Here are the sketches from this week. I am still playing around with different subject matter, mediums, etc. I can’t say I’ve found my comfort zone yet and while most of these are ok, I am still not really happy with them. But practice makes perfect, right? So I keep practicing.
On Wendesday, I started simple with this girl.
right after, I tried something different with this girl.
Thursday I did these owls.
Friday was the birds and trees in water.
on Saturday I made the girl with wings
on Sunday, I did this face:
Monday, I totally changed course and made the windmills:
and Tuesday I tried to make this amazing girl but my attempts were nothing like the striking original:
and here we are. Not the best week but also not the worst. I am still going and I love that.
Thankfully, this morning I woke up considerably less cranky and whiny. I got right to work which was to exercise first thing. Today’s goal was 3.12miles and I think likely cause I was nervous about that, I forgot to take my ipod off the pause and it was 20 minutes in that I realized my mistake. I could have just assumed a mile (likely more) and done only 2.12 more but it was the first day doing 3.12 so I wanted the record to be straight. So I started as if I hadn’t walked at all and made it all the way to 3.12 and it was hard. By the end I was not a happy camper. But I did it!
I snapped this shot of David before he left for school. I rarely take AM shots during the week but I love snapping some while he talks to me.
Then I snapped one of the busy little boy, too.
He loves to color but he’s not so great about putting the caps back on.
The rest of the morning was sketching, writing, working, working, working and then going to get David. We did our walk and then read our book. Right after that Jake and David went to a robot factory right across from our house. Which they loved!! Then I got to take some nicer shots of my big boy.
He’s so pretty.
I tried to snap some of Nathaniel too but he wasn’t cooperating. Here he is looking up cause I told him there was a spider behind me.
And here is another unsuccessful attempt.
Then I gave up and went back to working on a layout. I got another happy mail today so I have a few layouts to make and then I should have a quiet period for a while. This package was full of bright, happy goodies. A perfect way to start the summer.
After that I did some art journaling as I’d neglected my journal last night out of grumpiness. And now I am trying to work on getting some content written for a class but honestly I am not feeling it so I am likely to walk away and just surf a bit and go to sleep and read my book. I consider this a good and happy day and hope for another productive day tomorrow.
I hope your Wednesday was good, too!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for some lovely happy mail and for a happy layout created with it.
2. I am grateful for Skype time with my mom and dad. I love getting to talk to them so often. Love you mom and dad!!.
3. I am grateful for some quiet time at work so I can catch up on all the work that I got behind these last few hectic months.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I went to the robot factory. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played spies with Julian at school.
3. I am grateful that I built an aquarium at school.
Ready for some more truth cards? I love making these and looking at them.
Here’s the fifth card [inspiration]
and sixth card: [inspiration]
and seventh: [inspiration]
and here’s the eigth: [inspiration]
that’s it for this week.
Truth cards are ATC-sized cards I am creating as part of my homework for Soul Restoration. You can read more about it here.
Even though I woke up relatively ok, I spent most of today cranky so I will keep it short. I did finally get the little table back out from the garage. thank you for the comment Dawn, it’s what made me do it and the little boy was so happy!
Even though the colors are off, big boy was happy today, too.
We sat and read our book together which made little boy jealous so he acted out:
The funniest part was that he kept looking through his fingers to make sure we were watching him be sad. Love the little actor.
Ok I am off to help my husband with his work and then off to bed and maybe tomorrow i’ll wake up from the right side of the bed.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I used my cricut to make a bunch of stencils and masks.
2. I am grateful for everyone’s patience with me here in the house today as i was super grouchy.
3. I am grateful for a night without todo lists. Just resting is what I need.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with Julian. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I will ride my bike after dinner.
3. I am grateful that next Thursday is pajama day.
This weeklong page was my attempt to try some doodling. I had this very colorful background and then added some butterflies and since they were doodled, I decided to add them all along the edges..
Here it is empty:
I intended to leave them empty, but as the week went along, I colored them.
here’s the left page:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I never intended to fill them but I love love love the way this page ended up. That’s the great thing about this process, I almost always adore the final product.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
And the long weekend is sadly almost over. I had such a lovely weekend that I really didn’t want it to end. I relaxed, exercised, did art, took a nice walk with my kids, sketched, made a layout, took photos, and then relaxed some more. Lovely. David spent some of his morning looking through my layouts of him.
He read all the titles and even some of the journaling. He really really enjoys looking at his pages and I love seeing his joy.
We then put Nathaniel down for his nap and while I sketched and made my layout, he colored with watercolors outside.
Then Nathaniel woke up and we took a long walk together and he played around the room. He even cleaned up some spilled water.
I took what might be my most favorite recent shot of him.
He’s still coloring like crazy and when he can’t reach the table, he does it on the chair. He’s so so so cute though which is why I let him do it. And also because he knows to write only on paper.
We all had some food and then Daddy came home!! which was wonderful. He hung out with the kids, went biking with David, gave them baths and now we’re both relaxing. I have to still journal and work on my art journal. I feel so full after such a wonderful weekend. I hope yours was, too.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made another layout and sketched today but then also relaxed a lot.
2. I am grateful Jake’s back. Nothing is the same without him here.
3. I am grateful for this long, wonderful, relaxing weekend.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that daddy came back. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we took a bike ride.
3. I am grateful that I read my layout pages.
4. I am grateful that I watercolored.
Jake left town for a super short trip early this morning. We decided to snap photos right before he left. Here’s me setting the camera up.
David was really sad when we started but took the photo even though he was almost crying. Nathaniel is complaining because he wants the remote.
We then had to stop briefly cause David was really crying but then things were better and Nathaniel had the remote so everyone was feeling happier.
After the photos, Daddy left, I exercised and we all had breakfast. As I scrapped a layout for summer CHA, the kids colored. I love how they’re sitting at two ends of the table.
While Nathaniel napped, David got to play a bit of wii and some on the computer. Here’s the “let’s get this over with” smile.
When Nathaniel woke up, we all went for a walk and took lots of flower photos and then the kids colored more as I sketched and we all relaxed. A lovely quiet day.
They are now both in bed and I am starting to put together my downloadables for June newsletter. If you’re not subscribed, you can do so from the right side of my main page. All my layouts are done until Tuesday so tomorrow I get to relax and do art journaling. And sketching. And hug my kids!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made eleven layouts last week. That’s a lot even for me. Eight of them are for CHA.
2. I am grateful for movies and podcasts that have been keeping me entertained while I work.
3. I am grateful for the beautiful weather here which means David and I can take long walks and chat.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played wii. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we took a walk.
3. I am grateful that I drew a beautiful tree with apples.
As expected, today was a lovely, quiet, and art-ful day. I woke up well-rested and happy so I exercised immediately and it was time for family photos.
nathaniel was in charge and took most of them.
He managed to capture a few great ones.
He enjoyed the process so much.
Except for those few seconds when David had the remote.
Then it was tickle time.
Which I’ve come to love love love.
Then David and Jake went to Berkeley to play soccer with Jake’s friend and Nathaniel and I made art. He drew with his pencils and I scrapped while we listened to Paperclipping Roundtable and he watched Thomas (on mute.)
He loved the pencils. Until he started breaking the lead and I had to take them away!!
When David came back, it was Wii time for him.
I did my sketching and then some truth cards. Then we all went on a family dinner and now the kids are down so I am scrapping once more. Lovely, full, wonderful day!!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a few hours of pure quiet.
2. I am grateful for my wonderful family and these awesome family shots.
3. I am grateful for a new great book to read and devour.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I went to play soccer. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played wii.
3. I am grateful that I got some candy.
Happy Friday everyone! It was a relatively quiet day around here. I worked, worked and worked. The little boy was in a good mood and gave me a smile.
Love those big eyes.
Big boy gave me a smile, too.
And then some more.
I still can’t believe I have a son with blue eyes. How did that happen?
This weekend promises to be a quiet one. Nothing major planned. Jake has a brief trip and I have some scrapping to do. Otherwise it’s a lot of rest and playing with the kids. Yey for quiet weekends!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I finally signed up for some summer courses for the kids. I’d been putting that off even though it was on my list.
2. I am grateful for some wonderful scrappy time.
3. I am grateful for a peaceful weekend (fingers crossed).
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got a pencil from Mihika. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I went and did a swimming test.
3. I am grateful that I get to stay up super-late tonight.
Amazingly my headache was still around when I woke up today. But, even more amazingly, it completely cleared after I exercised. I didn’t even want to admit it but I know it did. Which made me so happy. I did all my list items today and did a layout and had a friend come over and did a solid amount of work. Which makes this day a success in my book.
David and I took our walk and then he was allowed to play on the computer. Of course, I needed a smile first.
And here he is focusing on the game.
I love watching his hands on the computer.
And how well he concentrates.
Little boy was happy most of the day even though he tumbled down the stairs (only a few steps but still!) as he crawled down them and got slight rugburn on his face. Made me cry more than him.
I love watching him and capturing him. Especially in the quieter moments.
And the funny ones.
And the smiles he gives me knowing I am there but not looking at the camera.
He’s still into drawing nonstop and asks to sit on the chair several times a day.
And I love that he loves it!
I am off to rest a little bit now and then maybe attempt to make one more layout. Things generally go badly when I try to make two in a day but I am going to be gentle with myself and see where it goes. I might also make a truth card or two. The headache is sort of back so I will also go to bed early and see if that helps. Thank you for all your kind comments in the last few days, they truly mean the world to me.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a lovely day of productivity, friendship and lack of stress.
2. I am grateful for happy mail for Maya Road goodies and for shopping for some art supplies I’ve been coveting for some time.
3. I am grateful for Christy’s class and all the videos that make my morning exercise go so quickly.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got a Pokéman card. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I did more tracing at school.
3. I am grateful that summer is coming soon.
One Thing Jake’s Grateful For:
That the Stanford track has lights and that we live somewhere where it’s still warm enough to go running at 9pm. (He told me this tonight and I said that now he’s going to have to tell me one thing every day!)
Here are the sketches from this week. Still experimenting and trying a wide variety.
On Wendesday, I started simple with this girl.
Thursday I did another girl.
then colored it.
Friday was the fish which took a lot longer than you might think.
and here it is with color:
on Saturday I made the girl drinking tea:
here she is with color:
that night, I made one more quick one:
Sunday, I made yet another girl:
Monday, I felt too scared to try this sketch. so I challenged myself to do it.
and Tuesday I made this weird one:
the last one is the only sketch I like from the week. And maybe the non-colored fish one. I’m learning about what I like and what I don’t and I am still practicing as much as I can.
Today begun badly and has yet to improve. I woke up tired and then took way too long with each of my daily tasks. I have had a headache all day and it just will not go away. I really prefer not to have days like this. Especially the jaw pain. I can do without the jaw pain.
The little boy spent his time coloring.
And enjoyed every minute of it.
David and I read our book and then he read the blurb at the back. He’s a champion reader.
And he’s so so wonderful.
Even when he’s grouchy.
Here’s Nathaniel dropping one of the crayons and saying “oh uh.” He does that about 27 times an hour. If it’s not that, it’s “done” as in “I’m done with this one give me another color.”
His favorite thing though is having his big brother watch him.
They were definitely the highlight of my day.
Today is our ninth wedding anniversary. I cannot believe we’ve been married so long already. We dated for 7 years before we got married so our dating time was always longer compared to the time we spent married. But alas, we’ve completely crossed that bridge. Next year we’ll be married for ten years. I know most people write about how wonderful their husbands are etc. etc. The thing is, my husband and I have our ups and downs and sometimes we’re short with each other. Sometimes we don’t assume the best of each other. Sometimes we know exactly what to say to hurt/annoy/frustrate the other one. But even with all that, he’s my best friend. He’s always been my biggest cheerleader. I look up to him so much and I know he does to me, too. He’s the first person who truly made me feel like it’s ok to be me. And I truly, honestly feel like he’s a part of my soul. I love him so much and I am grateful for all the sunshine he’s brought into my life. I am grateful for our 9 years of marriage and I hope that we will get to be together all the way into our very old age.
Thank you for marrying me Jake. Thank you for everything that you’ve given me and for your patience and love and acceptance. I love and cherish you with all my heart. I am a lucky girl.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for nine wonderful years of marriage and for my husband.
2. I am grateful for Advil today, it’s keeping me sane.
3. I am grateful for my routine. Had I not had one, nothing would have not gotten done on a rough day like this.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I wrote a letter to Hassen. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played on the computer.
3. I am grateful that I traced different pieces of art at school.
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