Happy, Happy Heart Day!

It's time for an announcement!

Click the above image (or HERE) to be directed to the announcement of the

website for the Cigar Box Shrine Auction to benefit the Street Children of Oaxaca!

Over 80 artists worldwide have generously donated their time & artistic visions to the cause. Be sure to check out the amazing contributions

&

get your bidding hand ready!

... And just in case y'all thought I was darkness and dread during this proclaimed happy heart day, here are a few scribbles that just might change your mind ... or not ...

"Since you, the pieces of my heart are coming together"

"My heart without yours" ... is blue

"It was a good day when your heart colided with mine"

"May you enjoy a Happy, Happy Heart Day

filled with lots of love, love, love"

Always, ~M~

Inspire Me Thursday - Wallpaper

Wallpaper - Thursday, March 20, 2008

This week’s creative prompt is Wallpaper. Look to your own favorite papered walls for inspiration of pattern and color… use wallpaper scraps in your art… design your own desktop wallpaper… or perhaps feature wallpaper somehow in an illustration, painting, collage or sketch.

For years my uber-spouse has been trying to coax me to embrace color (for I only worked with two colors at a time and one was almost always black). It's been a real struggle ... you see, I am afraid ... very, very afraid. As a general rule, my eyes don't seem to put colors together well. I thought the wallpaper challenge would be a fun way to play a little with colors and patterns. I wanted to do something bold and bright ... I also needed to stay a little safe by sticking close together on the color wheel ... here's what happened:

This was done with Prisma Color pencils on a piece of 4"x4" Bristol Board.

Thanks for stopping by. Comments are most welcome. :)

Art Squared (4x4)

My intentions are good, but time refuses to slow even a little ... just in case I can't finish what I have started in time for Happy Heart Day, I dug up these to share:

"Since you, the pieces of my heart are coming together"

"My Heart Without Yours"

"It was a good day when your heart collided with mine"

They are Art Squared pieces that I did in 2006.

I am currently working on another series for this year (also colored pencil and Sharpie on Bristol board - like above) ... I just don't know if I'll actually get them done before Thursday. My skills at waiting till the very last moment rival the most practiced of stallers!