BEEN BUSY

CREATING AN EASTER BUNNY WITH ENCAUSTICS.

 THIS WAS SO EASY AS I LOOK BACK AT MY BEGINNING CLASSES WITH ENCAUSTIC AND NOW ITS SO FUN...WOODEN BUNNY JUST SITTING IN MY JUNK PILE!

SADLY THIS IS ONLY PICTURE I HAVE OF THE HOLIDAY..DIDN'T TAKE ANY AT SONS HOUSE WITH GRANDSONS OR PITCHING PENNIES...NEED TO STOP AND REMEMBER THESE  IMPORTANT DATES!

 ANOTHER GREAT TIME..AT NICKS BIRTHDAY PARTY..BORN ON ST PATRICKS DAY
I THINK HE IS REALLY AN IRISH LEPRICON DRESSED UP LIKE NICK.
MY IRISH DICTIONARY SAYS..THIS IS HOW YOU SPELL LEPRICON..BUT MY 'CHECK SPELL" STILL SAYS ITS WRONG............SO WHAT!

 SO STARTED ON A FEW BOXES..CHANGE IS GOOD. AFTER A CANVAS AND SOME AIRBRUSH DECIDED TO DO A FEW BOXES.  HERE IS MY ' MEMORY' BOX WITH
THE BABY BOXES AND TIGER ON TOP.  I HAD THIS BIG BOX AND ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A MEMORY BOX FOR THOSE NEW  BABY ITEMS...LIKE NAME TAG ETC.

 AND..WE NEEDED A PIGGIE...

 THEN..MY FAVORITE..BIRDS.  THIS BEAUTY IS SITTING ON A BEAUTIFUL GREEN
BRACELET ..I HAVE SO MANY NICE EMBELLISHMENTS I HAVE DECIDED TO USE THEM!!!  THE KNOB IS A BUTTERFLY.AND MY NEIGHBOR KEN DID A PERFECT
DRILL TO GET IT EXACTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE SMALL TILE TOP. LOVE IT!

 MY FIRST REAL BIG CANVAS. SO MANY LAYERS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS ALL UNDER THIS. I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND ARTIST THAT WOULD SAY ' THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS'.  I WOULD THINK WHAT A WASTE OF PAINT, CAN'T YOU GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME........NO...YOU CAN'T...YOU JUST KEEP PLAYING AND PLAYING...I DONT' THINK THIS PICTURE DOES THE CANVAS JUSTICE..THE HEART IS HARDLY VISIBLE SINCE I NAMED IT ' HIDDEN HEART'...

SINCE DOING THIS I HAVE BEEN TO 3 ART SHOWS AND NOTICE 99 PERCENT OF THE ART FOR SALE..IS SMALL..SOME ARE EVEN 5 X 5!!!  OK. I AM LEARNING.

MY FRIEND WANDA GAVE ME THIS OLD OLD OLD TOOL BOX.  THE HANDLE IS IRON.IT WILL LAST AS LONG AS IT ALREADY HAS..WHICH IS YEARS.  I HAD TO SAND IT SINCE MANY SPLINTERS IN IT...AND COULD NOT DECIDE WHAT COLORS TO PAINT IT.  SHOULD IT BE BRIGHT..I COULD USE IT FOR SOME OF MY ENCAUSTIC SUPPLIES.......THEN I THOUGHT OF MY GRANDSON NATHANIEL WHO LOVES WORKING AND FIXING STUFF WITH HIS DAD...AND ONCE I DECIDED THIS WAS PERFECT FOR HIM..THE COLORS CAME NATURALLY..BLACK, PURPLE..GREEN!!
I PLAN TO HAVE HIM ' WRITE HIS NAME AND THE NAME OF HIS BOX"  HIMSELF WHEN HE COMES OVER...WILL SEEM MORE LIKE IT BELONGS TO HIM.   WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE PAINTED SO FAR!!!!