lisa bebi's art blog

2012....

2011-12-21T13:45:00.000-08:00

i have been preoccupied for the whole of 2011. i plan to start blogging again at the first of 2012. i miss posting. my preoccupation has been looking at colleges for my daughter.

and facing "empty nest" emotions.

i'm in love.......

2011-12-17T20:22:00.000-08:00

the kindle fire -

my dear sweet husband gave me this for my bday yesterday.....
now i can spend even more time playing "attack" with angry birds.

xmas tags...

2011-12-12T00:26:00.001-08:00

my favorite:

Xmas paintover....

2011-12-12T00:25:00.000-08:00

i have been hearing from some of my students. seems christmas parties where you create tags or other pieces using the paintover technique is a popular hit. anyone can do it and its fun.

minnie helvey from los angeles just sent me a few images from her party.
she said they used halloween hair spray together with martha stewart stencils. apparently the hair spray dries fast, comes in lots of colors and is easy to use. she bought her sprays from her local sallys beauty supply store.

adorable

and

fun. fun.

tomorrow i will be going on this tour....

2011-12-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

http://sdpotterytour.com/

i am supporting my friend and wonderful artist and ceramist, Danae Dehne in La Mesa, CA...come along on the tour.

i am followed by these faces....

2011-11-28T23:16:00.000-08:00

every time i go to paint a small canvas these faces appear. i don't know who they are, but they are fun. i create them by using my left hand (i'm right handed).

duck....

2011-11-23T18:25:00.000-08:00

happy thanksgiving, everyone!

bird abstract....

2011-11-19T00:34:00.000-08:00

happy birthday to my baby girl, rosie. happy 17th.

two birds abstract...

2011-11-17T23:21:00.000-08:00

i like to cut loose and do an abstract. i let the painting tell me where it was headed then i responded stroke by stroke. plus a bit of collage. i had been playing with new color combinations using better paints than my normal cheapest brand.

headlamp girl.......

2011-11-16T01:20:00.000-08:00

i just thought she looked wistful and sheepishly curious. i wish i had a headlamp/candle/flashlight/star/halo/light bulb/aura/ headlight/fizzy/ firefly/ dentists' light/electrical or battery operated thingy for my head. i mean, i wish i could wear this without being put away in a straight jacket and away to the rubber room.

i see it's time for me to get a new scanner - mine has become a bit unhinged (much like the owner) and therefore blurs my image. (lower lip curled down).

mom and 2 friends and something greater......

2011-11-12T01:27:00.001-08:00

the front girl is my mom. they are looking a bit spiritual here. i'm sure they weren't. well, at least they weren't very much. just my guess.

one day long ago, brooke and i were famous........

2011-11-09T17:45:00.000-08:00

back when we lived in england and my hair was in a continuous perm. cira: 1984

the last drawing for now by the rose......

2011-11-08T23:18:00.000-08:00

my daughter Rosamaria has been trying her hand at drawing. this is a big breakthrough as she has always thought of me (exclusively) as the artist and herself as the studious math/english/french/economics/psychology and athlete, which she is. but who says she can't do some art as well as study and swim?
of course there is room and time for it all. if you ask me.......
her drawings remind me of xrays.

more of rosie's art.....

2011-11-07T23:22:00.000-08:00

she says its buildings or architecture, but i see a face.

my daughter rosie's drawings.....

2011-11-06T23:14:00.001-08:00

she has her own style and she thinks her drawings are not good. well, i say they're wonderful.

outrageously good.

more of minnie's mobilemonet work......

2011-11-01T14:39:00.000-07:00

this is minnie helvey and husband and her mobile monet technique.

So cool. i wish i had an iphone. i would get this app, for sure.

love the hula girl....

2011-10-30T02:21:00.000-07:00

more magic from minnie's collection using the same iphone app as mentioned below. (99 cent mobile monet). minnie tells me that this classic iconic hula dancer has been on her dash for many, "minnie" years.

tomorrow morning's workshop....

2011-10-28T22:01:00.000-07:00

at the Ramona Library east San Diego. starts at 9:30. having fun coloring family images. this one is of my brother and his friend aprrox. 1955.

i LOVE this.....

2011-10-26T22:00:00.000-07:00

my friend, Minnie shared

her cool iphone app. this is an old black and white picture of herself walking alone in the woods. minnie took a picture of her (old) picture and then treated it with a 99 cent iphone app is called mobile monet. it works on iphones or ipads. i wish i had an iphone or ipad...ah well. i love the colors and the soft atmosphere. don't you?

more to come.

another pic from wednesday night's demo....

2011-10-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

there will be a class about "Over saturated Polaroid Look"at the ramona library saturday, Oct. 29

starts at 10 a.m.

last wednesday's demo for Ramona Art Guild....

2011-10-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

during break, the demo table.

showing how it's done... adhering painted paper to canvas.

goofball in charge.

susan bainbridge won the evening's prize.

i just love ramona art guild.

free demo this wednesday night at the Ramona Art Guild

2011-10-16T23:36:00.000-07:00

(student's work)

it's fun and it's kinda pop art and it's your family!

learn the "oversaturated polaroid look" technique using photocopies of your family pics.

www.ramonaartguild.org for details. then, workshop saturday october 29th at the ramona library...

yep, its meredith again........

2011-10-14T06:31:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure which end is up. Has a kinda doggie face in it - well, that's what i see. Do you see it?
1" x 1" watercolor on canvas.

tiny abstracts by meredith...

2011-10-12T22:32:00.000-07:00

this energetic abstract is only an 1" x 1". and, they are watercolor.

when my friend meredith comes over........

2011-10-10T23:45:00.000-07:00

she creates small abstracts. so fun. 2" x 2"