We’re back to Life Book this week. This is week six which is taught by Tam. The Lesson was on playing with spray inks. Spray inks are not and have never been my friend. I just don’t like how they are never easy to use. I have sprayed my face, hands, and all the items on my table in an effort to use them before I just gave up.
When I saw that this week was sprays, I almost walked away, but I decided it was a sign and that I had to at least give it a try.
so I did.
Even though the paper wasn’t perfect for it, I did the spray part on the right page first and then I drew the profile on the left and painted it with oils. The oils are still a challenge for me to use and I am trying to learn. They also take forever to dry.
Once it was done, I did some pen-work like Tam did and wrote my little reminder message, which says: We accept the love we think we deserve.
That’s from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A book I love.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
One of my goals for 2014 was to do Monthly Projects. My intention was to do a daily art practice every day on something I wanted to get better at. In January, I picked birds. I posted one update a long time ago. Even though I never posted more updates, I did do a few more. I didn’t end up with 31 but merely 14. That’s still 14 more than I would have done otherwise.
Here they all are:
None of these are original to me. All of the birds come from artists in this pinterest board.
And here are larger versions of the ones I didn’t post back in January.
So here we are. A whole lot of birds.
You can read more about my monthly projects in 2014 here.
Here we are, at the end of March. For this week, even though most of the week will be April, I wanted to set one more brave intention. I figured after daring to be open, releasing what I was holding on to, and stopping to listen, it was only fair that I also chose to leap. Even though most of this word is not about action for me this year, I still feel like even small, tiny leaps to honor what I hear will be worthwhile.
The lettering I used here comes from Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy.
I don’t know if the image worked well but it’s intended to look like a woman leaping. Half the fun of it was trying.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Here are photos from this week:
Nathaniel made a cool lego creation.
so we photographed it from every angle.
i love it.
David went to the ophthalmologist this week as we thought his eye might be deteriorating. As it worked out, he was just fine (20/20 vision) but the doctor dilated his pupils so we snapped a shot.
they gave him these cool glasses to protect his eyes.
and they gave a pair for the little boy, too.
and here’s our photos of the week.
i love my family so much. so grateful.
we love minecraft!
tickle time – not david’s favorite.
but i love it.
so we’re keeping it.
and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.
Weekly Diary is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Nathaniel Reads to Mommy is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 4.5-year-old son. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from the Craft-A-Doodle book. Specifically from the artist Pamela Keravuori whose projects were my absolute favorite.
I drew this page and then colored it using Faber Castell qrt pencils and aquarelles. Then I used some other water color pencils and I used some pastels. Some neocolor ii’s as well. Then Stabilo All to trace it all once more. I colored the background with the gelatos.
prompt says: today i know that i feel best after I have
I wrote about how i feel best after I’ve taken some time for myself.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I really like their sketches. Lovely ideas. I used satin stitch and back stitch on this one and fill stitch in her eyes. The little word is grace. I wonder if your eyebrows would really be the same color if you’re that blonde?
Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
I realized this week that I never shared my last OLW page from 2013 with you. Last year, I didn’t do any of the OLW assignments past June. The individual assignments didn’t inspire me and I felt kind of blah the second half of the year so it just never came together.
After I beat myself up for a while, a long while, I decided to do one mixed media page that would allow me to reflect on my word and all its gifts to me throughout 2013 and then let myself move on. I had some fun and wrote some journaling and ended up with this.
With that, I was able to release 2013.
I read about Reconstructing Amelia also because I read that it was being made into a movie and I knew I would like to make sure I read it first. It’s about a mom who’s trying to understand what exactly happened to her daughter who commits suicide.
It was depressing.
It was also not amazingly well written or super-interesting. In my opinion.
I am not sure what I think about it. And maybe the movie can be better than the book.
And, of course, I’ll be glad I read it first.
This week’s all about the skiing in Tahoe. I scanned our badges from the trip and made a photo of them.
I also scanned their progress reports from the ski school and made a spread with them.
so grateful.
Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s page is also from The Walk. Week two. One of the assignments this week was to collage a self portrait and then write/collage a list of things about yourself. What you’re good at. What’s your essence, etc. I decided to draw mine and made this girl.
My girl is holding a box. Last year, when I was in a Coaching course, we did a visualization exercise where we were to find out our Captains and what came to me was this little girl and she gave me a box. When I opened it, it was filled with light. Over that course and the next few months, I’ve come to believe that it represented the light we each have within ourselves and she was giving me mine and telling me to open it so it can shine through me. And also that this is what I want to do with others. Help them let their light shine through.
So once I drew my girl, I made some lines in the background and journaled all over it.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Since last week is about releasing, this week had to be about stopping and listening. Once I release, I am now ready to stop and to truly listen. This also requires a lot of bravery. I need to be willing to hear what’s being said. I need to be willing to stop and not go go go.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
I chose to do a bird sitting again because birds are my image for 2014 and I really liked this one which looked like it was stopping to listen.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
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monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
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