#151 of 365 (May 31)

Left side of the spread in my first Black and White journal. (right was posted yesterday)

150 of 365 (May 30)

Right side of a spread in my first Black and White journal.

#149 of 365 (May 29)

More mixed media birds in progress... so far paper layers and inks.

#148 of 365 (May 28)

Butterfly series for local ATC trade. Stamped script, paper napkins, stamped images, inks.

#147 of 365 (May 27)

Mixed Media birds - work in progress... to date: torn papers, gesso wash, two layers acrylic paint -  rubbed off, punchinella stenciling.

#146 of 365 (May 26)

Artist Trading Card made for a challenge of purples and blues. Watercolor crinkle background, hand carved stamp, Tombo markers.

#145 of 365 (May 25)

Artist Trading Card - Acrylic paints background, image, postage stamp, poster paint pen.

#144 of 365 (May 24)

Artist Trading Card - watercolor crinkle background, hand carved stamp, Tombo markers, postage stamp, micron pen, poster paint pen, stabilo pencil.

#143 of 365 (May 23)

Seafaring Gent - Round altered playing card for a friend. Beeswax collage... stamped script on playing card, sanded, paper napkin, images and postage stamp, beeswax.

#142 of 365 (May 22)

Lavender page in Spring Journal - watercolor wash, napkin images. WIP

#141 of 365 (May 21)

Beginning of a page in Spring journal. watercolor wash (note color is more orange in real life) with paper napkin image.WIP

#140 of 365 (May 20)

Working in my Spring Journal - watercolor wash background, stencil with spray ink and inkpad. Tulips from magazine, vintage trading stamps. Little pocket for tag added on folded over pocket page. WIP

#139 of 365 (May 19)

A spent dandelion bloom makes a white star in a sea of green... discovered along the trail on our walk. I loved all the textures.

#138 of 365 (May 18)

Photo of Evergreen Clematis blooming along the fence

#137 of 365 (May 17)

Artist Trading Card - recycled greeting card, image, stamp, inks, stabilo pencil, beeswax

#136 of 365 (May 16)

Gothic Arch - 4x6: Beeswax collage using stamped script, paper napkins, image, inks

#135 of 365 (May 15)

Altered Round Playing Card- beeswax collage with vintage text page, printed on tissue image, stamped on tissue images,and steampunk dude from Graphics Fairy.

#134 of 365 (May 14)

Artist Trading Card - beeswax collage using stamped script, paper napkins, and water soluble oil pastels.

#133 of 365 (May 13)

Artist Trading Card - beeswax collage using stamped script, paper napkins, and water soluble oil pastels.

#132 of 365 (May 12)

Photo for a "Seeing Circle" I'm in... this weeks theme is release

#131 of 365 (May 11)

Yet another spread from black and white journal... WIP

#130 of 365 (May 10)

Spread from black and white journal. WIP

#129 of 365 (May 9)

Page from my second black and white journal. WIP Torn text pages, light gesso wash, tissue tape, stamped image.

#128 of 365 (May 8)

Black and White journal page in progress...

#127 of 365 (May 7)

Round Altered Playing Card - beeswax collage. Made for a friend.

#126 of 365 (May 6)

Photo of wildlife viewed on recent walk... large "dandelion wine" sized flowers and a little bee enjoying the sunshine.

#125 of 365 (May 5)

Another page in progress in my second black & white journal... the side with eggs is a pocket. Backing is envelope liners.

#124 of 365 (May 4)

Start of spread for my new black and white journal. I traced a doily paper I got with a trade last week with black stabilo pencil, then used a water brush to paint the inside of each outline. This spread will have a pocket on the right side which will start at the right edge of this scan...

#123 of 365 (May 3)

Curio cabinet work in progress. This is made from one of the Tim Holtz Configuration boxes, acrylic paints (cool technique I learned at a class) and drawers made of mat board. More to come...

#122 of 365 (May 2)

Photograph - mama goose on her nest at local park. The goslings should hatch any day now...

#121 of 365 (May 1)

Photograph of male red wing blackbird at a local park trail