Happy Little Bluebird

Well, I know this little bluebird may not appear to be happy, but it is...really! Mostly because it sold this past Thursday night at the Fayetteville Underground! I'm happy it's going on someone else's wall. I have very little attachment to my work after it is done, framed and hung. I'm on to the next just as quickly as I can go. This is small, 3"x5" Ampersand Art scratchboard with ink for the color. I'm working on some videos to post online for future scratchboard instruction purposes, will keep you posted on that. (look at me, I'm imagining that someone reads these posts!) And today the proposal for the 5"x7" kits goes out to retailers. Here's hoping something really good comes of it for all us all. Meanwhile, I just keep scratching and scratching...
I scratched out a different version of this (yellow and turned to the right) to fill the space on the wall in the gallery.

Fayetteville Underground First Thursday

Here is what I've got up on the wall in the Fayetteville Underground 'Vault' Gallery. Tomorrow night from 5-8ish is the big First Thursday reception. If you are any where near this area come on down and eat, drink and look at art. Most of the artists will be there either mingling or hanging out in their studios. I hope to see a lot of folks coming through. There is some really great art on the walls, I'm really impressed with my fellow studio artists.

I will be talking scratchboard, (of course) and such...taking names and emails for future Ampersand Art scratchboard classes. I've also been working on setting up an area to do encaustic painting. Not sure exactly what that will all turn out to be. Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted. I'm excited about working with a new material and maybe going in a new direction. Linda does not live only for the dog and monkey show....really!
The weather has been gorgeous here, I can hear the spring peepers outside. All is good in my world, hope the same is true for all of you. We truely are lucky folks here in the US.

Scratchboard Flowers

This is me just playing around with a 5"x7" Ampersand Art scratchboard. I'm still in the process of adding color with inks, will post that later. This is not any great masterpiece by any stretch of my vivid imagination. Just an exercise to keep the knife in my hand, scratching on the board. When I find myself lacking inspiration I just knock out some piece that has no expectation of greatness. When I'm done playing with it I can go back to being a 'serious artist'. And I really mean that tongue in cheek...I can't make monkeys and dogs and funky still life studies and consider myself a serious, serious artist. It's all for fun folks!
I'm getting ready for 1st Thursday at the Fayetteville Underground. Will put up post about that with photos later. Also, still working on some exciting design projects with Ampersand...more on that when I know more!