Old and New Journal Pages

This is a old journal page that I made a few years ago.  At the time I was writing about feeling like a fish out of water in regards to making art.  I felt so clumsy when it came to working in my journal.  There were more pages in the journal that I hated than I was pleased with.

I would open the pages and feel discouraged by all the "ugly" art that was inside.  I actually have a page in the journal that says "Even ugly art is still art."

Somewhere in the last few months there has been an understanding between me an my journal.  I am realizing that my journal is my playground.  It is my space to make mistakes and learn. It is quickly becoming my favorite place to visit on a daily basis. 

I am even starting to finish those pages that originally made me cringe. 

Remember to check in on the Paint Party that happens every Friday here. 

   

Rainy Days, Yeah!!!

I woke my youngest son up this morning and told him it was still raining and that he may have to swim to school today.  He looked at me and jumped out of bed to look out his window.  With all the rain that we have had the last week, he actually believed me. 

He has been a little bummed this week.  I remember being a kid and being bummed when it rained because we couldn't have outdoor recess and go outside to play with my friends too.   

But as an adult I am loving this rain that we are having this week.  We have had baseball practice and games cancelled and have had to stay in the house.  I have done A LOT of painting this week (that will be shown in the upcoming weeks.)  It felt so good not having anywhere to go this week.  

I had planned to put these up last week, but blogger was not cooperating on Friday morning.  And I have not been cooperating with blogger on any other time but Friday morning. So Paint Party Friday check-in and a blog update didn't happen last week.  

 

Check in with all the Paint Party Friday peeps.

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the blogosphere Mother's.  Hope everyone has a wonderful day. 

I got an early Mother's Day present yesterday which was the gift of time.  It is the best gift that can ever be given.  The boys went to my Mom's to play and the hubby went Golfing.  So I had about 6 hours of uninterrupted time to spend at my dining room table doing art. 

So I got the beast of a sewing machine out and did a little free motion sketching, I mean stitching. 

It was not without its share of drama.  You see it is a new machine and somehow I lost the instruction manual.  It is around here somewhere, but where I am not sure. It took me 20 minutes to find out how to drop the feed dog.  I did however find out why I kept having trouble with the thread knotting up in the back, so it wasn't a total time sucker. 

These are stitched onto watercolor paper.  Stop back next week's  Paint Party Friday to see them painted. 

Spend some time today to check out the sketching over at Sunday Sketches with Sophia.

And again, Happy Mother's Day to everyone! You can say Happy Mother's Day to my Mom here.

Blah, blah, blah and PPF

  Not much to say.  I am at a loss for words, I have been rather boring for a few weeks.  But I skipped Paint Party Friday last week and I wanted to participate this week.  So I will just show you what I have been up to for the last couple days instead of bore you with tales of little league baseball and painting doors. 

Come join the party here!