Circle Play

Today is the first official day of summer....and boy did it feel like. It got up to 93 degrees today...and the dew point was a soupy 74. Paul and I stayed tucked inside most of the day....even for happy hour. 

But rain lilies love the heat and humidity....lots of new buds coming!

I pick this wispy little bouquet every year...goat's beard and coralbell.  

They bloom at the same time and make such a whimsical and pretty combination.  

This little garden at the end of the rock wall is kind of wild.  It transitions into the woods...so I don't want it to be as manicured as the rest....and it's where the goat's beard lives. 

That round piece of driftwood is on of my favorite found objects...that story is here: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2018/11/found-object.html 

Dotty posted an art piece that she did while on vacation that was inspired by the watercolor circles I painted for ICAD day 7.....and that tickles me.  In her next post...Dotty referred to this "backdoor art"...when you use an idea from another artist as inspiration and make it your own. We all do it....and Dotty have batted ideas back and forth a few times.

I absolutely LOVE Dotty's watercolor circle play! 

The colorful circles are loose and playful...and the wonky outlines paired with the touches of print are just the right touch. They almost have a childlike cartoon quality to them...which is something that is hard for me to do.

They kind of remind me of my watercolor cranberry thank you note where I added text and snippets from a catalog.

It's one of my favorite cards that I've made....so I think it's pretty clear that I need to do more circle play! And..work on being a little more loose.

Dotty's circles inspired me to go right through the backdoor and revisit my ICAD #7.

I outlined the circles and added some text. It probably could use more text...but already it's SO much better!  Thanks Dotty!

ICAD #20 is a little patchwork quilt of cutouts from recent gelli prints. In hindsight...I wish I would have stitched in black for interest. It's just so so.

But it was a few minutes of cutting and stitching....and that's a good thing.