Spring just popped in to Florida within the past few days.
Everything is covered in pollen.
I know because I can't go outside.
I can't breathe, my eyes itch, I'm congested. Ugh.
And my red car is yellow.
But . . . spring is certainly a welcome sight.
These are some azaleas blooming in the yard.
Actually I took this photo a week ago
and we still have blooms. Tons of them.
Anyway, I am getting further behind with my art journal prompts,
this particular prompt was You Are an Artist.
The description was - show what you are really good at.
So.
I love me some bright, wonderful, bold, beautiful,
in-your-face-awesome color!
Here's another 5" x 7" scrap of leftover color.
Dylusions Ink Sprays.
Gotta get 'em all!
Every color, and multiple bottles of some colors.
(Bubblegum pink, lemon zest, fresh lime.)
I used lots of water and played with the color till I came up with this.
Then I added my favorite - flowers.
Hahaha! If you click on the color photo and enlarge it,
then you can click back and forth between the two
and you will be able to see how the flowers came to life.
For the first time ever, the photos pretty much line up perfectly.
If the flip thing works :).
Prompt #9 - √.
Now on to 10, 11, and 12.
I think this is the last post I am going to pre-blog.
I will be back home on the 9th,
and will get busy online once again.
This piece was a bit of leftover from a larger project
I worked on. A small piece of scrap,
about 5" x 7", which I filled with random tangles.
Background color is - of course - Dylusions Ink Sprays.
My favorite product of all time!
Today the high is expected to be 39˚
and the low tonight is expected to be 16˚.
The high at home should be around 73˚.
Sounds warm and nice.
Sunday morning and I am listening to Trinity Baptist Church here at home via the internet. Right now they are singing: I Worship You, Almighty God, there is none like you. It's a nice 66ยบ outside and the sun is shining. What a beautiful start to my day.
May God richly bless you and your family today. May you feel His arms around you, hugging you close, loving you, being there for you. Close your eyes, rest in His care. Know that you are loved. Right now, right where you are. God is there, too. And He cares about you.
Living in the south you don't get a whole lot of winter. Or seasons. You just get different levels of humidity. Pretty much. The past week has been ideal weatherwise. Cooler temps at night. Nice, comfortable temps during the day. Now, if the flowers and trees would just start blossoming again we'd be in springtime business. And, we still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years to get through before then. So, in the meantime I am drawing flowers, working on another large project. If you haven't done a large project of your own, this is the time to pull out an 11" x 14" sheet of paper and give it a go. Tangle away and when you're finished, let me know and we'll post a link to your blog right here so we can share your work :). Go on. You know you want to!
