100 days

at the end of April I started the 100 day project (thanks for the nudge Anika). I decided I didn't want to commit to just one medium so I chose the hashtag #lauramakesfor100days leaving me room to branch out from collage to drawing to watercolor, to maybe even cooking a new recipe every day.

so far I'm on day 21 of collage. it's something I've always loved doing in my journal and it's been a lot of fun. here is my first week, with more to come, and all are posted on IG and Flickr. (Please excuse the horrible inconsistent white balance, sigh, I'm working on it.)

challenge kick-off!

Yes I look forward to many years of looking at the triangles. - George Costanza

sunset

Saturday scraps

monochromatic

snip snip

modern art goat

thunderegg

patterns: the final frontier

I did it! a pattern a day for one whole month. finishing an entire sketchbook in one month is a really good AN AMAZING feeling. this was such a challenge at the same time so much fun. here is the last group of prompts for Pattern January.

Day 31: symmetry

Day 30: stipple

Day 29: diamond

Day 28: log cabin

Day 27: snowflake

Day 26: argyle

Day 25: put a bird on it

Day 24: supplies

Day 23: everyday

Day 22: letter

Day 21: cactus

Day 20: emoji

Day 19: groceries

patternjanuary week 3!

still at it, every day so far this month and I'm really enjoying the challenge.

Day 18: free

Day 17: pods

Day 16: layers

Day 15: mackerel

Day 14: dessert (camplife style)

Day 13: jelly

patterns for days

still keeping up with this month's prompts for Anika Starmer's Let's Make Patterns January.

Day 13: Jelly

Day 12: Mugs

Day 11: Geometric (for David)

Day 10: Time

Day 9: Monochrome

Day 8: Fast!

Day 7: Favorite

Day 6: Marks

Day 5: Collection

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textures don't quite show up digitally, but this piece was fun to make. I tried doing a photo image transfer in the lower corner than didn't quite show up. but now I like that there's a faint, almost distant, rubbing of building windows. 

this one's for my mum's birthday. how cute is she & her cousin? wish I could hang out with those two in Italy in the 60s.

my jealous curator

The Jealous Curator is one of my favorite blogs ever - what an amazing idea (why didn't I think of it). for any type of creator, it's so true to see something and think "why didn't I think of that?!"
in my case this week, I've selected two artists.

the first I actually saw on Pinterest but was in fact posted via Jealous Curator: Shawn Huckins. his paintings are amazing. I've been collecting paint chip samples for decades, using them in collages or saving them because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. I just love color families.

Shawn Huckins

secondly, these portraits from Erika Altosaar. such lovely, lovely lines.

hair portraits by Erika Altosaar via Wolf Eyebrows

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>>a walk in the woods before I get my pecan pie game on for tomorrow<<