Lori Bradford's Artfulness

A couple weeks ago I saw the most adorable journal cover on Pinterest and had to find who made it.                                                             ...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/06/im-giving-away-hand-stitched-art-journal.html

It happens to me every time I have to pack up my art supplies and get ready to travel. Twice a year I do it and you would think that by now I would have some kind of strategy or plan or trick but...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-do-you-do-when-you-hit-dry-spell.html

I'm fortunate enough to live in a sub-tropical climate for half of every year.  The tip of Texas is about the same latitude as the Florida Keys, shares the Gulf of Mexico and has some amazing w...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/03/flowers-for-weeks-7-8-and-9.html

I like to keep a list of artists who's work I admire, I call these artists my Art Ancestors.  Some of them like Monet and Emily Carr, did their work a long time ago and some I have found...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/03/lessons-learned.html

My flowering kale or cabbage has an interesting story. I bought 6 bedding plants way back in November of 2014 and they grew to look fantastic in the pots in front of my winter home.  L...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/02/week-6-ornamental-cabbage-or-maybe-its.html

I had to go to a neighbors for this weeks flower.  I did say I was going to paint flowers in my yard and garden but not much is blooming right now so I ventured down the block a little.  ...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/02/week-5-bird-of-paradise.html

I think the paint may still be a little wet but Im rushing to get this posted as the weeks are flying by. I started this canvas by laying on some texture, in this case through a stenci...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/02/week-4-poinsettia.html

I saw a great Idea the other day, maybe on Pinterest, I can't remember, but thought I would try it. It's a Mixed Media Idea Prompt set of cards.  I started by going through the trash...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/mixed-media-art-prompts.html

One of the first things I notice when I get to my Texas home is my firecracker bush. Clusters of scarlet tubular flowers resemble small firecrackers and it blooms all fall and winter f...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/week-3-firecracker-bush.html

This week's flower is my Aloe Vera.  It has a really lovely flower held high above the plant on a long tough stock.    When I arrived here in November I noticed the buds starting.Â...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/week-2-aloe-vera.html

Besides my regular painting, Im going to attempt one painting a week or 52 paintings of a specific theme in 2016 and have picked my garden flowers as my topic.  Since I move from Saskatchewa...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/week-one-hibiscus.html

Have you got caught up in the colouring book craze? Last winter I found Joanne Basford's colouring book Enchanted Garden.    I originally bought it to attempt to learn her drawing sty...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/colouring-books-yes-or-no.html

2015 was a busy and wonderful year with lots of things accomplished. What I didn't get do was post many blogs.  You see, we don't have a very good internet connection at our home in the fores...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2016/01/review-of-2015-artspa.html

A new year is about to start and I'm a little sad that 2015 has come to an end.  It was a good year filled with many great family moments, good health and looking back I can see that I got a lo...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/12/saying-bye-to-good-year.html

We are heading back to our home in Saskatchewan from our home in Brownsville so I'm trying to write this with my tablet in the truck while driving. I surround myself self with things to do so I...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/04/car-art.html

About a year ago I stumbled on to the Facebook page of Ben Kwok who started Ornation Creation.   Ben is a talented and generous artist.  He draws outlines or templates of animals, birds or b...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/04/ornation-creation.html

A month or so ago I entered my name in a contest for a set of Inktense.  I Won!  WooHoo they picked me and I was so thrilled.  The set arrived in the mail and it looks so amazing all line...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/03/heart-your-art.html

Heritage Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. North East of Prince Albert.  I was floating around on the internet one day and came across some paintings of canoes that were just fascinating to me....

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/03/canoes.html

My art space is scattered with all kinds of paints, pens, brushes and my hands are constantly splattered with paint.  Bernie lets me know when I have some paint on my face or like yesterday on m...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/learn-rules-so-you-can-break-them.html

Ted Harrison passed away this month.  I bet you will remember his art work when you see it.  He lived and worked in the Yukon and the people, landscape and culture of that part of the world is...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/ted-harrisons-influence.html

This pattern is called Braidle It's been a long time since I did any Zentangle tiles but I wanted to support The Diva as she tries to reach 200 posts to her blog on it's 200th zentangle chal...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/jumping-on-divas-band-wagon.html

Art is not a thing, it's a way. One of my favorite things to do during the long winter, especially since our weather isn't that great and I don't feel guilty for staying inside out of the co...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/taking-classes-on-line.html

I posted a couple of blogs that have been sitting in my drafts file for a very long time and am feeling a little guilty that I have not posted anything current.  Time, how does it get away on me...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-posted-couple-of-blogs-that-have-been.html

My internet connection was very limited last spring and I never got a chance to post this blog.  This blog post and the previous one as well have been stuck in my Draft for quite some time but I...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/pines-to-palms-and-back-again.html

Watching the marker react to the alcohol. During the winter months when I live in Brownsville I happily teach an Arty-Crafty class every Wednesday morning in our community hall.  I love sh...

https://loribradfordsart.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-love-teaching.html