Jun18
Wordless Wednesday
Tag Archives: drawings
May29
Time Out for Art!
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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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!
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Jan8
Fake It ‘Till You Make It!
WordPress has many helpful posts that enable a blogger like myself to see their evil ways. At the beginning of December, my intention was to catch up on all the changes, and helpful tips WordPress had to teach me. I’ve seen my evil ways…and now I want to change them! Well, it probably will happen […]
Nov30
Sketching From Memory
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It occurred to me yesterday, that a sketch challenge might be fun, so I’m challenging you to do something you may not have done before! When sketching, do you sketch outside, from a picture, or are you able to sketch from memory? Each one of those techniques has its own challenges for sure, and many […]
Nov12
Coffee, Tea or Cocoa?
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What a wonderful weekend we’ve had! The weather all over the place; mild, damp, drizzly, chilly, and warm. How blessed can we be to live right here in Southern California? When trying to think of another place to live, there isn’t any other place that promises mild weather, sunshine, and ocean breezes. Oh sure there […]
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