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After years of creating Cut Paper Children's books, magazines and advertisements, I have ended up with a closet stuffed to the brim with boxes of cut paper art.
Along with these whole pieces of art I end up with little bits that I can't just throw out! So I have started making itty-bitty works of art that I place in tiny frames 6 1/2 x 4 1/4.
I am having a wee bitty sale on Thursday evening at 3:00 pm at my studio. I will also be at T.C. Scoops in Medway our local Ice Cream Parlor for a special arts and crafts night.
Or contact me for any thing you like.
[email protected] Subject Minis
Here are examples of framed and unframed art for size. So cute and fun to assemble. All original one of a kind cut paper minis!
Studio Sale this Friday 11/11 from 12-5:00 pm. Saturday 11/12 from 12-4:00pm.
13 Charles Street Medway MA 02053. 508-533-4496
Original art from Children's books (framed and unframed), Coloring books, kids books, posters, and my new passion Designer Hens!
Something for everyone! Stop by if you can.
HAPPY NATIONAL COLORING BOOK DAY! I'll be hosting a get together at TC Scoops Ice Cream Parlor in Medway MA tonight 8/2. There will be FREE
#MsMoffatt coloring pages, cards and bookmarks if you can join me. Teenagers thru adults welcome.
OR visit my website
judithmoffatt.com for free page downloads so you can color at home. OR check out
msmoffatt.etsy.com and get these cute animal and chicken cards...and more!
I love working with Designer fabrics for my little pincushion/paperweight hens.
These two hens are very special to me as they are made of material designed by my talented friend
Nicole Tamarin.
I created these two pretty girls for the designer. The green and pink is named "Nicole- Skilled and Classy". The blue is named "Tamarin- Talented and Stylish".
"Nicole" hen is available at 5 Crows Gallery in Natick. I have a couple of Tamarins roosting in my studio soon to go up on Etsy. Although no two birds are alike the fabric will be the same.
I adore my #HerdOfHens each one is a thrill to see finished.
#msmoffatt #pincushionhens
JUST found out, this coming Tuesday is National COLORING DAY! My favorite Ice Cream Parlor has reciently re-opened in new larger space with an activity room. A perfect space for coloring with room for all. ADULTS and YOUNG ADULTS, grab your pencils (or use the ones at T.C.Scoops) and come color with me. I'll provide FREE pages, cards or bookmarks with my original designs to color.
See you Tuesday evening from 7-8 for some coloring fun!!!
T.C. SCOOPS 100 Main Street Medway Mass
After a bit of searching for the right cover sock, the chickens are ready to fly. Set of 4 cards to color yourself and send! See more in my Etsy shop
MsMoffatt.Etsy.comOh what fun!
This coming Tuesday evening I'll be giving a presentation on exciting ways to color your coloring books, postcards or original art with regular colored pencils, watercolor pencils and pastel pencils. Here is a quick You Tube on using one of the the new Aqua brushs.
Presentation is from 7-8 PM at the Norfolk library in Norfolk MA call 508-528-3380 to reserve your space! See you soon.
#aquabrush #chickens #HerdOfHens
Don't you just love chickens? I do. I have taken a break from sewing my chickens to creating a coloring kit with 4 color your own cards. The kit that includes paper and envelopes, will soon be at TC scoops in Medway, Five crows in Natick and Gallery 65 on the New Bedford waterfront. Check them out today when I also post them on my Etsy Shop
MsMoffatt.Etsy.com
Lately I've had my antique sewing machine repaired and I've been sewing up a storm. A storm of chicks and hens. Mesmerized by the selection of beautiful fabrics, I can't seem to stop making these little cuties. There are so may designer fabrics and color combinations I adore!
After searching the Internet for the perfect pattern, I came up with my own version of the pin cushion chick, that can also serve as a paper weight, or a pretty adornment for the abode.
These are my smaller chicks. After trying various beaks I've settled on a favorite. Here the chicks are posing in Mandala formation.
My1940's Singer Featherweight goes forward and back, and that's all I need. Isn't it beautiful?
#HerdOfHens #Pincushionhens #msmoffatt #Pincushionchickens
Attention coloring aficionados! There is a new box of colored pencils and a pack of sharpeners at TC SCOOPS to help all you colorists create!
Pictured here are Rachael and her daughters; Lila and Zoe coloring the spring poster I donated to the ice cream parlor last month.
Come taste the best Ice cream in Medway (my favorite is Coconut) and grab yourself a pencil to help finish the community page!
Exciting news: T.C. Scoops is moving two doors down to a larger location were there will be space to start a coloring club! Who's in?
A Coloring Book artist's finished works are only as good as the colorists that complete them!
I got a lovely surprise when Sue Deignan emailed me this page from my book
"Merry Mandalas". The piece is called "Going Buggy"and I am delighted by the artful way she finished this Mandala. The colors are fabulous and beautifully blended. The highlights on the leaves, wings and center flowers give the page energy.
Thank you Sue for making Going Buggy look so good!
PS I'll be at the Norfolk Library on July 12 from 7-8 Pm teaching coloring techniques with my new
"Cut and Color Cards". Come join me if you're local!
As some of you may know, purple is my absolute favorite color. I wandered about the garden and took a few shots this morning.
Outside my studio on the farmers porch I painted a little gourd where the Carolina Wrens have nested for years.
The lilacs are miniatures that come into bloom following the standard darker purple variety...that I have lots of.
And the beautiful Clematis curls up around my lamp post in the front yard.
Aha purple!
The giant iris are so much fun to watch unfurl every year. I have two varieties of large rhododendron. One a bit more on the pink side.
The flower on the upper right...well I don't know what that is. I got it as a freebie at a nursery when I bought a bunch of flowers.
Purple also makes me think of Prince lately. An incredible musician I followed very closely in the 80's. I will never forget the concert my sister and I attended to see Prince and his band the Revolution...adorned in purple of course.
RIP Prince!
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| Joanne Simmon, one of the originals! |
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| I cut and draw ideas for each classroom |
This year marks my 18th year of presentations at the fabulous Field School in Weston. It is a bitter sweet year, as it is the first time the man who made up the other half of this program passed away suddenly this fall.
The very clever, funny, Jeff Kelley had been coming to the school (long before I started) to teach the 4th graders how to write a story about themselves. Then I'd follow and teach the kids how to illustrate their stories in cut paper. We were a team, and he is greatly missed.
This has been a successful program that we all look forward to each year. It wraps up the school year for teachers, authors, artists and kids with a wonderful product; a bound book written and illustrated by each and every 4th grader. What an accomplishment!
Joanne Simmon is one of the talented teachers that I've known for all 18 years.Their are eight great teachers at the helm of this fourth grade ship.
The sewn animals were done in Margaret Allards class. Mrs. Allard is another one of the original teachers I met all those years ago.
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| Margaret Allard's 4th grade class sewing project...adorable! |
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My favorite spot for a spot of tea. Tea and Sympathy in NYC.
An Adorable tiny tea room stuffed with tea pots, delectables and the wonderful aromma of fresh scones being baked.
Itroduced to me by my fine friend Ellen. Visted this week by Susan Novich and myself.
Also searched for some fab fabrics at MOOD and City Quilters.
So much stuff to see and do in the city...so little time.
Nicole Tamarin from our FAN group got a great break at this years Surtex show. This is the fabulous display she designed, built and filled with amazing art for her 5th year at the show.
Two other FAN (Freelance Artists Network) had work at this years show. Lesley Breen Withrow (adorable bags and much more), and Lisa Graves with "Parcai Designs" (Lets be Fancy line).
Susan Novich and I walked the show, visited our friends and gathered inspiration.
I met Susan Coccia who's wonderful art and coloring books I have admired.
There were sooo many coloring books and posters the show!
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| Lesley on left. Lisa on right. |
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| Biggest coloring poster! |
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| Nicole, Lisa, me and Susan Novich |
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| Susan Coccia |
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| Display of the Louie Awards. The award winning Cards from the Stationary show. |
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| Papyrus had a fab display of paper roses! |
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| Another great paper wall. |
This is not Halloween. This was my favorite fall look in art school. Long black velvet cape for warmth, with turtle neck velvet mini and tights. s artists we needed to stand out from the crowd.
In high school I was known as "Cutesie Judy". Starting life anew I I wanted to look mysterious. I painted one of my pieces in blood and tried serious subjects avoiding cute at all costs!
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| Joseph Sullivan with his final project. |
Fast forward 2016. My godson Joey is in his first year of art school with a serious subject for his final project; called "Guernica take two" after Picasso's work of the same name, created to elicit a common reaction of horror from the viewer.
"My whole life as an artist has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against reaction and the death of art. In the picture I am painting — which I shall call Guernica — I am expressing my horror of the military caste which is now plundering Spain into an ocean of misery and death." Pablo Picasso
Joey choose to fill a 126 page sketchbook with 30 days of exploring and recording the violence of humanity. Pretty serious stuff for a first year. Well done godson!
He writes:"It is east to see the physical pain we impose on ourselves as a species, all it takes is a google search, but it's much harder to see the damage that happens inside of us as individuals."
It brought me back to my days in art school with all the wild hair and outfits at the student's art opening. Below is one last shot of two of Joey's class mates with part of their colorful final projects.
I have been wanting to visit this incredible shop for a few months now. I've ogled the fabrics on the Internet, but nothing beats actually feeling the quality of the cloth.
On a trip to Newburyport MA, we went a bit farther north to take in the legendary store.
So quaint and filled to the brim with the most beautiful fabrics! Mom, sister and I had a grand time looking, touching and then leaving with a few gems.
The shop girl tells me this store is one of three stores with the largest selection of Kaffee Fasset's fabrics in stock. Portsmouth Fabric Company has made beautiful selections of fabrics that go together that they sell in sets.
It's in a picturesque old building not far from the water in downtown Portsmouth. So many fabulous stores and restaurants to check out on a warmer weekend. We will go back!
If you go and want to get a cup of hot cup or tea or coffee served by a mermaid with many shades of blue hair, try Kaffee VonSolln a block away.
I've been playing around with my IPAD Mini making little digital sketches in "notes" that comes on the newer devices. For two mornings I've made these observations, while sipping my morning tea. Here are some of my favorite things; On the left is my chicken bank, teacup timer, candle and cup. On the right is Tinkerbell trying to keep warm. We've had rain and cold weather here for 8 days! Not what I hope for in May.
I met with the 20 ladies that were on retreat with their minister at the dinning hall, situated at the end of the quaint little village of Craigville.
We walked back to the Manor; a large antique house that sat atop a bluff overlooking the sand beach and ocean...beautiful setting!
Here are some of the mandalas from my afternoon workshop.
Along with regular colored pencils we used watercolor pencils and pastel pencils. The pastel pencils are antiques..."Prismapastels"... love the case.
#mandalaWorkshop #mandalamoff #msmoffatt
Packing up my little red Bug for a trip to Cape Cod where I'll be leading a Mandala workshop this afternoon.
I think I've packed 1/2 my studio!
Powerpoint presentation...check
Projector...check
Screen (found out last night there might not be one)...check
Handouts, colored pencils, Ipad stand and on and on. Hope I have everything!!
I've been trying to imagine how to fit a cat into a circular shape for a new design I'm working on.
I made page after page of sketches and nothing was quite right.
One morning when I was sipping my tea, I looked down at the sunny patch on the floor, and there was Tinkerbell posing for me!
I got lots of shots as she joyously wriggled on her back on the well designed
round rug in the sunlight!
Presently I'm teaching part of an illustration course at Rhode Island school of Design. To help my students with some of their difficult compositions, I've been preaching "look at life or take a photo!"
Sometimes real life is a better inspiration than what you can't quite imagine in your head.
Thank you Tinkerbell.
Here we are the cool members of the family coloring! I created a couple special Easter images.
This one I finally had the time to color myself.
I LOVE COLORING!
Front left, heading clockwise: Emma, Aunt Ruth, Ian, me, Corey and sister Sue.
Two things I love, make that Three: Spring, Tea parties and Pineapple pie.
Yesterday I started my afternoon with a tea party for two that grew into tea for four (thank goodness I made FOUR scones!
I was thrilled with how all the colors came together including the bouquet from my guest.
Next thing was to get the pie crust made for the ever popular Pineapple pie that I make once a year for Easter. The recipe is so simple and the results...yummy.
I got the recipe from my aunt Janet in 1987 and have been baking the pie ever since.
Janets Pineapple Pie:
20 ounce can crushed Pineapple
1/3 Cup sugar
2 Tablespoons Flour
1 Egg
Mix these all togeter pour them in a pie shell, pop on a pie crust top then pierce top with sharp knife.
Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes, until edges of shell brown a bit.
That's it!
I like to sprinkle mine with large sugar crystals before baking.
Tinkerbell photo bombing the flowers AFTER the party is over!
Happy Easter everyone!
Just dropped of some coloring books and posters at
Curiosity and Mischief in Narragansett RI.
This sweet little store is walking distance from the beach that carries gifts, books and lots of awesome greeting cards.
Decorated in pleasing shades of aqua, the store is nestled in with a selection of interesting shops at 4A Pier Marketplace.
Please note, there is a big comfy chair for the person shopping with you in need of a rest!
At low tide there is a sandy beach covered with cool rocks by the water. I love a walk on the beach and couldn't help but pick up a few little treasures for my collection of special rocks...Oh and a nice little nubbin of sea glass!
Beautiful old house not far from the beach. Great color on the trim!
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Nicole Tamarin from our FAN group got a great break at this years Surtex show. This is the fabulous display she designed, built and filled with amazing art for her 5th year at the show.
Here are some of the mandalas from my afternoon workshop.
