Revolutionary lettering....

I have a very nice sketchbook that is about 5" x 5" so I worked in there a bit. Put some paint down, sprayed a little Glimmermist, then did some lettering with green India Ink and a DIP pen!! A little stenciling too.
Just playin'.

First Life Book Page

Here's my first page for Tam's class.  This is the first time I have drawn and colored a face.  Definitely room for improvement but I'm pleased with this as a first outing.  The words on the page are some of our positive qualities.

I am feeling quite ENGAGED these days.

Life Book 2012 Underway!!

I found out about this class via my friend Tracy Verdugo on Facebook.  After reading the class description for a whopping 30 seconds (!!!) and seeing Tamara's article in the current issue of Somerset Studio, i signed on post haste.
Here is a sketch from the first video I watched today.  I have NEVER drawn a face before and have had major anxiety around this!!  Tam is so encouraging and loving in her instruction, and breaks the process down into manageable steps.  Will get this page done in the next few days <3

The theme is celebrating our goddess powers.  I used a drawing of Athena, which i found online, as a basis for this sketch, since I feel most aligned with her.

The Eve of....

2012!!
My word for the year is ENGAGE.


BTW have you checked out the current edition of 'The Pulse' here and all the wonderful info there?? Some fabulous artist profiles there!!

So Happy New Year to all and let's be fully....engaged.

WOW

No posts for over a year.  That's just SAD.

Well that's a changin' right now.  Work keeps me busy, but I MUST have art in my life.  Part of my self-care.

Happy to say I am currently enrolled in 4 - yes FOUR - online classes.  Expect sharing, updates, epiphanies, and enthusiasm.  Come to think of it, there's a good word for 2012:
                                                              ENTHUSIASM

Why not?

Love all of you!!

2-fer Tuesday goes PINK

Sometimes life just feels a little crazy.  At least to me it does.  I have to say that this past summer, with the death of one of my brothers, I experienced a major personal 'reset'.  The shift in perspective for me is strong and still evolving.  My priorities are different.  I am more patient with myself and my students at school. I am more calm.  I choose my battles ever more carefully these days.  Some things just don't need to be mentioned or made a big deal of.  It's easier and more natural for me to demonstrate affection and kindness.  I am more free to give with less fear and thought about running out.

Since it's October, and Women's Health/Breast Cancer Awareness month, I have decided to have a focus on PINK this month.  In terms of my art, that is!!  I have always known that October was a time for particular awareness about these health issues, but really never gave it much serious thought.  My perspective on this has shifted recently, too.  I have two people I know whose lives have been directly impacted by breast cancer.  One of these people is a very dear friend, and her younger sister is ill. 

Survivor's Heart ~ ATC doodled on PINK cardstock


If you are reading this I invite you to join me.  Make PINK art this month and please post your work here with a link to your blog, Flickr, etc. so we can all see what you have created!!  In the meantime I'm adding some links here to a few other places dedicated to this cause....
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Website

National Breast Cancer Foundation Center Inc

Boobie-Thon for Bloggers

By next Tuesday I will have some resources for you to share or donate your PINK art pieces to patients currently undergoing treatment.  So let's make some pink art that celebrates, encourages, and ****uplifts****  ;) wink wink

Coming up for air...

... after a very busy 2 weeks!!  Hectic at school, and I was ill last weekend.  Happily I had time to play this weekend and made a few ATC's.  Hope you like them!!  Oh yeah, 2-fer Tuesday is NOT gone, just slipped away the past couple weeks.  Tune in Tuesday folks, I hope you will!!

Meet & Greet w/Mona
Mona image from collage sheet from Ten Two Studios, background is from a recent Paper Source catalog ;)

Halloween Sparkle

Mona's Lament
Mona image from collage sheet from Ten Two Studios, background paper received as a RAK in an ATC exchange, black bug is a freebie from JackandCatCurio - printed on vellum

Le memoir du Paris
Background is torn and painted corrugated cardboard, Tim Holtz stamp, Prima flower

Halloween Brew