Sunday, June 13, 2010

A little art

I did a few atcs today. I have not been in a creative place lately and I never know whether to push through it and create things I don't feel good about or to just set art aside for a while. That is what I chose this time. But, I'm back wanting to give art a whirl now.  I signed up for Claudine Hellmuth's online course which starts July 1 and I'm looking at a paper cutting ( a la Matisse) course locally at Louisville Visual Arts. But, I'd better call tomorrow if I'm going to do it.

Joanne, I think, sent me this cool exotic bird napkin and I got it out a couple of days ago. Today I made these four atcs. I like napkin art a lot for the feel of it and these had so much pattern they didn't require a lot more of me. Easing in, slowly....

5 comments:

lindalou said...

Very nice. Love the Gauguin feel of it. I find my creative juices stall every now and again. Sometimes it's just not having enough time to relax and let them come.

I see you used the new Blogger Design tool. Nice job! I think it's so cool that there are so many options that no two look alike. I need to contact them, cause I want more font options and I'l like some between posts design options. So much fun.

Yogi said...

It's been eons since I've seen lemonade sold like that.

Those ATCs look wonderful. What a gorgeous napkin

okanagan_spirit said...

Lovely ATCs Beth, and a beautiful use of the napkin. While I would love to take credit for gifting it to you, I have to set the record staight. I have one of those beauties too and it came from our lovely friend Judy. I havn't used mine yet, but you've given me good inpiration.

Beth Akins said...

oh, yea! Thanks for giving proper credit to Judy. At least I got the "j" right! It is a beautiful napkin and I sure did love it!

Ruby's Girl said...

I have not used my napkin yet either Beth so I was please to see what you had done with yours. Joanne and I will have to use ours soon and see what we come up with. Your atcs are wonderful that is for sure. Oh and Beth your new blog is great love the colours, I need to do some work on mine one day soon.
Judy