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These last few weeks have been busy crazy for me, and there hasn’t been much art created in my studio lately. With surprise Birthday Parties for my grandson, and my friend Margaret, only a little progress has been made on anything I’ve been working on. The assemblag is just about to where it starts getting […]
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Originally posted on Living It Up in Ecuador:
All of you who have been following our blog post for the last several months know that Mary has been very busy preparing special paintings for each of our grandchildren. This meant that she tasked herself with painting twenty-six different pictures! Her job was made more complex as she wanted each…
A Gourd full of Succulents
Last week one of the challenges that was given to the Blogging 101 class, was to join a blogging event of our choice, and participate in this group. After searching through all the different events, I chose to join “Time out for Art! I liked the idea, and after emailing the Leader of the Pack, I liked her, and the event even more.
You can find more about the Blog I’m following here at “Zebra Designs & Destinations!”
Today I’m posting a little sketch that I did while visiting with friends I hadn’t seen in years. In it is a bit of zentangle,, and a little creative thinking, and simply mindless doodling as we chatted. They were painting with watercolors, I was playing with graphite, and pens! Another Mixed Media problem…..it’s really difficult to drag all the stuff with you that is needed to work in mixed media, thus the journal sketching.
I’m going to make an effort to post a little sketch for the Time Out for Art Blogging Event which is to be posted by Thursday each week….we’ll see how that goes since I’ve had little time to paint recently, and that’s what I need to be doing. But I’ll try!
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week or so ago I posted a little about myself. I reminisced, I laughed, I shared, and then I’d had enough, it was over! Today I’m going to tell you a little more…
Well…
By now, you’ve probably guessed that I like to do a little of everything – being a Mixed Media artist and all. You would be absolutely right! I can get sidetracked so fast it makes even my head spin! My head spins a lot, not just from Mixed Media, but all the thoughts and ideas that run through at all hours of the day and night. There aren’t any of my art friends that sleep well, we all wake up with ideas, and all night “the process” runs through our heads, along with solutions to anything we’ve been working on. Sometimes I get up in the morning exhausted from working things out all night long. Sound familiar?
Here it goes…..
Simple Journal
I have boxes of old jewelry, bolts, washers, cardboard, metal, and more just sitting around (boxes neatly stacked) waiting for me to get inspiration. When I do, maybe I’ll glue things down, or maybe I’ll sew it all together – who knows? It’s all good, and that comes under the “Mixed Media” heading.
A friend of mine once said to me, “Karen, if you don’t call yourself a Mixed Media artist, you wouldn’t have to save all that stuff. Then you wouldn’t have all those boxes!” How true that is, but don’t we have to create what our heart is happiest creating? I know my friend is happiest painting watercolors, and many of my friends do work in that medium. At one time in my life, I did too. But many of us have moved to something else we can learn to express ourselves with. It’s all good as long as it makes us happy! In the name of Mixed Media, I’ve created some amazing things.
Everything here is Mixed Media, and for me, it’s pretty interesting. I have many journals with decorated covers. All because I can’t seem to leave a surface bare even if it’s on a journal. Maybe its just a great excuse to create one more little piece of the Karen puzzle! Maybe I’m just trying to use up the über amounts of art supplies I have bought over the years, making myself feel like it has been money well spent. Who knows, but it makes me happy! Isn’t that all that counts?
Has anyone told you not to create like you do, and to do something else? Do you follow their suggestions? Do you think constructive criticism is constructive, or just plain criticism?
Your thoughts are important, please share them.
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One of my favorite things to do is share with my friends, and be shared with. Creativity is a funny thing – it runs hot and cold! Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don’t. When your muse is misplaced, well it feels like they will never return, let alone be helpful. But they always return […]
When I was very young, about seven, or eight I'd say, I wanted to be a ballerina. Not just a pretend ballerina, a real ballerina with those pink satin shoes that have flat toes to stand on, & flowing pink satin ribbon that laces up the legs! Is there really any other kind? I wanted […]
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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