Back in December I read somewhere that it is a Wish Day so I made a wish page in my journal. I am very happy to say that my very green wish was fulfilled! :-)
Very soon my eyes will be closed and I hope I'll be dreaming sweet things. Before that I wanted to share something with you. I found a link for free books about drawing. Click here if you are interested. I didn't have much time to explore them, but I did manage to download a 197 pages long book. I didn't read anything, just looked at pictures..... which is a huge mistake because my first try at drawing (coloring) a woman looking up turned out as a disaster. Instead of wasting the paper and being discouraged I continued to draw other poses and came up with this:
Feel free to laugh at it. I know it's not good. I don't mind... I hope to make more bad art in the future, to step out of my comfort zone and experiment and try and just allow whatever wants to come from the end of my pencil/brush/crayon.
I figured out what was wrong with me, why was I feeling sad. It seems that I really need to have an everyday creative outlet in order to feel 'normal'. As soon as I finished the sad girl painting yesterday I felt wonderful! Completely different! I even went to work smiling today. I guess I need to remember that no matter how tired or frustrated I feel it's better for me to grab some brushes than to stare at the TV and do nothing.
I always paint the way I feel, and I've been feeling a bit down for a while. No special reason for it. Just kind of sad. It will pass.... At least in inspired me to find my soft pastels and create something. Tomorrow will be better.
I wanted to change the words by Don Kardong "Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos." to "Without desserts there would be....". Somehow in my head the 'desserts' changed into 'sweets' and I noticed it when I finished stamping and it was too late to try and wash it off with water. Oh well.... I guess it doesn't matter. Sweets/dessert... basically the same thing. I don't eat desserts often, but last night we went out and I enjoyed a good piece of tiramisu. It is still making me smile!
It feels very unusual to make a journal page only with paint. I had all my favorite stamps, papers and other things around, but for some reason they didn't want to play today...
Then he planned a wonderful day for the two of us. Two weeks ago a mentioned that there is an exhibition that I wish I could see (I saw it on a blog). He didn't mind driving hour and a half to Santa Rosa to see the exhibition with me. We walked around, sat and soaked the afternoon sun, had a late lunch/early dinner in Bodega Bay and completely enjoyed our time together. After 20+ years he still knows exactly what I need and when. Have to adore the man!
Look how big is this painting! The drawings were contributed by hundreds of people, and the girl was painted over them. I think the artist is Tony Speirs. I wanted to stay a long time and look at every single drawing. You can see the detail if you click on the following photo:
Isn't this a beautiful way to start the month! I wish weekends would last longer...