Printing in my art journal, noxious weeds, and more

This is a print I made from a portrait painting inside my art journal. While the portrait was still wet, I folded the next page on top of it, and pressed down. The result is pretty cool, so I think I’m going to leave it as is, and not do anything else to it. 

It’s a super busy day around here. Have been working on a huge batch of images to send to a licensing company for 4 days now. It’s going well, and I hope to be submitting them today or tomorrow. 

I’m also doing yard work in 105F heat. Ugh. Just got a registered letter from the city this morning stating I have noxious weeds growing in my yard, and if I don’t remove them, I will be fined $100. Ooooh, you mean this little guy?  

Oops..I should have been paying more attention. I’ve been super focussed on work, and it’s been soooo hot outside, I never noticed the weeds were getting out of control out there.

I don’t think they’d buy, “but thistle is sooo pretty” as my excuse. lol So, yeah..trying to get some weedeating done without passing out or throwing my shoulders out. Man, that thing is heavy. 

I also want to do some oil painting today. I usually paint with oils during the hot summer months, but I still need to get some shelves up in my new house, so I have a place to dry them. I don’t want the cats walking across them, and getting oil paint on their wittle paws. For now, I’m only doing a couple at a time, and storing them up high until they dry.  

Loving these black and white portrait paintings, and these plein air paintings done in the winter by Rick Beerhorst. I follow Rick’s blog, but I’m a bit behind in my blog reading (like almost 7000 posts according to my blog reader. Yikes!), so I’m just seeing this.

I also just found out that Misty Mawn has a new blog called 3 Things, which is really cool. It’s a blog featuring links to whatever art related stuff she finds online. One of my favorite things about her online classes (besides her art, of course) is that she jam packs each one full of links, and amazing art she finds in her travels. I couldn’t be more thrilled to see her blogging again. I only wish I had found her sooner, but you can bet I’ll be reading every entry, regardless. 🙂 I love me some Misty. xo

My name is on the front of this magazine, and my artwork is inside.