Showing posts with label Coles Phillips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coles Phillips. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

A Blue, Blue Snow Day

Welcome!


Kaleidoscope by inkspired 

Are you stuck at home,
snow covering your driveway
and feeling oh so blue?

The Dog, checking out the snow level
Photo cred: K.Kloberdans

Too bored to even nap?
Don’t want to play with your toys?

Ignoring a new squeakie toy
Photo cred: K.Kloberdans

Snow, snow go away...
Don’t come back
Any other day...

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Well, let’s just give in
and have a 
Blue, Blue Snow Day!

‘Fade-away girl’ by American painter Coles Phillips

You can always sit and enjoy a good book!

What else could you do?

How about drawing a few Zentangles
With a blue pen of course!

Original zentangle by inkspired

Or
Get out your beads.
Blue beads of course!

 Beaded chain purse, Art Deco era


Original design beaded bracelet by inkspired


No Beads?
How about playing with a fun app
From The App Store - 

 Using a photo app to play with color and textures



Using a photo app to mimic colored pencils
(Zeus, a rescue boy from the Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue)

Still bored?
Blah?

I bet a little humor could cheer you up!
Found on Pinterest

Found on Pinterest

 An original kaleidoscope by inkspired



If you have a paper cutting machine,
You can make cards.
Blue cards that don’t remind you of
Snow.


Cards by Cricut and inkspired 

No cutting machine?
How about stamps?



What! NO RUBBER STAMPS?

Wow, you really are unprepared for a snow day!

Okay, last suggestion - 

Jigsaw Puzzles

1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Cobble Hill

 1,000 piece puzzle, Hometown series by artist Heronim
‘Dragonboat Festival’

I hope you have enjoyed this fun blog.
Now you go do something fun!
...or take a nap like The Dog...

The Dog in nap position
Zzzzzzzz......

‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth:
I do not, now or ever, want to see any tattoos
that should be covered up by clothing.
Really.




Sunday, November 10, 2019

Leaves and Leaves and Leaves!

Welcome!
🍁🍁🍁
‘J is for Jack Frost’ From “The Fairy Alphabet”
By Fanny Young Cory
1877 - 1972

I got to crunch some leaves today.
Big, dry, crunchy leaves!
I kind of forgot how fun that was.
When is the last time you crunched some leaves?

Unknown photographer


This kaleidoscope always makes me think of Indian corn colors.

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

I came across a very interesting Leaf Craft, 
While browsing through Pinterest.



Aren’t those cool looking?
Anybody can ‘doodle’.
I would use a juicy white paint pen, so as to not tear the leaf.

The top photo shows more ‘zentangle’ type decoration,
While the bottom photo appears to be more doodling style.

W. Wordsworth quote
Unknown artist

I am saving a zentangle post for later.

People do quite a bit more with leaves and art also.
Sam Larson draws tiny silhouette scenes on his leaves:

Leaf art by Sam Larson

This Indonesian artist uses strong coffee to paint leaves with:
Ghidaq al-Nizar aka ‘coffeetopia’

Wow!
Take a look outside.
Take a short walk, even if it is just down your driveway
Or around the block.


Unknown credits

Enjoy the Leaves!
A Coles Phillips ‘fade-away’ girl painting.
October 1917 magazine cover art

Why not invite someone else to go on the walk with you?

October 1917 magazine cover


‘Til next time,
inkspired
🍁