Friday, February 8, 2013

I don't know how it got to be friday again so soon....

I did finish some art this week even though it flew by... In goldenrod, amber, or honey...
Whatever you like to call this color.






I really love this one particular zentangle, Mooka, that i used around the edges...but i alter it a bit from the official way of doing it. I think it was created by Maria, the founder of zentangles, who called it her "go to tangle".  It is named after Alphonse Mucha, who's art i have always loved. It looks so like art nouveau when you use a lot of it. I was staring at my mandala wall at work, as i tend to do too often, drifting off into a vegetative state now and then.... And i realized i put this tangle into almost half my mandalas. I can almost not  help myself from using it.

 Ideas ideas ideas, floating around my head just like circles on my wall.

 Then i used the same color and tangle again for hair....







A woman that i work with said they remind her of the spirograph toy she had as a kid, and i had been thinking the same thing myself days before. If i still had one, drawing the basic mandala shape would be so much easier.. I loved my Spirograph. I also loved kaleidoscopes of all kinds, i still do. So I guess my art hasn't changed so very much after all these years.





Lips shut, Eyes open,
possibly appearing still
Duende unexpressed

should lips part slightly
pandoras box is opened
light and bees pour forth

37 comments:

  1. Wow you really did get some art done. This is beautiful.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  2. Jugendstil! That's what it is, so beautiful!

    Happy PPF!

    Ilona :-)

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  3. Wonderful! I love the air of mystery on the first haiku. And I love your talent - such beautiful art. I'd love to call the color honey :)

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  4. I love this color palette and the images are amazing, thanks so much for posting these! HPPF!

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  5. ~~light and bees poor forth~~

    {{ i am thinking
    that is a GooD thinG ♥ }}

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  6. yes
    yes
    a spirograph toy
    yes
    &
    how wonderful these are
    indeed !!

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  7. Gorgeous ..warm honey kisses....beautiful balance :D XXX

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  8. oh my word, these are stunning. the honey/gold colour is gorgeous. you really are so talented at the mandalas and how you incorporate your beautiful ladies into them.

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  9. Wow! A whole new beautiful and exquisite style for you!

    Carol of: (A Creative Harbor)
    visiting from PPF

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  10. These are so gorgeous! Honey - what a perfect colour for them.

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  11. I am in love...from the honey color to the bees spewing forth. ♥♥

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  12. Yes, I had one of those spirographs, too....though I think I only used it a few times.

    Your zentangles are so neat....but I don't think I have the patience. Funny how we are who we were when we were younger....haha!

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  13. so much beauty to take in here!!! I adore your spirograph lady... that was one of my favorite toys as a child!!! Very imaginative. I feel inspired by your whole post.

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  14. Love everything about this from the almost neutral yellow to the mix of gite and paint- just gorgeous! Also, I'm in love with that wall quilt of your mandalas!
    PPF ugs,
    Stephanie

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  15. I enjoyed every single painting on this page! Just lovely. And such a warm color for me to contemplate on a freezing rain and snow kind of day! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Loving these wonderful pieces, your ladies give the mandalas so much more meaning.
    Happy PPF, Annette x
    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  17. This is a gorgeous piece! I love the color and design...great job!!

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  18. Beautiful colors in your work this week! So warm ! I would love to see the bees pouring forth!

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  19. Just gorgeous! I just love your ladies and mandalas. Beautiful. Happy PPF!

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  20. Gorgeous pieces, beautiful lines and colors, really love your work! <3

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  21. Beautiful art, Andrea ! All of it !
    Have a cozy weekend !

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  22. From Pandora's Box, both light AND bees? What an unexpected combination!

    Drumming haiku

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  23. thank you for your nice words at my place... i also love what you do with color! and it's always wonderful to find another watercolor person; there don't seem to be many of us...

    xoxo

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  24. i forgot to say the most important thing! i definitely relate (resonate?) with falling ladies...

    xoxo

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  25. Amazing and gorgeous work! Love the soft color and beautiful designs!

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  26. ANDREA!!! I love these! The colors and I too, love that particular tangle. I am just so inspired by your art. I also wish that I had my old spirograph... I bet it is still to be found somewhere, I must go looking... And I wish, lots of wishes and too's here today!, that you too could come and dance with me Thursday morning in my labyrinth! But where ever you are on Valentines Day... we can dance, and our spirals will spin out, and cross in waves just like your beautiful art!

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  27. i have been rewarded richly for visiting the beauty of falling ladies!

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  28. Oh, I so love that "balance"-page. The colorcombination, the figure, the text ... Beautiful!

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  29. I loved my spirograph too!! So fun as a kid...what a memory you evoked!! All your mandelas and girls look like spiritual inspiration cards or even tarot cards... Beautiful beyond words. I'd want to own a set...

    Hugs Giggles

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  30. Wow! I am so glad you stopped by my blog since it brought me here. Love your artwork. I'll be back often.

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  31. I love this, the yellow makes it seem like Spring is here!

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  32. a terrific combination of watercolor & zentangles...love your work!

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  33. ooohhhh! love love
    love
    love these!

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  34. Andrrea I am totally blown away by your pieces, they are so amazing! I love the balanced one as much as the beautiful girl with the zentangled hair ♥

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