“Each Day a Gift!”
Over the last month of 2015, This little collage was created for a Birthday Gift for a friend. It was fun to do, and I sincerely hope she liked it. Since her birthday, it has been chaos, and I really haven’t seen her. But I know she appreciates the things that remain important……waking up each morning, having her Family and the Friendships that we all share!
Inspiration comes in part from Zebra Designs & Inspiration
When I am out of ideas or even just tired, and in need of some rest and relaxation I often turn to YouTube for inspiration. Sometimes I go to YouTube for problem solving. After all where else can you go for just about any information possible?
Today you will be watching an Abstract Art Demo by Karen Hale. It impressed me when I saw how she used her colors, shapes, rulers, pie-tins, and more. When I started out in Water Color I loved the look of w/c, but what I didn’t like was how structured, and perfect each thing each thing I did, had to be done just right or your painting didn’t come out right. That is why I changed to acrylics, and oils. W/C just didn’t dry fast enough, and it made me anxious, and uncomfortable. Today I still use w/c when I travel, and journal, but they are small & dry more quickly.
Here is what I thought…
It would be fun to watch different YouTube videos on art. Maybe abstract, mixed media, or collage. Maybe something specific you want to see, how about you comment and let me know, and I’ll try to find what you are looking for and post it. It could be fun, maybe we could all learn something new, and we can share ideas.
I’m asking any, and all of you out there in blogging land to give me ideas on what you would like to learn or see, and I’ll blog it. Get your thinking caps on, and let’s go for it!
This is a chance to get to know each other better, and share the things we love the most!
Buddha
I finally finished the Buddha painting!
Admittedly it has taken me forever, but finally it came together, & now I’m content with it. It most definitely was a push and pull to the finish line.
Zebra Designs & Destinations has in part provided me with inspiration, and I’m grateful not just to Z, but to my Diva sisters as well.
Abstract Universe
A few years ago I took a class with Mary Beth Shaw at Art Unraveled in Phoenix, Az. This was the best class, with carving, stenciling, using molding paste, and collage all worked into one piece. It was very inspiring, and gratifying to complete this piece. And for a first time, I think it turned out pretty well. The trick seems to be to go back home and do more of the same.
So back home I went…..
Music of the Universe
and, created Music of the Universe. The process took me a little longer, but when I finished it was so gratifying to have created this on my own!
I started working on another piece, and another piece, and even another piece, but the inspiration has bypassed me. Presently I’m waiting for my muse to show up, and kick me in the pants. Oh I will do it, I think what seems to be missing is the right subject or abstract idea. I’ve been spending time sketching, and meditating on my back patio, so I expect before long…..BAM…inspiration will hit, and off I go!
In the meantime, I’m getting out my molding paste, papers, some acrylic paint, and a hard board. I’m going to start playing like I was three years old, and see what little Karen can come up with!
“Holding it Together”
As I look through the Daily Post for Writing 201….
I have come across the following quote.. Somehow it hit home with me, maybe because growing up in our household, art was not an option, or maybe because I’m such a rebel. I don’t even remember bringing art up, it was so not an option! I never had the nerve or inclination to be gay, but as a child, I was a pretty good artist, and quite creative. Somehow that creativity was watered down, and pretty soon I found myself involved with a family, kids, and didn’t even have the time, or energy to look back.
Sadly it took me years to find myself, only to get lost in the teenage revolution. Amazingly, I survived three kids going through their teenage years without many headaches, or meltdowns!
Eventually, freeing myself after the kids left home to find my heart was in my art once again. I’m still finding art, and still looking for myself in the way I paint, and express myself. I think that’s called growing? They say it’s the journey, not the destination, and it’s an interesting journey at that!
“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
A Man Without a Country
This quote was taken from the Daily Post, and written by Kurt Vonnegut
In taking this two-week class I have discovered new ideas, some I have implemented, some were already in place. I’m still learning, and making an effort to create a blog that is interesting, and full of great content. I love to write, but I love painting and creating as well. I’m getting my mojo back, and starting to create more often. It is on my mind constantly now, and each thing I do during the day, or experience I have, my mind goes to how can I relate that to a painting! This is what creating is about, weather we are a writer, a musician, a painter, or wherever our creating process is……
Have a beautiful day full of ideas, and lots of creating!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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