Hi Everybody!
It's nearly weekend, so hope you have a good one. The weather here is a bit cooler today, so good to feel a cool breeze coming in through the window! Please remind me of that in winter when I start complaining about how cold it is....
Yesterday at art group I started to alter a large (21" x 17") paper bag:
It started off like this, and I thought it would make a great background to paint on:
I drew circles using plates, saucers, lids etc and coloured them with watered down liquid acrylics, using pink, magenta, lime green and turquoise. I painted in several layers to overlap the colours. The small circles were stamped with a circle rubber-stamp (Hein design) in distress oxide inks. Then I used stencils to add the faces and birds (Dina Wakley) and the stars and dragonflies (no-name)
The quote ( Pablo Picasso) was added with sharpies. I will be using the bag to store my A3 loose paintings and journal-pages, but first I need to paint the reverse side, which I will do at art group next week:
Linking to Paint Party Friday
My evening walk yesterday - a wonderful time of day:
2 cloud pics from Harry:
A morning walk through the fields:
The gulls love following the tractor:
A rusty sculpture especially for Elizabeth:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
I love your painted, up-cycled, paper bag. Looks very eye-catching, especially the pinks. I love the fields. I miss the fields in Scotland!
ReplyDeleteI feel for you!
DeleteLove your altered bay and your photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour art is so cool! Have a lovely weekend ☺
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteWhat an awesome storage tote that bag will make. And the quote is perfect. Lovely evening pictures. The cloud/sky pics look like paintings and the gulls following the tractor made me smile. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteWow-that is a dramatic new header. And I love what you did to that big bag. It is now a great way to recycle it with so many uses, and the colors and circles are fabulous. Nice evening walk photos too. Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteYour bag transformation is wonderful! Your sky colors came out beautifully, and I'm getting a kick out of the gulls lol
ReplyDeleteI love your altered paper bag...so colorful and happy :)
ReplyDeleteGreat news that you are feeling a bit cooler Valerie!
I hope the change stays around for you a while longer.
Gorgeous photos!!!
You are so talented in all that you do!
Big Hugs
Jan
Hi Val, another wonderful post. Love the altered bag, you have turned it into a treasure. Gorgeous colours, too. You have fantastic ideas. The photos are very beautiful and atmospheric. I've been out all day with the kids, now I need a big cuppa and a rest. Have a great evening, hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to recycle that bag Valerie - love the colours - it's really cool!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are really beautiful and I would have loved to have seen those skies for real.
Hope its continues to stay cool for you..have a great weekend..
Gill x
whee! Applause!Love the painted bag, the overlapping layers of color, emerging faces and the flock of birds... I want that stencil. The cloud photos are so inspiring. LOVE the golden clouds near the bottom, and hard line of color change to blue. LeeAnna
ReplyDeleteThanks LeeAnna, glad you like it, I had fun painting it.
DeleteBeautiful photos Valerie, and I love your decorated paper bag!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend
Alison xx
What a gorgeous bag Valerie, I love the bright colours and happy feel to it. Lovely photo's too that you took in the evening. Have a very happy weekend, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm going to comment on the bag, BUT I had to mention I LOVE the rusty sculpture. I had to look several times because it looked SO different from the two angles. It is amazing and so full of interesting shapes.
ReplyDeleteNow for your bag. I really like how you found a way to recycle a very large bag The circles you drew and filled were wonderful. I liked how different each circle was, too.
BTW, that sign is NOT for KC, Kansas. It's for KC, MISSOURI. So Missouri is poopy, but we in KS aren't (grin).
Glad you explained! I knew you would like those rusty sculptures.
DeleteI forgot to mention. I can't walk early in the morning or at dusk because that's the times of day the mosquitoes are out in full force. We have a REAL mosquito problem this year and it is fueled by any new rain we get.
ReplyDeleteMosquitoes are awful. Not too many here this year, but lots of ticks and wasps.
DeleteWow, its a fantastic make over for your large paper bag, and it will be great for storing your papers.
ReplyDeleteThe photos were super, I especially liked the ones of the evening sky.
Its cooler here today as well, but it brought heavy rain and our electricity went off for a few hours in many parts of the country..
Have a good weekend.
Yvonne xx
Hi Valerie wow i love what you have designed on the paper bag,such a pretty bag now.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful pics of your evening walk ,i always love seeing your beautiful pics,hope you have a wonderful day my friend xx
Beautiful paper bag art! So glad it is cooling down for you.
ReplyDeleteI love your bold bright bubbles of colour - a brilliant recreation of that bag into artwork. I adore your skyscapes, particularly the ones in the gathering dusk - beautiful and atmospheric.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Oh, and I meant to say - happy you have a cooling breeze... we've got howling gales at the moment!
DeleteIt's very windy here today, too, but not yet howling gales!
DeleteVery creative artwork in recycling shopping bag and your photos are awesome ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Day to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Awesome art you made there :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant art, such amazing colour.
ReplyDeleteLoved your evening photographs.
Enjoy your weekend.
All the best Jan
Hi Valerie, I love your painted bag! what a fun idea I am going to remember that.
ReplyDeleteYour evening photos are amazing-enjoyed the other photos from your walk too.
Glad you are getting a cool down-we are in extreme humidity and high heat here for now.
Happy Sunday hugs Kathy
A great idea with the recycled paper carrier and it's so bright and cheerful.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos from your walks - love the ones with the reflections of the moonlight on water.
Hope you've had a lovely weekend - we've had heavy rain and wind and quite chilly - feels like Autumn!
Avril xx
I love your bag. What a wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sky on your evening walk, glorious.
Glad it's cooled a bit.
Hugs
Bold, Bright, Beautiful, Brilliant....what else can I say.xxx
ReplyDeleteYour night time shots are fabulous and you have inspired me with your wonderful paper bag! It's so colorful -- what a great project!
ReplyDeleteTruly love your art bag and truly love your photos! Big Hugs!
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