Skip to main content

Paint, Grandson Time, and Some Unusual Faces....

I am a learner. I am in love with learning.  I wish that had been true when I was younger, but it didn't hit me until I was in my 30s.  

I learned so much this week that my head hurt. So fun.  My favorite thing I learned was from Wanderlust 2022 (#wanderlust2022class).  This class was about art journaling yourself among other things.  Two of my grandsons were here (ages 4 and 6) so we did it together and we had a blast.  




Posted in order of age!  I may or may not have taken the liberty of making my face a little thiner and m hair a bit longer and cooler and Allie may or may not now be a pirate, but it was fun, fun, fun.  

I am so glad I signed up to do Wanderlust.  Linking these fun faces to Erika's Let's Face It theme at **Art*Journal*Journey*.  

Hugz,

Nancy

Comments

  1. cotnobJanuary 15, 2022 at 4:43 AM

    It sounds like you had great fun being artistic with your Grandsons, your paintings are all fabulous.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

    ReplyDelete
  2. My name is Erika.January 15, 2022 at 5:26 AM

    I also love learning things. All kinds of things. What a fun time you had Nancy. I can tell by the fact that your daughter is a pirate. If you weren't in the moment I don't guess you would have done that. I like how you had your grandsons join you also. These are all perfect for AJJ, and perhaps your grandsons have some future art in their lives too. Thanks so much for sharing with us at AJJ. I'm ready to go paint faces now after seeing these. Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika

    ReplyDelete
  3. *Vicki*January 15, 2022 at 9:48 AM

    These are so awesome Nancy and I'm sure you don't regret one bit of the time you've enjoyed sharing with the grands! Always fun to make memories and these look like so much fun along with being a keepsake!

    ReplyDelete
  4. pearshapedcraftingJanuary 15, 2022 at 1:04 PM

    We haven't started this page yet - hoping to get started tomorrow.
    I love how you have done yours and of course your grandsons did really well!
    They are all great for Erika's 'theme at AJJ.
    Hugs, Chrisx

    ReplyDelete
  5. sirkkisJanuary 16, 2022 at 6:30 AM

    Really wonderful pages. Love all of them!
    Happy upcoming week ahead xx

    ReplyDelete
  6. craftytrogJanuary 17, 2022 at 6:24 AM

    Wonderful art from you and the boys Nancy! I love how you altered the photos and made Allie a pirate :-)
    Alison

    ReplyDelete
  7. MeggymayJanuary 18, 2022 at 2:40 AM

    Thank you for linking all these fantastic face pages with Erika's theme at Art Journal Journey.
    Yvonne

    ReplyDelete
  8. Let's Art JournalJanuary 21, 2022 at 9:04 AM

    Fabulous pages! So wonderful to spend time with your grandchildren and it looked like you had so much fun too, love the pirate theme 😁. Take care and Happy January! Hugs Jo x

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Forest Goodies and Other Projects

 Hello Crafty Friends. I just got the Stamperia Forest Paper and Die Cuts in the mail so I had to play with them right away.   I have a combo creation - journal page and card.  On the journal page I used my 6x6 Dina Wakley Journal and laid a base of gesso.  I then used Dina's pastel crayons and some SU! inks and stamps.  Also added in some TH Dress Ink in Vintage Photo since I don't know how to make anything without it  (seriously).   The eagle is a Stamperia Forest die cut and is coated with gesso.  Did a bit of stenciling and distressing to finish the page off.  I am linking this the the **Art*Journal*Journey* September Texture Theme (last day - can't wait to see what October's Theme will be).  The die cut and the little smears add texture to the already very textured page.   I love the blue and green together and was inspired to made a quick card for my Son-in-law who cut down some tree limbs for us the other day.  The paper in the middle is from the Stamperia Forest
22 comments
Read more

The Snuggle or Struggle is Real

Hello friends, Isn't this new House Mouse Image the cutest?  I am so glad that Spellbinders has partnered with House Mouse and brought in new images.  I was inspired to add birch trees and snow after seeing THIS  pretty card.  The snow is done with Snowtex which is one of my favorite winter mediums, and I painted the birch trees with black acrylic paint mixed with water and painted with an old credit card.  Everything else was painted with Daniel Smith watercolors. This is being entered in the HMFMC#402 which is Anything Goes with an option of rainbow.  While you might not think of a rainbow when you see this card, I actually used a lot of colors in the painting: yellows, browns, pinks, reds, and blues.  Some are not obvious because they are mixed with other colors or a very light.   Thanks for dropping by.  I have been a little under the weather lately, but I am feeling much better.   Hugz, Nancy
6 comments
Read more

Brotherhood Wishes, a Paper Purse, and a Special Mug

Hello friends. No more fun travel or parade pictures - back to every day normal life.  On a positive note, I have been able to fit in some art. Hereis an art journal spread I finished this weekend. I am adding it to Alison's Summer Landscape challenge theme at **Art*Journal*Journey* .   I started the pages in my journal around July 4th after seeing Dina's stripes inspired Mixed Media challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com and got as far as stamping some foliage at the bottom.  I was stuck after that, and I wasn't sure where to go with it next.  A few days later, I was clearing out some things in the craft room and ran across a Thomas Kinkade book I cut up and use in my Bible Journaling.  There was a picture of  the San Francisco Bridge and another of some mountains so I tore them out and added them to my page with Gesso representing some of the beautiful things in America and also Alison's countryside theme.  They did not blend in very well and I needed to alter them to wo
26 comments
Read more