Guest Artist and Friend

My dear friend Abigail Folk celebrated my birthday with me last week

there were flowers

sushi

heartfelt conversation

and a gift

of this wonderful painting she made, for me

my companion word for this year is 'listen'

and she included it

over the heart

it is a wonderful word to learn from

gift yourself with a visit to her blog; Rusted Wings  

and her etsy shop: Rusted Wings Gallery

friendships are a treasured gift

and we have enjoyed sharing with one another for over 30 years!
a heartfelt thank you Abigail!

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I have to say, I had a wonderful time celebrating

with many friends 

over many days last week!

My heart leans to all of you

for celebrating and sharing life with me!

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This week I am working on a mermaid piece of art:

 I have transferred this to wood

and am in the midst of painting it

hoping to share the finished piece with you

in the next couple of days

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Usually today is Sunday Sketches

with the lovely lady Sophia

but her father is not well

so let us all send light and prayers to her and her father

and family. 

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Angels and Prayer

we call to them
in the form of prayer
their spirits lay on top of ours
even permeating

some times it's hard to tell who is who
simply the nature
of how they imbue
us with their answer
we call to them
in the form of prayer
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This was an interesting piece that I did for my class at Willowing

the theme was angel

we were to draw and paint the angel

then cut the angel out of the page

create a background on a separate paper

and layer them

adhering them together

I had one heck of a time coming up with a background I liked

This is what the cut out angel looked like:

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Visit lady Sophia's: Sunday Sketches

to enjoy wonderful art

or even join us with your own sketch!

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Visit: One Single Impression to enjoy others poetry

thank you Sandra for the prompt: top

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I am happy to announce that I have added small affordable prints of my 

art and photography to both my etsy shops


art: Beauty Flows
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photography: Spirithelpers 

yea, new items!
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My OWOH give away Winners!

We have come to the end of Lisa Swiftka's 

One World One Heart blogging event

876 blogs from around the world participated!! 

It has been a lovely time of meeting, greeting and visiting.

Now to announce the two winners for Beauty Flows:

Amy of Knitter of hats Speaks

and 

Jo of My Paper Play House

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My angel painting above is part done,

I hope to share it completed this weekend.

It has been one of those pieces that has taken time

planning

redoing

figuring

learning can be like that!

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I hope you are enjoying a wonderful week. 

As I write this I can hear a lone wolf calling off in the meadow...

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Go Slow

 

her spirit told her
go slow

in doing so the world became
vital and exquisite

she left a shimmering trail as she wandered through life

for eons people followed
her incandescent paths
they found wonders they never knew
gems amongst wee tiny flowers
bugs that flew
shrooms that grew

a leisurely pace

reveals treasures

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this all began with a sketch:

Enjoy others poetry for the word 'incandescent' at: 

One Single Impression

and

Enjoy other sketches at Sophia's: 

Sunday Sketches

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Sketch to Drawing to Painting

I am taking a art class with Tam at Willowing

this is my first assignment

I began with a sketch

but had to bring it to life with prismacolor pencils:

Then back to the sketch to make the painting

This is the largest piece I have made, 15" x 22"

she got changed a bit:

she

and the owl

are kin

they are kin to the air and the wind

they are kin to trees

as well as flowers and bees

they are kin

 to life within

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the assignment was for canvas

i had watercolor paper, so I used it

I think I will make a 3rd piece on canvas.....

I am finding it a good experience to do something similar over and over

I used watercolor pencils and crayons for her face

and her dress,

acrylics for the rest

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the assignment was: a goddess with the artist Klimt as an inspiration

I found inspiration in two pieces:

and

enjoy other artists sketches by visiting our host

Sophia's Sunday Sketches

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