Art journaling with prompts

It has been so long since I posted.  I've been busy with everything but art.  This orchid flowered for the longest time by my gate.  Isn't it pretty?  I don't know what kind it is. Below those pictures is a lunch I made for myself... a yummy colorful salad.  Veggies make good pictures due to their vibrant colors.

Art-wise I've had some inspiration at times.  I did purchase the book The Art Journaling Workshop by Traci Bunkers, and I enjoy it a lot.  The book comes with a DVD. There are of course descriptions about materials and procedures.  I really like the prompts she uses.  I haven't gotten through them all, but here are some samples:

The prompt for this one was Get Out of Your Own Way.  I started on one side.  She suggests layers of paint and writing about the subject when needed, and then paint over that if you want it to stay private.  The opposite page I added on my own in response to the prompt. 

This prompt was Purging.  Well, there's a lot to purge.  I vented on the pages, and then I painted over them.  You can still see some writing peeking through.  I added more writing on top.  The peacock is from a greeting card, so the copyright belongs to someone else.  

This one is not from a prompt.  I just winged the sentiment of healthy eating here... :)

Gratitude was the prompt here.  I added all the people, pets, and things I'm grateful for and then added that gratitude is an inside job.  I used some old paperback pages that I glued on and distressed.  I added some old stamps and cutouts as embellishment.
I've been using Omni gel to get some transfers.  They come out ok but are pretty frail around the edges.

What have you been working on?  

Full moon and a bowl of cherries...

Don't you just love all of summer's bounty, be it fruit or veggie?  Got some super sweet, ripe cherries, and they melted in my mouth.  That was all I had for dinner that night, and then I went out and snapped the full moon draped with clouds.  It was a magical evening... 

 

 

 

Life is good.... 

Nature's Bounty... painting/collage

This is a commission I just finished, and the lady is very happy with it.  Yay!  Commissions are not easy because you tread a fine line between what you want to paint, and what they want.  But, all you can do is your best and hope they like it.  It's always a challenge, and as far as I know, challenges are good! :)

Nature's Bounty:

 

Then there's the real nature's bounty, a frangipani I snapped in the back yard.  So pretty! 

 

Enjoying the summer and her bounty of flowers and other gorgeous expressions....

A little of this a little of that...

Creatively I've been in a drought for what seems like forever, but I managed to finish something today.  Yay!  I also took some pictures on my trip...my two nieces and their babies.  So cute.  The back yard has a few flowers, so I snapped some colorful pictures in the very hot afternoon.  Summer is upon us here in Florida!  Not so muggy yet, but very hot.  I don't mind it; rather hot than cold I say...

Check out the pictures!

 

THE MESSENGER mixed media 12x12"

 

 Little Klara

 

 

We like a handy man in the kitchen.  Claes can cook!

 

Florian and Isabella

 

Florian 2 years old

 

Crab apple tree

 

Buddha plant

 

Bouganvillia

 

Alamanda vine

It was a bit windy out so the pictures are not truly sharp, but enjoy the colors! 

The most AMAZING mosaic wall...

You must check this out.  Michelle Legler, mosaic artist in Arizona created this masterpiece.  Her blog is fantastic as well...  HERE... enjoy!

New blog!

Hey folks, I started a new blog about inner and outer health.  It will include links to cool sites that offer solutions, healthy recipes, nature stuff, inspirational stuff, essential oils.  In other words, inspirations for change.  Live healthier, happier, and more fulfilled.
Here's the link: Greene Earth Living.  Please come and visit me there. :)

Busy beady day!

Got into some beads today.  I had two pendants with very interesting patterns--dogstooth amethyst, that I bought the other day.  I love the deep purple and the jagged lines in the stone.  Rooting around in my stash of beads I came up with this combo of colors to enhance the focal point in each necklace.

Green Nile Goddess...  I was trying to come up with the best pictures to put these necklaces in my etsy shop.  There's more work to be done on that, but you get the sneak preview... Amethyst and Fluorite.

Himalayan Goddess...  there's a mountain in that pendant.  Amethyst, lavender fluorite, agates, and moonstone.