This was one of those nice little unexpected projects that emerged amongst a busy schedule! It was an old canvas that had something crappy on it and I walked past it one night and thought I might throw a layer of texture paste on that……
I stamped some things into the texture paste and added some egg shells. Then a couple of days later…….
I added some Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray inks!
Then before I went for lunch another day I thought it was feeling too wishy washy, So I rubbed some yellow oxide paint into all the grooves and wiped off the excess with a baby wipe
Then I rubbed a bit of burnt umber paint into the circle patterns. The hanging charm frames have brads and pebbles in them then filled with ice resin. The sticks and twigs come from our beach! 🙂
So for something that was not planned and just happened inbetween everything I am pretty damn happy with it!!!
I have been very brave in getting in front of the video camera and have done a video tour of my little studio/office space, I have changed rooms since my last studio photos and have just changed this room around again since I have moved in last year. My darling son offered to swap rooms last year, he didn’t have to ask me twice. LOL So I have gone from a 3×3 room to a 3×4 and man that extra meter makes all the difference. I have to say a huge thank you to my gorgeous daughter Leonii for helping me make this video. My first attempt I did myself with walking around with the camera in my hand, but It made me that sick with all the motion I couldn’t even watch it to edit it! :). It was a lot better done with the tripod! Anyway I hope you enjoy the tour …
I have had so much fun these past few months teaching nieces, and cousins daughter to draw these faces. I love the look on their faces when they have finished it, that they can’t believe they did that! Chloe (my niece 13), Sarah (Chloe’s cousin on her dad’s side 13) & Scarlet (my cousins eldest daughter 13) These girls have so much natural talent! I really hope they continue with expressing themselves through art and exploring their creative abilities! It can be such a great way for self expression and to really learn about themselves! I really saddens me that so many of us as kids are told that being artistic will never amount to anything, when in reality it can lead you to everything!!
Learning about yourself and getting in touch with who you are and your soul is what we spend our whole lives doing. Imagine how much quicker we could all get there if we kept pursuing our artistic abilities. It really doesn’t take much to shut down someones creative dreams, especially a kids. They don’t need to be told more than once that they can’t do something before they believe it! Then you spend the rest of your life avoiding those things that you were told that you couldn’t do, and you believe it yourself!
Just Imagine if you could do anything you wanted to, what would you like to do now??? Getting in touch with your creative side or any side that was suppressed from early childhood is such a freeing exercise. Creative pursuits doesn’t just mean painting or drawing, it can be interior decorating, fashion, cooking, woodwork, needlework, singing, acting, writing and so so many more things that might be your creative calling!
Why not make it a goal for this year to get back in touch with your creative side this year, give yourself permission to enjoy something just for you. Find something that lights you up and grounds you and just gives you pure joy!!!
This was my girl in progress that I did while teaching Chloe and Sarah over the Christmas Break! I have been having so much fun learning to draw these this past 12 months! I am still trying to find my style with these girls!
This is Chloe’s Girl she drew! I think she even surprised herself! These girls even gave up beach time to do these! I think they are hooked now! 🙂 Although they were back down the beach when I went to get a photo of them both with them when they were finished! 🙂
This is Sarah’s girl, she did hers in Greens and Pink to go in her Room! They have both done amazing jobs on their first go! Sarah is another natural little artist! 🙂
This is Scarlet my cousins daughter, another natural artist! I got to teach Scarlet to draw in the September School holidays down the beach. She is a natural artist, but then so is her mum too! Scarlet did the top two corner girls down the beach, and she got a box of gelatos for Christmas and has sent through all the other pics of the other girls she has done since! I love them all!!!
I am so proud of all the girls and what they have achieved in such a short time!! What has taken me 12 months to learn to do they have picked up in no time at all! 🙂
This was my finished girl I did while teaching Scarlet! 🙂 I did quite a few more over the holidays that I still have to share yet too! 🙂
I wonder how much more natural ability we would all have if we were given permission to express ourselves through art without judgement! We would definitely worry less about what others think about us! I am blown away by the talent of these girls and love the innocent expression they portray in their artwork, before we are conditioned as to what is right and wrong and that everything needs to be perfect!
Perfectionism is a soul destroyer! Kick it to the kerb people!!!!! I KNOW!! I KNOW!!!!! That is soooooooooo much easier said than done, I am so guilty of it still too! But I am learning to let it go! You can too!!!
Wishing you all a wondrous creative journey for 2014! What ever your pursuits may be!! Find something that makes your heart sing and just go for it!!!
I know I said I would be back with an update of the past few months adventures, but it has just been one big roller coaster lately. My doubts and fears have been working on holding me back, as soon as I feel like I am making some progress it feels like this hand reaches back up and tries to bring me back down! I just don’t get it how we can let our heads have this much control of us!
I have had enough and just want to smack this bitch down, I am sick of being on this roller coaster and sick of feeling sick, that I am not good enough or not smart enough or not funny enough or what ever else the voice in my head likes to inflict on me! I am tired of letting little things or comments derail me so easily.
I have been working sooooo hard on staying positive and looking to the future and working on me, but this consistent, persistent voice always comes back to bring me crashing back down!
I AM ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! I have to believe that or else what is the point of anything!! Why am I doing what I am doing?? Questions and arguments that go on in my head constantly. I have so much going on and so much I want to do and so much I want to share and give to others but fear of rejection is making me selfish, I am holding back soo much that could be benefiting others all for the fear that it is not going to be good enough or I might be laughed at or ridiculed or even be wrong. Another big thing I fear is letting people down and disappointing people! I know they are just my insecurities, but how the hell do I get control over them and tell them to fuck off once and for all!!!
I know I will never get off this roller coaster called life, but to just be able to feel like I am doing the right thing and that I am on the right path will make things seem so much easier without this persistent pest in my head!!!
If anyone has any tips on how to let go of not feeling good enough I would love to hear them! Sorry about the rant, this is just where my head is at today!
I will be back very soon with my first video blog post, if I can get past the insecurities of how I will look and sound on camera.. But I will do it, I am just working up the courage at the moment!
