Orange you glad?

 Welcome!

Orange you glad today?

Kevin Reid for Central Market; illustrator Judy  Unger

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

In the middle of our summer it continues to be HOT HOT HOT!

While the flowers need sunshine

I’m thinking they are wanting 

a bit more shade and cool breezes right now.

Not up to me though-

so let’s celebrate what we do have,

which is a LOT of

ORANGE!!!

Antelope Valley poppy fields, California, USA

Orange surrounds us in nature.

Coral Key Scuba Travel, Denver, Colorado USA

Hanging Orchids, photographer unknown

Pinterest, photographer unknown

Marigold, inkspired’ s garden

We wrap ourselves in orange -

Designer Hat collection of Louise Macdonald Milliner, Australia

WalMart

Shoes by lokeeda

Candycloth.tumblr.com

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Windsor

Dijion’s Boutique

Viola Davis, 2017

By inkspired

We decorate our homes in ORANGE -

By Big Chill

Elephant pitcher, unknown, Pinterest

Japanese tea cup with moriage

Rothschild and Bickers

The Spruce Bold Orange Bathroom

Mikela Roy

Found on Pinterest

We have ORANGE architecture- 

Pinned by Pat McCambridge on Pinterest

The Red Fort palace Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan built in 1639 AD

Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida USA

“Palace of Winds” Jaipur, India built in 1798

Card by inkspired and Cricut

We even sing about ORANGE!

(Orange Blossoms, that is).

1909

1914

1915

Song sheets courtesy Indiana U Music Library In Harmony

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Guinean Cock of the Rock, San Diego Zoo, USA

ORANGE you glad there’s a color called

ORANGE?!

By inkspired

That’s all for today!

To see more orange things, go to my Pinterest Board

ORANGE. Just. Orange.

You can find that under K. Kloberdans

‘Til next time,

inkspired 

Boredom Busters, Part III

Welcome!

All kaleidoscopes by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

‘The cure for boredom

is curiosity.

There is no cure 

for curiosity.’

- Ellen Parr

We are now under severe restrictions 

on our ability to go where we want,

do what we want, see who we want.

Many people have already been under ‘house restrictions’ 

for a week or more.

Patience can get frazzled.

Artist Sandra Boynton

Tempers may be elevated.

Minion humor

And then there are the kids!

They are stressed out too!

I hope you will come away from today’s blog

with a few ideas to relax everyone,

use that creative side of the brain,

and just have some good ‘ol fun!

Let’s start out today with a couple more

Painting Projects:

Painted Swirly Flowers

From an article in Make and Take

You will need:

Some kind of palette-
 plastic lid, watercolor tray, plastic plate

Paintbrush

Paper 
Acrylic paints, various colors

Suggested- 

drop cloths, paint ‘smock’ or old shirt

From Make and Takes, 2016 article

How to:

Pour a few colors of paint onto your palette.

Take a paintbrush and dip into one color.

Without rinsing, dip into a second complimentary 

paint color. 

Do not blend!

Make a large circle ‘swirl’ on your paper,
 Making it into a swirl shoe.
Reload your brush with paint.

Make another next to it.

If you would like your flowers to have 
slightly different ‘tones’, try another swirl 
without reloading your brush with fresh paint.

Swirl in a third  circle.

(Refer to photos)

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Using a largish brush, or a sponge cut into a thin leaf shape
Load with 2 or 3 colors of green paint.
Using a swiping motion add in some leaves.
(Refer to photo)

Load your brush with the flower colors (2)
and use a short quick ‘swipe’ to make flower buds.
Take a small paint brush and load 
with a light color value of your flower colors. 
Add in a bit of detail/highlights.

Here is a finished example,
with some slightly different ‘tweaks’.

Copyright Julie Ryder

Almost done!
Using a small paintbrush 
dab black or very dark flower color 
to center of each flower.
Using the end of your paintbrush
dip into white or yellow and make 3 dots
in the very center of your flower.

Here is another example to inspire you!

Sorry, the credit for this was in Russian!

For young artists,

have them dip a finger into a thin layer of paint. 

Then press their finger around the colored swirl.

Voila!

You now have a bouquet of flowers with leaves!

As you can see, your flowers can be very simple

or look more elegant

Depending on what you ‘add’.

Oh do send me photos of your results!

Next painting project:

DOTS!

ChristysCornerStudio.com

Dots are simple and any age can make one.
The more skilled the artist,
the more complex designs you can use.

Let’s start with a simple project:

YouandKids

You will need:

Paper - plain, watercolor or mixed media
Colored markers, any size, any brand
Post-It Notes

Pick out a simple shape - 
look at preschool age coloring books 
for some shape ideas.
To start, make your shape solid with no inner cut out areas.

Using your Post-It notes, cut the shape out.
You can patchwork the notes together so you have a large enough area for your shape.
Be sure to have as much of the ‘sticky’ area 
on your pattern shape as possible.

Smooth your shape onto your paper.
The sticky areas should hold it in place.

Now take the main color marker and start randomly making dots on your paper. Concentrate more dots around your shape, with fewer dots out to the edges.

Posted on Pinterest by Srirup 

Take a complimentary colored marker and make more dots.
When you are pleased with the color balance,
and the edges of your shape are mostly covered
you are done!
Carefully peel up your sticky note shape.
😁

The above photo shows using paint with pencil erasers.
This works really well!
You can also use Q-tips (cotton swabs),
pen caps, dowels - just look around for round shapes!

I think using acrylic paints is much easier than dotting with watercolors, but experiment with what will work best for you, and/or the ages of the kids creating also.

Here’s another design variation,
same technique:

Posted on Pinterest by Rachel Hinderliter

Starting to have some dotty fun?
Try using acrylic paint dots on rocks!

 For sale on Etsy

Try some dots on thick card stock and make bookmarks!

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I hope you try some Dot Art,
and really have fun with it.

That’s it for today’s Boredom Busters.
‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth, usually experienced before 10am or coffee-
Nothing is kept in the plate cupboard
except plates.
Not coffee, silverware, napkins or mugs
can be found in the plate cupboard.
Just. Plates.