Our county fair was this last week, and there was soooooo much art there!
First you should know that my sister and I spent a lot of time at the fair . . . a LOT. We went every day except one.
Why?
It was because we were helping at two booths! The first was inside in the air-conditioning (which was very nice). We did hand painting and told kids about Jesus. It was great! 😀
The second was a lemonade trailer, about 15 minutes away (walking) from the first. And when we would leave the first one, my sister and I would look around at the other booths on our way to serve lemonade.
And we saw art. Lots of it!
You may be picturing (pun intended) framed photos or drawings, but that’s not all we saw.
You see, art shows up in many other places than frames! Art on tee-shirts, in jewelry, in hairstyles, and in the booth displays! They’re all different kinds of art, but they each show a unique personality.
Did you ever think about how what you wear portrays who you are? It does! Your own artful touch shows up in each article of clothing or accessory you put on.
But there was also the framed art and paintings.
On one of the days when we were done at both booths early, my sister and I went into the Open Class art exhibit. It was like walking into art heaven for me. 😀
Well, most of it was. 😂
There was some abstract art on the wall that was a little confusing to look at (kinda made my head swim), but to each their own! I personally don’t paint abstract as a habit, so it’s not my personal preference. But some of them had gotten blue ribbons, so somebody enjoys it!
Other than those, I saw charcoal portraits (that all looked AMAZING!!!), acrylic landscapes, watercolor flowers, and pencil sketches. They were all fantastic!
But my favorite one was a Chinese brush painting of a rose tree. I have a book about that style
(with tutorials). I’ve seen that painting before and want to do it.
When I saw it at the fair, I just stared. May I say it looked a teeeeennnyyyy bit better than the one in the book? I thought it did. 😊
But maybe that’s because someone who lives near me did it, instead of someone in a book. 🤷♀️
Either way, there was lots of art at the fair! I enjoyed seeing what is possible, and I was reinspired by seeing all the masterpieces.
And of course, I can’t leave without mentioning the jewelry.
Why?
Because in exchange for looking at the art, my sister (a jewelry maker) made me look at the jewelry.
Every. Single. Booth. In the whole fair.
But it was cool anyway, because there was art there too! Especially in the wire bending, which we saw a lot of. I love that style!
Ok, I’m done rambling. 😀 Go make some art, and God bless!
~Janet