top left, mad quick journal page… I wanted to do an artist holding a cup… but.. didn't leave enough room on the page.. so.. yeah top right, her again..(she began as a painting I did as part of a live stream to paint our 'Inner Healer') still going.. she's a bit of a practice piece.. I'm practicing letting go.. bringing back.. letting go.. bringing back… it's not easy.. but I keep telling myself it's a worthwhile exercise in releasing my comfort zone around painting.. to that end.. bottom left.. I've started layering over the top of a painting I did a few years ago.. it didn't sell.. and now i loath it.. so.. under the layers it's going. and bottom right.. same layering over the top.. decided I'd quite like a white on white on white kind of background.. so.. will have to see how I play on those this week. Oh… you know that confidence thing… and self belief thing… well… I sometimes have that arise when I put myself out there to teach a workshop or have an exhibtion.. you know.. you 'show up' and hope 'others will come to your party'… well today a lovely lady who had reserved her space at my Gypsy Retreaty Workshop.. actually came to my place and slipped her payment in an envelope under my door. I am so grateful for that action of absolutely belief in me and my offering… its a blessing for me to receive and to give, thanks beautiful Woman for believing in me, I look forward to having a very special two days painting with you. xo that's it for today,
love Denise x aaaah.. I'm late to post… but.. want to keep them in order.. so here's yesterday's 'efforts'. consciously wanting to break out of old patterns that no longer serve.. a desire for letting a little more wildness in … if not on the canvas… where? Surely.. I can allow any emotion to show up.. it's only on paper.. or board… let.. it… be. lower right is now she 'really looks' others are fab app's on iphone.
bye for now, it's Monday!.. I have to get on with that! love Denise xo and… HappyAnniversaryToPhillip&Me24YearsToday :) A bit of a melancholy start to my day.. pondering how it would have been my sisters 58th birthday (she died in '97) … and having a go with the loose style I've learned a bit from Misty Mawn.. so I keep trying it in my art journal.. funny how I can be much more free on the page sometimes…. maybe because it's not 'fraught with added expectations' . .. and as an astute artist I met said… "oh.. and you can hide it".
Day 14… and I am still keen to keep this thing going.. and w a n t t o f r e e u p s o m e m o r e bye for now, love Denise. out all day.. in meetings.. so.. this is the result of 10 minutes in a repurposed book / art journal . . love Denise xo
finsihing off little bits for my entry into an exhibition later in June… so the only 'fresh new art' that I did today was in my art journal. … practicing the 'art of letting go'.. that young woman on the left.. was painted over to become the one on the right… believe it. or not. here are the entries for Celebration of the Female Form . . . I also created a little newsletter which went out today… did you get one? … here's the link to see that.
love Denise xo Nooo.. I've almost got 'nothing to show' for today… sigh… I just did a bit of work on computer.. and 'wondering allowed' on yesterdays journal page. The result was quite helpful and profound to me… I am just LOVING the look in this woman's eyes.. and it occurred to me how well these figures can encompass how I am feeling sometimes.. and also the ongoing benefit and self care gift to myself that art-journaling continues to be. and some fun on 'hipstamatic app' til tomorrow,
love Denise xo limited time to create.. so I did do a page in my art journal.. an inquiry… I'm working with the vibe of Gypsy.. for my upcoming weekend workshop in July.. Wild Gypsy Rose… so here's another aspect of her. … I might add some designs to the page later with fine marker… it's time to cook dinner now. It's really feeling like a Sunday today for me… complete with breakfast in bed from my lovely man this morning. Clearing out our room for a new kingsize bed arriving tomorrow (I know.. trivia.. but I'm pretty thrilled about it.. I've been 'visualising a bedroom like a luxury hotel'ish feeling for the longest time…) … which means.. I've not had a lot of studio time this weekend.. my lovely sister was also visiting.. she's having a little trip.. reminsincent of a real gypsy.. complete with a little 70's caravan!
bye for now, love Denise. A bunch of journaling underneath to process some intense feelings.. I'd say this guy is doing quite a good job of expressing how I feel. No comment.. just. arting it out. This too shall pass. xo Denise.
quick art journal page today.. that's it.. not 'neat finsihed' - a bit of fun. and a tiny bit of wild gypsy making its way in.
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