Scattered - but productive

It's been a scattered week... best laid plans and all that. Dealing with some changes that are disrupting my usual flow has been challenging. Although I did have a quiet day today, and completed a couple of small pieces for my Etsy shop. Both are mixed media collages using beeswax to meld it all together. I just love beeswax!

The large (for me) canvas I started last week is still looking at me, wondering what else will appear. I have a couple of ideas and haven't yet figured out how to execute them.


I started an 8x10 canvas board in the same style... papers, brayered paint and this one has stenciling.

And here they both sit in the studio... ideas percolating as I see them each time I come into the room. 

Because it's that time of the week, I'm sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by the fabulous Eva and Kristin! I hope you have time to check out some of the other PPF artists! They always inspire me! 



Also linking with Artists in Blogland

HuMp DaY Haiku - Blending

Wine Grape Harvest

Blending with beeswax.

When heated, melded layers

forms a new art piece.

This piece was created during a class I taught last week at ArtforAll in Portland. It was delightful showing others how I create the layers, and how sometimes they work better than we imagine. Everyone had fun and the room smelled heavenly!

While I know similar effects can be achieved digitally, I prefer creating art the old fashioned way with my hands and layers of papers, tissues and beeswax. This piece is now available in my Etsy shop.

I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes...  and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue.  In this process, I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written? 

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. And consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello.