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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Tiny Art - Pocket Art Movement

One card, a thousand color changes. This set of color changing art cards is sooo cool! You can find this piece and the others in this series at

Colorcatstudios101 at Etsy

Get in on the pocket art movement or add to your tiny art collection.

These very special paints come from England. It took a looooonnnnnggggg time to get them. 💗 I created the design and carved it into a lino block. Many people collect these cards in books, like baseball cards, and many enjoy brightening up a desk or corner with them. :)

Oh man, I love these. Start your collection today!

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Teeny Tiny Art Time

Here’s a tiny piece I created inspired by a building I saw downtown. Sitting at a stop light I looked to my left and there it was in all its beauty! Believe it or not, it was a parking garage. A very NICE parking garage!

I like doing these tiny works as they inspire me to bigger works. I can get the inspiration out with no pressure and it’s down for when I have time or need to be inspired. Here I’ve got it sitting on my palette for a nice pop of color. I think it’s time to get back into artist trading cards.

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Tiny Art, Artist Trading Cards

Teeny Tiny Art Time! Wow! Can you believe it’s finally back? This little piece is only 2 1/2”x3 1/2” in a series of four masks I created. I’ve shown it with some bullet casings for size. As we’re back in school and I’m an art teacher, my time is broken up and I don’t have as much time to create. Looking at my past work and creating small inspires me, then I’m off to big stuff again! Plus, I LOVE artist trading cards!

If you’re interesting in trading Artist Trading Cards, let me know.

Turkish tour

Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!