Les Fleurs!

I've discovered something wonderful! It combines my love of flowers, printmaking papers, and instant gratification! It's sort of like rubbing a coin with graphite to get the imprint, only with flowers! And it leaves a beautiful impression right away- not like my previous attempts at pressing flowers, which I've learned takes OVER A WEEK TO DRY COMPLETELY, LEST IT BE RUINED AND A POOR FLOWER HATH GIVEN HIS HEAD FOR NOTHING!  


Here is a test sample! Now that I've discovered the process, I'm sure there will be millions of flower-rubbings to litter my home.  Must remember to clip almost-spent blooms only, because I don't want my garden looking sad and colorless just for the sake of arts and crafts!!


Ah, dilemmas.  

Pansy and Violas: is it just me, or is my art-making getting more and more old-lady-ish by the second? Yes.

um...

I have missed painting on canvas.  Tonight, I'm feeling gloomy, so I decided to turn my pity-party into a creepy egomaniacal painting about glitter and paranoia and colorful pools of delight, and basically finish something that had its genesis back during christmas break, and since then, has remained an empty vessel of graphite scribbles and magic-marker mania.

I NEED A BETTER EFFING CAMERA.  

THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN WHILE THE PAINTING IS LYING FLAT.  PARDON THE SQUISH.  IN PROGRESS.