sisterhood of the traveling sketchbook this week...

I just received Lori's sketchbook in the mail a few days ago and couldn't wait to do my spread in it right away. It is so wonderful to get a new sketchbook and take my time going through the art already in it, There's such  a variety of styles but the one thing that gets me each and every time is how honest each woman is with their art and words. Truly it's inspiring, and with this book I had no real idea what I was going to do with August's pages but once I read the words Lori and others had written I knew what I would do.

This is a very spiritual sketchbook....I won't show the full art or other's words as I don't know how everyone feels about that, but I need to give you a peek at how really great they all are...

Lori's Venus of Willendorf.... I love her...

And Jaime's bride being reinvented to relearn her creative self...

and Brandy's  art about connecting with small pleasures, quiet moments to heal her...

And Lisa's wonderful page (I'm showing just one but she usually does 2) about her beliefs with a beautiful quote from ee cummings

The picture again doesn't do it justice as it's textural and needs to be touched...

On Lori's intro page she mentions that she put in a moon on her sign in page because August is the Moon of the Silver Web, a time to strengthen connections, and on my "witches datebook" in front of me where I have all my calenders and lists each day, it says those same words! So I knew I had to paint all 13 of the Sisters. They represent one for each of us but they also all represent me at one time or another in one way or another. There's a bride for my wedding in August, there'a girl in a party hat as I had one of my children in August, there's shy ones and bold ladies, there's a business woman and a goddess. So my hope is that, keeping with the Silver Web Moon, that the art we all do will speak in some way to each and everyone of us and that we 13 will all be connected through it!

Have a great week!!!