Pink Bird Studio

Week in Review

This week was busy.

First off, I completed (and sold) a new painting.  The fourth in my Moderna series.  24” x 30” on canvas (and framed). 

I also found out one of my paintings was accepted into a show in Vancouver - this one’s on paper and only 5” x 7”.  The show will go live online soon, and then it will be the first in-person show whenever the gallery re-opens.

Next, here are the latest in the 100 day project.

I’m having a lot of fun with these - this week we’ve got to #20, or 20% finished the project which wraps up about half way through June.  I have confirmed with Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow that ICAD is happening again in 2020 so we’ll see how this overlap works out!

I did some more work in the sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project:

 

And my longish watercolour paper journal (which of course I am using acrylics on).

Last but not least I’ve started a one-page zine (made from a single sheet of paper).  I haven’t made one of these for ages but I saw someone making them on Instagram and thought I should get in on the fun.  

 

I’m starting out with a gelli printed page.

 

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Stay safe and well, and if you can, stay home.

See you next week.

Sunday Postcard Art - Typewriters

This week Sunday Postcard Art  celebrates the humble typewriter.  When I learned to type in high school it was on a manual typewriter - perhaps not this old. :) We did drills to pre-recorded music and then everyone hit “return” at the same time making quite the odd symphony!  Later, in secretarial school, we had to get to a certain “words per minute” on the manual before we could “graduate” to an electric typewriter.  My first office job had the latest type of typewriter that had a small memory - quite the thing!  I also worked on a computer terminal, but it couldn’t do any word processing - I think it was connected to our head office back east (it was a local branch of a big life insurance company).  That was only just over thirty years ago and look at us now where we can do just about anything on our phones! We would have laughed at that like it was science fiction if anyone had suggested such a thing.  

Anyway, here’s my contribution to this week’s theme.  

Hope you’re keeping well and staying safe.  

 

Sunday Postcard Art - Theatre

This week’s theme at Sunday Postcard Art  is Theatre.  Remember when we could go to the theatre?!  I’m sure we will get to do it again some day.  

My diva is always ready for her close-up, and has just finished a successful performance, after which the stage was covered in roses.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Hope you and yours are keeping safe and staying home if you can.  

Week in Review

This week I’m doing things in a different order - I’m publishing my week in review  before my Sunday Postcard Art piece, because I haven’t made one yet.  

I’ll start with this week’s pieces for the 100 day project.

 

I’m really enjoying this series.  

Next are some journal pages:

In this page you can see the window I added using a recycled window envelope.

And this page is the flip side (as you can see I wasn’t quite finished with this side when I took the first picture).

And the last page in this journal...

I didn’t do anything with the Sketchbook Project this week.

I did complete quite a few small paintings though.

These three are all on paper.

And this one is a 12” square on cradle board.

A also made a few random mixed media pieces, most on recycled box panels.

I’ve signed up for I Hanna’s DIY postcard swap  which I’ve participated in quite a few times over the years.  Always a fun event, and nice to see it continuing in these crazy times.  Some of these cards may be in my outgoing swap cards.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you’ll come back later to see my piece for Sunday Postcard Art’s theme of Theatre.  

Stay safe, and if you can, please stay home.

Week in Review

It seems like I made a lot of art this week, given a couple extra days off.  Let’s see shall we?

I decided to participate in The 100 Day Project  this year.  Apparently it’s in its 7th year.  I was on the fence until I thought about some lovely flat watercolour cards I have had for years and never used.  I believed the box had 100 cards in it, and even though I knew where they were.  When both those things turned out to be true, I decided it was meant to be.

Although the box has been opened, it’s still quite full.  I am not sure I’ve used any of them, but if I get to the high 90s and run out I can cut some nice paper to size and carry on.  Here they are:

The project started on April 7, so today I’m on day 6.  Here is Day 1.

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

 

Day 5:

Day 6:

Day 4 is my favourite this week!

I did one more spread for the Sketchbook Project - starting in on the second half already and not due until August (hopefully they are re-opened by August at the Brooklyn Art Library).  I’m continuing on my COVID theme.  Do you remember when phones had cords?!

i also did a complete ‘mini journal’ that a friend sent me last week!  It’s not that small dimension-wise, but it only has a few spreads.

Front cover:

And the rest of the individual pages:

I’ve grouped them in pairs as they appear in the book as spreads.

My friend designed these with a simple binding of washi tape and old papers, so I let those dictate the colour scheme for each spread.

And as you can see although the colours are fairly neutral, I can never quite resist a pop of colour.

Close to the end, more colour is creeping in.  :)

 

And the back cover.  Wasn’t that a fun little project?!

I also made some mixed media pieces on recycled materials.

And did another spread in one of my journals I’ve been working on for awhile.

 

That’s it for this week.  I’ve also been working on a large painting and a small painting that have both been on the go for quite some time.  Maybe with another 2 days off they’ll be done by next weekend!  We shall see.

Thanks so much for joining me this week.  I hope you are keeping safe and staying home if you’re able.  Take good care.

Sunday Postcard Art - Bonnets / Big Hats

This week, the theme for Sunday Postcard Art  is Bonnets / Big Hats.

I’m sure our lovely host Mandy had Easter in mind, but I immediately thought of those who are currently wondering how they are going to pay their bills, including their rent or mortgage, in light of so many layoffs and closures.  The writing says “She had a lot on her mind”.  

I hope you are keeping well and staying safe.  Take good care.

Thank you so much for joining me today - I hope you’ll come back for my week in review post either later today, or tomorrow.  

Week in Review

This week flew by, and here’s what I did art-wise.

More art journal pages in the watercolour paper journal:

A few mixed media postcards made on recycled material:

And a couple more journal pages in a different journal.  No Sketchbook Project this week.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Please stay safe and stay home as much as you are able.  Take care!

Sunday Postcard Art - Favourite Poem

This week the theme for Sunday Postcard Art is Favourite Poem.  I’m not a huge poetry fan, and yet I’ve made two cards!  

The first one is a poem by my grandmother, Lyllian D. Cole.  It was written as a haiku.  The woman is not my grandmother, but a very admirably fit senior from an old yoga book.  I’m not even 60 and there’s no way I could bend myself into that pose!

The poem reads:

You’ve picked a poor time

to become absent minded...

they’ll say you’re senile

The next piece is based on a very short and sharp poem by one of my favourite authors, Margaret Atwood.  From her collection of poems “Power Politics”:

 

you fit into me

like a hook into an eye

 

a fish hook

an open eye

Both cards are on a gelli print background.  

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you are keeping well, keeping your distance and staying safe.  See you tomorrow for my week in review.