Coming out of hibernation a bit at a time

Since the Light is returning i am less inclined to sit and quilt and listen to books on tape ....

I am SLOWLY starting to paint...

I have been looking back through my sketchbooks for old ideas never followed through on,

There are tons,

And here's my stack of books since 2011, and some random images from them. 

Totally random, obscure things...

I think i can see improvement, but what i put in them remains the same...

I put everything in them.

Lots of the images i have never used for anything and i would like to see if parts of them could be used in fabric with some manipulation in photoshop, (i don't mean the ones i have shown here).

Hopefully i will film a few flip throughs of them soon.

And looking at them it dawns on me why i haven't done much sketching in a book in the last year, compared to 2012 &2013, which is when many of these are from, and it's because i ran out of the strathmore visual journals and went to other sketchbooks. I don't like the paper in the other types i had as much.

Note to self; stock up on strathmores!

 

CHristMas stASh

 Excited to read

ideas and images

swirl to the surface

Here's some of the art book and sketchbook stash I received for Christmas.... 

I'll let you know as I go how they are...

and I have already started doodling in one of the sketchbooks just with ballpoint pen...

And as long as you have been meeting my pets lately I should show you BobDole... She looks meaner than she is...

Hope your Christmas was merry and bright!

Earth, air, fire, water

I made another video for you this week. In this one i have painted 4 watercolor mandalas in my sketchbook.  I read on a few people's blogs lately that they tend to skip the videos when they see them on people's blogs. I am just the opposite, i love to see videos, especially art videos of people creating. I vegetated a bit this week in the evenings watching art videos, and if i had saved all the links i would show you the best of what i saw, some amazing things.... But i didn't, ooops. Anyway, please don't skip this video, it's about slowing down to enjoy what you see..., it's about 5 minutes long... Slow down, take your time and relax! That's my deep thought and advice for you and for myself this week. Slow down and enjoy  what you are seeing and doing without being in such a rush to see and do the next thing. I will try to Take my own advise, and just do one thing at a time today!

And for those of you who just truly don't have the 5 minutes today, i'll post my 4 sketches below the video...

Earth, air, fire water

These are always there for us

This is small magic