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Peace-Filled Friday!
I came across this journal page that I did while participating in my class with Mandy Thompson this past spring. I was having a REALLY bad experience with some things going on at work. I was having to deal with a situation that I wanted no part of and some of the...
Another Online Class! Yay!
I signed up for Traci Bautista's Printmaking Unleashed LIVE which opened on September 1, 2014. I have taken several classes from Traci--both in person and online--and I always learn a lot of techniques and tricks that I can use in my style of art. She has a very...
Energy, Power and Strength
Here is another journal page from my art journaling class with Mandy Thompson:This particular week we were working with "fancying-up" our hand lettering. I'll be the first to admit that my handwriting is not anything particularly fancy or exciting but I did try to do...
Found Poetry
One of the activities that we did as a journaling prompt during my local art journaling class with Mandy Thompson was "find" a poem in some random text. Mandy handed out some pages from an old book from which she had very randomly torn pages. It was our job to...
Watercolor Madness
One of the mediums in which I've taken an interest lately is watercolor. Everyone has an opinion about it. Most people agree both that it is a lovely medium but that it is also one of the most difficult because it is one of the most unforgiving. Also, you have to...
Local Journaling Class
I signed up for a local art journaling class that I discovered by accident while visiting a local pottery painting shop for a birthday party. I thought it would be nice to get to know some of the other local artists that take part in one of my favorite activities so...
Another Life Book Page
One of the early lessons in my Life Book 2014 online class was a pretty simple exercise. I really enjoyed making the journal page as it was fairly simple and extremely gratifying. This page was made on 140# Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media paper. The page is a...
New Online Art Class!! Serendipity 2 with Juliette Crane
Normally I would not post live during the work day but after coming back from lunch today I decided to take a very quick peak at a new online class that I signed up for on a whim after being told about it by another artist friend. I wanted to post this so that if you...
Life Book 2014
At the beginning of this year I made a resolution to attempt to do more art this year and use more of my supplies than I ever had in the past. I knew I would not likely be traveling to any classes this year and that any new inspiration that I might gain would come...
Working On It…
I started reading a self-help reference for WordPress today. I am hoping that once I start to really focus on this blog that I will be able to use it to its full extent. I don't think I've added a photo to a post so I will try to do that today.Looking back on the...
In the Mean Time
You might want to check out A Documented Life, a fabulous weekly fodder of art journaling ideas and it is free! These women do a great job--and you always get 5 interpretations of an applied prompt. Here is a link for you. Enjoy!
Absent But Not Forgotten
I have not yet made it back to this site but I have been busy doing some art--taking several online classes--and have even acquired a second grandchild in the last couple of weeks! Don't give up hope on me. I will be back and I will start posting more regularly. ...
A New Day
I recently registered for a new year-long online class called Life Book 2014. It is with this in mind that I am coming back to this site and attempting to get into the habit of posting and doing some show and tell. Thats all for now!
First Post
Here's to new beginnings! I have decided that I need a bigger web presence so here's my attempt at doing that. I am moving from my Blogspot blog now to Wordpress. Most of the sites of others that I most admire are on Wordpress so I'm making the move. I hope it is...