MAKE LEMONADE PAINTING -ACEO

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And now for something completely different.... In the past I've only listed ACEO cards based on my art and photography. I used mat board, collaged with art papers...print my photographs on regular, photo, and some pretty darn unusual things ...than put it all together and make a complex card attached to an emotion, feeling or experience.

The simple things in life are beautiful as well... Things with visual simplicity. One thing...Two maybe...just a few colors... No art papers... Something you can put a story to, instead of me.... I paint. I rarely list anything on ebay that isn't an ACEO card done in the manner I described above because...well, frankly they don't seem to sell very often. (Just keeping it real!) There are wonderful artists on ebay and perhaps my selling just the cards...or just paintings...without an attached emotion isn't the same. Maybe people would rather I stick to what I was doing but I had to try... I have this thing in my head... My artist-self - how I see myself as an artist - is wrapped up in my abilty to paint...or not.... and well, if I can, I am, if I can't I'm not...and...oh man, I didnt mean to make this listing a therapy session!

Enough of that! This card is done on a teeny sized gallery wrappy canvas. How do they make them??? Its 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches and I even took a picture of it with a spenda package so you can see what your getting if your not familar with how small aceo's are. The other picture shows it from the side and you can see there are sides :) I have since painted the sides a bright blue like I paint my larger canvas paintings. I have signed it on the front with 3 bars... and on the bottom with my last name. Its sealed with a matte acrylic sealer. As much as I try to get colors correct, its hard in photography... and all monitors are different as well. It may be different when you get it but no matter how it looks on your monitor...I promise the lemons are shades of yellow and the background is shades of blue.

If it doesnt sell... well, thank you for looking!! I have other aceo's listed... My usual kinds as well as a few more like this!

Satisfyingly Lemony Deux

I got some insightful suggestions from wetcanvas.com about the lemons yesterday and I worked some more on the lemons this morning.

Tried to play with the light on the lemons, especially the back one. I wanted to make the shading on the whole lemon a bit more graduated but it didn't work out quite like I'd planned.

I changed the background a bit too. It's vague but more solid across the bottom, more varied and light across the top.... and I changed the color of the shadows in general.

I'm happier with this verison. I'll keep working with it!

sold

Regret is a waste of time and energy...

I hemmed and hawed about buying this $50 Coach key chain a few years ago.

I loved it but $50 for a key chain? For some perspective... there are weeks I don't spend that much on food.

So. What's up with the little leather sandal?

I don't have a good answer... It made me happy when I saw it and there was just something about it... Something that said, "Buy me...You won't regret it. I'll make you happy every time you look at me...."

So I did and the funny thing is I am happy every time I look at it.

Sometimes you just have to listen to your inner voice and .....



LEAP!

Attack of cuteness...

Some days the simplest things make me feel good - a pink pen... A new cell phone charm... a post card... Some day it takes a whole tsunami of cute to work out life's kinks.

On days like that I'm glad 'cute' is so reasonably priced.

If only all the world's ills could be cured by some glitter...

Joy!

Look for your joy in the glass being half full... Its the simple things in life that you can count on to always be there.

The fun things are all over to be found... The things that only cost a few dollars... the things that your 'too old' for... Find the joy in life like a child would - with sparkle and abandon.