Anxiety (journal page)

Anxiety is useless - Jillian Michaels says so... 

I just finished this page trying to get that message in my head.

It didn't really work... but at least the time went faster.

I'm about to go to the dentist and I don't think it will be a pleasant visit.

I wish they made some magic potions that would heal the teeth without them having to do whatever they are doing....

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Intuitive and colorful

Too colorful? You should see how it started.
Actually - you WILL see it if you look at the following photo:

Before this it was a bright red canvas with white flowers.... catastrophe... I was trying something and it didn't work out. Someone would say that this didn't work out either, but it made me happy to create it and it makes me happy to look at it.

I was very much inspired by the process that I think Flora Bowley uses... and I'm extra happy to say that, in a couple of weeks, I will have an opportunity to watch her paint for two full days!!! I can't wait to see what kind of cools things I'll learn and incorporate in my art.

- 24"x36" on canvas -

Simple ATCs

It's so funny that there is no sense of size when you look at things online... I just uploaded these photos and they look like they are the same size as my 24"x36"paintings, but they are not. These are three little ATC cards (2.5"x3.5") and they are just pretending to be big.

I spent a couple of hours in the company of this lovely lady (she teaches zentangles, Janet you were very much on my mind) and played with some of my collage sheets. It is always so relaxing to create ATCs.  Sometimes I think that whatever you combine in that little space turns out cute.

 I don't think that I told you that I re-opened my etsy shop. No more original art in it, only my digital collage sheets. That's what I used to make these.

Weekend is almost here! I wish you all Happy Easter!
Our boy is coming home for the weekend, which means that I am about to happily start a big cooking production. The first thing will not be something that he or I will eat, but it's so pretty that I have to make it (actually, Hana will do the most work and she'll eat them too). I've been thinking about these colorful treats since Alice Burke posted them. Take a look here.

Trust Angel

 She is the last one in the series. She has the word "trust" on her chest mostly because I was fighting with this painting and had to remind myself to trust the process, to continue painting because everything will turn out right at the end.

After many, many, many, MANY layers of paint it really worked. I think she is my favorite of the three... and maybe not. I'm attached to all three.

Trust the process. Continue painting even if it looks nothing like you wanted... eventually it will.

Interuption...

Interrupting the string of angels by a completely unexpected visit from a Funny Chicken... I have never painted poultry or had a wish to, but when I saw the picture here, I couldn't resist.

- 6.5" x 9.75" mixed media on paper and wood -

Not only did I paint it, I had to play some more.

 This is a half-blind sketch with a Sketch&Wash pencil and pan pastels.

 I just love this chicken... and I really don't know why. Inspiration comes from the most unexpected places. :-)

Another Protector

12"x36", acrylic on canvas

Wish Angel

This is the first thing I painted after more than three weeks. I think it took me less time to paint her than to photograph her. It is a narrow and long canvas (12"x36") and I couldn't get the image not to be blurred, or too light, or too dark, or fuzzy... Finally I scanned her in little parts and 'stitched' her together in Photoshop. Now I can see the texture and it's not fuzzy, but some of the colors lost their depth...  It will have to do.

It was a lucky thing that Jane DesRosier launched her new workshop at the time I was struggling with my canvas... While I didn't use her techniques for portrait painting on this particular piece, I did play with the collage technique that did two things: 1 - covered the marker lines, 2 - made a wonderful textured background for the painting.

Another angel followed this one. Now on my fight to get good photos of it, and I'll be able to post her too.