Faces on Friday

The first three are all drawings of my beloved Mr. Almost Perfect. The second looks closes to him - I worked and reworked his nose and think I finally got close to getting it right. Most of the rest are very quickly done - 30 seconds or so.

And just for fun I thought I'd show you this fun thing. I got tired of the back-pack spillage that covers my kitchen floor. We had cubby-holes built in and I spent the past couple days painting them.

For Your Inspiration: As Seen in Montana

 Which is exactly what I said when we passed this place - GOTTA pull over!

We only had a few minutes but it was worth it just to photograph what is in the parking lot.

The Miracle of America Museum in Polson, Montana

Next time - I'm going IN!

Artistically Speaking Interview

Today I'm the guest on

Artistically Speaking

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as we talk about art and life.

Faces on Friday

Most of these are done very quickly (30-60 seconds) except the two girls in the middle bottom.

It's getting better - the girls look like themselves.

How to Steal Like an Artist

You've got to pop over to Austin Kelon's blog and read this!

Austin Kleon is a writer and artist living in Austin, Texas. He's the author of Newspaper Blackout.

The post is full of wit and wisdom and I agree with every word.

Tutorial: Sketchbook Slipcover

 Welcome to Artspark's third day of the Spring Tutorial Fling!

I love working with fabric and I love sketching. My sketchbooks want to be pretty on the outside - even if they are a mess on the inside.

If you'd like to make a sketchbook slipcover you'll need just enough fabric to wrap your book like a gift (mine is quilted to batting although that is not required.) You'll also need inside fabric that's just a little longer than the fabric you'll use for the outside of the slipcover.

And because I had just enough fabric left over I made a little pencil case. Melanie Testa has a tutorial here so you can make one of those too if you wish.

Make sure you don't miss the following tutorials from other Artspark members!

Spring wreath: Alisa Burke

Making a Faced Binding: Judy Coates Perez

Journal mapping: Jill Berry

Artspark Tutorial Spring Fling

Welcome to day 2 of Artspark's Spring Tutorial Fling

Freezer paper stencils from your sketchbook images and Paintstiks: Jane LaFazio

Bunny Power: Quick Tombo Rabbits: Carla Sonheim

Painting Eggs: Tracie Huskamp

To answer your questions from yesterday. This piece is about 6" and is a mother of pearl disc on shibori dyed fabric. And lots of beads. It will be framed in this lovely little shadow box. (I took the glass out to photograph it.) Scroll to yesterday's post to see a close-up.

I'm going to try something new and give you all first dibs before I list it on Etsy. 

PEARLS 6"x6"

framed and wired for hanging

$85.00 usd (plus shipping)