Art by Nancy Maxwell James
I am joining Wen from Apple Apricot for another Simply Neutrals Tuesday.
I am sharing some art and neutral items from my archives with this post today. I have not been creating anything in neutral tones lately (see posts below of altered book pages). This is just a menagerie of creations (and storage) from the past that I hope you all enjoy! Happy Tuesday! :-)
In the heat of this week, I started working on this project the other day. The colors were selected because I wanted to think “cool”! I started out with a old cabinet card and started to apply different layers of paint in various hues. Building the paints is always what takes forever. I went back over it with a honeycomb mylar stencil I had. I then applied some paper doilies, ephemera (butterfly wings), and printed out some computer text which I chalked in as well to give it that pink hue. I diluted white paint with water on a paper plate and went back over it yet again to give it that washed look.
Once I had the cabinet card done, I did the same to an 8 x 10 canvas. When the canvas was to my liking, I used E6000 glue and adhered the card directly to the canvas. I added a few mother of pearl buttons and called it done.
I hope you are staying COOL wherever you are! :-)
Hello My Fine Feathered Friends! :-)
I am revisiting some of my old art archives to share. I cannot say that I have done much of anything art wise lately. I have many little projects, scattered about and I am still trying to finish them up. I hope you are enjoying summer days!
I am so happy to share another project with you this week I started working on as part of Occupational therapy in October. This journal contains snippets from my recovery August 18 – December 23, 2014. Special moments, memories, milestones and friends that got me through. There are so many FRIENDS online that have been there for me 110% too!
I selected a 7 Gypsies album (Kraft) and altered it using aqua craft paints, old recipe ephermera (from a cookbook) and white doilies. I sealed that all with matte gel medium. The photos were taken into a photo editing program and changed to a “sepia” tone. I included bits of computer text as well. My handwriting is still pretty much gone for my standards. I used to have really pretty handwriting, but I can write and that is how I need to look at things for now.
I am really pleased yet again that I DID IT. When I was in acute rehab at the hospital, my goal was to use my hands again…forget walking. Walking comes first though, and the fine motor comes later.
Today, it is a high of 9 degrees Fahrenheit and my foot and hand are FREEZING. I am feeling sorry for myself and took this picture of my foot that took quite a hit from the stroke. I am flat footed and my right foot actually has an arch now. I’m coming out of the closet to share this so publicly (I shared it on Facebook with my friends earlier today) and yes I am a bit whiny today. Probably I should have stayed under the covers today! :-)
I started round #4 of Physical Therapy this week at a new location. I’ve been there before a few years back, and I requested the same girl. She will work wonders, and yes we will be concentrating on this foot. I knew in July, that the foot was one thing they were not sure would recover…but then they aren’t sure on any of it. Each patient if different. Each stroke is different. I just want back what I had and the fight is not over till I say so!
Thanks again for your ongoing support and sweet comments of encouragement. One thing I love about this is so many of you have come of “lurking”…I knew you were out there from my web stats…but that you actually say things now means a lot!
Happy Wednesday!