A great place to study

Study color, shading, composition, value.

That’s what I’ve been doing with this website. Please take a look at it and see if you don’t agree with me. It’s http://dailypainters.com

Take this black dog, for instance. Notice there isn’t really that much black involved in his body. That’s what I’ve been studying! Look at all the blues, lavenders and purples.

And can’t you just see a rug designed with this image in mind? Look at the color!!!

I’ve always wanted to hook a self portrait. Studying these paintings would sure help with the color selection. And the general understanding of where to place the values on your face.

Again, look at all the colors in her face. Not flesh toned at all.

How about backgrounds? This could be hooked with a great spot dye!

And there are quite a few basic mandala shapes we could incorporate into rugs! And each one is a great lesson in color planning.

I hope everyone enjoys the site as much as I do. If you sign up, it will be delivered every day in an email.

Is it just me or do all of you see rugs in everything you look at? It gets kind of weird, actually. LOL

I finished the little heart hooking this afternoon. Haven’t taken a picture yet though. And I forgot to sew around it before I hooked it so I haven’t cut it out yet either!

Have a great evening…

Peace,

Sheri

Charging for The Welcome Mat!?!?!

 

What exactly would we be paying for?  Sharing ideas on the internet?  Sharing photos, recipes, helpful tips?  Wouldn’t that kind of be like charging to read blogs?  I understand it takes an administrator to have a group like this, but should you really be in it for the money?  Or, honestly…..hire people?  It just seems absurd to me!  Are you going to pay the fee?  I guess you know where I stand! (And BTW I have paid for a “class” on The Welcome Mat and was also quite disappointed.)

Let me know what you think about this! 

Peace,

Sheri

Alice and I are published!!!

It’s not yesterday’s news, but it is recent! Jane Halliwell Green’s new book, “Pictorial Hooked Rugs” was released in the fall and I just now got my copy! And here are our works!

Mine is titled “Sunflower” and it is the place in my mind I would love to live in Italy! Never been there, but hope to go someday.

The sunflower in the lower right hand corner is stuffed with fiberfill and beaded with little brown and gold beads.

And here is Alice’s rug, titled “England Memory Rug”. You can visit her blog folkartprimitives.blogspot.com.

Also of interest today I was reading Jane’s blog and she has a link showing her new video on pixelating! Jane Halliwell Green teaches how to pixelatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Bf2c-vCoU

Very Interesting! And a great idea for hooking all of the spring flowers that are just around the corner. (Yes, I know I’m pushing it. We have snow on the ground too!)

I’ve been hooking on a tote bag by Karen Kahle. I’ve got one side finished already! Really fast hooking.

And FYI, I had chemo #4 Monday and everything is going Great! Still feel good~knock on wood! Two more to go! Yeah!!!

Going to do some more hooking this afternoon.

Hope everyone has a pleasant evening.

Peace,

Sheri

Correction

It seems I have made a terrible mistake with my words. I'm sorry to say, I haven't completed all of my chemo treatments. When I said my last appt., I meant last...like last week! I HAVE finished three out of six though. So I am half way through!!! And number four will be this coming Monday.
So sorry I got you excited for me~but at least I'm Half way through!!!
Thanks to you all for caring so much about me. You can never know how it feels to have people you've never met praying and thinking about you. I can feel your love every day, my friends.
My mom and I were just talking about how this whole cancer experience has turned into a spiritual event for the both of us. Everything has some significant meaning to it now, however small. Never take anything for granted.....live each day like it's your last......make today count....treat people like you would like to be treated......they're all true. Now, if everyone would just practice what I preach!!!
Have a great day and sorry about my confusing writing.
Peace,
Sheri

Blue Bottle Tree

I’ve wanted one for years.  And my brother-in-law has been saving wine bottles for me for years.

On the day of my last chemo I took a picture of the dead cedar tree that Mickey had finally drug home from the lake.  The perfect tree. (Kind of like Charley Brown’s tree)

  Notice the worm holes in the bark where it has laid up on the shore.  He searched for the perfect tree for months before finally bringing this one home!  So the day of chemo it was laying in the yard and I thought I would take some pics of it.  I was sooo proud!

Mickey came home for lunch and wished me good luck at the treatment. 

When I pulled in the driveway I immediately saw it.  The bottle tree was “planted” and “growing” some beautiful cobalt blue bottles!  Mickey had done this on his lunch hour for me!!!  Of course I couldn’t even see it for the tears.  How sweet is that?  He knew how much I wanted it.

It may seem silly to you guys, but this is, and will always be the greatest gift I have ever or will ever get!!!

Ever since, he has been searching Pier One and numerous other stores in search of the perfect cobalt blue bottle.  Found a few at Hobby Lobby too.  Knowing how much he HATES to shop makes it even better!

Over the summer I was at a garage sale and the people had a whole box of the old Milk of Magnesia bottles.  They told me I could have all the bottles for a nickle a piece!!!  I think I got a dozen or so.  And there is a Kosher water that comes in the most beautiful bottles!

That was the beginning of December.  This was Christmas day…

A Coopers hawk has found my tree and stayed for hours sunning himself on his beautiful new perch.  

I Love it.  Not so sure about the neighbors.  Paula said, “it’s so you, Sheri”  I’ll take that as a good thing!!!

Have a great week.

Peace,

Sheri