Life Of Its Own

It was new day....and my "want to do" list was even longer than yesterday....one thing at a time. Who am I kidding...I actually have at least 10 things going....and have to step over piles as I go from one project to another.  As a quote I saw recently says....My housekeeping (and studio) is best described as "There appears to have been a struggle."

Starting last night about 8:00....I got on the mask making bandwagon after an e-mail request from Margie's senior living facility.  I've got 10 done and several cut out so far....and I'll keep going in between other projects.

Anita hooked me up with a simple pattern....they are double sided with an extra layer of cotton lining on the inside.  And thanks to a box of hand-me-down sewing supplies from Isabelle from the church I actually had a little elastic here in my studio.                                                                                    

 

This little project evolved over several days and kind of took on a life of its own.  It ended up being a process of trial and error....but I'm pretty happy where I landed.

It started with an experiment incorporating torn papers from my Gudrun's World catalog into my painted paper gardens....then had the idea of doing a rainbow wreath.  I didn't draw a circle and I started too high on the paper....so my greens were scrunched at the top...and my circle was a little wonky. At this point it was so so.

I think the addition of the grassy green paper was a good idea....don't you think? 

But after the layers of paper and glue...the watercolor paper was looking a bit grungy.  

So I painted over it with a blue wash.....and didn't like it al all.

Then I painted over it with white....nope....still not happy.  

And that shape....just not working.

I paused...and did other things but did play with it a bit digitally....
this didn't feel right either.

Finally....and mostly out of frustration I cut it out this morning.....ahhhhh....I can work with this. 

And I was able to shape it up a bit making it more balanced.

And it took on a whole new life sitting on an old book page.

Everything looks good sitting on an old book page.