Virtual Summer Studio Tour!

 by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

 

Hello World

Howdy and Welcome,

Now that the evening temps here in Chicago have dipped to freezing, it's once again time for me to move my art studio with wet supplies back inside the house to my 'winter studio'. What a pain to move the art studio twice every year - but I've almost got it down to a science. (The front porch is not heated, so the art studio is moved inside every fall and back to the front porch every summer).

I wanted to show you what it looked like this summer. These are the 'before' pics. The 'After' pics are coming in a few days.

Fan and top of drying rack 1



Work station






Wet work carts

Wet work turntable

Black under-table cart with gessos and texturing pastes
(Cart from Tar-get, love it - best cart to fit under tables!)

Drying rack 2 on second table

Pile of at work in progress for Sep 2011 show and storage cabinet

Looking north at second work table
with my friend Jane Sassaman's spectacular art quilt covering the intereior window wall
 (This side of the porch is shaded by a huge pine tree, so there is no direct light on my quilt)

Long south view to the other half of the studio

Storage on south side of studio for paper, mags and books

Door to inside 'winter studio'
You can almost see the entrance to my jewelry studio to the left of the red fan

Thanks for visiting - please leave a comment and come back soon!

Peace,

LuLu

Celebrating my 1st year Blogoversary with a give-a-way!

http://lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/2010/10/giveaway-giveaway-lulus-1st.html

CLOSED - Giveaway! Giveaway! LuLu's 1st Blogoversary Giveaway! CLOSED

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome, 
Wow, that was fast! It's hard to believe that I've done one year of blogging already. Zip, zip, zip!

So to celebrate, I am offering you wonderful Followers, my first ever online Giveaway! This prize contains some of my favorite art supplies! All Followers of LuLu Too Beaucoup have until midnight November 27, 2010 to enter.

Super-duper mixed-media art prize package!

1. original art journal - prepped, signed and dated art journal by me  - suitable for adding your journaling, painting, sketches, collage or photos (watercolor paper, prepped with gesso, glazes, calligraphy, art writing, dimensional embellishments, ribbons on wire binding - $300 value)
2. Moleskine Cahier Large Plain Notebook (red softcover, 80 plain blank pages - 40 leaves, spine stitching, acid free paper, 16 perforated removable pages, back pocket, 8.25" x 5.25" - suitable for sketching or practicing your calligraphy).
3. Vintage 1954 art book from the Art Treasures of the World Series - Van Gogh (used book, includes many color prints in fine condition - $50 value. These art books are wonderful for studying the 'master' artists lives and art works. The plates are perfect inspiration. I have a whole set of these vintage art books!)
4. old dictionary pages (from foreign language and English dictionaries)
5. old Spanish textbook pages
6. old French textbook pages
7. old math formula pages
8. Shakespeare sonnet pages (distressed by me with tea and walnut ink)
9. vintage sheet music 
10. maps
11. organizer tote by Crop In Style (for 12" scrapbooking paper, divided interior of 3 pockets, with velcro strap to slip over handle of rolling case)
12. 3 faux-vintage softcover 'Shipshewana' travel pamphlets (perfect to use as an Art Journal, already prepped with some pages removed)
13. metal / aluminum repair tape strips (adhesive backed, can be dry embossed and painted with acrylic paints or alcohol inks)
14. pocket notepad
15. vintage divided lunch tray
16. vintage illustrated nursery rhyme pages
17. vintage illustrated cookbook pages
18. old book pages
19. two chipboard coasters
20. foam brush
21. two  B & W prints (Tower of London and Tower Bridge, suitable for painting or coloring)
22. original watercolor of The Tower of London
23. 7 Gypsies chipboard album  (small)
24. various ephemera
25. original embellishments by me for LuLu Too Beaucoup
26. various dimensional embellishments  

HOW TO ENTER

1. Become a Follower.
2. Surf my blog to determine which of my posts you like best - and note the title.
3. Add a post to your blog mentioning this Blogoversary with a link back to this Giveaway post.
4. Add a comment (in English, German or French) to this post and include the title of my blog post that you like best and why you like it (from #2 above), PLUS include your email address, PLUS include your country, PLUS include a link back to your blog post.
5. Complete your entry before DUE DATE: midnight November 27, 2010
6. One entry per email address.
   
   
   Note: To be eligible, you must have a blog, an  email account and follow this blog.

Winner will be selected by me based on your comments to this post. Winner will be announced before midnight Novemebr 28, 2010. I will email the winner to get their full postal mailing address when winner is announced. Good luck!

Thanks to all of you for following my art work! During my many ups and downs, fortunes and misfortunes, you have made this past year rewarding and incredibly inspiring for me.

Thanks for visiting - and please come back again real soon!

Peace,
LuLu

NEW FLASH! MORE PRIZES here as of Nov 14!

List It Tuesday - DVD list

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome!

Here's another entry for List It Tuesday.
These are the DVDs and videos sitting on top of the TV waiting to be put away...

Black Pentel WOW BK440 Ballpoint pen and 

Blue fine point Sharpie on wallpaper sample