Journal52: Week 5: Television

I photo edited the above piece from this photo of a TV below (Davies and Starr/Getty Images) using PicMonkey.  I like how this turned out.  I rarely watch TV anyway.

Celtic Cross-Stitch Finish

I finally finished this!  Now all I have to do is find a frame for it.  Then I'll display it at my house.

Letter #57

Hi Dad,

Today has not been fun.  I've been low all week, kind of depressed.  And today I woke up and my hip hurt.  Apparently, I spent part of the night sleeping with my leg hanging off the bed.  I took two naps today.  I finally had a cup of coffee, but I still have a bad headache, even though my hip is doing better.  Ooops!  Now I'm whining.

I guess you know what's going on.  Clue me in, why don't you?  I've been praying a lot today, for my pain to go away, for things to get better.  Of course I'm my own worst enemy.  There's a lot I can't say or won't.  Lord, loosen my lips.

All for now.

LOVE

Anne

Weekly Poem: "Wanted: freedom"

Wanted:  freedom

I used to have free time

that was years ago

when I was 11

Since then

there's always something

pulling my elbow

like an angry dog

Pay attention

pay attention to me

the world demands

Truth is

I don't want to do anything

ever again

Think I'll just sprawl

across my bed

and read a novel

Think I'll do that

prompt:  free poem

January 28, 2015

DIY Planner: 3rd Week of January

I didn't feel much like drawing this week, so stuck with simple shapes and patterns.  On Sunday I broke out the acrylics and gesso and tried that.  Acrylics are not transparent like watercolors, so I don't know how often I'll use them.

I made glitter glue for the first time, just added green glitter to my quick dry glue and painted it on Tuesday's waves:

My two favorite days are the conch shell (used a stencil) and the red star with the blue background on Friday.

 I experimented with making glitter glue (successful!) and glitter paint (unsuccessful) and glitter matte medium (somewhat successful).  You can see my results here, the blue is glitter glue, the white is green glitter mixed with white paint (outline of March and April) and the glitter matte medium hardly shows on the months on the right (March, April):

I've since painted the outline of March and April in light green glitter paint I bought at Wal-Mart during a previous outing.

Journal52: Week 4: Silhouettes

Here's what I came up with, granted, I got carried away with the drop shadow effects on the border.  Plus, after it was done I realized I had the writing reversed, should read "Devil or Angel?":

I don't know the original artist of the devil/angel mudflap girls, so can't credit it.  Here is the original picture I worked with: