Friday Face

Just for a fun quick post for the Friday Face Off,  here is an AI created image of me as a detective. Ha ha

I do look a bit like a television detective, don't I?

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Make art while you wait

Saturday morning I woke to a cold house.  My HVAC (heating and air) unit had failed.  I called around and found a HVAC man that would come on a Saturday.  He spent a couple of hours trying various fixes, and then said, "Well, I can put you in new one Monday if my supplier has it in stock."  He quoted a price that wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.    Meanwhile, we were about to have the coldest night of the year on Sunday night. BRRRR.  I did some planning, got my emergency natural gas heater set up and a couple of electric units in place to keep the pipes from freezing.  
Monday afternoon the man called and apologized that he couldn't make it until Tuesday.  

That gets you up to the "waiting" mentioned in the title of this post.  He showed Tuesday morning and got to work.  After he started I went back to Mom's to be sure she was good and to be sure that she ate lunch.  Then, back home to wait for him and his helper to finish.   Thanks to another blogger,  I had seen a video on using oil pastel to create a tracing as the beginning of an artwork. 

So I took this print:

then I did my set up and traced:

With  a good tracing, I started painting with Inktense pencils, but

I quickly switched to the Inktense blocks.

Before the HVAC man was finished I had this painting 

completed and signed. 

Frida Smiles

I used some artistic license on the colors and design. 

Overall I am happy with this painting - and I think I will be doing this again.

Linking to Friday Face Off 

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Friday Faces

Here are some Friday Faces for the Friday Face Off. 

First one created with Nicole (our hostess) in mind. 

Death in Mourning

Next up a "redo" of a face I used last week.

Man on the Run

And last an image that I created with the possibility of making it into a small quilt for a relative.

Chico's Cousin

Happy Friday everyone

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New Notebook Cover

Playing around again, I couldn't resist.  I made another notebook cover using the same technique that I used for mine.  Since I am sure no-one will buy it at $75 (which is cheap considering the work that went into it)  I will donate it to a local organization to use as a prize or to auction off. 

Here is the front.

The back, 

And the fancy inside pocket.

I used scraps from the construction to make the pocket.  It matches in color but not in design. 

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Faces in AI

For the Friday Face Off,  a few faces created in AI

And just for a laugh, this one is "me" created by the AI on my phone which is different than Night Cafe.

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Made for Me

Sometimes you just want to play.  I wanted to play a bit with the piecing technique I used on the last piece I showed.   -Okay, so it still isn't finished, but I just wanted to play!   I used the same technique and a lot of the same fabric.  I decided to make a notebook cover.  The quilt part of this one is far less planed or fussed over, but it still took a lot of time.  So, I decided that I will not make this notebook cover to sell, but I will just keep this one for me.  No one would pay me enough for the time (several hours) I spent on it.

But this one makes me happy so I am happy to keep it for myself.  

Here is the full outside as it is opened out flat. 

Here is the front, 

Then the back

And the inside

It is all hand dyed fabric and  I love it.  And, yes, I did put a label inside even though I knew I would be keeping this one.  One day I will be gone, and this will show the history of the piece.  

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Playing with Piecing

I have started playing with some pieces and creating a new art quilt.  Not sure if it will be this orientation or maybe landscape.  This is only part of it - I am still working on it. 

In this orientation, it makes me think of plants in a garden.

Here is how it looks on my sewing table

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FFO Self Portrait

Nicole at  DVArtist has challenged readers to create a self portrait. While I didn’t create a new one, I am sharing a few that I have created in the past. 

My first was a stamp (and my apologies, I don’t have the original photo)

This is the actual stamp, when stamped, it is a mirror image

While I was pleased with this one, I knew I could do better.

So a second stamp was made using a different photo 

Much better!

This was used as the basis of a couple of embroideries that I digitized for my embroidery machine.

And finally, I used this photo as the basis for a digital drawing

A photo of me taken from a television commercial that I acted in

That became this drawing.

So, there are some of my self portraits for the Friday Face Off

And just for fun a couple, of AI photos I did using the AI on my phone 

Ha ha, I do work out but I am not that buff, and I don’t have a tattoo.

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Smile - it is Friday!

Last week, Tom said that Frida looks sad.  Yes she does.  I think Frida hid a lot of pain.  

"Frida Kahlo had multiple physical disabilities resulting from childhood polio and a devastating bus accident at age 18 that caused severe injuries to her spine, pelvis, and leg. These conditions led to lifelong chronic pain, numerous surgeries (up to 30), and a leg amputation late in her life. Her physical struggles and pain significantly influenced her art, which often openly depicted her body, suffering, and medical devices like corsets."

So today for the Friday Face Off, I am using a new AI image I created of Frida Smiling. 

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FFO - Frida Finished

Welcome to my stop on the Friday Face Off.     I have finished quilting Frida and have the border on this small art quilt.   All that is left to do is mount it on an artist canvas for hanging. 

I present ----Frida!

And I have another AI art piece to share with you.  I call him 

Bio L.  Bill

I am sure that Nicole, our host for the Friday Face Off will love him. 

Happy Friday.  

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More on Frida

The art quilt I am making based on my AI image of Frida Kahlo is coming along.  

I have it layered with backing and batting.  The first stage of quilting is completed.  This was done with black thread, so it is barely noticeable on the front. but here is a photo of the back side. 

Even though it is black on black,  the lighting allows you to see it quite well. 

You may notice a strange bit of quilting on the left hand side of the back. 

Let me explain, first with a photo.

I did some free-motion quilting of my signature. So for that section I will just use echoing lines to fill in the rectangular area.  

Then it was time to choose threads for all of the other quilting.  Seventeen different colors will be enough, I hope. 

I may use all of them, only some of them, or I may add more color choices as I go.

That will depend entirely on how I feel at the moment. 

Here is a photo of just the piece after the black quilting. 

It is hardly noticeable on the front.

One thing I realized as I was choosing threads is that I have a limited number of brown threads.  I think I may need more variety there.  
But seriously, I do NOT need to buy more thread.

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Some Progress

I have made some progress on Frida.  However, I still need to make a few adjustments before I layer the quilt with backing and batting.  Then there will be some adjustments that I make with the quilting. 

These pieces require quite a bit of intense time to work on, so when I finish this one I will probably work on a much easier project next.  

And here are a couple of AI art pieces that I have generated.

I loved the last one I made of Einstein as an artist that I had to do a second one. 

I call this one Seeking the Mushroom King. 

Linking up to the Friday Face Off.

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloweeen.  For the Friday face off, I have several images that I created on Night Cafe. 

Even in Death, I love you

We don't have any treats.

And a bit more progress on Frida

Left shows with paper overlay so that you can get an idea of where this is headed. 

Sharing with the Friday Face Off. 

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