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More Mug of the Day Mugs!

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 Oops! I forgot to post more of my Mug of the Day series here on my blog! So here they are so far: Day 3 of my Mug of the Day series in my tiny sketchbook! This one is particularly wonky, but I like it! LOL One of my favourite mugs. Man, I miss David Bowie. I started thinking it would be watercolour only, but it ended up with coloured pencils, ink, and posca pen. Mug of the Day, number 4! This lovely mug was given to my mother by one of her granddaughters. I had to include it because it's special and so beautiful. Since I'm doing these so quickly, I didn't do it justice, but it was nice to have my tea in it this morning and remember Mom. ❤️ This one was done in acrylic paint, some of which was metallic gold. Mug of the Day, number 5! I broke my own rule with this one... It started off good. I did a quick sketch within my short time limit. I then thought I would try gouache again. (It's like an opaque watercolour paint) I completely wrecked it, tried to fix it, and made ...
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Mug of the Day Series

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  I'm starting a fun sketchbook series, "Mug of the Day!" I've challenged myself to fill a little hand-made sketchbook with a different mug of tea each day. There are 16 pages in my book. I do have a lot of different mugs, but I haven't counted them, so we'll see if I have enough different mugs or cups to fill it up! You will notice that these are not perfect works of art! I'm giving myself about a minute or two to draw the mug, and then use the first medium that comes to mind to finish it. My first two were challenging mediums that I don't use often. The first one has watercolour pencils and ink, and the second one gouache and ink. (That has been difficult to me to get a handle on.) I wonder what come next? We'll see tomorrow! (Some friends and family might recognize some of these. 😁)
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What the World Needs Now...

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 Yesterday, I was trying to stay away from doomscrolling on my phone and I was trying to figure out something to do in my art room. A while ago I had used some leftover pieces of matboard and used my gel plate and home-made stamps to put backgrounds on them. One of my Etsy clients reminded me that I had done some collage flowers on them, but that seemed too complicated. I just wanted something to do that was simple and meditative.  These are what I ended up doing. I figured that the world needs a little more love right now.  Made from love words from friends and family written on cards, plus more from magazines and catalogues.  Some of them have little spaces not filled in. Like broken hearts. Appropriate to the times.  They are tiny: 3.5 X 2.5 inches.  I still have some more background cards with nothing on them, so there may be more of these down the road! Check these out in my Etsy shop HERE . These will be available to US shoppers, as they are small eno...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers!

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Not the band, but the spicy vegetable! (Or are they a fruit?) Here's some Red Hot Chili Peppers to keep you warm on these blustery days!  This was a challenging one; lots of details and tiny pieces of paper. I was working hard on it one morning, and I guess I was slouching. When I stood up, I threw my back out! Ouch! It took a few days to get back on track, but I finally finished it. I did use a little bit of "cheating" by adding a few touches of white acrylic paint for some of the highlights. I just could get the effect I wanted with paper. Red Hot Chili Peppers 6 X 6 X 1.5" on Canvas Available in my Etsy Shop (Sorry, not shipping to the US currently. Folks local to me can contact me by commenting below or messaging me on Facebook )
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Sunday Sketching and Collage Matching!

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  I have been having lots of fun in my very cheap sketchbook that I bought a few months ago. I think I said a few posts back that I was going to start a new sketchbook and make it myself. Well, I did make one, but I've decided to use it for special projects like Sketchbook Revival or something similar.  I got this book at Walmart and I think it's supposed to be used for pencil sketching or writing. But I decided it was something I could use to play in and not worry about ruining something.  I've been doing very, very quick mixed media abstracts on the left page (a lot of collage involved) and on the right page I do something completely different, but using similar colours. Last night, I was laying in bed and thought, "It's been so long since I have done any sketching!" And it's been quite a while since I've sketched a bird. A few years ago, mostly during COVID, I painted and/or collaged 100 birds. I guess I was a bit birded-out after that!  I also have...
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Copyright Infringement Sucks!

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 I recently saw one of my older collages on Pinterest. It was a piece that I had previously put on FineArtAmerica to be sold as a print. I have taken down my Fine Art America site as I never really made much money from it.  I thought it must have been pinned while it was still up on FAA, but when I clicked the link, it took me to an online jigsaw puzzle site. And the picture had the Fine Art America watermark on it! Not the first time someone did a screenshot from there and used one of my images. So frustrating. I'm glad I'm no longer part of that site. I have had to send proof that this is my art. I no longer have an actual website so have sent some links to my Facebook page. I used to do reverse images of my art, but it would take a long time to search for copyright infringement that way, unless someone else has a quicker way to do it! Anyway, that's what greeted me in my email this morning. 
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New Collage - Pomegranate

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 I finished a collage today! It's been a while since I've done one, so I'm pretty happy about it. This one is a vibrant red pomegranate with some ruby-like seeds. I enjoyed this one, but couldn't come up with a witty title, so it's just Pomegranate! Pomegranate - Paper Collage on Canvas Find this in my ETSY shop!
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