In The Art Room

 Happy Sunday! 

Linking Up to Sunday in the Art Room  Hosted by the lovely and talented Nicole.

This is my art space. I am grateful for this space even if it is small. I don't mind at all. I just always need to have a window to look outside. I need to feel close to nature. 

Recently working with watercolours.

I love working with watercolours so much. 

Acrylic Markers

Fun to work with makers and doodle. 

Mixed Media

Sketching faces

watercolours

markers

Journaling

small sketches

watercolours

coloured pencils

Finished my little clay plate to hold my washi tape

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday my friends.

It is very cold here in Ontario

we have -18 and it is super cold.

Have a wonderful day and thank you if you stopped by to read my post. 

I am truly grateful!

Have a creative and beautiful day!

Thank you from my heart.

Maria 

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

Happy Friday!

Linking up today with the wonderful and talented Nicole for Friday Face Off  

Thank you Nicole for the Feature! You are inspirational and a wonderful artist that inspires me. I appreciate you so much.

& 

The lovely and wonderful Gillena for Art For Fun Friday 

I can't get this song out of my head...

'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, Gordon MacRae,Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA 1955

I have started this Leuchtturm1917 Journal in 2022 and I am almost finished it but am I? 

The left side of the pages are not all full. Do you fill up both sides of your Art pages? 

I feel like I am wasting a page so I am going to fill both sides up. 

I guess we make up our own rules right? Our sketchbook our rules. ;)

Also today is 99 days until I turn 50.

I am grateful for each moment on this earth. 

The good, the bad and the ugly. lol 

A true blessing.

Made this little spread in my journal.

this week in the ART Space

Background acrylic paint and the strawberry in pencil crayons. 

A quick little sketch

always thinking about the ocean

This is a reflection on my thoughts and feelings at the moment.

Would love to know your thoughts about this piece. 

Portrait with no reference

New Watercolours! They are bold and bright! Really like these. 

Landscape with the watercolours

A doodle with Sharpie acrylic parker pens

I miss doing junk journaling this week but will continue on the weekend. 

Also I've been working on air dry clay and I am making a little dish for my desk to put some washi tape on and a brush rest for when I am painting. I will show you the results next week. 

I enjoy clay and making little dishes. I think I would like to make some fruit shaped ones! :) FUN!

Thank you for being here and thank you for your time and comments. It means so much to me. I truly hope you are all well my friends and I can't wait to visit your blogs too. 

Stay creative and have a beautiful weekend! 

Maria 

*feel free to use my code: MARIA for 20% off your purchase with Leuchtturm1917. 

Also this month is my mammogram scan. Please pray for me. 🙏

Thank you again! Much love and good health.

Weekly Arts & Crafts

 

Hello and happy Tuesday! 

Linking up to T Stands for Tuesday Hosted by lovely Elisabeth

&

Art Journal Journey hosted this month by the lovely Erika  with the Theme "What's Up"

What's Up with me...

I created my winter mood Board in the Art room,

It is always fun to put together a bunch of things that I like,

I enjoy using various fabrics, yarn, ribbons, pictures, postcards and handmade items like the felt heart.

I made a hanging heart with yarn

I do feel I need more practice with this because I tend to put too much yarn in one area than another but I do think the heart looks pretty. 

I created a pink felt heart and added glitter glue on the ends of it

I would like to make some with lavender and a lace trim in the future. 

A closer look at the winter Moodboard in my Art Room

Having a cuppa coffee. This is my daughter's cute mug.

Currently Reading and enjoying

A few stationary favourites on my desk

I use all of these daily in my journal

I love little stamps and would like to have more. They are fun to play with. 

One of my cats 

this is

Auggie

He is never amused only if it involves food. 

I hope you all have a lovely week,

thank you for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

Thank you,

Maria 

Friday Face Off & Art For Fun Friday

Happy Friday! Hope you are all well. 

Linking up today with the wonderful and talented Nicole for Friday Face Off  

& 

The lovely and wonderful Gillena for Art For Fun Friday 

Hubby bought me a lovely Christmas gift!

 Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils that are super nice. They feel soft and blend nicely. I haven't tried pressing hard yet so It will be interesting to see how they work with more pressure. 

I look forward to working with them. 

I used a reference photo from pinterest. 

Not sure how I feel about this one. 

I also used a reference art piece for this one and not sure how I feel about this one too. lol

not happy with my practice pieces lately 

Also I overworked the paper on each cheek. 

I enjoy learning and drawing faces 

I look forward to making more.

Used a reference photo from Pinterest.

Also this week I painted my new cup with watercolours.

I also created a few Junk Journal pages in my Travelers Journal

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

thank you for your comments and I look forward to visiting your blog. 

Thank you kindly, 

Maria

Junk Journal Art Weekly

 

Happy Tuesday! How are you all doing? Happy 2026!

I am doing good and looking forward to Junk journaling Art weekly. 

I am linking up with T Stands for Tuesday hosted by Elizabeth. 

I painted my cuppa with watercolour pencils in my mini sketchbook.

Along with other blog post ideas coming this month I hope to go slowly and smoothly into this year with no pressure. Just nice and easy. One day at a time. 

 I haven't worked at my desk since I got sick. I am better now and it has been so relaxing and fun.

I am so happy to be creating again. 

I will be exploring different mediums and working with various styles. 

I can't wait to share my process with you all. 

In my Junk Journaling process, I will be incorporating more writing and other elements in my journal pages. I look forward to more textures, colours and patterns. I look forward to mixing art with journaling and paper. A mixed media fun party!

I hope you are all well my wonderful friends. 

Thank you for reading my blog and being here. I am truly grateful. 

Have a wonderful day!

 

T Stands for January Free Printable

Happy Tuesday! How are you all doing?

The last few weeks of December were very challenging for me. I had two trips to the emergency and then my husband got the flu. He's been sick for almost two weeks now. I am feeling a little lost and feeling down but I hope that I will regain creativity again.

 I managed to make a free printable calendar on Canva for you if you like. 

See my creativity is slowly coming back! :) 

DOWNLOAD HERE

I also kindly received a new mug for Christmas. 

It has my initial and a little gingy man climbing up. 

 I love it so much.

 Since I've been unwell my enthusiasm for tea has lowered a bit, I do hope that changes. 

I do enjoy the one cuppa coffee in the morning. 

Linking up to T Stands For Tuesday hosted by the wonderful Elizabeth. Thank you Elizabeth!

Also over the Holiday I kindly won a few books from Women's Network, Simon Schuster Canada and Stack TV. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your visit

Thank you for your comments

I truly appreciate you so much.

Have a very Happy New Year! 

Thank you!

Maria

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