Evolution of a painting

I had a bucket of water that I was rinsing my paintbrush off in, and I ended up really loving the color. So I splashed it all over a canvas! I left it outside and when I looked at it later in the night it had a beautiful frost all over it. A few other unexpected surprises were a couple of insects that wandered in- two little flies (in the lower right corner) and a bee (upper left-ish)! Today I poured more color on and photographed it when the paint was still really wet and swirling together.

I love this way of painting because I never know what's going to happen! I will post more photos as this one evolves...

Too cute

Sometimes my students create things that just make me want to cry happy tears from all the cuteness! Right now in my sculpture class we're working of life-size self portraits.

These little drawings are for my invitations for my Studio Warming Party! I will have some of my mugs for sale, lots of cards and pictures, and a few paintings (Maybe. If I can finish them!)

My studio!

My ceramics studio is FINISHED! I'm going to have a celebration November 19th at 7. Email me your address, or leave a comment, and I'll be sure to send you an invitation!

(Sorry for the dark photos. I was out there last night and the flash reflected off the shiny walls!)

Halloween

I LOVE Halloween! This year we got crafty and made our our own costumes.

My daughter was Edward Scissorhands. We bought a black shirt at a thrift store and covered it with belts and black duct tape. For her hands we cut out cardboard scissor shapes and glued aluminum foil to them. Then we duct taped the scissors onto gloves. It was actually a pretty easy costume to throw together!

I dressed up as a raven. My costume was a bit more complicated! I sewed each feather from recycled T-shirts.

Terrariums

I went to a very sweet wedding over the weekend! The aisle was made from a line of autumn leaves. One of my favorite touches were little terrariums spread out here and there and on the tables. I commented on how cute they were and the bride let me take one home! I'm now imagining tabletops covered with them...

Pumpkin party!

Today I spent my afternoon decorating pumpkins in the park! David Lorraine with 8z Real Estate included Clementine in hosting the first annual Martin Acres Pumpkin Party. I loved all of the creativity! It really put me in the spirit of Halloween.


(This one looks gruesome because it is!) You can see David's post with more pictures here.