“Drawing is a kind of hypnotism.” -Pablo Picasso Hubby would be the first one to agree that drawing and painting have hypnotizing effects on me. He might ask me something and it sounds like waaaah, waaaaah, waaaah, waaaaah background … Read More
The Prompt for this entry: Acts of Love. Sketch or illustrate your appreciation for those who have shown love to you recently. How did they express it? How has it impacted you?
I hadn’t planned a post for Valentine’s Day, but then I saw a luscious chocolate cake smothered in Chianti cherry sauce on Canada AM yesterday and this idea came to mind. Cherries are so hard to come by at … Read More
The Prompt: Sketch or illustrate your appreciation for books! See Instagram #gratitude52journal, and #g52prompt5 for entries.
“The artist never entirely knows – We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark”. Agnes de Mille. (American dancer who gave concerts of her own choreographies which included her own character sketches. She … Read More
“No mud, no lotus.” Thich Nhat Hanh. I found this quote in one of my art reference books ironically when I was wondering what to do with some of the disasters that were lurking behind a table in my art/craft … Read More
Gratitude Journal Week 3 prompt: Art Supplies. Sketch or illustrate your appreciation for the gift of self-expression. I chose to blend traditional and digital art for this weekly assignment. I painted a few of my favourite supplies in watercolour. Then … Read More
“I’m going on vacation. I’ll bring you back a souvenir suitcase. It’ll be full of love, but otherwise appear to be empty.” ― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.
“Elegance is the only beauty that does not fade.” ~Audrey Hepburn These ladies waited very patiently for several months for me to get back to them while I travelled to Mexico, finished other projects, and prepared for Christmas. But … Read More
“If you start it, finish it. Don’t leave loose ends.” ~ unknown author. Not exactly the most brilliant quotation, I admit, but for the purpose of this last post of 2015, it will do. A year end means taking stock … Read More
“If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.” George MacDonald, Scottish author and poet. I am … Read More
“The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.” Jean Paul Richter There were many general quotations about angels to choose from for today’s post. However, … Read More
