Bird Illustration Note Cards

I made these illustrations a while back. A few months later I made them into assorted colored note cards for Christmas gifts. I used assorted shades of green, and one paper call Thai Gold, I think they turned out really cute. I printed little bird inspired quotes next to each illustration, to bad when they were on my 24" computer monitor they looked nice and big, but when printed you need a magnifying glass to read them! Oh well, lesson learned!

Plarning

My mom taught me how to make yarn from plastic grocery sacks (plarn), and then crochet them into larger sacks. This particular bag is half finished. I decided that about every four rows I would skip a stitch leaving a gap large enough to weave a colored strand of plarn through. It takes a long time to make the plarn.

Fat Little Animals

I think I'll make a book out of these illustrations for my nephew Bjorn. (Click on the image to see a larger image)

Pretty Birdy Plate

I made this plate for my mother for Mother's Day last year. I love birds :) It looked really nice after it was fired.

Acrylic on Cardboard

A quicky painting I did for my sister-in-law. I haven't decided if I'll add some cows to the hills. My cell phone takes some ok pictures!

Photo Editing!

My dad had these two pictures. One of my grandfather in 1948, and the other of my grandmother on their wedding day (I don't know the year). He wanted the spots removed from grandpas face, and then he wanted the two pictures kinda melded into one. Here are the results. It doesn't look real per se, they are looking in different directions, and the photos have different tones, but I did my best!! **Click on images for larger more detailed images**