I finished my spread in the sisterhood sketchbook for September. Autumn is my favorite season, I love the colors, the feel of the air, the cooler breezes, wearing sweaters, etc etc so I wrote a few of those things on my artwork of a lady falling in to a field of goldenrod. The sun is a long slanting warm september sun. I also love that september; with school starting, always seems like a chance to start over, get organized, get things right!
The second page is where we write about what we painted and I also did a quick color wheel from my college interior design class where we learned the word "shibui". It's the colors of nature, and you make it by adding 1 part of the color opposite on the color wheel. (Thank you to my professor, Mr. Nye 20 years ago.)
I also got some of those little circles made into pendants but only got one photographed for my etsy shop.
And I'm part of the etsy ugly cute team on etsy and a fellow team member had the great idea to use other team members art items for inspiration for her plush stuffed fleece creatures. You can see her shop here...
http://www.etsy.com/shop/kathrynmuse?ref=seller_info
here's my art she used for inspiration...
and here's her plush guy....
You can check out her shop for more art inspired plushies!!!!
And one last thing... Does any one else love cemetaries or is it just me? My co-workers think I'm crazy to go for walks in cemetaries. But it's as close to getting out in nature that you can get in town, there's definately a feeling of peace there, a hushed reverence like a church I suppose, either from the old trees or from the spirits. And the old stones are so pretty, so my photos a day are from the cemetary this week...
steps to nowhere...
See ya next week!
Congratulations on your awards they are so well deserved. Loving your sketchbook pages as always. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteYour artwork and journals are so incredibly beautiful! Yes, I love cemeteries, too. You can check out a blog post I did on one last winter
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Have a great day!
Nice journal pages!
ReplyDeleteoh look at all the wonder you have shared with us, all so grand to see.
ReplyDeleteYour journal has enlightened me this week. I wasn't familiar with the word shibui. I did learn way back when that it makes a painting cohesive to use a smidge of each color in each image. Sometimes one can get by with just a dot or two and other times a big area. Your painting and the following page are both so gorgeous. Thanks for the lesson. Also, the cemetery pictures are very beautiful and would make wonderful paintings themselves. Faye
ReplyDeleteGorgeous paintings, as always! I love your pendant, I'm off to go check out your etsy!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous journal pages...you are a rock star! So creatively awesome...love your work! POP ART MINIS
ReplyDeleteYour journal pages are wonderful. I love cemeteries too, there is no more peaceful place to walk, especially in the fall.
ReplyDeleteI truly admire your journal art, fabulous. I too am ever impressed with the calmness of the air in cemeteries. I make my hubby stop the car regularly so I can get out and take photos of old craggy ones :D I guess we're just classically weird :D XXX
ReplyDeleteLove your journal pages and all your work. I take walks in cemetaries when I have the time. It is so peaceful. Except for one time when I seemed to be all alone at the cemetary and then this guy popped out of no where and started walking in the other direction but walking very weird like in night of the living dead. I got spooked so I left. tee hee. Love all your work.
ReplyDeleteI love your artwork so much ... It always makes me wish I could draw or paint!
ReplyDeleteYour painting is lovely, and that turtle is to die for cute!
ReplyDeleteYour journal art is gorgeous and congrats on the Etsy award.
ReplyDeleteI adore cemeteries and just posted a charcoal impression of a design I rubbed. It is a part of the WIP I'm doing for Paint Party Friday and a Halloween Blog Party I'm giving (with prizes ) this coming October 8th.
Those pictures of the graveyard are so beautiful and I adore the mossy steps. Imagine rubbing that rose tombstone, only one needs permission to do so these days. Cemeteries are a sanctuary for the soul..a window to what is important in one's life.....truly an inspiring source for me. I try to frequent them as often as I can.
Gloria put a smile on my face when I read her comment. I too was in a cemetery one early Spring morning a few years ago and was writing a poem when something strange happened to me and I could never go back there again...got quite spooked by the whole experience. I do want to return some day soon so I can resume the poem or should I say begin the story again..just need to get the courage back and the spooky incident turned off ; )
I wrote a spooky poem for this lovely photograph done by a Montreal photographer......Enjoy.
http://pastoraldreams.blogspot.com/2007/02/where-have-you-gone-to-my-lovely_02.html
Wonderful Sketchbook pages. I'm going to have to check out your Etsy teams, they sound wonderful! I'd love to do so cooperative marketing! Happy Paint Party Friday!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love your sketchbook pages and pendants especially!
ReplyDeleteWish that I could join the traveling sketbook group! Checked out their website and it looks like an amazing experience.
The sketchbook is amazing! The pendents are adorable too. Yes, there is such beauty in cemeteries.
ReplyDeleteYour Autumn Falling Lady is wonderful! I love the colors and New York is so beautiful in the fall... very inspiring - I've been painting on my screened-in porch this week... Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI think the softie that was created based on your artwork is one of the cutest things ever :)
xo
Kristin
your sketch book pages look great. everything else is fantastic too, as usual ;)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE to wander through graveyards, too! You are not alone. Great pics btw. I feel such peace in them and autumn is my favorite time to explore them. Have you ever done rubbings? That's on my list of things to do... sometime :)
xx Jaime
What beautiful art- love your sketchbook!
ReplyDeleteEvery Autumn we take our family on a nice walk through a cemetery- we love looking at the different names, and how long they lived, and the interesting designs of headstones etc. We have a lot of really interesting Pioneer cemeteries near here, and those are some of my favorite to visit!
Oh I love Autumn too and your falling lady is beautiful in her harvest colors! Thanks for sharing all the other cool stuff with us too!Lots of fun inspiration you have given me! Deb
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE this sketchbook page (well, I Love them all, but this one especially 'cause I love September!) and the color theory bit you included is wonderful and will definitely be making an appearance in my art classes- thanks for the inspiration!PPF Hugs,
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P.S. I love cemeteries too :)
Does not match the color and the sweet weightlessly of your paintings, your taste for walking in the cemeteries ... in my city is catching on guided tours to some very old cemeteries, but our culture have not assimilated well. Saludos
ReplyDeleteStopping by from the blog hop and following your blog thru GFC. I would love a follow back when you get a chance. Thanks so much for your help and have a great weekend!
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Such beautiful artwork and I love it when the work of an artist inspires another.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy looking at your work! It's so much fun! Patsy from
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My daughter loves graveyards. She's an anthropologist. I enjoy your touch with tints.
ReplyDeleteyour work is always so beautiful. i love this falling lady and the sentiment of stsrting over in the autumn. ryour artwork also really translates so well into your pendants and that plushy toy is fab-you must be delighted to see your cute little turtle brought to 3D!
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your blog...and off to see your etsy shop!
ReplyDeleteYou have the prettiest journal pages.. I love fall too! My fav time of year for the same reasons... and the color is amazing. Happy ppf!
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You already know I'm jealous of this sisterhood sketchbook thing. LOVE this sketch and the color wheel and leaf too. That turtle is the cutest!
ReplyDeleteI like cemeteries too, the old ones. My son thinks I'm weird but I like to photograph the statues and the iron gates, the mossy trees, ect.
The falling autumn lady is just beautiful and your journal pages are fantastic. Love the whole blog really!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a whimsical journal work ... how lovely!
ReplyDeleteGreat journal spread. And I love that nature color tip. :) I'll probably never remember the word so I won't even try. :) Our cemetaries are not really that great to wonder around. :) I've been to a cemetary in Paris though and that one looked really cool. So I can imagine someone enjoying a walk through it.:)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your award!!! Well deserved!!! I just love your style lady!!!
ReplyDeleteyes, yes, yes to cemeteries. I live in Massachusetts and my town cemetery has gravestones from colonial/revolutionary war period. just amazing. your journal pages are so wonderful - full of joy and such great color
ReplyDeleteLove the props you have used in your photos, happy falling ladies!
ReplyDeleteFalling songs... You should add the plain white tees - Rhythm of love.
My head is stuck in the clouds ...She begs me to come down
Says, "Boy, quit foolin' around"
I told her, "I love the view from up here...Warm sun and wind in my ear
We'll watch the world from above
As it turns to the rhythm of love"
you've shared so many beautiful things here, and yes I love old cemeteries.
ReplyDeleteEverything is so great!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the journal page, but you can't wear a sweater in my ton in the fall, we are still in the 90s lol
ReplyDeleteAs for the cemeteries, well, we don't have a cool old style around here, just the modern flat kind :o(
But I do like the concrete work. Anything old, antique etc....
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