Zebra Design & Destinations host a Thursdays Time out for Art, and this is one of my nature walk sketches.
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Category Archives: Mixed media
Jun25
Wordless Wednesday
Jun23
Day 16: Lost and Found
Clearly, I have lost my ability, and desire to do Science Experiments, but this week my grandson Connor is staying with us, and being the crazy science kid that he is wanted to do a project. We talked about a lot of things , but one thing I learned is that “Bill Nye the Science Guy” is Connors hero!
Good to know…
Knowing, and being familiar with Mr. Nye gave me a pretty good idea of what I was in for. As our morning started to unfold Connor asked me if I had any potatoes. We don’t really eat potatoes, so I inquired as to what he wanted potatoes for, hoping he wasn’t going to try stuffing them into the tailpipes on our cars! Finally he whipped out his trusty laptop…the one Santa brought him last Christmas, and pulled up this potato experiment on YouTube.
Making Mud from a Potato!
So off we went to the closest grocery store to buy the biggest russet potatoes we could find. I pulled out the food processor, and started following directions on YouTube….. what do you know….It Worked! I could have bought an entire bag of potatoes, but who knew. Basically, I’m pretty sure we were working with potato starch here, but the results were intriguing.. Once it settled into the bowl it was solid, almost too hard to move around. But once the solid was picked up, it started to turn to liquid, and Connor keeps telling me...it’s edible too!
Through this entire experiment, I realized I might have lost the desire to experiment with things like potatoes, but leave it to a nine-year old to help me find the fun in science experiments!
I’m so glad I didn’t try and talk him out of doing this, even though my kitchen looks like kids have been experimenting in it, and when you think about it my inner child must have come out to play because it really was fun, and I wasn’t even worried about my kitchen!
This is pure kids fun, and I found myself loving every minute of it!
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Jun20
Day 15: Will My Voice Find Me?
For years now I have been my happiest when I hold a paint brush in my hand. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a teeny-weeny paint brush, or a big honker house brush, I love to paint! Watercolor paper can be laying right in front of me, and I can manage to find something creative to do with it. Or it could be a canvas, a board, or even a wall, I can find a way.
My voice is found in paint, and my artwork!
So when I hit a wall, and my inspiration dries up, I panic. Pure and simple, it terrifies me that I will no longer be able to create with paint. This is one of those times. If I have a project going, as I do now, I seem to fight it! My deadline for this current project is the first of July. It’s a doozy too! I have three pieces that need to be finished. I could eek out a week more, but vacation looming, I really don’t have much more time to spend. There is another two projects that have to be completed by the first of next week, and I’m really lagging on those. They haven’t even been started, and that’s a real problem!!!
So What Now?
I think my writing is taking over my love of painting in a way. I’ve always wanted to write, and now I have the opportunity to learn and grow. These little month long classes are wonderful to help do just that, but at the same time, my growing has almost come to a complete halt in the creating area. Weekends have got to be creative especially since I’m so far behind in these projects. I even sleep better when I’m busy rushing around painting, and pulling ideas together!
Where is your voice anyway?
Do I have two voices…my art, and my writing? I certainly love them both, but are they my true voice, maybe. By the way, and this might be the key, I am a Gemini! The twins, two sides, two loves, two voices….. I’m saddened to think one of them might not come back, but it also excites me to think there may be something new, and interesting on it’s way!
Will my voice find me?
It’s been my experience that if you don’t agonized over things, they have a way of working themselves out. I’m betting that…….
My Voice will find me!
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Jun19
Day 14: To Whom It May Concern,
To whom it may concern,
Today on impulse (The word of the day from page 29), I’m choosing to play hooky!
Having several projects that are due by the end of the month, I need some time to complete them. My art has gone by the wayside in an effort to be a better, more interesting writer, but today I’m picking up the paint brush instead of playing with the black keys of my computer.
Sincerely, Karen
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Jun19
Thursdays Time Out for Art
Since strawberries are coming into season here, I thought a little watercolor journaling might be fun!
Thursdays Time out for Art is a group that posts on Thursday, and hosted by Zebra Designs and Destinations. Thank you Z for all the inspiration you provide me with.
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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