Down East

  A little weekend journey is good for the soul. Even if the reason for the journey was  for a Memorial service for your uncle. That part was very sad but spending some time with my brother and my cousin was a big positive. And being by the ocean, in Maine-always a big positive.

One of my all time favorite places in the whole world.

This scene in a very very vague way reminds me of Andrew Wyeth's painting- Christina's World.

Don't ask me why, except for maybe the dirt tire tracks and the field.

I love the details in this house siding.

The hub- with the kissing trees.

Isn't this a cool moth? It looks like a piece of dead leaf.

And of course you need to have some local cuisine- 2 of my favorites- a clam roll and native blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream.

How could a weekend like this not make you smile? Even with my tears at the Memorial service, I still had a few smiles. My uncle loved this place, his home, and as a kid I had visited several times and had some happy memories of my own.

Down By the Sea

It is now officially the mid-point of November.

That cannot be true.

Can it?

I really want to go see the new 007 Bond movie this weekend. Skyfall. Daniel Craig is such a hottie.

Maybe I can talk Dave into going on Saturday.

Have you seen it? If so, is it as good as the critics say it is?

Let's see what this weekend brings.
I can't believe that in another week we will be entering the 2012 Holiday season.
That cannot be true either.
Can it?
So I am hoping my cold doesn't wipe me out today since tonight I am going to see the school musical-Tommy-with a couple of teacher's I work with. I danced to that back when I was high school-my school had a dance club that I was on and that was our show too-
eons ago.
The more things change the more they stay the same,
isn't that the cliche?

So now for some new art from me.

Here's another snippet or 2 from my journal. I was feeling kind of oceany here, and really wanted to play with these Stampotique images.

So I painted some waves in a couple of shades of blue. And I painted the edge of an empty 7Gyspies tape role and used it as a stamp. I also added some clear Viva paintpen dots as air bubbles coming out of the octopi.

Images are stamped on white paper and then painted with watercolors.

Koi tube paints-got to LOVE LOVE LOVE the bright colors you get along with some awesome blending.

I added white Stickles to the mermaids hair and used some on the tail fins too. 

I also used some blue Dylusions spray ink and held the page upright so the ink would run down the page.

I cut the seaweed from scrap paper and the words are a Rubbermoon image.

Another journal design I like the results.

Have you made any journal pages or other art you really like lately?

I'd love to see them if you have.

Happy Thursday.