My Art Bag

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Our Midweek Muse - Bubbles

The prompt this week at Our Midweek Muse is "Bubbles." Here are a few pieces of art with bubbles:

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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Sunday Postcard Art - Jellyfish

Our prompt this week at Sunday Postcard Art is "Jellyfish." I've never seen a real one, and hope I never do! But they are pretty creatures - here's my artwork:

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Digital Whisper - Goldfish

Our prompt this week at Digital Whisper is "Goldfish." Here's my Goldfish art:

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Friday, July 26, 2024

Try it on Tuesday - In the Garden

The prompt this time at Try it on Tuesday is "In the Garden." Here's my artwork:

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Our Midweek Muse - Weather

Our Midweek Muse's theme this week is "Weather." I love a good storm!

I've created artwork showing a monsoon in my area of the High Desert in New Mexico.

We have pretty hot summers here, hot and dry! Around June or July, we get some relief when Monsoon Season comes, and boy, do we all look forward to these storms!

A regular day can start out with a gorgeous morning: cool, clear blue skies, not a whiff of wind. The day warms up, sometimes up to 110+ is reported by my weather station on the top of the hill in my backyard. Then the wind comes up. It's a fierce wind and I know we're going to have a storm!

I gather my four hens, who are free-rangers, and secure them in their coop so they won't get blown around, and then run to lower the patio umbrella. I give the backyard a glance to make sure everything is secure and right about then I can hear low, long, loud, growling thunder and the raindrops start. Sometimes big fat drops, huge, will splat on the patio. I get my dog, Charlie, and run into the house, look around at all the doors and windows to make sure they're all closed tight!

Sometimes we'll have large hail suddenly falling in the midst of the Monsoon, pinging on everything. The rain starts running down the hill I live on until it's like a river going down the street. The temperature can drop up to 20 degrees or more in a matter of minutes. Thunder, lightning, rain, hail, all at the same time, while we watch out the windows from the security of our cozy little house.

It's wonderful, and exciting, and the residents of my town always look forward to these storms. (Frankly, we always need the rain!) There are always questions and comments and photos posted on our town's Facebook page during and after these Monsoons.

These storms come up so fast, they catch drivers out on the roads rushing to get home before the roads flood. If there's a dip in the road, you can't see it because the rivers of water go down the roads, filling up the low spots, and it's easy to get stuck. We have signs on some of the roads saying, "Turn Around, Don't Drown" at those points to warn drivers not to continue on that road.

Anyway, a long story to say, I love a good storm!

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Tag Tuesday - Summer Holidays

The theme this time at Tag Tuesday is "Summer Holidays." Here are my tags:

I'd love to have a little place right next to a river or a lake; and I'd also love to have a houseboat. So I guess my Summer Holidays would be be most happily spent near water!

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Sunday Postcard Art - Sports

The theme this week at Sunday Postcard Art is "Sports."

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Digital Whisper - Vintage Poster

The prompt this week at Digital Whisper is "Vintage Poster." Here's my artwork with posters of early motorhomes:

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Digital Whisper - Bathing Beauty

Our prompt this week at Digital Whisper is "Bathing Beauty." I decided to do a bathing suit model runway show. I kind of like this first one:

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Our MIdweek Muse - Blue

The prompt this week at Our Midweek Muse is "Blue." Here are some pieces I've made with mostly Blue:

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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Sunday Postcard Art - Bird People

Our prompt this week at Sunday Postcard Art is "Bird People." This was a really fun prompt, and I had a problem picking what to post. Here are my three favorites:

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Try it on Tuesday - Things with Wings

Our challenge prompt this time at Try it on Tuesday is "Things with Wings." Here are two things with colorful wings:

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Our Midweek Muse - Stars

Our theme this week at Our Midweek Muse is "Stars." Here's my artwork with Stars:

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Tag Tuesday - Celestial

Our theme this time at Tag Tuesday is "Celestial." Here's my entry:

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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Digital Whisper - Summer

The prompt this week at Digital Whisper is "Summer."

I'd love to spend the summer either on this houseboat or relaxing in a summer cabin right on the water, with trees all around.

These both look perfect to me!

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Sunday Postcard Art - Tarot

Our prompt this week at Sunday Postcard Art is "Tarot." I know what Tarot cards are, and kind of what they look like, but not much more than that. So it was fun to do a little research on Tarot cards and what the most popular or well known cards mean. I picked my favorite three and created my versions. Here they are:

The Fool: This card offers a lot of visual and thematic elements to play with, such as the open road, the unknown, and the sense of adventure.

The Sun: The Sun card is cherished for its uplifting energy and its promise of brighter days ahead, making it a favorite among many Tarot enthusiasts and readers.