Alcohol ink on the gelli plate

Spent all day yesterday working on this glue stencil for printing. I love how these look but just getting started!

garden 2018

Picked up a few more plants and need to get them potted.

gelli print journal

After watching a great you tube video this morning I was able to turn my least favorite print into my fav!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOseyH0IsxQ

garden 2018

 Everyone was glad to get outside this weekend. I guess we are going straight to summer as it was over 80 degrees today.

 The bleeding heart is blooming late but really beautiful.

Mexican heather is so hardy it can handle hot dry summers.

 Decided to go with french lavender this year. Love the leaves!

 So excited to find the curly croton! I had this in my yard in Florida back in the early 90's. First time I have found it and hope to keep it alive. This pot is too big so will find something shorter. Tucked some moss rose in the succulent waterfall.

 Can you see the purple carpet on the dirt under the redbud?

lil riki

Riki is so black that you can hardly see him if he doesn't have his eyes open. Pulled up a picture to finish the sketch off. 

more art

 I used a old pad of paper to sketch each flower as I made my flora tarot by mic.

Then, I used those sketches for inspiration on my jean jacket.

So, I had all those little pieces of paper.

I thought about making one huge piece of art but then decided to use a glue stick to fill the dylusion journal I have been hoarding for just the right moment.

 I'm going to use it as a homemade coloring book for all the gel pen and markers I have been hoarding. I have a few coloring books but hate wasting the ink on them. Not that mine are great but I think this is a good place to keep my original work. I wish I had put them in a journal from the beginning but maybe I will next time.

Added a few odds and ends I had sketched on this little pad. I love the color of the paper and the way it absorbed the Rapidograph ink. I'm sure it will disintegrate but won't be the first time I made art and it didn't last.

The jacket is in honor of all the textile art I did over the years. Gone but not forgotten.

jean jacket refashion

Added a little bee to my coat.