Happy Halloween!!

Today, I am entering the

Small World of Inchies and Twinchies Challenge 

with a Twinchie that

 goes along with the theme:

 Funny Halloweeen! 

Here is my "funny"entry:

 I hope everyone has a

wonderfully spooky Halloween

filled with goodies, surprises,

and plenty of fun chills and thrills. 

 Thank you for flying over

to take a peek at my

little piece of  Halloween Art!

Happy Halloween!!

La' legende de l'amour!

                 This is a piece of digital art that I

            created with my favorite theme in mind: 

                       Romantic /Art Nouveau

 

                  Thank you for visiting my site and I hope

                      you enjoyed looking at my art work!

Art Creations Friday Challenge

This week the theme for the

Art Creations Challenge

 is this lithograph of

the artist, Alphonse Mucha!

F. Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur

Because Art Nouveau is one of my

favorite types of art to use

 when creating mixed media,

 I wanted to provide some history

about this exceptionally talented artist!

Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters,

advertisements, and book illustrations,

as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper,

and theatre sets in what was initially called the Mucha Style

 but became known as Art Nouveau !

Mucha's works frequently featured

beautiful, strong young women in

flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes,

often surrounded by lush flowers which

sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads.

.

The Art Nouveau style however,

 was one that Mucha attempted to

distance himself from throughout his life;

he always insisted that rather than adhering

to any fashionable stylistic form,

his paintings came purely from within.

He became very frustrated when his fame grew

 through the popularity of his commercial art

when he most wanted to concentrate on more

 lofty projects that would ennoble art and his birthplace.

 Art exists

only to communicate

 a spiritual message,

 and nothing more!

---Alphonse Mucha

Now...to show you what I created for this challenge!!

This is my interpretation of this theme

 and of Mucha's lithograph!!

Thanks for coming by and looking at my entry! 

 Have a wonderful day!!

***quotes for Alphonse Mucha came from Wikipedia

So Artful Challenge

The Theme this Week

for the So Artful Challenge is

 "Fall Is In The Air"

Here in Tennessee,

we are having beautiful Fall weather!

It is still quite warm durung the day

but the nights are getting colder!!

I love this time of the year!

There is nothing like the

heady fragrance of an Autumn day!

Here is my entry for this challenge:

Can you imagine this little boy's anticipation

as his mother watches him while

she is working in her Fall garden!

 She has had enough of his shenanigans

for one day and now he must sit

still and ponder his behavior before

he can go back outside to play!

Still, inspite of his naughty behavior,

 he has one foot on the floor, 

waiting until his mother thinks

 he has learned his lesson!!

Thanks for stopping by to take  

  a little peek at my art work! 

 Please have a wonderful day!

Get out in the wonderful sunshine,

 take a walk, smell the air, 

think about how good your life is, 

smile as you head back home,

quickly go through your front door,

and hug the one you love!!