Blind Contour and Gelli Prints

 This week started out with a trip through the Shawnee Wine Trail in southern Illinois, so I took a piece of paper I printed with the Gelli Arts printing plate and drew a blind contour of a wine glass and some grapes. A beautiful background paper makes a simple drawing look like something special.  The Documented Life challenge was to use embroidery floss, so I embroidered the word "wine."

I added a tip-in, cut shorter than the page, to add some photos to my week.

BCF: Praying Mantis

This is one of those bugs that is so facinating and strange, that I don't get creeped out by it! It was so interesting watching and learning about it's lifestyle.

Ebony and Ivory

For Blind Contour Friday: our piano. Colleen doesn't play it much but hopefully someday she will for her own pleasure. She is pretty busy with other pursuits right now.

The Good, the bad, and the ugly

This weekend was full of family fun and visiting relatives. One evening our whole family met a my sister's house for pizza and dessert, and I drew this bust that was sitting on an end table. The face looked tough, so I decided to draw the back of it--hey that turned out pretty good! Then I turned it around and gave the face a try-yikes! Poor lady, she really is quite lovely in person! Then I finished off with a blind contour of her.

Blind Contour Friday

Water....I had such trouble drawing the spout last time that I decided to bc it for BC Friday. Then I splashed some watercolor on in a big hurry thought cause I'm trying to get this up and not be late for work.

Blind Contour Friday

This is the old lamp next to my bed.

Blind Contour Friday

This is a little light because I drew it in pencil-then colored the lines in Paint Shop. When I want to relax this is what I want.

Oops, I'm a little late with my BC today. These are some of the scissors that live next to our computer.

Flip Flop Flap

There maybe a flap about shoes in this house soon. You can't walk for tripping over shoes (I admit, some are mine). Anyway, couldn't decide what to do for blind contour friday--then I looked around and saw the shoe thing going on.

Joe's Birthday

We had a little wine after dinner, and before it put me to sleep, I got this blind contour done....I really like this one!

Blind Contour Friday

I was looking at all the great blogs I have on my favs list and was inspired by Paula Becker's http://www.paulabecker.com/blog/index.php soup drawing. Well, I don't have any great homemade cream of mushroom soup, so I grabbed a can of Campbells. To see a bunch of great blind contour drawings, follow the Inkfinger link to the right.

Blind Contour Friday

I decided to blind contour my son sitting on the couch, and in the process I defaced him! So I drew his face again. He has a bad habit of sitting around with no shirt. Yuck....I mean he is cute, but ....why do guys like to sit around like that? And of course, I am a naggy mom and keep after him to put a shirt on. Could it be he just likes to drive me nuts? Nah.

Blind Contour Friday

Here's my effort this week--my mixer.

Blind Contour Friday

This is an African Violet with the most amazing color rimming the petals. Deep violet-red. The cup is an old flow blue I got at an auction.

I haven't forgotten my promise of alcohol aided blind contour, but it will have to wait till next week :(
This week I am on Rx meds and I don't want to mix it up -it'd probably just put me to sleep anyway.

Everyday....parking lot sketching

This is just a daily drawing...when I had time....drawing what was there.

Blind Contour Friday

Here is my favorite spot to sit (inside). We busted out a wall between a tiny kitchen and a tiny family room...so now we have a big kitchen with a fireplace and a sofa. If the rest of the house fell down I could live in this one room! The computer desk is right behind the couch.

Blind Contour Friday

I decided to join in on Blind Contour Friday. I am working at the church subbing for the regular secretary, so here are some things in the office.

This was refreshing after all that crosshatching yesterday!