Today’s Word Bowl words are: the girl It’s how we use them that counts. could you imagine At first glance, I wasn’t sure how I could use these words, but then I got to thinking. I have painted and sketched many, many girls and many of them sit in a file and have never […]
This week’s words I drew out of my word bowl….. and the full painting they inspired… If any of these words inspire you to create a painting, an art journal page, a sketch or anything else, I would be thrilled if you’d share. You can share by leaving a link here or by […]
My Little Bliss List (Remembering the things that made me happy this week, because it’s so easy to forget them.) Shine Brightly That’s the name of this painting… The night sky out here is amazing. It’s filled with stars. I love looking up at them. It’s awe inspiring. This city mouse turned country mouse will […]
Painting From Another Inspiration Stack I enjoyed painting from the inspiration stack, which I shared with you last week, so much, that I decided to do it again. I loved the words in the text piece of paper: “Waiting in the wings. Awash in feather she could easily be princess turned into swan”. […]
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From My Word Bowl – 10 Last week’s Life Book 2016 lesson with Tracy Verdugo taught me a new way to find inspiration to create with. She introduced me to “Inspiration Stacks”. I love-love-loved the idea! What is an inspiration stack? It’s torn sheets of ephemera, scrapbook paper, magazine and book pages etc. which are […]
I was instantly inspired by Enchanted Visions’ theme for October. Eerie Encounter. Isn’t it perfect for this month of Halloween? I love the definition of eerie. Definition of eerie: 1. inspiring inexplicable fear, dread or uneasiness; strange or frightening […]
Isn’t it nice when you see something in your mail that isn’t a bill or a piece of junk mail? I’m not talking about your email inbox. I’m talking about your good old, snail mail mailbox. I love to receive mail, that is why I belong to a “Happy Mail” group on Face Book. […]
Be Your Own Angel I was inspired to paint this angel by a Life Book 2016 lesson by Ivy Newport. It was suggested to make it a paint over of a ‘selfie’ to make it a self portrait. Obviously, I did not do a self portrait and my interpretation of the lesson is different. […]
From My Word Bowl 8 – A Work in Progress Hi everyone. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. Sorry for being a day late with my word bowl words.. I had a few technical problems that had to be solved before I could post, but all is good now. I love this week’s […]
Does This Ever Happen To You? Does a painting ever take over your creative process to the extent that you can’t work on, or think about painting anything else? I’ve been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks. Ten days ago, (ten days ago!) I posted this photo of a work in progress […]
Working with mixed media can sometimes make me feel very uncomfortable. I don’t always like the messiness and the chaos that results. I like other artists’ work, just not my own. It’s way out of my comfort zone. Occasionally I force myself to do it and accept the result. That happened with this week’s art […]