Category Archives: Journaling

Apr9

Take a Deep Breath, and Breathe

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Two weeks ago almost all of our family, and ourselves went on a vacation to Hawaii.  Not one of us had been to the Big Island before, so it was quite an excursion.

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As an artist I took pictures of leaves, flowers, trees, and surf.  The colors were amazing!

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My daughter had a really good camera, and she took all kinds of pictures that I couldn’t get.  My grandson, Connor had his GoPro with him and was in the ocean snorkeling  with it on his chest.  What a trip!

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Did you spot the little green Day Gecko?  The wildlife was abundant, and we all had fun trying to spot little creatures that were hidden among the shrubs.

The air was clean, and fresh.  All was had to do was Take a Deep Breath, and Breathe!

Apr9

Thursdays Time Out For Art

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I love crows, and I’m always trying to incorporate crows into my art.  These two pieces are about 8″X8″, and are both experiments.  Using charcoal, pens, paint, sandpaper, and stencils, they were created for fun.  I have always loved the way they turned out, but never have done anything with them.

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Much of my present day inspiration is in part due to Zebra Designs & Destinations.  Check them out, and see what’s going on in another part of the world.

 

Apr7

Easter Projects

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It seems to be my modus operandi to wait until the eleventh hour to start a project with a time frame. This one is no exception, when a friend of mine came up with a fabulous idea. Some of you may celebrate differently, but we celebrate Easter. To all of you I wish a beautiful day.
My friend came up with using origami papers to cover a plastic egg, top, and bottom. There are some beautiful origami papers out there, some reasonable, some expensive. Mostly I bought what I thought was expensive, but was probably somewhere in the middle price range.

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Using matt medium, I covered the entire half of the egg, tore papers up, and used medium to hold  them to the egg itself.

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Since the origami papers only had a couple of the same colors, I had to glaze over them with a lighter, transparent color.

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To finish it off I used Iridescent medium.  The blue and green eggs are for the boys, Sage gets an entirely different more girly decorated egg.  Stuff it with grass, a few candies, and a little money!

I’m finished, That’s it!

The eggs went over as expected……what kid doesn’t like getting money?

Apr2

Thursday Time out for Art1

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IMG_3872Some of you already know that my husband Les, and I just celebrated out 24th Anniversary.  Both of us has been married before, so for us this was a big thing.  Les brought me this  beautiful bunch of flowers the day before so we could both enjoy them.   This was followed by a fabulous dinner at Jake’s Del Mar Restaurant.