Thee Talented Huba~Huba~Hubs and I love him!

I went out to see the solar eclipse tonight as I waited out the "OH CHIT" of sissy Jo. OH MY GAWD, the work and suffering one must go through to cleanse one's self for the G.I. doctor. It took a looooong time for the event to start, but it's almost over now. Well, getting back to the other 'big event of the evening and wee hours of the new day....BTW, I haven't had any sleep yet. ...There I went, outside all bundled up in my coat and camera in hand to see the red moon and the solar eclipse (mother earth as we know it was shadowing the moon)....it was almost worth the wait staying up to see it. Besides smelly funky around here and having gone through half a roll of paper towels....hummmm....wonder if I'll use it all?
AND, how 'bout those EAGLE'S? MY, MY....my Huba~Huba~Hubs was blown away....guess pretty much like what we get like when we get a new art tool to play with (it is justified to have a box or two full of 'em!) ;)
okay....so now we are just 4 days away from the big day....the eve before Christmas is a big deal around here to us too....hope I get some sleep soon....starting to fade fast here, much like our moon.
OH YEAH, one more thing....I so can't wait for January 1, 2011.....so much still going on and another holiday to look forward to with all the traditions and trims.


PS: Where's Dar's art you ask....it's in the thought process....making sketches and notes....trying hard NOT to get disappointed that I'm not making anything now and have some things started and need to wait....but hopefully it will find me (the muse/fates/time) and I can play 'till my heart is content once again....BTW....I LIKE FREE THINGS TOO! but only if it's something that's not necessarily material...hugs and kisses are nice....

ATC 's

This is the first time in what felt like forever that I had the chance to create and play art.  I made 15 atc's in mixed media for Inkwell's (DeDe) Swap.  They have a theme....Christmas colors, red, green and white, Flowers~ poinsettia, heat embossed stamps on card stock. I hope they are well received.

my flicker photos

My Flicker Pictures 
(click link above)

Some of my art.  I have been on an art break and really need to make something soon. If you are an artist then you know what that itch feels like.  I get a kinda nervousness....the foot starts to shake as a bleeder for the bottled up energy....and my art studio is a mess....and I can't stand it that way.  I've been taking supplies and art out to share with my sissy while she is here with me.  I have to organize before I can even think about getting creative.  I have to get in there soon....so much to do!

ArteDar's STEAMPUNK art

This is me in the STEAMPUNK outfit I made from thrift store finds carring the Time Travel Log Book and Petey my pet bird. I gave a workshop class for this altered book at the Art For All 2nd ANN. ATC gathering and swapping event in Rochester, New York June 2010. We had a blast....I'll find some pix of the class with the project.

Steampunk art doll I made. Wire armature body, air dry clay head, and hands, green velvet skirt and lace.

My hand drawn sketch cut out and added to a mixed media background of different papers, metal bits, stamping and foil wings with bottle caps at the bottom and word 'FLY'. size 8 X 10, given to a GF as a gift.

This is my Altered Book......I call it my Steampunk Time Travel Machine and Log Book with pet bird Petey. 

here we are outside with our top hat and googles

a hand drawn Steampunk woman I drew, cut out and added to an old dictionary text sheet of paper.

an altered sardine can  with Steampunk flare.

a tiny altered tin with Steampunk flavor.

an Artist Trading Card

Hand drawn and Prisma color pencils

used as my personal trading card at AFA2010

I still have a few available for trade make a coment

and I'll see what we can do.

Happy Halloween