Ribbit

I haven't seen a frog at our house in a year or two. Actually, Kolby informs me it's a toad. I really couldn't tell ya the difference. This one crossed my path tonight while walking Sheldon.



I named him Prince. Maybe some lonely lady will kiss him and he'll turn into her dream guy? Or maybe I'm sleep deprived and my imagination is working overtime.

Night people! I'm off to read my new book and grab some Z's. I'll tell you about the book and my initial impression of it tomorrow.

X's & O's,
Rischa


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There's an app for that...

I'll show you my apps if you show me yours!












Most of them are camera or photography related apps. Besides those I use the social media ones a lot and the restaurant one. The rest I use just enough to keep them around. I'm obviously using the BlogPress one as we speak. I may rate the photo apps in order of favorites at a later date.

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Messy Photos

I asked Joel to take some pictures of me yesterday just for fun. I really don't like my photo being taken because I'm soooo not photogenic. I thought these might turn out fun, though.

Joel said that one shows my cooky personality. Thanks, Sweety!

I didn't paint or create anything today other than some stuff in Photoshop. (above) I was planning on working on this recipe box I bought at Michaels last week, but I think I'll just be lazy and maybe fix myself a drink. Rum & Diet Coke anyone?

x's & o's,

Rischa

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

From our house to yours!

Caribbean Ladies & Blog Decision

First let's talk about the blog decision. I have decided to close my personal blog and just consolidate the Art and Personal blogs into one. This one. So get ready to start seeing both on this blog. It's a way to simplify and a way to save money. My Typepad blog was costing me around $70-80 a year. Why pay for that when Blogger is free and easier to use? I haven't decided whether I'll keep it the same name or come up with something new. I'll probably stick with the same as I like it and have graphics already made and in use for it. I'm sad to see the other one go. It was my first one and I kept it for 6 years or so. I like the look of it and have more posts there than any of my other blogs. Other blogs being this one, my Tumblr one (which I never update) and The Doxie Blog. I update the Doxie one the most as I tend to take millions of photos of my fur children and it's easy to just upload a pic and be done with it.

I know I haven't been showing off any art recently. I think the last thing

I showed was my Sketchbook Project back in mid January. I haven't been making art daily, but I do still create. I play in my art journal, do exercises in books, doodle while I'm in bed, and constantly keep it on my mind. I just haven't felt especially chatty about it. I've also been using my big girl camera a lot more, so check out my Flickr link on the sidebar if you're interested.

I came across a local artist at an Art Stroll in downtown Mt Dora

recently. Her name is Jane Slivka. I googled her and found a web site where she sells an instructional DVD. So this past week I've been working on that. I've made a few Caribbean Ladies in her style so far. Next I plan to try her way of painting flowers. So here are the ladies.

These ladies were painted in my new Mixed Media Strathmore Visual Journal. I think it's my new favorite journal. This one's around 5x8". I'd like to get the larger sized one next time.

I've been doing a little shopping recently, too. I bought lots of new paints and painting stuff. Here's one of the things I picked up. It's called a Masterson Sta-Wet Pallet.

I found it in the clearance bin at Michaels for $4. It's pretty nice not to have to worry about paint drying out. I also learned recently if you put pennies in the bottom of it that will keep it from getting moldy. Neat trick, right?

x's & o's,

Rischa

Sketchbook Project 2011

This is my entry for The Sketchbook Project 2011 by ArtHouse Co-op. I have to admit I'm capable of way better than this. That's what you get when you complete an entire project meant for 6 months in 2 weeks. Don't judge me! At least it's done. The project is filled with pasted prints of my paintings, some of my photography, and new originals just for the book. Mediums used are acrylic paint, oil pastels, water soluble oil pastels, pen, pencil, and watercolor crayons. The music for the video is titled Long Stroll and can be found at www.incompetech.com by Kevin MacLeod. The video has a green tint, so the actual projects look better in real life. The ink blot butterfly is a funny story. I thought I was done, woke up the last day, started shooting video of the book, and realized I had left a page blank. Oops! So I hurried a painting and the ink blot butterfly was born. In the video the colors look horrible, but in real life it looks better. Still, not my best work, though. Whatever....it's done and it was fun! I had lots of fun making my first iMovie movie, too. I think I'll be doing more of those.

Free Art Class by Willowing - The Heart of Art

I've mentioned Willowing here on my blog in the past. I've also taken, and enjoyed, a class from her called, "World of Whimsy". So now I'm here telling you about her FREE new Art Course! Yay! How can you beat FREE? You can't! She's really a fantastic teacher. Her way of teaching is gentle, but effective, and her art is whimsical, fun, and inspiring. Since she's being generous enough to offer a class for FREE I thought it was only fair for me to try and spread the word about it.

Click HERE to join "The Heart of Art".