Artist Renee Mak

It's time for another Blue Mondays post ... I've been spending so much time painting doodles and have,  quite frankly, gotten carried away!   The studio is a wonderful place for me to get lost... even if just for a moment. I let the brightly colored paint take me places far far away... where the sun is shining, flowers are blooming and the leaves are still on the trees! Finding and following colorful doodles is easy and extremely freeing... with no plan or expectations, I just let the paint flow! The brush and  paint carry my thoughts out onto the paper as if it's magic. Of course the color blue always appears... and is always a welcome addition to  my piece! And so... here's one more post dedicated to the fabulous color Blue... and all the wonderful places it's been showing up in my doodles this past weekend! Have a fabulously colorful Monday... and don't forget to be creative today! ~XO~

Last week one of my favorite artists, Traci Bautista , had a  blog post which held the question: "What is inspiring you today?" My answer at the time was colored glass, and so today's  Blue Mondays post is filled with Blue glass and  hopefully it will inspire you too! I really love blue cut glass... the way the light hits the angled cuts...  it makes it sparkle and gives it a life of its own. This vintage glass powder jar is adorable  and can hold so many things... jewelry, fortunes from inside fortune cookies or dark chocolate covered coffee beans! What would it hold for you? I imagine that a blue glass and silver creamer  would  look great filled with several of my favorite pens on my writing desk... if I had a writing desk. Fabulous blue glass beads are right for any occasion, especially laundry day... with an old t'shirt, faded blue jeans and vintage cowboy boots! This blue glass jar just begs to hold old fashioned pe...

It was so cold when I woke up this morning! At 19 degrees fahrenheit, the cold hard truth that winter is on it's way has become shockingly apparent. So this blue mondays post will be filled with... blue snowflakes ! I love cookies... and these blue snowflake cookies are just in time for the holidays! Yum...the blue snowflake sprinkles on top of these oreo truffles are making my mouth water! Now here's a great idea... a blue snowflake wreath.  All that's needed is a wreath frame, felt snowflakes and a hot glue gun! With the mercury dropping, I'll really need this blue snowflake blanket to keep warm! Speaking of staying warm... I think I'll stay inside today and make  more of these polymer clay blue snowflake ornaments for the tree! Do you have a favorite blue snowflake idea?  I'd love to hear form you... until then, have a beautiful blue Monday!

I can't believe it's Monday already! I've been super busy getting ready for a show, the  Junior League's Annual Gift Mart and have a lot of new items to show you!   But that is another post... this is all about the color blue!  Blue fabric to be exact.. because { drum roll please.........} the fabric samples I ordered of my " Peace Series " mixed media paintings came today! It's hard to believe this is cotton fabric!  I can hardly wait to start working with it. Below is one of the original paintings... and here are some more of the fabric samples...    I'd love to see this sofa with some of my new fabric on it.    A fabulous frame with a patchwork of  fabulous blues!   I LOVE the blue and the pattern in this vintage fabric I found on Etsy !  That is my theme for today... FABRIC! Colored silk can be so vibrant!  This is another vintage fabric with fabulous blues. Here's a clever idea!  Frame square o...

I love clouds... and blue skies and water...  reflecting one another all day long. I love how the puffy white clouds race across the sky... or just linger in the air... rising high in the morning, dissolving in the afternoon.  Dancing on the water... Changing colors with the setting sun. All of these inspire me to paint... do they inspire you? Have an awesome Monday!