Kickin it Old Skool Blog A Thon Day 5 - Ten Things

 

The Prompt for today is to share ten things about me.

1.  Books, I love books, reading and writing them.  I have books in every room of my house.
2.  I love all thing English.  British dramas, comedies, chocolate.
3.  Now that we are empty nesters I have taken over all the spare rooms in the house.  I have a          weaving studio, an art studio and an office/sewing room.
4.  I am a big Dr. Who fan I even have a life sized Dalek in my living room.  Its on loan from a f      friend. I see myself as River Song, I want to be that Fearless.
5. I love Science Fiction and Fantasy, stories, Tv and movies.  I loved Firefly,
    Babylon 5, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek etc.
6. I love being a coach, its o great being to help people foster their own creativity.
7. I grew up in Michigan and moved west more than 30 years ago.
8. I have 3 big looms that I weave fabrics on and 2 spinning wheels to make yarn..
9. I'm A Fearless Painter and I love the process. Its opened me up in many ways.
10. I love to see animals in nature, I've seen whales, wolves, bears, owls and many more in their naturll environments.

List Making And Where it Will Take You

I love lists, I like making them and then crossing each item off.  I will even add items later just so I can cross them off the list.  Often I will use different colors to cross things off just cause its fun.

Todays list led me to organizing my studio. No it not an item on the list. I was vacuuming my office/sewing room and looked at a storage container. It was half empty and I thought I would switch it out with some containers from the art room.

Now its in the art room and holds all my paints, spray ink,etc. I think its going to work great having it all in one place. I need to add some labels but its pretty functional right now. I won't show the rest of the room since its still in disaster mode.

I have always loved stencils and am just a bit annoyed that no one around here carries the good ones. So I have taken matters into my own hands and did some online shopping. I bought a whole slew of stencils by Crafters Workshop, Primarily Balzer designs.  Julie Fei fan Balzer has fantastic style and great stencils.  Check some of them out here.  I ordered from Blue Moon Scrapbooking.  They are fabulous to work with and got me my supplies fast. The pic is of a few that I purchased.

This is my first play with the stencils. I am still adding things to this background.   I do love to keep adding layer after layer.

I think this side may be the reverse of the stencil. when using spray ink I turn the stencil over and get the background too.  It gives different and interesting marks.

I am also doing a fairy swap with some friends on line.  This was my first try, I think she is a little chubby for a fairy. I am trying out a few poses to see which one I would like to use. Doing swaps is always a fun thing for me.  Trying to do something you have never done before helps you grow and stretch as an artist.

Have you done anything out of your comfort zone lately?