tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1536552 2012-01-27T05:00:00-05:00 a little of this. a little of that. TypePad N2cre8nhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba8834016761026c3c970b 2012-01-27T05:00:00-05:00 2012-01-27T05:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos As I mentioned in my previous post, the water had me challenged. I made several attempts to fix it, but it seemed it was one step forward, two steps back. I finally had to take a break from it...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/3HvQl4qwXt8" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2012/01/scotland-highlands-painting-part-vi.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba8834016761025ef3970b 2012-01-24T14:31:15-05:00 2012-01-24T14:31:15-05:00 Diana Dellos I've made lots of progress since last month. I painted the water not once . . . not twice . . . not even just five times (more on that later). I blocked in the left side with brown so...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/SJmx6Mz8PQg" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2012/01/scotland-highlands-painting-part-v.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba88340162fef1d516970d 2012-01-03T09:46:36-05:00 2012-01-03T09:46:36-05:00 Diana Dellos Eric Carle, a famous children's book author and illustrator, has a new book out named The Artist who Painted a Blue Horse. It's about doing things your own way, coloring outside the lines, and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/0jjUi1S17P0" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2012/01/artist-profile-eric-carle.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba88340162fdbb396b970d 2011-12-19T06:00:00-05:00 2011-12-19T09:26:21-05:00 Diana Dellos 1. My mom's birthday was coming 2. I had been sketching horses a lot 3. I told my mom I would make her a custom iPhone case (months ago) from a piece of artwork I made SO . . ....<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/sUcfN-gQQX0" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/horse-painting-gift.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba88340162fdba9849970d 2011-12-17T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-17T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos Sketching at the beach . . . ya, that didn't suck! : ) Right behind me is my son's middle school and I had been there doing a photography workshop. It was my day to carpool, so I had an...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/GTBvjxMb2V0" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/sketching-horses.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba883401539414896a970b 2011-12-15T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-15T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos I homeschooled my kids for the last three years . . . until this year. They are in Montessori school and it's going well . . . but there are days I miss them. I miss the time we used...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/1xyz-wBPYsE" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/art-with-kids.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba8834015437e7e73c970c 2011-12-13T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-13T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos It was about this point in the painting that I was ready to throw it out the window! I just couldn't make myself work on it. I made several other art pieces just to avoid working on this one! LOL...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/fiP4uiFEQV8" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/scotland-highlands-painting-part-iv.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba883401543787c6cc970c 2011-12-12T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-12T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos Check out this real SCRAP HOUSE, made in California: an entire house built from things we throw away. The creativity and resourcefulness definitely qualify these people as artists!<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/vUsgki4Mqv0" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/artist-profile-ecopsychologist.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba8834015394147e77970b 2011-12-09T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-09T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos Since I'm painting a photo I took in Scotland, I thought I'd share some of the pics I took while we were there. The movie theatre in Edinburgh, where we saw Harry Potter 7, part II. So exciting to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/3gKJcpLsEb8" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/photography-of-scotland.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fd05eba8834015437e7fc5a970c 2011-12-08T04:00:00-05:00 2011-12-08T04:00:00-05:00 Diana Dellos Not all days are happy days; therefore, not all art journal pages are happy pages. Sometimes, they have to be dark and messy . . . and therapeutic. But through all hurt feelings, we eventually come...<br/> <br/> [[ This is just the beginning. Click the title for full post, photos, and more ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/N2cre8n/~4/KgrNEqLv8nw" height="1" width="1"/> http://dianadellos.typepad.com/n2cre8n/2011/12/journal-pages.html