Did Blogger get a face lift?

 

Well Hello !!!

Yes I am still alive, I just got caught up modding a FaceBook Group.

IKR! Can you imagine how insane you'd have to be to leave me

incharge? mwahahahaha...the POWER!!!

Anyhoo, I have been making junk/journals with free digi papers, 

while also doing this years Life Book course over at 

Willowing.com

so I thought I'd show you a few pieces I've done so far...

Cock a doodle Bloom with Eulalia Mejia

Book of Wonders with Angela Anderson

Whispers of gratitude with Tamara Laporte

Beginings with Melanie Rivers

Re imagine with Kim Dellow

Come to my tea party with Pamela Thornton

Harmony with Nadyia Duff

We all have wings with Toni Burt

Wishing stones stack with Andrea Gomoll

Wonder fox with Tamara Laporte

Moon Oracle with Tamara Laporte

Head full of Dreams with Megan Quinlan

And I made my journal cover with the art I made for the

warm up Mandala session with Tamara Laporte

My word for 2024 is "SERENITY"

so I chose a colour palette to work in that I find both 

calming and peaceful

(cos we could all use a bit of calmness after the past few years)

Chat soon

Enjoy XXX

Unqualified failure...

 Well I totally failed to keep up with my blogging in 2022!!!

Oh the shame!

My only defence/excuse is that I have no real excuse.

I blame family life, chaotic situations concerning loved ones

and the same old same old aches and pains ...

But, I've always had the aches and pains, so why am I giving in

to them now?

I guess I just need to give myself a stern talking to and get on

with life while I still have one!!!

Children, grandbabies and life should not be an excuse to do less,

rather a reason to enjoy things even more.

So look out 2023, this battered old hag is coming for YOU!

"Let yourself Bloom"

I can't even fathom how this was the last class I did...

PYH&S week 30 (they are now doing week 50)

Some wise words from a youthful family member...

A nephew asked why I was limping, I reminded him that I

was old and worn out.

His reply was,

"when we get old there are 2 things to be,

old and worn out or old and Dead.

Better to be old and worn out"

I laughed. He is right, and I am certainly not 

ready to lay down permanently just yet :D

Be seeing you soon.

XXX

My latest obsession ...

 I am absolutely loving taking part in this years 

PYH&S course.

Here are a few more pieces I've done in 

my sketchbook...

Acrylic roomscape with 

Kat Hamilton

Imagined Portrait(in oils) with

Shannon Richardson

mixed media "telling a visual story"

with Pamela Vosseller

Art desk doll

with Le Anne Hahn-Washburn

and then there are my "Elfies"

This is my second piece inspired by 

one of the hundreds of photos I have

of my Grandbaby lol

and this is number one in what I am expecting 

will become a life-long obsession XXX

Enjoy

XXX

The art of "Elfies"

Still a WIP, but I wanted to share the art of 

"layering"

Starting with watercolour splodginess...

working over with coloured pencils,

and a touch of acrylic paint...

deepening the shadows and intensifying colours...

before adding all the little details.

I just love watching my creation grow.

Enjoy XXX

 

While I'm here...

 

I joined an art course this year that I've admired for a 

while now called

PAINT YOUR HEART & SOUL

with Olga Furman

 

and I am LOVING it!!!

We are on week 5 now and I have been honoured to

receive "Artist of the week" TWICE :D

These are the pieces 

(with Tony Thieren)

(with Mitra Woodhall)

Looking forward to a productive 2022

Enjoy XXX

 

Keeping this Happy Place alive

 

Just sharing some of my favourite pieces from 

the Kaleidoscope course at 

Willowing.

Waterfalls

Visiting Venice

Queen of Yellow

We are the Children

The Elephant and the Dream

Working with an uncomfortable colour.

I've finished the course now, but loved every

second of it, and have a love for colour

I  hadn't had before.

Enjoy XXX

Testing new blogger with art

Well that took longer than necessary to 

get it to let me write anything!

And it doesn't seem to want to let me add labels?

The following images are art pieces I've made

 during the 1st 2 months of 

KALEIDOSCOPE 2020

I've heard the picture quality is lower than

previous versions so lets see <3

Blessed Mabon to all.

I hope you all receive the Harvest you desire

XXX

Edit: Found label maker :D

 

Not the best photo in the world....

BUT definitely the best photo in My World...

 Got my Grandbaby, 25th June :D :D :D

(and yes I was soaked in sanitizer gel)

To keep me sane while waiting I took part in 

Kaleidoscope Taster week with Tamara Laporte.

One of the classes was about "Analogous" colour

schemes and we painted a "Mighty Lion"

 I enjoyed the process so much it is currently my 

Painting meditation each morning...

now meet

"Beautiful Bush Baby"

 "Delightful Donkey"

 "Elegant Elephant"

 "Gentle Giraffe"

 " Opulent Okapi"

 "Pretty Platypus"

 "Zany Zebra"

 and yes I am going to have a full alphabet by the time

 the full course begins in August :)

Kaleidoscope 2020

also this week I have had the company of

 this stunning "Old Lady" moth in my art shed...

so I am totally in a "happy place" right now.

Hope you all are too XXX

Enjoy

XXX

Climbing a Summit...

Well that 3 weeks just flew by!!!

I was feeling the need to get back to painting for 

a while, and a free summit appeared so I signed up 

and have been happily playing in my own world. 

(Lot of photo's so I'll just list them 

and name the person who inspired )

 "In the Beginning"

 with Alexis Cohen

 "I am here to catch you" 

with Shiloh Sophia McCloud

 (Sketch in my notebook while listening to

Amber Bonnici)

 "Be Free" 

with Tamara Laporte

 (a background I painted while listening to

Albert Flynn DeSilver)

"Let Go Goddess"

 with Christa Forrest

 "Create"

with Andrea Gommel

 "Acceptance"

With Beth Osmer and Freya Whitney

(worked over earlier background piece)

 "Moving Forward"

with Christina Miglino and Stephanie Ignazio

 "Freedon"

with Paula Tursi

 "Expectation"

with Jeanine Staples

"Witness"

with Benjamin Bernstein

 "Receive"

with Angela Blaha

"New Beginning"

with Alexis Cohen

Though some of these pieces were specifically art classes,

 most were just interviews with very interesting people who

were sharing their personal "connection" with Spirit energy

in their creative practices. I found it all fascinating, and am 

left feeling full of ideas for even more pieces.

The lesson I learned most was "Trust". Trust yourself

and your feelings. Trust your own abilities. Trust your

Higher self/Spirit Guides/Goddesses etc and be open to 

the messages they are sending you. AND

Don't be afraid to ask for help!!!

So now I am off to rework a big canvas that was 

nagging at me since I abandoned it last year, because this year 

I am all about "Completion" 

Enjoy XXX