!

 

I hope all of you had a great weekend. Even with covid and staying home our weekends are always a bit special. Mr. M. and I like being with each other. Part of that is know how and when to give each other space. We have a big enough house that we can do that. In just a few minutes I am off to the grocery store. I am completely out of eggs and a few other items. It has turned cold in the AM so I will get out a winter coat. 

Here are a few more photo from our dive last Friday. 

 There is so much water where I live. The Ocean, rivers, lakes, ponds, slews. I am a Taurus, earth, sometimes I feel like I am drowning here

 These are all different water ways and bridges along our trip. 

Oh and these are just a few of them.

 

Have a very nice Monday

Nicole/DVArtist

Honor and integrity 

in art, in life.

 beadwright.com

I fell out of the car

Hi Everyone!

 

Yesterday Mr. M. and I drove to Bandon, OR. to see a woman about some art she wants from me and to stop at the Farmer's Market. It is the last weekend and the main stand is outside. Other than a doctor's appts and groceries this is the first outing we have had since Jan. It was a beautiful day. We brought a pick-nick lunch and we were set. I also got some photos I will show later. Now, Bandon is like my town of Florence. On the waters and a tourist town, only better. We pulled into the rock parking lot, I grabbed my camera to get a shot of a boat, my right foot stepped out and as I stood to bring my left foot out, it got caught in my purse strap and down I went, hard! Now, due to lupus I use to fall all the time, but haven't taken a spill in many years. This fall stunned me. As Mr. M. ran around the car to get to me I was still on the ground. I don't know if I hit my head or not but all I remember is Mr. M. repeating, "Are you alright?" I finally pulled myself up to the edge of the car seat and sat there for another few minutes. Then I stood to assess for any broken bones. Nothing seemed broken and as I pulled myself together we stood my the water and I got my photos. Then across the parking lot to the veggies. This morning I am very sore and have some bruises on my elbow. Needless to say my purse will go in the back seat from now on. 

 

The green building has a few more food vendors and some none food vendors but we didn't go inside. Too many people for me. When I was shopping I was the only one at the veggies.

Most of these people seemed to be together 

and even though they all had masks on 

there was no distancing.

 

 I could not pass up these onions or the string beans both are huge. Apples, cabbage, squash and red bell pepper. Yes, I grew most of these items but we get coupons every year to shop at a farmers market and I wanted to make sure we used them. 

 

         

                            This is the boat I wanted to shoot because 

                            before my fall they had caught a fish.

Today I am not doing much, I am sore and just want to rest.

Getting old sucks

Enjoy your day and be safe out there.

 

 

Nicole/DVArtis

Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com

Commission piece paint party friday

Hi Everyone!

 

Yesterday I wasn't able to show the art project I had for TAD with Rain because in addition I was working on a commission piece. A customer of mine, who orders off my website, asked if I could draw something for her mom. Her mom just turned 100 years old and has a doll that she got when she was 8 years old. My customer wanted me to draw the doll. I don't know what I was expecting but holy crow I was a bit nervous about drawing this. Ya know am I good enough, can I do it, will she like it. 

Here is the picture of the doll.

 

She didn't want the plaid or the background sheet. Just the doll. 

I was thinking thank the gods for that. LOL

I printed off several copies from the image she sent to me and got started.

 

I forgot to take a photo of when it was just sketched out. 

I get so into the project that photos are a second thought.

Here is a closer up of what is on the easel.

This took many hours and even with out knowing if I could do this I had a lot of fun with it.

Here is the finished piece. 

I will let it set a few days or longer and then look at it again. 

I have to trim the paper and spray it. Then mail it off. I did send a photo off to the customer and she love's it. I am so glad for that. 

 Yeah the lighting on the photo is darker on one side but you get the idea. 

The lace was tricky too.

Come by Paint Party Friday to see what other artists have created for this week.

Enjoy your day.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

 beadwright.com

TAD with Rain Urban Legends

Hi Everyone!

 

Well, I had a very cool art piece for today's theme for TAD but I ran out of time and didn't get it finished. Boo hoo hoo. However, there are a few things about urban legends I can share. Every place in the world has an U. L. If you want to see just one in your state check out this sight. 

Creepy urban legends from every state

 

Japan has some very scary U.L  

 

I didn't realize that there are some pretty good ones very close to my home. The most famous is the Rue or gray lady of the Heceta lighthouse.  Also this is the most photographed light house in the world and is a B&B    Oregon Urban Legands

 

So because I didn't get my project finished, I will show some spooky art from the past. 

The reason I didn't get my TAD done is because I was working on my commission. If you come back tomorrow I will show what I have been doing. I'll post it with PPF.

 

 

The forest is always a bit spooky at night. There are several U.L. about the forest and a very good movie about this is simply call the "The Forest" with Natalie Dormor. One of my faves.

Again I apologize for not having my project finished, but I hope this in some way fits the bill.

Be sure to stop by TAD with Rain to see what all the artist have come up with. 

Also stop by here tomorrow to see what has been keeping me so busy.

 

Be safe out there.

 

Nicole/DVArtis

 Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com

I am so blessed

Hi Everyone!

 

This year has been hard on everyone. It doesn't matter where you live the world is in chaos, due to covid (and other things) that has brought out the worst and the best in people. I am going for the best today. I have a very good friend, that moved from Florence last year, named Donna. Donna and her DH are master gardeners and for years tried to get me to grow a garden.  I think I tried a few things but just wasn't into it. Why, should I when Donna gifted me from her garden? :) Anyway, Donna moved to the high desert here in Oregon and the other day I received a surprise box from her. I couldn't imagine what it was. I am the girl that can't wait to open packages. I sprayed the box with disinfectant and ripped into it. I was in awe.

It is a 415 page, hard bound Veggie cook book. The pages are filled with 200 recipes and full colored photos. It truly is a beautiful cook book.

 Maybe some of you have this book already?

 

All the photos are high quality and beautifully staged. I am going to make this today.

Green lentil and spinach soup. That just sounds so good to me. 

 

Since I am on the subject of food. I want to answer a comment I received from Lisca from Scrapping Cavewoman blog  Last Tuesday I mentioned that I went grocery shopping and when I got home sterilized the food. Lisca queried about that.  

Long before covid some thirty years long before, some friends and I toured a food preparation factory, in fact we toured several that day. Seeing how food is manufactured and then stored made me realize how...... un clean everything is. Ohhh there are regulations and the food itself is as good as it can be, however the cans, boxes and bags that the food go into are not so. All of these things are stacked in warehouses that can't help but have rats, mice, birds, and what ever else roaming around. Then this food is taken to big box store warehouses where there is the same situation. From there food is taken to stores where it is put on the shelf. Now, in my younger days I worked for a large grocery store chain and believe me when I say, Yuck. Once the store is open you have people shopping and a good lot of them are NOT clean or aware of what they are doing. The pick up a can of corn look at then put it back. We have all done this. I don't know where that hand has been. Who has touched the food and put it back. Who has coughed or sneezed on the row of items. I am telling you working in a grocery store shows you just how gross people and especially kids can be. Now with covid EVERYTHING that comes into my house gets sterilized.

I have been teased about this over the many years, but I don't really care. If it makes me feel safer then I will do it. 

P.S. before covid I wore a mask when I went out during the winter.

With lupus I try not to take any chances. 

What do you do to feel safer?

Enjoy your day.

 

Nicole/DVArtist

Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com

It's TAD and later PPF

Hi Everyone!

 

I am so excited about TAD with Rain  

Her theme this week is Supernatural. Ohhh right up my alley. Supernatural can go in so many directions. For me it is a world like non other. 

However, as explained on line

The supernatural encompasses all entities, places and events that would fall outside the scope of scientific understanding of the laws of nature. This includes categories of entities which transcend the observable Universe, such as immaterial beings like angels, gods, and spirits.

 

For my first piece I made a molded leather scull, I actually had this made waiting for something. 

The leather is deer hide painted. The eyes are all glass, some are digital cabs and some are fused glass. The baby skulls are plastic as is the rib bones that hold my beadwork. I had beaded this piece  a while back but my hands wouldn't allow me to finish it. 

So the pewter goddess bird with bat wings looks over this land.

The 3rd eye scull watches the spirit world

All other eyes are on you. (wicked witch laugh) 

 

	The walk of doom, or an escape?

Dose anyone remember the Twilight Zone episode "To serve Man?" The gist of it is that human volunteers to go to  Kanamits' home planet. It is a political ploy to rid hunger and other things happening on planet earth. The end is when the star, Patty, runs up screaming,

 "Mr. Chambers, don't get on that ship! The rest of the book To Serve Man, it's... it's a cookbook!"

This is what came to my mind when I  was painting this. Here is the full episdoe

Around my house I found several more "Supernatural" art piece. 

 

This is another world that live up on my shelf.
This is a very large piece of molded leather skull with hands in a painted graveyard	I just had to show my white walker.

I hope this all fits the bill and you have enjoyed your time here.

I will be linking up with Paint Party Friday tomorrow.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

beadwright.com