Meditative

 

Do you ever need to do something meditative?

Something that brings you present, so that your mind goes nowhere else?

I love things that bring me present. 

Photography, cooking, art all support being present.

These layers of mountains were meditative. 

So thankful to know what medicine to choose, 

a walk in the forest, xc ski through the meadow, focusing on my breathing

and/or 

painting.

Wishing you calm and peace when your spirit needs it.

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Serenity

 

I am having fun

trying new techniques and mixing colors

there is something about simple lines

to inspire a feeling of serenity

wishing you a lovely day

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Inktober #1

 

It is that time of year, Inktober. 

An ink drawing a day is done by artists all over the world.

 

I will be happy if I do one a week, but maybe I will get into more of an art groove and surprise myself. 

It felt so good to do art again. 

The gaps between pieces are too big for my liking ;-)

Here we have a little yogini, 

doing her blissful thing in nature. 

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Wee Fae

 

on her walk

a wee fae caught her attention

she always knew the folk existed

today, the little fairy

revealed herself 

with a bouquet of flowers

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Our Magical World

 

A landscape I would love to wander into. 

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I would like to send this off to one of you, the original.

If you would enjoy it tacked to your wall, let me know in a comment. I will randomly choose someone on October 13th.
Just say: me please.... or something like that in your comment.

(Nearly 5x7 inch. It does have a tiny bend in the bottom corner).

 

Also, it is also open to people on IG and FB. 

 

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Give Away Closed, Winner is Acacia from IG

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Courage

So pleased with herself
walking across the river on a log

as the years pass by
she tries more and more new things
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100 Day Project

Hi Blog friends, 

I have decided to do:

The 100 Day Project

I wanted to challenge myself to get back into doing regular art. 

Even if it is just ten minutes a day.

I know that once I do ten minutes, there is a good chance it will last much longer. 

Ten minutes seems enticing, do-able too.

I won't post every day, or at least I doubt I will. 

This drawing is my start, next is to paint it. 

It is in a small sketch book.

There is also a poem I wrote about fairies that I want to illustrate and have for sale during this 100 days. 

Part of me telling you, is to say it out loud, to help hold myself to this challenge. 

Are you doing this challenge?

If so, what will you be doing?

Photography, cooking, writing, working out, art?

Seems like a good time, while so many of us are home. 

I hope this finds you well and wish you moments in all your days that make you smile. 

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New Paper

recently Lynne Hoppe shared a watercolor paper

made in Italy

100% cotton

that is new to me

it is Amalfi Amatruda paper

I like it

soft and feels very cottony

took the paint wonderfully

(but roughs up if one needs to erase pencil lines,

so I will attempt to not need to erase ;-))

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(I am not sure what I think of this little landscape)

 a glimpse of how I organized my paint samples

in coin sleeves

so handy

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Foraging and Sharing Mushroom Food

unexpected help

feels like a gift to her heart

my wonderful travel case

made by Peg and Awl
it helps to inspire art anywhere I go

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Tree Elf

glancing outside

I spied

an 

elf boy at the base of a tree

reached for my binoculars.....

but he wasn't there

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maybe the tree bent down and picked him up

taking ones eyes away to reach for a camera or binoculars 

is always to take risk of missing out on the sighting

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still, it was a joy to see him

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Snowy Owl and Little Fae

to fly

on the breath of the air

is divine

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Living Meditation

she sat

until

she was part of the seasons

breathing with the rhythm of the earth 

and

 heart beating with the sun and moon

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Remembering

she gazed

so far away

that she remembered 

a previous life

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29 Faces.....

the sun poured down

light

warmth

and 

endearment

upon the land

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visit 29 Faces 

to enjoy more faces

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Beckoning

beckoning 
to what is beyond

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sweet September to you~
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SOC: red red and metallic

even in dancer's pose

she felt a bit like a mountain

grounded and alive

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tiny little painting

smaller than it looks here

2.5x3.5 inches

hard to do a face that tiny

quinacridone red

permanent deep red

gold

diluting reds.... and pink appears

sharing with Kristin's Summer of Color

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Lovely Spring to You

 lovely Spring weekend 
and
Earth Day
to one and all

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Perfect Moment

life is in balance

with this bird on her hand

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face 18

for 29 Faces

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A Day in the Woods

a good life

another face

for 29 faces

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Candy Apple Red & Yellow: SOC

she rose from the earth

in summer colors

donning feathers of red

reflections of her firey heart and soul

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(indian paintbrush)

joining Kristin's:

Summer of Color

this week's colors candy apple red and yellow

summer canola fields

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