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ly long time so i am excited posted by lydia at monday july 26 2010 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 20 2010 tea timez 3 lydia host the third time is sometimes the charm but she chose number two i thought this one was a bit calmer than the first but not as calm as the second the mugs are some of jon s i liked the addition of a cookie and its empty paper the ritual of having a cup of tea is so pleasing in an aesthetic way that it makes a lovely thing to paint today on face book a girl that i don t really know very well posted about how she was feeling so happy sitting in her house at that moment the light the temperature her music and food and i knew just how she felt its like it all hits you at once a snapshot of a happy time in 3 d real time i remember my first fall season in this house that way carving pumpkins beck playing the light was so glowing throughout my house i just about swooned i love moments like that and i hope you get to feel like that yourself at least every once in a while lydia posted by lydia at tuesday july 20 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 19 2010 ceramic cup party lydia host i have been working with clay since 10 th grade i love it my husband jon and i pulled out the wheel a couple of weekends ago and made some mugs jon has worked with clay a short time and is so much more adept at making things on the wheel than i am that its almost astounding i think some personalities are just better at the wheel than others for instance if you are impatient and not a perfectionist the wheel is not for you the above mugs are all jon s except for the two in the foreground which are mine check out that terrible handle i mean the cup is actually nice so why didn t i just wait and get a better handle shape impatience it still holds a mean cup of coffee anyway it was fun to play with the wheel again a little bit and i hope that jon will keep throwing things because he is really good and if you need a mug let me know lydia posted by lydia at monday july 19 2010 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday july 16 2010 exquisite corpse lydia host last night i attended a really fun meeting organized by artist and friend ardith goodwin who is teaching a class on collage and wanted to experiment with the idea of the exqu isite corpse parlor game from the early twentieth century the idea is basically that one person starts a story or piece of art and then it is passed around to another person who continues the process knowing very little of what the person before them wrote or put down it was so fun and has variable methods of execution that make the outcome a complete surprise last night the above pieces were started by one artist and then passed around to three others before being finished by the original don t you want to play best lydia posted by lydia at friday july 16 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 13 2010 take two another tea painting went for a more subdued contemporary look now that i am seeing it on the monitor i feel that i will go back in and adjust the right saucer as it seems out of perspective to me now hmm painting white objects is really fun i know i have talked about that before but its true the simplest is not boring to paint lydia posted by lydia at tuesday july 13 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 12 2010 relief tiles i learned so much at val webb s tile carving workshop on saturday plus i met some really nice people one gal named billie m and i were eyeing each other and finally figured out that we had a clay class together about fourteen years ago anyway these are my tiles which are the same clay but at different points of dryness the darker is further along i took my drawings from figure drawing on thursday and shrank them down on a copy machine and then added a cool curvy art border i haven t ever done extractive sculpting only additive which is more in line with painting actually if you think about it this clay will dry very slowly and then be fired twice once for bisque and then with a glaze stay cool best lydia posted by lydia at monday july 12 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday july 9 2010 thursday figure lydia host there is a figure drawing group on every other thursday morning at space 301 that just started and yesterday was the first day we are a small group and so we decided that we were in the mood to draw a few longer poses rather than more for a shorter time ended up with four 25 min poses one of mine is on back side it was such a nice morning my friend and fabulous artist conroy hudlow loaned me some paper today and i loved it it was either printmaking paper or cover paper anyway it took watercolor in a different way than paper that i usually use and it made my morning just that much more of a fun exploration i need more of this paper hope you have a great weekend i am taking a stoneware tile carving class from the very talented val webb all day saturday and am excited about it if you live in the mobile area tonight is the fifth anniversary of art walk is it possible yes i think its going to be a fun night with lots of good openings paper wasp wanda sullivan joann cox and mark davis mac painted dresses belly dancing wellborn ideas micheal mastro sp photography space 301 salsa a regional juried show with lots of artists yours truly included i think they are having five kinds of different music in the square fun night to get out in our downtown that has come so far have you noticed that there are always flowers around the light posts these days looking spry enjoy the weekend whatever your plans best lydia posted by lydia at friday july 09 2010 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 7 2010 friendship lydia host daily painting i have a commission for a birthday surprise painting these girls spent hours and hours drinking tea philosophising and commiserating with each other pre kids still close friends they live far apart and now time together is spent on the phone kids in the background but still with a mug of tea i hope you have a friend like that too i do and its a great feeling to have a long history with a person who you liked so much long ago and still do this is my first shot at this set up and i will do a couple of them so she can choose which one suits her the best cheers lydia posted by lydia at wednesday july 07 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday july 3 2010 1 sold 2 3 4 sold 5 6 7 sold 8 9 10 sold 11 12 13 sold i have been cleaning up my studio and found these tiles and would be happy to send them out to new homes if you are interested they are aprox 3 or 4 x 3 or 4 inches they have a felt back and a ribbon to hang them from they are figure sketches from life drawing on fired ceramic tiles they are hand hewn and imperfect but appealing none the less clearing them out 15 00 each including shipping if needed also trying out the paypal button its fun posted by lydia at saturday july 03 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 29 2010 sparkles 10x10 i have to admit to a very shallow desire of wishing that i had a daughter strictly in terms of being able to dress her i realize that i would probably not get to do so for very long but don t burst my bubble while i have been attending soccer or basketball games and band concerts some of you have been watching twirls and leaps with sparkles wouldn t trade my boys for the world but in terms of cute outfits girls win hands down i have to live vicariously through my friends and by painting as many cute little girls as possible best lydia posted by lydia at tuesday june 29 2010 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 28 2010 garden bounty 8x10 i planted yellow squash and eggplant this year the plants are healthy and vibrant with blooms but no fruit i read online that its probable that they just aren t pollinating on their own and that if i used an artist brush that i could transfer the pollen between the male and female blooms female are the ones that have a tiny fruit at the base of the blossom i ll let you know if it works out these were from jimmy lowes our local vegetable stand type store best lydia posted by lydia at monday june 28 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 21 2010 figure drawing figure drawing saturday i took some charcoal along and used newsprint which was refreshing compared to my previous attempts with oil paint i love to draw people and working with the figure ever challenging my goal is always to say what i can with as little as possible in terms of line and shadow lydia posted by lydia at monday june 21 2010 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday june 17 2010 fishy lydia host daily painting 6x6 i painted this fish when i painted the larger one he is just as dour last night i taught my last art with a twist class and it was so much fun there was a lady who turned fifty this year and wasn t all that happy about it she decided she would do fifty things that she d always wanted to try this year to cheer her up my class was one of them stay cool lydia posted by lydia at thursday june 17 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 15 2010 chit chat i think its fun to paint an almost monochromatic painting every once in a while just trying to capture the colors that are reflected from white china and linens there is a coffee shop in venice beach called coffee and sympathy and i have always admired that name i always think of it when i paint coffee cups i mean what more do we want from friends best lydia posted by lydia at tuesday june 15 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday june 10 2010 fruity nude i painted this over an old fruit painting i find that the more layers of paint that a painting has the better maybe that is why a toned canvas is a good idea and underpainting always makes things fly i had fun painting boats on tuesday but haven t finished either of the two that i started best lydia posted by lydia at thursday june 10 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 7 2010 from the garden lydia host daily painting a day 8x10 i just loved how these tomatoes were still half green what you can t see that oh its because i didn t capture it i like the way they look anyway i am making an effort to get into a good routine for the summer months back to some daily nap time painting i am taking one last class to finish my degree and so i am not sure how that will effect my dailies but i will try to keep you abreast of my progress hope its not too hot where you are best lydia posted by lydia at monday june 07 2010 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 21 2010 shrimper lydia host daily paintings i have been wanting to go paint some shrimp boats for months and now with this horrible oil spill in the gulf it seems bittersweet to paint them i love the old style they are so curvy and swank even though they are sort of humble at the same time hope you have a good weekend lydia posted by lydia at friday may 21 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 20 2010 fishtooth lydia host mary elizabeth and i painted this fish together today and we both kept sighing with pleasure the joy of painting fish continues this is a sheepshead and it has little teeth that look like baby teeth icky but a great fish to paint i am teaching a class tonight and i am bringing the fish as our still life can t wait to see the reaction but i know the paintings will be great hope you are having good spring weather where you are it makes things seem so much more positive best lydia posted by lydia at thursday may 20 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday may 18 2010 class work two views of the same piece this is probably my favorite from this last semester because it combines my desire to work figuratively in a two and three dimensional way at the same time i hope to make some more along these lines in my class this summer i read about an artist that makes really big pieces by covering the leading edge with saran wrap and then adding more the next day so the uncovered part dries enough to support more weight without sagging oh how i love clay if you have the urge please try it i don t think any other medium is as satisfying and dare i say grounding to work with lydia posted by lydia at tuesday may 18 2010 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom contact the artist to contact the artist lydjon bellsouth net subscribe would you like to get my latest painting emailed to you please enter your email lydia host information lydia view my complete profile blog archive 2016 1 june 1 summer time is sweet 2012 1 july 1 2011 2 october 1 february 1 2010 67 november 1 july 10 june 7 may 9 april 9 march 6 february 8 january 17 2009 183 december 6 november 11 october 19 september 13 august 21 july 16 june 16 may 15 april 17 march 17 february 15 january 17 2008 143 december 16 november 17 october 22 september 22 august 27 july 21 june 12 may 6 art books and artists that i love amazon com widgets followers other beguiling blogs blog catalog com jami buck art blog jenifer allen painting a day blog joanne brandt art blog 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