Christopher Marley........ Bug Artist

I love to watch CBS Sunday Morning, and back in January, they had a fantastic piece on artist Christopher Marley.

His artwork is composed of using real ( but dead) bugs of all kinds and putting them into different patterns. It is absolutely amazing

Below I have listed the title of the piece on CBS and also a link to the show. The link even shows a video of him doing some of his work.

Check it out, it is a great new inspiration for drawing, painting, photography, whatever.He has out books, puzzles ( I have one but haven't put it together yet) and is just so different and unusual.
Have fun checking this interesting young artist out. I took a picture ( sorry it is not the best picture but you get the idea.)of the front of the puzzle box I have, and am giving him full credit for the work.

Beetlemania
Christopher Marley Was Phobic About Bugs; Now He Collects Them for Artwork That Celebrates Their Beauty and Diversity

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/10/sunday/main6078368.shtml

Celtic knot work. . . . .

I love to draw different kinds of Celtic Knot work.
I usually do it on graph paper and then retrace it using my light box on to better paper. It is rather an intricate process to learn to draw if you really get into it. You can find lots of tutorials on the web if you just Google Celtic Knotwork.
The first two are from a book on Knot work and below that are two that I have constructed.
It is really a fun art form to try.
Happy Saturday.

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Finally some Art Time

This has been a very busy week, working 8 hour days learning to be a Dog Obedience Trainer for my job at PetsMart.
I just thought I was retired !!
It has been fun though. Lots of different kinds of dogs and "Pet Parents" also. Big dogs, little dogs, frightened dogs and ADHD dogs if that is possible.
Finally this morning, since I have Friday off, I got to do a little art work and relax.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Here are a couple of my " Doodles for the Day"

Puppy/ Dog Training is so Fun

When I retired from teaching, I took a part time job at PetsMart the big chain pet store. I have fallen in love with my new job.
I am spending this week and next week training to be a Dog Obedience Trainer, and then will do that as part of my job.
This is a picture of my Westie Winston when he was just a puppy. They are so cute.
The only thing that is killing me is the 9 hour days it takes to do this. At my age that is a long day and on top of that part of that 9 hours is 30 minutes over and back home driving.

Zentangle has a blog now !!

I fell in love with the process of Zentangle the minute I first saw it. Now the great people at Zentagle Rick and Maria have put up a blog for all of us addicted to Zentagle to share..
The address is www.zentangle.blogspot.com. Run on over and see it if you are into doodling, messing around with lines and shapes, whatever. It is so much fun.
Here are a few Zentangles I have done.

Wonderful Watercolor Workshop

In the Kansas City area we have a wonderful place called Powell Gardens. They have beautiful gardens of all kinds, wonderful buildings, even a beautiful chapel for weddings, and best of all have professionals come in and teach classes on all kinds of things from water gardens to watercolor. I took a class there and this is the result.If you live anywhere near Kansas City, Mo. google Powell Gardens and give them a visit.

I love taking Pictures of Nature.

I love composing all different kinds of pictures from simple things in nature . When I was on retreat for a week last summer, I was able to take some really fun pictures. Here are just a few. They also make great inspiration for drawings and designs.