by cjacks@cjacks.com | Dec 9, 2023 | Crafts/DIY, Painting
I was in the mood to dig out the watercolors the other day. It had been a while since I last did one, so I decided to try a few doodles to scrub off the rust, so to speak. I didn’t have too much of a plan besides trying a sunset or two. That evolved into using...
by Valerie Schwader | Jul 29, 2022 | Crafts/DIY, Painting, Woodworking
A few years ago My folks were getting rid of an old beat up bench that they had, so I decided I could take it and have a few more years use out of it. Well, after a year, the middle board rotted and I thought it had outlived its usefulness. But, being who I am, I...
by cjacks@cjacks.com | Jun 7, 2020 | Crafts/DIY, Painting
I have long loved Art Deco/Art Nouveau and Poster Art. Back in the late 90s, I saw Théophile Alexandre Steinlen’s 1896 Color Lithograph poster for the cabaret called Le Chat Noir. I had always wanted to try my hand at doing a version of the poster but never got...
by cjacks@cjacks.com | Feb 5, 2019 | Painting, Poetry
It has been a while since I have done a painting, but after seeing the “Glass” trilogy (Unbreakable, Split, and Glass) I became a bit anamoured by the logo for Blinding Edge Pictures. The logo really struck a chord with me, reminding me a lot of Dargenhara...
by cjacks@cjacks.com | Nov 30, 2017 | Crafts/DIY, Painting, Refashion
I bought this really cute (but plain…BORING!) sweatshirt at the thrift shop. It was a shorter cut and thus a bit more feminine. An added plus was that it lacked the built-in hangman’s noose neck (aka Crewneck) that I loathe and typically cut out… so,...
by cjacks@cjacks.com | Nov 13, 2017 | Crafts/DIY, Painting
Today I decided to do some acrylic paintings in the hopes of putting together a tutorial, but the tutorial will have to come a bit later as I got carried away with the prototypes and didn’t take enough photos of the steps! But now that I have done a few practice...
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