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I think I am a little behind on posting my Daily's.

Some weeks are just busier than others.

This spread started out with the butterflies.

I wasn't liking it though.

I almost gessoed over the whole thing to start over...

But I thought what the heck,

not every page will be a masterpiece,

and kept on going. 

 

Then I worked on some Matisse inspired art work.

I Love these!

The painting is Matisse's The Green Line, Portrait of Madame Matisse.

It is done with markers and pens.  

Madame Matisse

my self portrait interpretation

 

This was also inspired by a Matisse painting,

or a small part of the painting...

The Egyptian Curtain

I'm not sure why I liked this painting so much.

I am just a pattern and design gal

and somehow this attracted me. 

Here I was just looking for something simple to do

while watching tv with my husband. 

 It was my mom's birthday.

We celebrated last Sunday at the B-Spot in Strongsville.

 

 

 Happy Days.

Grateful for so much.

I slipped Pablo into the back of my Daily.

I am looking forward to seeing who the next

Master Artist will be for March.

 

Be Brave my Friends.

Daily... Plus

Here are my recent Daily entries.

I love this color combo.

But then anything with the blue-y turquoises is alright by me!

The whole page started with those leaves on the edge. 

 

 

I did a lot of writing here...

So moving on....

I was looking through one of my new Dover books

on Henna tatoos.

Lots of ideas there! 

And this Red and Brown combo totally caught my interest for a few days!

 

Since I got the Valentine's Day red out of my system....

I was wanting to do something in yellows.

I am on the ArtJournaling.ning site.

I have not discovered everything they have to offer...

but I joined a group called the Modern Masters Challenge!

Each month they focus on a different artist

 and the members make pages and artwork 

 inspired by that particular master.

A challenging concept.

There is some great work being shared!

January's Master Artist was Gustav Klimt.

And since I didn't join the group til Feb.

I still played with Klimt in a few ways.

This is a glimpse of a part of his 1902

Beethoven Frieze. 

 

I love the way Klimt used patterns.

Wild, Crazy patterns.

This lady is inspired by a 1907 painting,

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

Incorporating a style of a Master Artist

into my Daily was very challenging.

Really hard.

But this has become one of my all time favorite spreads!

I'll do more of this in the future I think.

 

 

I also love Klimt's style of trees.

I made a couple of small canvases recently.... 

This one is hanging up in my studio.

I love it! 

 

I am giving this one as a gift.

 

 

 

February's Master Artist is Henri Matisse.  

This is in the style of his portrait of Lydia.

I have more to discover of this artist.

 

 

There are so many possibilities out there!