Hello friends! Happy June! The nice weather has arrived and I've made a few art shorts and a couple of youtube videos. I am happy and excited for summer but just as long as the weather stays in the 20's
I've been having challenging days since I turned 50. Not going to lie. I am feeling a bit lost in the direction of my creative creations. Not sure where, what, how and why. LOL Hopefully I can express my self through my art.
May 24th was my 23rd wedding anniversary and hubby bought me flowers and also a lovely patio set where I can sit and read outdoors.
I am truly grateful.
I've been enjoying my morning walks and managed to get my nails done. They do look pretty but how on earth do people work with long nails? I am not getting them done again. lol
I hope you are having a lovely June and I hope you are staying creative.
Some recent films that I watched and love:
Uptown Girls
Amelie
Agneta
I truly wish you the very best in June!
Thank you so much if you are reading this and thank you for your comments.
I am working through "The Artist's Way" and I am enjoying the process. I took myself on one solo art date but have missed three. I need to complete these tasks and maybe tomorrow I will succeed in this challenge. The only difficulty is that I live far from cafes, libraries and galleries. I am sure I can just go out in nature but it is still too cold here in Ontario.
Hello Spring? Where are you?
I can walk for 30 min to get to the shops or take Uber.
I will try my best tomorrow and I will for sure let you know how it goes.
This was week one Solo Art Date and I had a lovely time! An iced coffee and also had a chicken sandwich and salad. I sketched and used watercolours. Truly fun.
I painted two paintings for friends and I can't wait to show you them.
I don't want to spoil their surprise so I will show you them after they receive them.
I also finished my big yellow sketchbook and want to make a video going through each page.
I had a lovely creative week. It was a challenge balancing housework and making time for artwork, but I made some time and came up with the following:
Black and white portrait
I really like her and I think I want to frame her.
This is the last drawing in my big sketchbook.
I will be making a flip through of the sketchbook soon.
Gouache Landscape
Acrylics and gouache
Spring Flowers
Gouache Landscape Painting
I am still trying to get to know gouache more.
Went on a solo art date as a part of "The Artist's Way" book that I am currently reading.
I went to Bella Aurora Cafe and it was challenging for me to draw and paint in public but I pushed myself and did it.
I had a yummy chicken sandwich with a salad and iced coffee.
I am definitely going back for dessert!
I hope you all had a lovely week. I am excited for March and I hope that spring will come soon. I look forward to nice weather and flowers. I look forward to walks in nature and want to paint in nature more often.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I appreciate all your comments and thank you so much for all your lovely support and kindness. Have a lovely weekend,
Hello my wonderful friends! I hope you are all good.
Linking this blog post with FFO Friday Face Off hosted by the wonderful and talented Nicole.
These three faces were frustrating to create be honest. I was not happy in the beginning but I worked through my emotions. lol Yes they have flaws but we are perfectly imperfect too.
I wanted to share some more Artwork and some Youtube Shorts with you today but before I do I wanted to share that I deleted X (formerly known as twitter), my facebook Fan page, TikTok, Goodreads and Deviant Art. Too much time wasted! I feel so much better and lighter now.
I will only be using my blog, Youtube, pinterest and IG. Eventually I will get rid of IG and Facebook all together. I have just wasted so much time on these apps and I want to just focus more on my family and creating some art and sharing it with you all on this blog.
Doom scrolling stresses me out and I just won't do it anymore. I would like to live in the moment and enjoy each day with my family and create art and I will be sharing my art and stories with you all. I really like this artist community on here and I am grateful for each and everyone of you.
Currently Reading
"The Creative Act A Way of Being" Rick Rubin
"A Cat's Eye" Margaret Atwood
Also working on "The Artist's Way" Julia Cameron
Has anyone read and followed these exercises? I am on Week one. Love it so far.
I am stuck on taking myself on a Solo Art Date and find that I am using a lot of excuses not to go. lol
"To far of a walk" "Too Cold" lol
I will update you if I go on this Solo Art Outing.
Two Films that I recently watched and recommend
"Finding Your Feet" on Prime
"Bob Travino Likes It" on Prime
I kindly received some paints, brushes and paper from my friend Mel from British Columbia and I painted two paintings. Her Youtube Channel is EverythingMarmie.
Gouache Paintings
I love the birds. I want to make a sky with just birds.
This reminds me of PEI. I miss the Ocean.
Gouache paints are thicker and need water dilution a lot. The paint has a matt finish. Not sure I like matt finish. I do like the fact you can layer the paint when it is dry and add more detail to it.
This is watercolours on postcards.
Iced Matcha with Almond milk
I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day and a wonderful weekend.
Here in Canada we have family day on Monday so it's a long weekend for us. I hope to do some art, thrift and make a vlog this weekend. Have a very happy Valentine's Day if you celebrate.
