Jun17
Wordless Wednesday
Tag Archives: creative energy
Jun16
Good Morning Tuesday
I’m sitting here in my studio trying to decide what to do next! I have many unfinished paintings that aren’t speaking to me, and just like so many others, they may just end up under another painting. Molly Moo had several paintings under her, and Dusty the bunny has at least four paintings under him. Dusty hasn’t been revealed yet, but his day is coming this week.
Molly Moo the Free Cow
I have started a small 20″ X 24″ abstract a couple days ago, and decided to let it dry before continuing. Now I’m thinking I should have just kept going while the paint was wet, and see what happens. After all it is intuitive art, and it is abstract, so the worst that can happen is that it becomes an underpainting.
For me, the best thing to do is get into the studio early while I have lots of ideas, and energy…..turn great music on, and open up jars of paint. The bigger the mess, the more creative I become, and louder the music, the faster I paint, and the better the painting.
So let’s get started!
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Apr3
Frantic Friday
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Mar26
Thursday Time Out For Art
Over the weekend we celebrated the 92nd Birthday of our dear Friend, and art sister. Maxine never fails to bring to us her inspiration, and creative energy. How she does it, I do not no, but I want to be just like her when I grow up!
Zebra Designs & Destinations is a great place to get inspiration from, take a peek!
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Mar5
Thursday Time Out For Art
Artichoke my Heart!
After going to the Pasadena Art & Product Expo I came home with a set of American Journey Watercolor paints. I have always loved the vibrancy of their colors. They were a good bargain, and I think they are compirable to a much more expensive paint.
The minute I came back home, I had to sit down and paint. This painting is the result. The artichoke flower was spontaneous, and fun. I couldn’t wait to start it, and I couldn’t wait to finish it!
It now hangs in the collection of a friend of mine, and she loves it too.
Check out Zebra Design & Destination to see what is going on in Ecuador.
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Oct9
Time To Create Again!
Anyone who knows me, knows I haven’t been very productive in quite a while. I’ve tried, but somehow I just haven’t been able to find inspiration…until now!
A couple of months ago, I signed up to be part of the Sketchbook Project!
For the last few summers I have watched each year as this project unfolds, and in the back of my mind, thinking one year I would join in. This was that year! Of course, I needed another project, but what better time to start an art project than when you’re busy, right? My thinking was that it is only 32 pages, and certainly a little project like that would be a snap for me! The other thing is, we are all busy all the time anyway, so why wait?
After getting back into our home since having bamboo floors laid in the entire house (studio included), I think I’m ready to start thinking about putting pen to paper, and leaving my mark on whatever community it will be going to. That’s not to say that everything is perfect in our home. After all, some of the paintings still remain stacked in the corner waiting to find their rightful place on the wall. The livingroom looks new, and fresh. I’ve changed things around, replaced some things, and gotten rid of others. It feels like a new home to me, and now I’m ready to get back to sketching, and painting!
It’s interesting how something like this can give us an entire new outlook on just about everything, and I find myself energized, and inspired!
Who knows how long it will take me to complete this sketchbook. The project needs to be mailed back by January 15, 2014, so I really do have plenty of time. Anything goes this time, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do, anything, whatever feels right! Poetry, sketches, collage, ink, pen, you name it.
In the next few weeks, or maybe I should say, next couple of months, I’ll be posting the pages I work on, and you can tell me what you think. Make suggestions, I’m always open for comments, in fact I love getting comments, it keeps me motivated!
Sketchbook Project
This little Sketchbook will be going to the Central Part of the Mid-West!
So for now,….. Start a project, and share it with me! I’ll be back!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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