Happy place

Maybe inspired by my recent dreams of ships and sea, last Sunday my favorite man in the world suggested that we drive to the end of the world.

And we did.

The day was perfectly gray.

The line between the water and air almost nonexistent.

I loved seeing him:

I wanted to be this bird:

I saw this tiny place... I don't know what it is, probably not a house. But it looks like a little house, and I immediately thought that I would love to stay there. I don't think that I could tire of looking at all that  huge space. I felt like my lungs could breathe twice as much as normal and my heart was happy.

Actually, my heart was not happy at all while I was climbing the steps. 308 doesn't sound like much, and maybe it isn't, but I am so out of shape that my heart was pounding so much that it felt like it will burst out...

Since I can't live in that little house, I can imagine it and I can put it in my journal so I never forget. 

I was cutting the words from a book that reminded me of what we experienced and randomly placing them on the page. My plan was to cut the edges with more care later, and to find just the right place for them on the page. But when I stopped to look at it - I actually loved it just the way they fell, so I left them like that.

The week is almost over, but in my mind I'm still there...
I think it's my new "happy place".

Dream Voyage

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight,
and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.' 
~Oscar Wilde

I painted this like I usually do my journal pages.... adding texture and mixing medias where I want to. The stars are scratched, and drawn with color pencils and oil pastels.

I'm in love with everything crackled, so I bravely crackled the whole surface.

I wasn't sure what will happen, so I was really happy with the result.

I finished it with layers of cold wax, which gave everything a dreamy feeling...

Most of you said that it feels "big", and you were right. It is painted on a 24"x36" canvas!

Biggest journal page ever!

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Happy weekend!

Evolution of The Voyage

It has been a while since I painted on a black background, so I thought it was time. I painted a layer of black gesso and with a white crayon sketched what I thought I wanted to paint.

It didn't take me long to stray from my drawing. A ship showed up, a tree, and moon.

Colors, shapes... I didn't have a color scheme, so I just played.

Suddenly she looked like her right side of the face was

 swollen, so I changed that. Wings covered the tree.

Wings for me simbolize safety and everything good, so I paint them often.

I tried changing the color of the house and girl, but it didn't work.

At this point I think I realized that I am painting the scenes that have been happening repeatedly in my dreams lately, so I just covered the girl and the house and went with it.

Almost done.... A thick layer of crackle paste, and umber glaze.

Almost done, but not quite there yet. I hope to show the finished piece tomorrow.

Can you guess what size is it?

Watching over

 Thank you for the sweet comments on the first third of the painting. I'm so glad you like her!
I hope that you will enjoy seeing the full painting.

I don't know why I have to use every color on the color wheel... I think I would like to paint a similar painting in muted, almost monochrome colors.

You should see me painting a triptych in my little studio... I have one easel that will fit only one canvas, so I keep moving the canvases on the table (they are too big for the table), then on the floor... very often it seems like I'm playing that game (I forgot the name - the one with the colorful circles on the floor). Exercising while painting :-)

One third

Sometimes I think that it is easier to paint than to take photos of paintings. It is definitely more fun...

This is a 12"x36"canvas. It is one third of the whole painting.

 I couldn't find good light today (too sunny). so I scanned it and pieced it together in Photoshop. I didn't have the energy to do the same with the other two paintings, so hopefully tomorrow I'll have more luck with my camera.

I hope that you are enjoying the weekend!

xo

A weird journal page

I painted a face.

I played with lovely, thick colors.

I added a boat, because of a recurring dream that visited me once again.

I needed some witnesses...

So, why is it weird?

Because I had the best intention of continuing it on the second page (lengthwise) and making a long spread, but I didn't have the time and later when I did have the time - I didn't feel like it.

So now it's a head on a boat with scary ladies watching...

Weird.

At least the words make sense...

Happy October!