Falling Leaves

 

Because it's Friday, I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday.  I'm also at Art Journal Journey where I'm joining Sharon from That Girl Fritchey. Sharon's theme is Hello Autumn. This may be my final AJJ entry for September. 

It's obvious I named this Falling Leaves.  Details are below.

 

 

I've often said I can't draw.  However, I attempted to draw and color falling leaves.  I was inspired by the leaves falling in my back yard as I watered my herbs.  

 

I was impressed by the different colors of the leaves and I tried to reproduce those on my 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) 110 lb white cardstock using watercolor pencils.  I used nine watercolor pencils to color the leaves and two to color the stems.  When all the leaves were dry, I added the computer generated text.

 

Bleubeard and I hope to see you and your interpretation of Hello Autumn inspired art at Art Journal Journey.  There's still ample time to join in.  I'm also joining

 

   

 

And because there were no faces in those leaves,

 

     

here's a photo of the face of our blog. 

Persistence of a Memory

 

The first time I saw Dali's Persistence of Memory was when I lived in Shawnee-Mission, one of the suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas.  It was part of a traveling Dali exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.  I called it Dripping Clocks and did so for years because I had no idea what it was called.  However, a visit to the St. Petersburg, Florida Dali Museum, which had reproductions, finally gave me the actual name of the painting.

Today I'm sharing my own interpretation of Persistence.  I'm also at Art Journal Journey where I'm joining Sharon from That Girl Fritchey. Sharon's theme is Hello Autumn.

Not to take anything away from Dali, I call this Persistence of a memory.  Details are below.

 

 

I first laid a sprig of leaves and stems I pressed and dried on a 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) sheet of 110 lb white cardstock.  I then watered down red fluid acrylic paint (Golden brand) and painted around the leaves and stems using a small brush.  Finally, I added the computer generated words I outlined using a black Posca pen.

 

Thank you for dropping by today.  Bleubeard and I hope you will join us with your interpretation of Hello Autumn inspired art at Art Journal Journey.  

 

 

Puzzles and accompaniments T

 

My sincere apologies.  I am still very sick.  I thought it was food poisoning, but no one else who went to breakfast with me got sick.  And if it was food poisoning, it would or should have passed by this morning (Monday).  I promise to visit everyone who visited me on Sunday and for T Tuesday.  However, I fear I'll be a bit slow visiting.

Please come with me to The Spice Merchant today, where I show a few different things this week. 

I found a few items that can be used in conjunction with your coffee (or tea).  There are generic pods for machines that use them.  Fill them with your favorite brew and enjoy.

 

For those of you who have an espresso machine, you might need an extra container for the milk.

 

Of course, you might also need espresso mugs, a milk frother, a double espresso tamper, reusable coffee filters, coffee spoons, or even clips to store your coffee.

 

I know Lisca and a few others of you enjoy puzzles.

 

Here are some

 

I found while waiting to get my "free" pound of coffee.

 

I thought these were quite unique.  

 

Some puzzle company put an entirely different spin on puzzles.

 

Now it's your turn to share your own drink related post.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, catalogs, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and most assuredly not just this year.   

 

 

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses

 

I almost didn't join SITAR and Sunday Smiles today.  Friday I went to breakfast with friends and got horribly sick.  I thought it was food poisoning, but no one else got sick. I'm still under the weather and will be in bed or in the loo most of the day.

It's time to share another of my rockers.  There's also a sneak peek.  Today I'm joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena with Sunday Smiles.  

Here's a sneak peek at the other two windows in my guest bedroom.  At one time, this was a genuine guest bedroom.  Now it's a place to store my rocking horses and a few of my altered books.  I'll show them up close and personal soon.

 

Today, instead of a horse, I have a gifted rocking deer.  It sits on my dresser.  Yes, those are rocking horse shirts in the background.  I'll show them another day.

 

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Happy Faces

 

Please be aware, the blogs I love to visit in my left sidebar have not updated for over a week.  Blogger needs to get its act together.  Looks like I got my wish after all!

Because it's Friday, I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday.  I'm also at Art Journal Journey where I'm joining Sharon from That Girl Fritchey. Sharon's theme is Hello Autumn. 

I call this Happy faces.  Detail below. 

 

I began by adhering a napkin from my stash to 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) 110 lb white cardstock using a glue stick. It was far easier to write these words than it was to get the napkin adhered without a lot of wrinkles.  When it was as smooth as I could possibly get it, I added the computer generated text.

 

 

 

    Please visit Bleubeard and me today at these three art blogs. 

    

What I'm Watching

 

Please be aware, the blogs I love to visit in my left sidebar have not updated for over a week.  Another blogger glitch. 

Over the past two weekends, I binged on shows on Prime and PBS.

   This is the third time I've watched this feel good movie.  You will find it on Prime.  There are some big names in this show, including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Molly Gordon, and Hong Chau as humans.

   Of course, the real stars of the show are the sheep, who solve the murder, even though they find it difficult to communicate with the local policeman.  The sheep are voiced by such greats as Patrick Stewart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, and Rhys Darby.  I highly, highly recommend this film.  And, don't forget your tissues.  You'll probably need them. 

The film is based on

  the book Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann.

 

   I watched all six episodes of The Marlow Murder Club.  The episodes are based on Robert Thorogood’s novel.  As an aside, Thorogood is the creator of Death In Paradise and the British spin-off Beyond Paradise.  If you have PBS Passport, you can watch all six shows.  If not, you can watch the current week's episode on Prime video or PBS.  There are three mysteries, with two episodes each.  The stars of the show are Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, Cara Horgan, and Natalie Dew (the DI, not shown).  I love these women and this show.  They prove that women (of a certain age) can solve crimes.  

 

  I also binged on Marble Hall Murders which is a Masterpiece mystery on PBS.  The six episode show was once again written by Anthony Horowitz.  Lesley Manville reprises her role as Susan Ryeland.  Per PBS:

Marble Hall Murders follows Horowitz’s devilishly clever format of a mystery-within-a-mystery, as Susan takes on the commission of an Atticus Pünd “continuation novel,” Pünd’s Last Case, which places the famed detective in Corfu. It’s all very vintage Christie, Evil Under the Sun, people in hats and white linens doing wicked deeds. Meanwhile in present day London, Susan’s young, troubled author brings a fresh infusion of mayhem to Susan’s world…and our screens! 

Tim McMullan reprises his role as Atticus Pünd.  He solves the 1955 murders.  

Susan Ryeland solves the murders in current time.  She also surprises us with other news in the end.  I suspect we haven't seen the last of her (or Anthony Horowitz's mysteries)!

Have you seen any of these films?  Please let me know in comments.