'55 Ford F100

I just finished painting a truck for one of my cousins. I wanted to add some depth to the blue paint, so I painted in some purple clouds. 

I finished up by adding in super dark blue-black and light blue-gray highlights. My husband pointed out that I missed the rear bumper and passenger mirror. So I painted those in quickly as well. I'm not really sure what the old Ford hood ornament looks like, but I feel like the blurry style gives the whole piece an impressionist feel. 

Here is the finished piece.  Acrylic on 8x10" triple-gessoed canvas panel. It's going in the mail on Monday, hope they like it!!! 

Dylusions Ink Spray Play

Treated myself to some yummy juicy Dylusions Spray Inks with my birthday money (thanks, Mom Judy!!) and made a couple lovely cards. So much eye candy.

Faces

I've been working on faces this week. Just allowing myself to play and not be perfect. It's hard but I'm looking forward to getting better!

Arting with Tatting!

Have been having a blast using tatting on my paintings!

This is a 4x6" piece on canvas board featuring tatted daisies.

A discarded motif finds new life in art on this painting. The heart speaks for itself!

So many reasons to tat. What's your favorite?

Handpainted threads

I learned how to dye my own thread a couple weeks ago, and here is the end result!! I am so excited about learning this technique. The possibilities are endless with regard to color selections, thread sizes, etc... I can't wait to experiment further.
















Have a wicked awesome day!
- Jo

Tatting and mixed media

Even a terrible day of arting can give you a great feeling of satisfaction! :) I may not have had great success with my canvas but I did complete my first card made with tatting. I just love the colors.

Another Monday, Another Bracelet Design

I wrote up a quick pattern for this beaded bracelet that I thought would be fun to try.  The pattern is simple:

Add a dozen or so beads to shuttle and proceed with one shuttle as follows:

Slide bead down onto working thread, storing it at the back of hand.

R 4-8+(to lobster claw clasp)8-4, cl with bead at base of ring, dnrw

*Slide bead down onto working thread, storing it at the back of hand.

R 4+(to last picot of first ring)4-4-4, cl with bead at base of ring, dnrw.

Repeat from * until desired length.

R 4+8-4, attach ball thread to base of ring. Leave enough of a tail to sew in later or tat over the end as you begin as follows:

Ch 4+(to last picot of previous ring)4-4-4, lj to thread between rings

*Ch 4+(to last picot of previous chain)4-4-4, lj to thread between rings

Repeat from * until back at first ring, then instead of making the second picot, join to first picot of first ring, then continue with the remaining 4 stitches. LJ as previously, sew in ends into base of first ring, and the last part of the chain.