Today, I am giving you a link to Spark. Click anywhere on the picture below. Don’t worry, clicking on the picture is not a commitment. It is a window into the wonderful world of getting’ er done.
Spark is an online community.
To participate, you need 15 to 30 minutes a day to give [insert desire here] the energy it needs to get it accomplished. Last month, my focus was power tools. Empowering power tools.
There is a new Spark nearly every month of the year. The next class starts December 1st. It costs $30.
Is there something you would like to work towards? Are you feeling at loose ends? Do you need some focus?
The class is led by Jenafer Joy. Sometimes I take the class just to hang out with her. She is that cool.
So, if this interests you, click on the picture and get more information.
I am starting with a painting that is not painting herself. Maybe I am a bad listener. Like maybe I have something in mind and it is not Magnolia and we go round and round.
Sometimes my sweet darlin’ asks me what I have been working on and for weeks I have answered, “Magnolia”. My idea for Sweet Magnolia is simple. I wanted her encompassed by the Magnolia flowers. She needed to have the same coloring as the flowers and leaves.
Magnolia, the beginningWorking on Magnolia
I love this version of Magnolia, but look at her left eye.
Magnolia’s eyes spaced incorrectly
I fixed the left eye making her eyes too close together.
Magnolia, starting over
Here is Magnolia today. I wonder if she just wanted big, Southern hair. I made her earrings by photocopying the two magnolia flowers on the left, shrinking them and applying with gel medium. Her crown is made from glossy, green tissue paper.
Magnolia completed
I have a frame cut for this painting. It is dark green, made from a screen door. I need to cut a piece of wood to go on the back. This is held up by not having a table to cut on at the moment. The back yard is in limbo.
Is something in retrograde?
My new painting goes with another painting. A duo.
Cabinet door repair
I took the handle off and threw it away. The hinges I soaked in vinegar, salt and dish soap for two days. They came out sparkly clean.
Hummingbird beginning
She will be looking at the woman on the other cabinet door. They are in a coffee shop at different tables. I was going to put a chicken on the woman’s head. Maggie thought of hummingbird drinking from the flowers on her hat. Go Maggie.
Hummingbird in progress
So far, this one is painting herself. I love her already. I am doing something cool with her shirt. I am painting textured paper then stitching the collar and sleeve together with my sewing machine.
I went back to the salvage store for more cabinet doors. I waited too long.
Gator Girl Art 