Art on Glass

Deb Kolar from 212 Arts Center is having a show during May and June featuring glass work and mosaics.  She invited other artists to show pieces on glass, of glass, or with glass.  Here is my interpretation.  I call it "Enter Four and Seven Views".  I used photos of various windows and doors that I took in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Photo Friday: Natural Light

Photo Friday: At Rest

Photo Friday: Distance

We traveled quite a distance...we wanted an emotional distance...

Illustration Friday: Egg

Public Sketching

"My Favorite Cafe" in Saline, Michigan was our class destination in our practice of public sketching with watercolor.  I actually am becoming more comfortable sketching in public.  It's true that facing your fears, reduces your fears!  I'm now finding that I tend to really pick out challenging subjects or angles to draw - What IS my problem!

Today at "My Favorite Cafe"

Last week at "Brewed Awakenings"

Homework

Bored at Sam's Club (water retention pond at the far end of the parking lot)

Today at "My Favorite Cafe"

писанка, Pysanka, or Ouă Vopsite

Pysanka

A pysanka  ( Ukrainian: писанка, plural: pysanky ) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax-resist ( batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, "to write", as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. Many other eastern European ethnic groups, including the Belarusians (пісанка), Bulgarians (писано яйце, pisano yaytse ), Croats ( pisanica), Czechs ( kraslice ), Lithuanians ( margutis ), Poles ( pisanka), Romanians ( ouă vopsite  or incondeiate ), Slovaks ( kraslica ), and Slovenes ( pisanica  or pirh ) decorate eggs in a similar manner for Easter.   (Definition from reference.com)


Since my camera was stolen several days ago; which was an example of Murphy's Law at it's best - er worst...

"the first time you forget to bring your very expensive camera in from the car, is the night your car gets broken into." 

Simultaneously, I have been reintroduced to Mr. Murphy as -

"The minute you have no camera, there are a million things you need to photograph!"

Of course, I am now craving to post on my blog by the minute, share THE COOLEST things I am doing with my face book friends, and seeing the most amazing sights EVER...because I don't have "Precious" anymore.  I'm certain those who know me well would never describe me as melodramatic or having an exaggeration streak....well, never mind.

I have decided to pull out the old point and shoot and see how creative I can be with a more modest camera.  So in honor of spring (Right. Brrrr) I've decided to post some of the eggs that I have created over the years.