This week’s word from my word bowl are: the smoke from a chimney wispy silver Yesterday was busy busy and I didn’t get to post these then. I haven’t had a chance to create anything yet either, although I have a few ideas floating around in my head. I’ll be back to post my finished […]
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 from MY Word Bowl are: her hair cheerfully sending love I love to sketch and paint girls with long flowing hair, so these words instantly inspired me and I created this mixed media journal spread. If this week’s words inspire you to create something too, I’d love if you […]
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 […]
Starting Monday, I’ll be bringing back “From My Word Bowl”. I’ll post the words I pull from my word bowl, along with what they inspired me to create each week, both here and on Instagram. If they inspire you to create something, (a painting, a sketch, an art journal spread, etc., etc.) I hope you’ll […]
This was originally posted on January 5th 2016. I’m reposting it in response to Effy Wild’s Artfully Wild Blog Along’s nudge for today: “Dig something really good out of your archived writings”. Because this has primarily been a blog dedicated to displaying art and not to writing words, I have very few archived “writings”. This […]
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 […]
From My Word Bowl – 9 This week I drew two great phrases and the word, and, from my word bowl. The sketch I did, I didn’t really “fuss over”, except to add some watercolor to it. I think she looks a little surprised, by what I’m not sure, but I’m happy that the […]
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 […]
From My Word Bowl – 30 in 30 Painting # 12 I wasn’t going to bring From My Word Bowl back until after 30 Paintings in 30 Days and 29 Faces were finished, but I needed a little inspiration for today’s watercolor face. These were today’s words: Thanks for having a peek […]
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 […]
From My Word Bowl – 5 This week’s words inspired me to create two aceos. Two aceos because of “the two”. The words spirit and humble reminded me of the style and techniques taught in one of Life Book 2016’s lessons by Shiloh Sophia . I wasn’t in a painterly sort of mood, so […]