Unfortunately, this bird band has been banned in several neighborhoods because of their LOUD and REPETITIVE playing and singing…
The Oom-Pah-Pah Feathered Trio
The “Oom-Pah-Pah Family Feathered Trio” was last seen in a neighborhood in New Jersey…
Be on the look out, this bird band may be flying your way!
Happy Weird Bird Wednesday!
Cheers! 🙂
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I have been doing these mini collages in my art journal that start by glueing a piece of paper randomly on a page and then going back and adding to it until it feels like it is done.
It reminds me of solving a puzzle.
Here is one I just started:
I hope to show you how I complete it next week!
The one below, I started with the brown piece of kraft paper that I previously printed on the Gelli plate:
I added the tree and then got the idea to add the image of a child and a growth chart.
I started with the gray image from a magazine underneath the “water circus” image for this one:
From there, I added the buoy paper, etc. I finished it with the rubber stamped letters to balance out the fish.
It IS a splash to create collage this way!! I hope you give me a try and tell me what you think!
Cheers! 🙂
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Tagged art journal, child, circus, creative play, fish, humor, inspiration, mixed media art, paper collage, puzzle, scrap paper
There is something wonderful about creating collage in grids…
Maybe it is like a box of chocolates…
Knowing that each space is filled with something delicious!
Or maybe it is finding that one unexpected surprise!
Or perhaps, it is a uniform and consistent result:
That brings you a feeling of comfort…
What collage grid do you like? How does it make you feel?
I hope you share it with me!
Cheers! 🙂
As many of you know, I LOVE taking online art classes!!
When Carla Sonheim announced her year-long class for 2019 would be Collage, I had to sign up! 🙂 You can find out more about it at CarlaSonheim.com or CarlaSonheim.wordpress.com
I introduced myself on the private Facebook group by cutting out letters to my name from a color copy of this collage I showed you here: And That’s How… I really enjoy the wonderful community of artists who take Carla’s online classes.
Carla will be teaching along with two other fabulous artists: Lynn Whipple and Anne Marie Grgich. Class starts today! Hoorah!
Below is a collage I created with paper scraps in my art journal:
I spy…
A bird,
A dictionary word,
Two pages from a shorthand book,
And some fish lure hooks,
A child wearing a blue coat,
And three scraps of music notes,
There is more to find, like #441,
Collage is fun for everyone!
Can you find all these items in my collage?
I hope you will consider joining me in this FUN online class!
Cheers! 🙂
Perhaps you remember my post last week where I told you about my Square A Day project. If not, you can read more about it here: A Square A Day…
I recently finished the square doodle that inspired the idea for my project:
I’ve titled it, Be Square!
I created a box for my 2019 square project with monthly dividers. I am writing notes on the back of each card with the date, description and inspiration for the square. I may use my completed squares for inspiration when I get stuck in a creative rut in the future.
Below are six squares I have completed for January:
I find myself paying more attention to my environment and ideas I could use for future squares…
I think for once in my life, I’m OK to be square!
Cheers! 🙂
A little birdy told me that 2019 is the year of the pig. The Chinese New Year starts on February 5th but I decided to start celebrating a bit earlier…
Have you ever eaten a pig in a blanket? Small sausages wrapped in dough and baked.
Today’s weird bird is about a bird bundled in a (pig) blanket:
This bird is resting on a branch after “pigging out” over the holidays! (I can so relate…) Lol! 🙂
Before Weird Bird Wednesday started, I was creating weird birds, such as The Pigsney Birds from 2015.
A little whimsy and word play to give you a smile and brighten your day!
Cheers! 🙂
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Do YOU have any creative goals for 2019?
I believe creative goals can be a good thing even if we get distracted during the process of completing our ideas. I see goals as a starting point, like making a recipe…
Sometimes when I start a recipe for dinner, I discover that I don’t have all the ingredients to complete it. So it means I need to substitute what I do have to make it work.
Completing creative goals can be like making a recipe, sometimes we need to change “ingredients” to make it work for us.
I started, A Square Project in 2018 but I didn’t get it completed as planned. Perhaps I got bored. Perhaps I got distracted with other art classes. It doesn’t really matter as I enjoyed the process while I did it.
I recently started an assignment from Carla Sonheim’s “365 Right Braininess” online class; to paint watercolor in a square format and fill each square with doodles, drawings and paper collage. I have found that I like creating in a square a day…
How many birds can YOU find in the art piece above?
And it reminded me of this book, “No Excuses Art Journaling,” by Gina Rossi Armfield:
I recently purchased the 1.75 inch punch!
After seeing the journaling ideas from this book and others online, I decided to create my own creative challenge for next year!
I wrote about it in my art journal yesterday:
I hope you will join me in creating a square a day in 2019 with the creative “ingredients” that make YOU happy!
Happy New Year!!
Cheers! 🙂
Remember the song, “Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer” – this is my version:
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall…
The most famous weird bird of all?
Ruby the elf-deer birdy,
Sang a different melody
And if you ever heard it,
You would think she sang off-key.
All of the other birdies
Used to laugh and throw bird seed,
They never let poor Ruby
Sing from her heart, really…
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
Ruby with your song so bright
Won’t you sing on my flight tonight?
Then how the birdies loved her
And sang along with glee,
Ruby, oh, Weird Bird Wednesday
You will go down in history!
I hope this gives you a smile today…
And Cheers to singing off-key!! 😉
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I was gluing paper scraps to create a collage on Saturday…
And that’s how this collage came to be on a 6×6 inch piece of paper:
I made a color copy of it to use pieces and parts in future collages:
This is one thing I LOVE about collage, you can ALWAYS copy, reuse and repurpose any art you make!
Cheers! 🙂
Did you know that the longest attack of hiccups according to Guinness Medical Record breakers was 68 years?!
“Charles Osborne of Anthon, Iowa started hiccuping while attempting to weigh a hog before slaughtering it in 1922… he was unable to find a cure and continued until February 1990.”
Today’s weird bird has a case of the hiccups…
How do you recommend he get rid of them?
Happy Weird Bird Wednesday!
Cheers! 🙂
