Blue Spirulina

I found this little sketch and thought wow, was I predicting the future?

Alone

at home

in her boat

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recently I spilled a little blue spirulina powder

such a gorgeous color. 

I wondered if I could paint with it, added water and it is the deep blue color in this painting. 

Pretty color, but not one I consider using often.

fun to play with making paint. 

Here is the spiralina paint in the paint palette. 

Spirulina is a algae that is high in many nutrients.

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alone with nature

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Held

completely

held

body spirit soul

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 i am loving this photo

from my recent camping trip to Upper Grinnell Lake
Many Glacier Montana

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Another Realm

 he appeared through a veil

from another realm

to deliver a message for her spirit only

with silent lips

his arms and hands delivered a vitality of sweet import

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 I am still sharing images of the beauty i found in Italy,

i hope you are enjoying seeing glimpses of a artful country.

sharing with Sunday Sketches

and 

my 14th face for 29 Faces

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Depth of Quiet

the depth of quiet

eternal

rich

sublime

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so interesting to draw/paint her

as above, a meditative expression

and 

then to lay her this way:

she slept amongst the flowers

feeling the soil as her flesh

resting in the embrace of eternity

nourished in stillness sublime

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Lovely and generous heart-ed Remei
has honored me with a video of my art!
Such an amazing surprise!
I had so many feelings as I watched the film on 
YouTube 

with all my heart I thank you Remei! 


and 


The winner of the acrylic ink, 
Debra Anne
has a lovely post about the receiving of her gift on her blog:
The Gipsy in the Parlour


treat yourself to the wonderful world she shares with us!
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Girlfriends

 girlfriends

sacred essential

solid as mountains

varied as water air earth fire

girlfriends

alliance of understanding

support encouragement raw love

brave support

with out girlfriends

with out mountains

life would wobble
I love my girlfriends

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thank you for being my girlfriends

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Pink Realm

she lives in a pink realm

soft edges

ephemeral borders

skin transparent to energy tender

fluttering friends

her pink sky 

filled with the sweet scent of lilies

yes she lives in a pink realm

that holds true to a soft heart

that sings purely

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this piece started with a sketch I shared with you a couple of weeks ago:

I colored her face with prismacolor pencils 

I love doing that

then I cut her out of the page

and prepared a 7"x16" piece of plywood with bits of colored paper, napkins and paint:

for the first time I coated the piece with beeswax

oh how i love 

yes LOVE

the scent of beeswax

plus it makes for a soft realm:

 though the very first photo in this post is the completed piece

from that photo it is hard to see the texture and softness that these side views show

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Earthling Waterling

 In my last post, I shared the original sketch for these pieces

with a poem about how a sketch is the beginning  of a dream. 

I took that sketch and made two very different pieces.

Earthling Waterling

one life a mermaid

one life a modern gal

dwelling in the water world

walking on the earth

waves and wind caressing elements

simply being with what is

eternally

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 This modern gal is done with prismacolor pencils and a Faber Castell Pitt pen,

6"x12" Nature Sketch Pad 130 LB..

The Mermaid piece is done with watercolor pencils and crayons,

11"x14" Canson Britol Smooth, 100 LB.

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original sketch:

Knowing Heart for Sunday Sketches

there is a natural knowing

in the heart of a mother

to let love live

in her children

love is passed on to her children

lives on 

in their blood

in their heart

through the knowing

heart of a mother

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I wish everyone a lovely Mother's Day

for everyone

has a mother

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I bought some Lyra 'skin tone' pencils. 

I love how different choices of color 

are inspiring in new ways. 

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I must share with you a mother that I saw in the wilds of Montana last week:

HUGE TREE

Tall Tree

Black bear mama denning in this tree with her two cubs:

Mama, where are you going?

I think I will follow you:

 the little bear did not follow, but any day now.

To see more Black Bear photos visit my other blog:

Spirithelpers

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Sunday Sketches

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Totem

kinship with life
a quiet art

walking earth as solid ground
wild companions all around
wind and tree point the way
to a listening heart
that does not sway

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still smitten with ink and brush:

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This piece came from a guided meditation with Goddess Leonie
from 21 Secrets.

I listened to Leonie's half hour meditation
lying in a meadow, climbing a mountain, conversing with my wise elder self.

Her theme being: You are beautiful just as you are!

These are the animals that were with me on my journey.
I sat with the idea of making a journal page, this is what came to me,
to make my very own totem pole.
It was challenging to sketch animals and learn to paint them, yet quite satisfying to complete.

 Goddess Leonie radiates the essence of us being beautiful just as we are,
which assists to experience the truth of what she shares.

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Within, a Universe

 

like a faceted crystal is my spirit

made of friends from many realms

we blend and flavor our

thoughts

words and deeds

together we are

summer autumn winter

and yes

spring

we breathe bloom

and flower

laugh cry and share

when you meet me

you greet 
our universe

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I was so surprised how spring like this piece came out, simply because I have been submersed in winter's spirit for so many months. 

Nice to feel in sync with the season.

I sat down to draw the other night, simply wanted to draw a girls face, something familiar, nothing new to learn, something I could be a little mindless with. 

Then all these faces showed up one by one. 

They felt as though they were aspects of the central person. 

Then the poem came.

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Wishing one and all a lovely Spring Equinox

for others Autumn Equinox

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to enjoy sketches by my art friends

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