Funkified Mood

So what is "funkified"? It is the way I feel just now. My little bitty desk dictionary says funk = a shrinking back from fear; v. flinch. The shrinking back part might be what I have done ART-wise for a few days. But not from fear. I tell you it is because the sun goes down so early now. I need sun to shine. I think I have to readjust every year at this time.

So do you have an inspiration journal? I do. It is a blank journal shown here. It is at my elbow and I jot down inspiration phrases, quotes, ideas, sketches, web sites and anything that I want to remember. I also glue in snippits form the newspaper as well as my own doodles.

This is today's lunchtime doodle colored with lipstick found in my desk drawer. Did you ever use lipstick? I'm challenged.
More later,
Sharon

International Quilt Festival

My friend Susan and I did make it to the International Quilt Festival in Houston on Thursday. We had a great time. We got there early and signed up for all the Mini workshops at "Make It U" sponsored by Cloth, Paper, Scissors. Class size was limited to 25 and we were both so lucky to get into the first one by Lesley Riley.
I need to go to Las Vegas with Susan. She is one lucky girl. We missed the drawing time for 2 of the classes but she was drawn for 4 of the 6. I took her place at one of them. Fun.
Here she is participating in "Surviving the Runway: The Ultimate Creative Challenge" conducted by Patricia Bolton. It was a fast paced collage challenge.
To sum it up, next time I want to go for at least 3 days to see everything. The quilt exhibit was out of this world and I didn't even have time to see all of it. We had so much fun, got back late and now I getting geared up to tackle November, house stuff, yard stuff, family stuff, stuffed turkey, and ART.
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Sharon

TRICK OR TREAT

SCAN
...
i mean
SMELL
MY
FEET






GIVE
ME
SOMETHING
GOOD
TO
EAT

More FLESH

You know, for close up detail, just click on the picture. About Miss Piggy, you'll know which one she is...well she came to the party uninvited. I decided she could stay.
So now what, you ask. I probably won't work much more this weekend and I can tell you I'm getting FLESH out of my system. I was challenged to try a different FLESH tone for each of these color fairies. Working this small is also a challenge.
I hope you are enjoying watching my page in progress. Are you?
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Sharon

FLESH

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Sharon

I Choose FLESH

The end results may not be spectacular but you can watch as I go. Start at the bottom of this post and scroll up. This will be the inside front cover page of my True Colors Journal.

Controlling Luck

True Color Princess

She sits inside of the back cover of my True Colors Journal. Remember my focus color is flesh and I really enjoyed the challenge of this princess on acrylic paper.

My doodles earlier this week have inspired me. I can't wait for the weekend so I can start on the inside front cover with this inspiration. Actually, I might get a little Art-At-The-Desk Time for a 'head' start. (pun intended)

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Sharon

Yesterday's Doodle

Art-at-the-Desk
My www was down most of yesterday here at the office. So, I had time on my brain. I'm challenged with this little Sharpie. You have to move fast because it bleeds on this scrapbook cardstock...no erasing.

I have soap-at-the-desk time too. Yesterday I was watching and one of the characters had this really cute scarf tied on her head. INSPIRATION! So that is how this started. I just really like scrunching all these little faces together and letting one lead to another. I have a stack of this cardstock this size right handy. It was the end that I cut off when I made Norah'S Cookbook.

Must tell (cause I can't show yet) that I worked on another page for my FLESH project. So fun! This is the first time I have used my heavy body acrylic on paper. What a challenge! That's what it is all about. Inspiration and Challenge and FLESH.

Maybe I will finish the collage tonight and show tomorrow. Hope so.

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Sharon

Today's doodle

makes
no
sense
brain
on
auto
day
dreaming
can
this
be
a
birthday
card
no
think
not
more
later
sharon

Happy Birthday....DH

My Catch of the Day
Yep, this ole man is mine and today is his Happy Birthday. Not a very good pic of this layout but it works. Love you.
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Sharon