Tuesday, June 14, 2011

s k y l a r k puzzle in Ballookey's

s k y l a r k

Ballookey's Round 3 Mole is coming along, although I still have a full page and a collab half-page to finish before sending it to Gretchen. The s k y l a r k puzzle (above) was the most fun of the various things I've tried in this Mole, although the collab with Mike (below) was a close second. The flowers piece was an experiment; didn't go exactly the way I'd hoped. The pink background piece still needs a foreground, which I plan to finish now while I'm in Arizona with my husband, who is going through a lot of testing at the Mayo Clinic.

(Sorry for the blurry images, taken with my iPhone in a not-so-well-lit hotel room. Also, the black borders are from a Photoshop app and not in the actual images, although I kind of like a border, especially for the Mike collab piece. Might add it now that I see it.)

Collab with Mike in Ballookey's

Fly away (flowers)

Pink

Many apologies for being late in getting Ballookey's Mole finished, as well as for my absence from the blog. Between the stress of travel (this is my fourth trip in a little over three weeks) and caring for the family, I am moving slowly with the Moleskine Exchange. I do want to say, however, that having Ballookey's Mole with me along the way--working on it in hotels, hospitals, clinic waiting rooms, and planes--has been a lifesaver. The healing power of art! Sometimes I really do believe it is what saves my life.

7 comments:

ballookey said...

OMG, these are such delightful gems!!! I'm so happy to have them in my book, and I love puzzles too, so that's very apt. Thank you!!!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

WOW! Super cool and creative!!!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I love the puzzle idea.

Forgive my quickness, packing for trip--I do love these.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I love the puzzle idea.

Forgive my quickness, packing for trip--I do love these.

Mike Kline said...

Awesome! Love them all! I especially like the colors in the collaboration piece. Originally - my part was an old steam train sitting in the Lawrence Kansas park. Nice!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I agree that those colors on that piece are AWESOME!

roma said...

I'm trying to catch up on all the posts since I did this. Glad you like it Ballookey. Finishing it up today (day off) and into the mail by tomorrow. Whew, hate getting that far behind.