Thanks to Amy’s post this morning I sent my husband and the Woog to the moon. Space was our inspiration today and this is what we came up with, It took way much longer than I anticipated because we kept switching stuff around. I think we pretty much used all the junk we picked out.

Here’s the begining of todays project. The theme is space. We may not use everything here but we’ll sure try. Check back later today for the finished piece.

Originally posted on January 16, 2007

It’s Wednesday again and time for Woogie Wednesday. This is where we make one of my found object (Junk A Doodles) pieces.

Here’s what we started off with:

I then asked her, what should we make out of all this?
“Diamonds” she said with a smirk on her face. She was wearing a “diamond” ring and she wanted something to match.

I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do, so it took me a while to figure it out and in the meantime she lost interest but did check on me from time to time and hand me pieces of junk to use.

The best thing I could come up with was a cat with diamond stripes and diamonds on the collar. I also did a few stitch lines and am calling it Illustration Friday this week too.

Here’s how it turned out:

I’m still working on the Woogie Wednesday site, but prints should be up for sale over the weekend if not before.

Originally posted on January 9, 2007

It’s Wednesday again and time for Woogie Wednesday. This is where we make one of my found object (Junk A Doodles) pieces.

Here’s what we started off with:

I then asked her, what should we make out of all this?
“How ’bout a DUCK!”

OK. I guess we both have birds on the mind today.

She starts picking out which parts will be what and paints the head, beak and paper punches random bits, while I paint the background. She them turns her attention to doing one all by herself and confiscates 2 of the pieces. She made a mouse and thought it was hilarious that I took a picture of it:

And here’s how it turned out:

And then here’s out finished product. more of a chick than a duck. It would make a cute Valentine’s Day card I think.

I’m launching a Woogie Wednesday site next week and we’ll be selling prints of our pieces, so stay tuned!

Originally posted on December 18, 2007

We finished up our snowman and our cards go out tomorrow!

Originally posted on December 12, 2007

The past several (SEVERAL!) Woogie Wednesdays have consisted of deadlines for me or the Woog helping me measure, paint and whatnot in the new studio. We didn’t do pictures of those days because it really wasn’t all that interesting. But now, since the studio is done, this is the first Woogie Wednesday and really the first kind of art (besides those 60 illustrations I had due yesterday) that was done in the studio. And, since we’ve started late in the day it will continue into a Woogie weekend.

Today, we are working on our Christmas card. We’re making a Junk A Doodles snowman:

And the Woog is loving her new studio space. Here she is while the paint is drying:

And I don’t like to show a room that’s not yet fully decorated (hopefully I’ll be able to do that some tomorrow in between projects), but here’s a sneak peek at one wall:

Originally posted on September 26, 2007

It’s Wednesday again and time for Woogie Wednesday! today I’m also announcing a contest I’m hosting for Halloween. Pumpkin Junkin’ I had this idea last year but didn’t have the time to execute it. It should be lots of fun so won’t you join in? All the details are on the site.

The Pumpkins:

The Junk:

The Final Product:

And Details of Each

Originally posted on September 10, 2007

Well, we finally finished up our pieces from here and here. Hope the little ones like them!!

Originally posted on September 5, 2007

Well, here it is Wednesday again and we’re still working on the dog gifts from last week. I’ve gotten busy with work so we haven’t been able to make much progress until today.

Originally posted on August 29, 2007

Well, here it is Wednesday again and I think out project for Woogie Wednesday will turn into a Woogie week and weekend for a few reasons. Number one, we aren’t home today so I’m working remotely and I can very well bring all my junk with me to create and two, the canvases I want to do these on should be arriving from Dick Blick today so the Woog can’t start painting yet.

I decided this morning that our project would be a gift for a little boy and a little girl. You may not be able to tell anything from this messy sketch, but at least “I” know exactly what I’m doing :)

Oh, and last week’s start of a giraffe never happened and may have to turn into something else another day. There has been zero interest from the Woog.