Showing posts with label truffle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truffle. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Day 298. She Only Wanted to Eat Scrambled Eggs

O.K., I most definitely did not paint this baby in one day.  In fact, she's been hanging around since January.  I worked on her, and left her.  You see, she's really me going through a phase where the only thing I wanted to eat was scrambled eggs.  Scrambled eggs with sriracha sauce; with shallots; with chives and truffle salt; with organic feta cheese; with extra-sharp cheddar.  Whatever, I just couldn't get enough.  The other day I tried to make scrambled eggs, and the smell of them made me feed them to the dog.  I guess I'm over that phase for awhile, but here was my tribute.

Anyway, while I'm painting and drawing a painting a day, I'm also frequently working on larger pieces as well.  I didn't touch her for so long, because I liked the way she looked and didn't want to "mess her up." However, I have a show coming up, and I had to finish this gal.  Tonight I thought, you've got to let her go--you're done.  And so she is.

 16" x 20" Acrylic, peacock feathers, beads, scrambled eggs

 The turquoise/teal background has glitter in it--can you see above?

The peacock feathers in her hair and on her sweater came from a pillbox hat that I traded a painting for at an art show.  Ebert got a hold of it and tore a small hole in it.  It was ruined for wearing, but it wasn't ruined for mixed media.
 3-D Egg

Close-up of table cloth.



Friday, April 5, 2013

Day 101. Truffle Lust (SOLD)

Well, my husband and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to "Art Is You" down in Nashville, TN. We left on Wednesday and got there around 10 p.m.  Thursday I had two seminars, one all-day workshop with Sunny Carvalho, and an evening event with Sue Pelletier. Today, Friday, we headed back and got home around 9:30 p.m.  Crazy!

Sunny Carvalho is the sweetest person.  She is just so incredibly talented, generous, and a powerhouse of production.  She freely instructed us on her techniques and continually asked if we had questions and was sooo patient.  All the women in the class were a riot, and I'm so glad I got to spend time with them.  (I was supposed to meet them in the bar later, but I went back to my room, laid down for just a few minutes around 4:45 p.m., and fell asleep until 6:40 p.m.  Listen, all that laughter can exhaust a person! (-;

Anyway, below is the painting I made along with a few pictures.  I will post more on Facebook by tomorrow.

I looked down at my painting when I was done, and I said, "It doesn't look anything like yours--it looks like what I usually do!"  She said, "That's because you've already found your own style; some people never do."  See?  I TOLD you she was incredibly sweet.  Sunny is on the brink of world domination.  You heard it here first. (-:  (Ha!  I doubt, that--I think most people aware of her art know it.)  Check out her website at:  http://sunnycarvalho.blogspot.com/

I'll have more on Sue Pelletier's workshop tomorrow.











Early stages:





All of our creations:

 
Sunny and myself--as taken by Sunny!


Below, Bernie Berlin, author of "Artist Trading Card Workshop."  She also founded an animal rescue facility called, "A Place to Bark."  Please check out this wonderful organization at the following link:  http://www.aplacetobark.com/

Some of Sunny's creation--just the tip of the iceberg!


Sunny with her "boss", Cheryl McGinnis Brown McCloud: