I just finished my latest painting… It started out with the intention of being rocks, and before knew it, the painting was telling me this wasn’t rocks, but people. Every intuitive artist knows, they don’t know what a painting is going to look like when it’s finished. For that matter, they don’t know if it’s even finished. We can always go further, or go too far, and that I guess is up to the artist.
Presently I have another on the easel, and it’s telling me to STOP! So, I’m watching it to see if it tells me anything else. They are so picky, and bossy these paintings.
If any of you have ideas about the title, please let me know. I need to name it!
After searching around YouTube for a bit, I ran into this video, and it sparked my interest. I thought the artist that paints the dogs was amazing. Although I don’t paint like this, & I’m not really shure what my style is, it triggered my interest, and I thought you might be interested as well. I hope you enjoy.
Over the years I have transferred many photos, one that comes to mind is a photo of my sister and myself when we were little….yes we were once little! It turned out pretty well, but as many as I’ve done, it’s always been a pain to do. There are many different ways to achieve this, and this is just one of them. Enjoy!
After years of purchasing just the right art supplies to achieve just the perfect results, I now have a studio stuffed with supplies that I love using!
But…..
Who knew all I had to do was use what I was born with? My fingers and hands, maybe even my feet...who knew?
As I started to watch this video my thought was, “this isn’t going anywhere.” But, since I had started it, I always think you never know what might be learned by watching. It wasn’t very long and the blending of colors seemed interesting. Then suddenly it started to take shape and I found it even more interesting. Remembering back several years while taking a Bob Burridge week-long workshop in Sedona, Arizona. We were finger painting, and suddenly I felt like a three-year old, totally in the moment. The class was intense, and fun, and exhausting, but well worth the effort, experience and money!
It didn’t take me long to realize being in the moment was actually where I needed to be. Especially since I constantly fight to loosen up. This felt real and fun, and doable!
I loved it!
Running into this artist, Dena, who was finger painting was a perfect way to distance myself from the tendency to slip into reality. I hope you get some inspiration out of it as I have.
Thank you for following me, and commenting on videos and my work. I realize I’m not getting things out there like in the past, however I am working at it. As you all know, there are times when life gets in the way. Enjoy….
While I’ve been recuperating from surgery, I’ve been creating Spirit Dolls. My son gave me three beautiful pieces of smooth driftwood, and all I could see were faces in them……so that’s what I did!
I put faces on them and created spirits with moss, and shells, metal hearts and anything else that felt right. Later I will show them as I finish them. It’s a little slow right now, but I work on them a couple of times a week, and then I need a breather. With all the other things I “have” to do to recuperate, I don’t have a lot of energy to spend in my studio. It’s always on my mind, and in my heart, and I want to show them to you, it will just take a little longer than I’d like.
If you need any extra creativity ideas there are so many things to just run into on YouTube, and sometimes I’ll take my computer into bed while relaxing and just scan all the how to videos. It’s a terrible time sucker, but it’s impossible to be upright all day!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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