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Monday, November 22, 2010

Holiday Sights and Smells

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Well, for our Creative Tuesday theme of "heaven" I thought I'd do something besides my
regular black ink and colored pencil sketches. A collage sounded fun to try!
I got out a few old magazines, scissors and rubber cement.
I sketched a rough outline on a piece of printer paper and glued
scraps to the paper. It's that easy!
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The holidays are filled with heavenly smells, aren't they?
Especially Thanksgiving Day, with the turkey in the oven..homemade rolls,
stuffing and pie....the house really does smell heavenly!
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And in case you can't quite make out the food on my dinner plate,
we have mashed potatoes and sliced turkey with some gravy over both
green beans, cranberries and a crescent roll. Mmm. :)
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If you'd like to join in on this theme, entries are due on Tuesday, the 23rd.
Click HERE to visit Mr. Toast's blog to sign up or see all the entries after
the due date. Now...I'm off on Tuesday to my favorite free range turkey
farm. They've reserved a little bird just for me. Driving through the
country to pick it up is one of my favorite traditions of the week!

39 comments:

  1. It is a wonderful composition with great color and balance. You did a great job on this artwork. As a former art teacher I give it an A plus.

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  2. Awww, thank you Larry! I figured there will be a lot of halos and cupids with the theme of 'heavenly' haha..and I wanted to stick with the current holiday. :)

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  3. wow. you did a great job betsy...very colorful too...hey we boht destroyed our mags today...smiles.

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  4. You are so talented and creative. This looks wonderful.

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  5. Brian ~ you are right...we both did! And thanks for giving me a post idea with the fortune cookie! ;)

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  6. This is amazing...I love the creativity here. I may be inspired to try this as well. You certainly appeal to all the senses. Hope you enjoy the holidays.

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  7. That's a beautiful and very detailed collage, Betsy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  8. What a talented lady you are Betsy !
    That is incredible work....

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  9. Betsy! I think this is brilliant! I just love it!

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  10. I wonder if you know what a great artist you are? That was awesome! :D

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  11. Oh, you did a great job, I LOVE this collage, how talented are you.;)) And I can make out the food no problem.;))
    xoxo

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  12. Now that is very clever indeed Betsy. Very clever.

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  13. I love this collage...very colorful and definitely festive!!
    Yes the sights and smells of Thanksgiving our heavenly. I just started the holiday feast shopping and that is fun too! Took my grand daughter with me...had a blast!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  14. Your mosaic is awesome!! And, that T-Day meal is my favorite!! Happy, happy Thanksgiving, Betsy.

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  15. Lovely Betsy,you are the most creative busy woman,lol.Seriously.

    Have a blessed Thanksgiving with your family.

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  16. Zuzana ~ good, I'm glad you can make it all out. Those mashed potatoes started looking like eggs-over-easy to me! LOL!

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  17. slommler ~ oh, good for you getting the shopping done. I'm doing that this morning before the crowds hit. To wait until Wednesday would be some kind of suicide, don't you think? ha.

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  18. it's lovely Betsy :-) happy day!!

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  19. Betsy, I LOVE this! Wow, this came out so great. looks like you had fun creating it too! Oh, I just can't wait to eat all of that delicious food covered in gravy! Great job - definitely HEAVENly xx

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  20. Yes, this does have Great color and balance! So creative!! :-)

    Have a Wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving week, Betsy!!

    Blessings & Many Hugs,
    Coreen

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  21. Terrific! I especially love the crescent roll.

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  22. I love it! Especially the crescent roll. What a fun project.

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  23. Oh this is so delightful, and colorful and yes, yes, I can smell all the heavenly flavors....

    Please mat and frame for your Thanksgiving decorations in the future.

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  24. I love it! I'm sure it was just so easy....yeah right!!! ha
    I zoomed right in on that crescent roll.....

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  25. I'm always impressed with your drawings, but, this is very creative!!

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  26. Very nicely done, Betsy. I love the colors and textures, but it's the smells and tastes that your artwork evokes that I love even more!

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  27. Great collage Betsy. Watch out, you might find scissors and glue sticks as therapeutic as I do. I started cutting and pasting stuff during my divorce and I've never stopped. I've filled up a couple of sketchbooks and would have been working on the third...but I haven't been able to find where I put it last. I bet it's in one of the many boxes of magazine pages and paper scraps I've collected.

    Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy that yummy meal with your sweet family!

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  28. I'm so glad you gave this a try.. you hit this outta the ball park! I love how it's abstract, but yes I could make out what all the food was. Really good stuff! Your inspiring me to give this a try sometime!

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  29. Christie at DH ~ well, thanks...you should try it! It's fun...and different. I felt like it wasn't coming together working on it so closely but when I stepped back and looked for a distance I could see it coming together. I'm sure you, little Miss Creative, could do something awesome..and funny at the same time! :)

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  30. Oh I LOVE this! Heaven on a plate :) What a fantastic collage, I love how you've used bits of the sky for the background...definitely a "heavenly" feel! :)

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  31. I love it! Here's mine http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/heavenly-spectre.html

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  32. What a fantastically creative approach. I LOVE the magazine collaging technique and am going to try that one day. Now to find something to eat - you've made me hungry!

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  33. I love this! It must have taken a lot of time. That crescent roll is genius, but I love how the whole collage comes together so beautifully. Have a "heavenly" Thanksgiving!

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  34. Oh Betsy you stirred up a new clue in my head. I would never have thought of this. Great post.
    QMM

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  35. Wowee - I absolutely love this... fabulous!!! (Colors, shapes, composition... love everything about it!)

    xo
    Kristin

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  36. WOW this is incredible, Betsy. I love seeing a collage too. how very inspirational . I can;t believe how realistic it looks too, like you cut out a photo and reassembled it. Crazy. Love it. thank you so much for taking the time to create this. It must have taken you ages!!

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  37. Beautiful results!! And I lurve your thankful list!

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