Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Catching up

Hello!
It has been a while that I have been here... almost a month.

My in-laws came from far away for a visit. Almost all of my after-work hours for the last four weeks were spent with them. They will leave on Sunday, and there will be more time for art, but I'll miss the laughs, stories, good home meals (and freshly made pastry and cakes) that waited for me almost every day...

The very little time I had for art play - I didn't know what to paint. I lost the flow... But since I really needed to relax, I picked up the brushes and some colors and allowed myself to just enjoy it.

I watched all the Teesha Moore's  videos and couldn't help but make the journal she demo-ed. It's very easy and fun to make. I started filling the pages and then stopped (distracted by another amazing teacher).

I plan to write on these pages. Not quotes, as I usually do, but the real stuff... I miss writing things, really journaling not only my thoughts and dreams, but everyday things too. Like - how my daughter looked when she said that a boy told her that he likes her, or how my son got a certificate that allows him to work and help battered women, or how I can't walk a flight of stairs without getting out of breath and how I should do something about it...
More to come...

Monday, October 26, 2009

Open your eyes

Can you hear the little bird telling her: "Open your eyes. Live your life. The time is now." That's what I hear so loudly that I didn't think I need to put the actual words on the canvas.

I love texture... Can you tell?

I wish I took more photos. She went through a lot of changes. My husband liked the white/red combination... so did I, but it felt unfinished so I continued. Fun!

The weather this weekend was phenomenal! The sun was shining more brightly than in the middle of summer. It was perfect for long, slow walks, grilling, bike rides... so good.

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Happy Monday!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sketching

I can never be bored if I have a pencil and some paper around. I learned that from Hana.
When she was a tiny little girl she would draw for hours and hours and hours and never get tired of it.




Many times I took a book from the library about drawing and wanted to learn how to do it better, but could never make myself follow the rules and really think about it. One day maybe, because I really admire people that make magic with just a pencil and paper... Until then, I'll just keep sketching and having fun with it. Happy Thursday! xo

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Norah wants to play...

When Norah wants to play - I play along. She said: deconstruct a foam brush, pour several puddles of paint and in 15 minutes paint (slap) a face. And I did.

Fun!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

This was my reaction to the prompt in Mystele's class yesterday:

It's interesting how unhappy I was with it last night.... I was sad that I have so little time for art and that I can't work on her more, saw only the bad things etc. etc. Things are different today... now, for some reason I don't see the imperfections as a bad thing.  I just like this page. Weird. "Gut art" is good for the soul.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Sweet Voice

No texture on this one...... for once I enjoyed the texture of the canvas, so I left it to show through.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Happy Saturday!

I love my weekends! Usually I start them very early (like 5 a.m.). This morning I painted this little one in my journal.
I don't know why... she just decided to live on the page.

Then I had returned to bed to relax some more, made a fresh juice from apples, oranges, carrots, beets, celery, ginger and red cabbage (YUM); had a nice talk with my Mom, and then decided to snap pictures of all the flowers I can see in our yard. I love that it is middle of October, leaves are changing colors, and yet - there is an abundance of colorful flowers around. This is what I saw:

It's not even noon! Saturdays are just the best... Hope you're having a great day too. xo

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Heart tones

Listen to the tones of your heart...

I don't have any words today. Just the painting.

Have a happy day! Let go...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Friends


I paint faces, birds, butterflies... but never combined like this. This is "pulled art ". It was in the background. So much fun to paint this way!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Another face...