Art Installation - Field of Corn

I have already seen this installation before like ages ago probably 15 years back.  It was more of a mud pit back then it seems to have aged well although some of the corn seems to have aged a bit with the elements.  

Thomas Dambo

We went with friends and saw the trolls.  

Monsters

We started another round of quarantine/isolation recently due to positive covid tests.  So far my vaccine is protecting me it’s just My sister and kids with it.  

During that time we started a second “family canvas”.  Thea and I started it by adding a layer of background paint with “debit cards”.  We then had planned to drew our family on the canvas but the kids started drawing monsters so I just rolled it with and we transitioned them into monsters. 

Then we started painting the monsters.  Thea and I did most of the painting, but the monster drawings were Jones’s.

The finished art work turned out waaaay different that I had anticipated but we hung it at the bottom of the stairs. There’s one monster for each person in the house.  I love how that little red one turned out the best.  He’s my favorite.  It’s such a fun addition to the house.  

Family Canvas Project

One of recent art projects was a family collaborative canvas.  We started by adding a layer of neon and bright colors to our large canvas.  Using assorted brushes we have.  I tried not to dictate how my kids applied their paint. Theas application was more wispy and Jones and I more solid shapes.  We then let it dry. 

I was not into that big circle I added. 

Our next step was adding tissue papers and painted deli paper with glue. This step really changed the look of our canvas and gave it some texture. Also goodbye green circle. 

After that we added another layer of paint this time with stencils and bubble wrap.  We applied the stencil paint with old credit cards and cardboard scraps my kids like this technique we’ve used it in our art journal before.  This layer added more depth.  

Before the next step I considered adding spray paint but that seemed like a bad idea since I only had gold and pink on hand.  So instead we did some just random drawing on it with paint markers.  I have some extra big Pocsa markers and these were the preferred marker of choice because they showed up the best.  But I also like the thinner tip look added in.

After we finished adding marker We decided it was done.  Originally I had intended on adding some splatter paint too but that seemed like much.  So I stead we signed our names.  I then added color to the sides of the canvas since I didn’t have the right size frame and hung it.  It’s truly one of my most favorite things now.  I love seeing it as I come up the stairs.  It’s so fun.

I love how it looks from the side especially.  I drew stripes on some of the edges.  

Note:  our project was adapted from the instructions from Family canvas Challenge by the art pantry https://www.theartpantry.com/

Art Club Santa Gnomes

Over the weekend we made some Santa gnomes.  We used scrap chipboard I had saved, scrap fabric and foil leaf.  I drew the shape on the chipboard and gathered small fabrics.  They got really excited about the foil and liked rolling it into balls aka bells. 

I love how their projects turned out they are so cute.  

I put them inside of frames I had minus the glass because of the raised bells.  And hung them up in the hallway.  They are so fun.  

Art

Something I haven’t really done since I left the bungalow is hang art.  I never really got settled in at my moms.  I just considered it her house not mine.  And now that we are in the new house I have less time but I have been trying to add touches that seem like

me.  Recently in my room I hung some art.  I ordered prints and spray painted frames I had as well as acquired some new frames which I spray painted bright pink.  I love them I need another big frame for the opposite wall and my new desk is on back order but slowly it’s seeming more like me.  

1) waiting for new art, 2) print by Lady Earthling 3) print by Carolyn Gavin 4) Print by Lisa Congdon 5) unfinished art by my grandma Ruth White 6) drawing by me.  7) rainbow by Thea and I 

I also hung some art up in our art room but I haven’t finished yet so more to come soon.

40 works of art 1 & 2

One of my things on my 40th list was making 40 works of art.  I have wanted to do more experimenting with mediums for a while.  I considered making 40 works of art and sending them out to friends for my birthday but that never materialized.  So instead i am making 40 works of art and I may send them to friends, I put them in art boxes, I may figure out another solution instead I don’t know yet.  Anyhow here are the 2 I am labeling them on the back so they are numbered.  

Thea did this one with me we were experimenting with painting with textures rather than brushes.  I think we used cardboard, plastic, sponges, screws and maybe other things.  It turned out pretty fun.  She made her own which she almost turned into mud mixing all the colors together.

The second I did on my while my kids were playing actually.  I just picked three colors and painted it.  I have been really into neon colors and had this neon yellow from my failed neon yellow chair project.

11 - Blink Cincinnati

Checked Blink off my list this weekend.  I would have liked to see more exhibits however my kids can only walk so many steps and start to get really sleepy at like 10pm.  So we settled for what we could see. Highlights for me dodecalis, the rainbow, Cincinnati Rhapsody and the parade which was insanely long.  

Rain Fish Art Project

The other day when I got Jones from school he handed me a bag he had filled with bits of recycled things he collected at school as a “treat” for me.  I looked at the collection of things puzzled and trying to figure out what they might be?? Treasure for a 3 almost 4 year old?? “for rain fish” he explained.

“Ah ha.  Yes rain fish.”  I knew then what he meant.  Rain Fish was a book we had been reading from the library.  In the book the author sees fish made of recycled materials.  And this Jones was telling me he took wanted rain fish.  So that evening we made Rain Fish.  

We glued loves of bits of recycled items together to create “fish like” shapes although Thea’s is a little abstract.  They turned out so fun and whimsical and the kids were excited to make them.  

Jones was so clever to come up with this idea on his own recalling the book and the results are so fun and special.  

grandmas -

Jones’s which he added that big arm on but I think looks like a fat lower lip.

Thea’s she was really into glue.  I do so love the pompon ear brow or at least that’s what I am envisioning it is.  

Marking off “Art Project” from our bucket list with this one, and we have hung these in the bedroom hall.