Artist: Dave Huddleston

 Island collection by my hubbie, Dave the famous artist.

"Crouching Parrot Hidden Gecko"

 6" x 6" collage on watercolor paper. 

See more details HERE

Artist: Dave Huddleston

The Diary of a Tourist: Lady Luck 

by Dave Huddleston.....my hubbie.

 One of fifteen in the series.

6" x 6" collage on watercolor paper

See the entire series here.

Artist: Stefania Morgante

 I am totally in love with the art of  Stefania Morgante.

 I first became aware of her when she donated an amazing piece of jewelry (actually art) for the 

RED Party a few years back. 

Soon thereafter became aware of her aiblity to capture pure character humor in her sketch work.

She seems to be able to interject a liveliness into her figures in a way that you don't see often.

 Her latest venture is about to launch and you can get a sneak peek if you go here.

Add your name and you will receive a free download of the cutest paper doll and accessories. 

 I framed mine!

Running With Scissors...

Should only be done by a highly skilled professional.

Sadly, she was NOT.

Artwork by Patricia Waller

My Owl Barn

If you haven't created your own Owl Lover 2011 Calendar ,
go do it.

Right now.
I'll wait.....





Artwork by:
upper Julia Hartling lower Cally Johnson Isaacs

Now you've seen how cute these are and how easy they are to make.
There is no excuse for not having a Christmas gift for the hard to shop for relative.

The Bra Project

What a great project.
I am looking forward to seeing the creative art traverse the globe.
Join in the project here and watch the clothesline grow.

Recycled Plastic Bottles

I'm not sure what is more stunning, Rod Pujante's flower art or James Addison's photography.

Either way it makes me want to dig through my trash!

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Artist, Laura Astor creates these gossamer brooches.

You can read an interview with her at GreenMuze


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The City Cradle gives a pretty good "how to" of this whimsical wall wreath.

And what can I say about Anthropologie other than I want to own one of everything!

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This bouquet created by Jan has instructions on how to make a flower bouquet at How Can I Recycle This .


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From everything I've read it's as simple as clear plastic bottles,

photo credit

scissors

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permanent markers,

or spray paint like Krylons fusion for plastic.

Cut, paint and cluster.

Easy Peasy

Artist: Dave Huddleston

Still in Peru and I am hoping that I am not seeing anything that looks remotely like this painting.

More of hubbie, Dave the Famous Artist's work here.

Angels and Devils

The class assignment was to create different characters.

We studied facial expressions and discussed how certain features could inspire different moods.

This is what they did,

Angels and Devils!

Angels and devils also adequately describes the class overall, third grade. The fear of adults is not longer with them. Pushing any and all boundaries is the protocol.

Just before Christmas they were ....hummm...how should I put it?

A room full of 24 barking, 8 month old puppies.

When the teacher walked back into the class I'm not sure how she knew it had been a bit ruff. Maybe it was my eyes rolling back into my head that may have been the sign of it not going well that day. When I returned the following day I had 24 hand written apology notes on my bag.

The best one was, "I am sorry for crawling under my desk and throwing paper at Jorge. I hope you forget about it".

It wasn't until the last class, in the last 5 minutes, at a point of desperation,

I played a quick game of, "Simon Says".

It worked!

For the first time in 6 weeks they were focused and following directions all at the same time. Not one was under a table, tattling on a friend or spinning in circles.

Yippee, one more trick up my sleeve!

These collages are a few of the stronger pieces from the class.

It just goes to show, if you want a fresh approach to your art; spin around 5 times, drop to the floor and crawl under your table. Come out the other side and retrieve a random color of tissue from your neighbor, talk loudly as they tattle on you but glue it to your paper quickly to retain property rights.

This will insure a truly wonderful piece of art.

Alice In Wonderland

Are you ready?

Only 2 more months before this movie comes out.

Tim Burtons visuals look brilliant. Makes me want to live there.The black and white drawings of Wonderland characters I did and asked hubbie, Dave the famous artist to color. He has gotten so good at working with his Wacom Bamboo.

We went to see Avatar this last weekend. If you haven't seen it yet you must go. The graphics are AMAZING! This is not one to wait for in DVD or you will miss the 3-D impact. That is what makes the movie.