And now -- a lesson in patterns....

Let's face it, the wasps have us beat hands down on pattern making! Perfect hexagons. (Of course, on the other hand...their repertoire is a bit limited!

Spoonflower and PhotoShop Patterns

Last week, Cata sent me a link to Spoonflower, an on demand fabric printer. Well, one thing led to another, and thanks to Spoonflower's extremely user-friendly website, I learned enough PhotoShop tips to get me rolling. When not fussing with PhotoShop, I was at my table making little monoprints. I made 30 or so, three of which are below. All in all, a very productive weekend!

Another beautiful weekend at the 'ville.

Had some fun with relief prints this weekend and, as always, was amazed by the beauty of our natural world.

Palette Shift -- Foxglove and nasturtium

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...

....I painted out a good portion of my painting of the rings and rectangular cube! I'll have to stew on this one for awhile before I make my next move. (It's not nearly as grey as it appears in this photo.)

Orange is such a happy color!

Croppings of works on paper from Oysterville

What was intended to be merely a warm-up for working on my canvases in Oysterville turned into a two-day struggle on paper. The white "flower", below, is cropped from a larger painting on paper that went through numerous iterations and ended up with a pale background. The turquoise and orange, also cropped, was completed in one evening. They both became more exciting with a little help from Photoshop (above).

Another painting in progress...

Well, I took the large ring and cube painting to Oysterville intending to finish it, but I wasn't brave enough to continue working on it. So....I started a new, smaller painting. Now I have two unfinished works to deal with! The numbers and letters are from a railroad sign along the tracks that lead to Bellingham. 16" x 20"