journal illustrations and musings

Thursday, February 12, 2015

29 faces and how to be alone

Day 9 - 29 faces

a cartoon version of myself

holding your heart in my hands.

It's safe there.

and day 10...

red and green Sharpie markers.

A bit of painting last night...

acrylic on paper...

I'm not so good lately with taking progress shots...
seems like all of a sudden,
i realize i'm almost done
and i've only taken one photo.

I work full time in an office setting (for now)
where money seems to be
the topic of discussion on most days.
Making money, saving money,
lack of money, RRSPs, pension plans...
B-O-R-I-N-G!!
When i first started this painting,
i had absolutely no idea what i wanted to paint.

And almost as soon as i finished it,

i saw myself in this little pig tailed girl...

standing on a mountain of money,

oblivious to the flying money around her...

holding a sign that reads: true

She is not concerned about what goes on around her.

She is concerned about TRUTH.

The air she breathes.

The sunrise.

Waking up in the morning to a new day.

Her art.

Too many people sacrifice happiness

and peace of mind

for the promise of a financially secure future.

But not this girl.

She knows her path in life

regardless of what foolishness goes on

around her.

She may not be rich at the bank

but she's rich in the heart.

:-)

I may have shared this video already,

but i love it so much,

i wanted to share it again.

For those who may not have seen it.

A wonderful reminder

that the simple things in life

can be the best...

Sunday, February 8, 2015

self portraits - Frida and me

Is there anything sweeter

than getting a surprise card in the mail?

No.

I didn't think so.

I've made some wonderful friends on-line,
and I've even had the pleasure
of meeting a few in person.
This beautiful Frida card (& quotes!) came this week,
from the thoughtful Stephanie, at
Creative Living Experiment

She is as loving in person as she is on-line.
THANK YOU Stéphanie.
Your words made my week more tolerable,
and it makes me happy to know
that we are friends.

I've been painting these daily
but posting them a bit late.
Day 4 - another rough day at work.
Done in Crayola wax crayons.

Day 5 - from a photo rather than a mirror...

thin blue Sharpie marker.

Day 6, acrylic paint (on index card paper)

from looking in the mirror.
I took my glasses off,
so very little detail in this one
(because everything was blurred!)
plus I gave myself a sideways glance,
and shorter hair.

This one, day 7
i did from memory.
No photo, no mirror.
Whenever i try to draw myself from memory,
i always end up looking like a man.
i FEEL like a woman,
when I look at myself in the mirror,
i SEE a woman,
but for whatever reason,
so many of these self portraits look like men to me.
Maybe my YIN YANG is off balance.
teeheehee...