tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44693004489069247892024-03-14T06:51:18.090-07:00My new decade ... exploring artCiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-24445779388299423852014-01-09T20:58:00.001-08:002014-02-08T09:21:38.385-08:00Experimenting with CollageIt was on the calendar ... watch the grandkids for my daughter so she can play her soccer game. Got a message earlier requesting we "do art!" So what's a gramma to do, but accommodate her favorite little people?!<br />
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They are all old enough to be familiar with cutting, pasting, and we've painted and doodled plenty together. I didn't know what they would think about cutting apart the magazines I keep in the pockets behind my driver/passenger seats in my car. Their parents have admirably taught them to respect books. They loved the idea!<br />
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What made me happiest was how happy they were to do art with me, that they requested it, and that they were all happy with their results. And now for the drumroll! Here are the results:<br />
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Her eyes really lit up when she went through my collage stash and found this purse!</div>
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A is my oldest granddaughter, and a self-proclaimed artiste!</div>
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And lover of washi tape! :-)</div>
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T is my only and wonderful grandson. Up until late summer, he's been a reluctant writer </div>
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his own voice practically overnight! Love watching this boy grow up!</div>
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-42769797140110808502014-01-04T20:56:00.001-08:002014-01-06T12:17:52.954-08:00Peerless WatercolorsA while back (maybe a year ago), I stumbled on Jane Davenport's youtube channel video on <a href="http://www.peerlesscolor.com/world_famous/home.html" target="_blank">Peerless Watercolors</a>. I watched all of Jane's videos pertaining to them, including the one that explained how she made her travel palette.<br />
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About a month or so ago, I ran across Peerless Watercolors on Amazon accidentally while looking at other art supplies. I was quite surprised that a beginning book of 15 colors really wasn't that expensive, so I treated myself. Got them, tried them ... love them! The colors are very vivid and I like the idea of the travel palette that Jane shared <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fPiVfilRdA" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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I've had a lot of fun introducing my grandchildren to different art supplies and techniques. I'm also participating in the <a href="http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/12/14/the-documented-life-project.html" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a>. There's a little pocket/folder on the back cover of my journal that a small palette would fit into perfectly. So I set out to make a little palette for my journal, and one for my daughter and each of my grandchildren.<br />
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<br />CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-28194795005929811092014-01-01T17:58:00.003-08:002014-01-01T17:58:52.430-08:00Lifebook 2014 Week 1Yay!! Tamara LaPorte's Lifebook 2014 has started up again. Since my word for the year is ENGAGE, what a great way to start. I chose ENGAGE because I do too much watching, and not enough doing. I'm off to a great start.<br />
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I was not too happy with my results for the warm-up exercise, but sure am glad I did it ... for warming up purposes! hehe<br />
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Here is the actual lesson work. I don't think it's complete yet. Feels like I need to do some doodling and perhaps enhance the word. But overall, I like her.<br />
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<br />CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-85532095319225079382013-11-02T20:34:00.002-07:002013-11-02T20:37:05.693-07:00FITW III team challenge workAyala Art (of 29 Faces Challenge) offered participants of the 29 Face Challenge the opportunity to participate in this round robin art challenge, FITW III. I'm part of Team 3 with Milo W.C. and Diana C.<br />
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Here's what was mailed to me for Milo's face:</div>
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And since I'm person #2 on this one, I got this far and will be mailing her off to be finished:</div>
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This is my piece that I started and sent off:</div>
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Fun challenge. Really pushed me out of my comfort zone. </div>
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I think I shall attempt another challenge of this type again!</div>
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This was a lot of fun ... even with the pressure to finish towards the end.</div>
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That's been a fun little switch up.</div>
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-14496808052943715192013-09-19T14:01:00.002-07:002013-09-19T14:01:22.785-07:00Face 19<div style="text-align: center;">
Yay, I'm keeping up!</div>
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Leaves an interesting background to use as is or to start from. Here I just used as is.</div>
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Thank you for looking!</div>
CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-13145062203065099062013-09-18T14:12:00.002-07:002013-09-18T14:12:33.135-07:00Faces 17 and 18<div style="text-align: center;">
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-29806965128122165282013-09-15T19:57:00.000-07:002013-09-15T19:57:42.679-07:00Face 16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK, so I didn't draw this from scratch.</div>
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This is my granddaughter, Molly, on her first day of Kindergarten.</div>
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I changed the digital photo to black and white, bumped the contrast,</div>
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pastel pencils. I love how this turned out!!</div>
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Thanks for looking!</div>
CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-79024231374610832112013-09-15T12:48:00.004-07:002013-09-15T12:48:54.150-07:00Faces 14 and 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now on face 15, I used a reference photo ... not something I'm good at. </div>
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Not a drawing I'm happy with either.</div>
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As always, thank you for looking!!</div>
CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-27184627105810938542013-09-13T12:17:00.001-07:002013-09-13T12:17:55.381-07:00Faces 12 and 13<div style="text-align: center;">
Really surprising myself that I'm actually managing to keep up.</div>
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I am loving this challenge.</div>
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-51391516147859141242013-09-12T14:27:00.002-07:002013-09-13T12:15:30.835-07:00Face 11Hmmm, I seem to be a face behind. Good thing I have some waiting time at a couple of my daughter's appointments this afternoon! Here's Face #9's counterpart:<br />
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I'm away from my other journal today, so I used another one.</div>
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-31748061519868506122013-09-05T21:25:00.004-07:002013-09-05T21:26:03.343-07:00Face #6<div style="text-align: center;">
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-52827698730387128532013-09-03T22:38:00.003-07:002013-09-03T22:38:52.666-07:00Face 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-83188112480356208752013-09-02T23:36:00.001-07:002013-09-02T23:36:45.457-07:00Face 3 of (hopefully) 29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-33150870539404024992013-09-01T20:41:00.003-07:002013-09-01T20:41:56.292-07:00Face 2 of (hopefully) 29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Facing page to yesterday's face ...</div>
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Yay me! #2 done!</div>
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I wanted to thank everyone for such gracious comments left on my first post of this challenge!</div>
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I wish I could respond to each one, and I might be able to on some days.</div>
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For now, please know that I so appreciate the encouragement you offer. xo</div>
CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-81521597568068203092013-08-31T23:52:00.002-07:002013-09-01T12:10:53.846-07:0029 Faces - September Challenge - Face 1 of (hopefully) 29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Still need to paint ... later!</div>
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Haven't blogged in a couple days, and you know what? I'm ok with that! :-)<br />
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Drove to Mt. Rainier yesterday to do some communing with nature ... one of my favorite things to do! Being outdoors, soaking in the creations all around, and enjoying the moments ... equals healing to me.<br />
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On the way there, a 15 foot tall sculpture of a giraffe caught my eye ... and I'm so glad because I realized as I drove by that there were MANY sculptures. So I quickly turned around and pulled in to the driveway here:<br />
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I took lots of photos of this artist's work, but I will not post them here.<br />
Go to his website (www.danielklennert.com) to see for yourself.<br />
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Here are some of my favorite photos from my day on the mountain. I hope you enjoy them!</div>
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Christine Falls</div>
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Narada Falls before "falling" under the bridge</div>
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Oops! Accidentally stepped off the trail into some mud!</div>
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These "Douglas Fir Twins" are found in the Patriarch Grove.</div>
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That is my oldest daughter, Erika.</div>
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Here's a close up of the bark on the tree to the left:</div>
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I was surprise that the bark was soft to the touch.</div>
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Here's a more panoramic view of these beauties!<br />
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This Gray Jay and its mate wanted to be photographed!<br />
They flew into the trees right beside us, so we were able to get great shots of them!</div>
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And, of course, as we were getting set to leave and head back down to reality,<br />
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I took 200 photos, but these are my favorites!</div>
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Feeling refreshed and inspired ...</div>
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<br />CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-29479506826897566172013-08-09T08:50:00.000-07:002013-08-09T08:50:45.817-07:00Emptiness is not vacancy ...So much other stuff is calling me away from time to create these days. It makes me long more for that time.<br />
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Last night I was reading more in Untie the Strong Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD. Here's a quote I've been chewing on ever since:<br />
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"Sometimes, emptiness is not vacancy, but rather a long gestation. Gestation by ego's measure is most often too long. But, by soul's measure, the length of the waiting and making within, before what is being created shows on the outside, is ever just right."<br />
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So I'm trying to think of this time away from art as a gestation period. I ache to get back to my studio, and I never knew this feeling before. I KNOW creating is healing. If anything, in the short 20 months since I started this art journaling journey, I now understand how healing it is ... and I don't like to be deprived of the time to get to it. But maybe this will be a better frame of mind to think of time away from my art; embracing the time away as the gestation period my soul needs right now. Going to try it on.<br />
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Soooo looking forward to the book study starting on Women Who Run With Wolves!! I'm really enjoying Dr. Estes' story telling style.CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-30610998020019578282013-08-07T12:53:00.001-07:002013-08-07T12:54:11.995-07:00Ice crystal clouds ...<div style="text-align: center;">
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My view going home from work last night:</div>
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And this explanation from the local news station's weather officianado. <a href="http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Whats-with-the-Jellyfish-clouds-over-Seattle--218627351.html">What kind of clouds are these?</a></div>
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Nature showing off her beautiful self again! :-)</div>
<br />CiNdYehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17955730718705673754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469300448906924789.post-6605265140558155122013-08-05T19:43:00.001-07:002013-08-05T19:43:23.197-07:00What hopeful can look like ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my sweet furry pal, Penny.</div>
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She is looking away from the camera and my gaze as I look at her</div>
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between her stares at my plate as I eat dinner ...</div>
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hopeful that I will not be able to eat all that is there ...</div>
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hopeful that I will share what's left.</div>
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No art to share today. But I thought some of you might enjoy this photo!</div>
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Hope you all had a fantastic and wild Monday! :-)</div>
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