WHIMSICAL ART

Remember the funky outdoor shop I showed you recently -- the one selling old carnival ride seats as garden furniture? It's owned by local yodeling musician Jill Jones, who used to have a similar shop called By The Bridge, until it got swept away in one of our epic floods. We are so glad to have her back in business, because you just never know what you will find there. It was Hubby who stopped dead in his tracks when we walked past this time, and this is what caught his eye.

Why was he so fascinated with this stuff? Well, turns out it's all made from parts you find in gas turbines -- a subject my hubby just happens to be a bit of an expert on! Where on earth does she find this stuff?

And, while we're on the subject of whimsical art, this is what's happenin' in the bedroodio right now.

I'm doing a class on-line with one of my favorite watercolor artists, Danielle Donaldson. It's called Wild Blue Yonder!

First we practiced painting skies and clouds and rainbows...

then we tried our hand at whimsical birds -- some painted, some cut from paper, and some a combination of both.

Up next, paper airplanes! Then we will do a final masterpiece including all of the above. Normally I would get all sad and mopey when a fun class is coming to an end, but not when I have this to look forward to...

Danielle's new book that just came out, chock full of lots more fun projects just like these!

 What about you? Anything fun and whimsical going on in your neck of the woods?