ideas para un finde continued

this is my third post for all my friends in chile and argentina who have come to rely on inspirational things to make i post every now and then.

all of them i have gathered from my favorite blogs, flickr or pinterest.  i place

this pumpkin in first place because this is what i would make first if i had the pattern.  what a glorious mixed media fabric pumpkin.

and this chair reminded me of my friend marcela

all about color

happy colors

when exploring new art techniques

or simply looking when i go out 

or playing with acrylics

even the color of the paper bag is so pretty

or embroidering

or using indigo watercolors, one of my favorites after aqua

and especially on my nature walks

indigo again for the jar project

and bright green as a backdrop for my silhouette against a rock at the beach

and all of them pretty much together

LOVE OF COLOR

love of warmth

love is always young

hints of autumn

my son says i am haunted by the same face.  it strikes me as an interesting comment.  i began looking at others artist's work and noticed his comment was pretty accurate.  but why? maybe an inner search for an alter ego, maybe a secret voice calling, maybe a guardian angel image as i sleep, but it is true i tend to create similar faces, not quite adult looking, still with a hint of innocence.

i am linking today to a fascinating challenge  at 29 Faces Challenge

i have already found some very interesting new artists.

looking back, i think i've already painted 29 faces, but since most of them have flown to new homes, it doesn't feel like it.  they are no longer with me and once in a while i need to look back on them and wonder...did i really paint them?

a long long long walk on the beach-paradise

at last permission to breathe and more than that to be in touch with that utmost of energies...

NATURE, the ultimate artist, the ultimate everything in my eyes.  no wonder artists pursue imitating nature to bring it closer, into their homes, seize it somehow.

you see, my man is a little aged to do these things with me as much as he would like to.  at most we ride our bikes around our home.  so i asked him for permission to go with a friend who lives in santa barbara. and he obliged. 

how could i avoid going when these treasures were awaiting?

how could i avoid going when it is pure light!

and where beauty is free in every sense of the word?

ofcourse i came home with pockets full.....i even refused to brush the sand off me feet.

i love barnacles.

and as you walk,

all those textures and colors in every shade of the rainbow?

a little critter blowing bubbles in a miniature rock cave whispered to me...come hither and there i spent a good five minutes looking him in the eye, my day's communion.

and then at evening time to look back

and think,

why don't i do this more often? explain to richard that it is a matter of life and death to me.

i just feel guilty i guess, leaving him at home.

but deep down inside i know he understands, he knows my earthiness and would never deny me the right.

so now i have proposed to him that he come along and bring a book to read in the car while i stroll.

and then to end the day with paper and colored pencils inspired by other nature lovers.

who do these remind you of? 

yes, lynne and carolyn.  lynne right here in my back yard, carolyn in st. ives where i used to vacation as a child growing up in england. she is making me a custom made seaside heart like the one pictured.

oh the magic of synchronicity!

communion in deeds.

sacre coeur

yes, that heart of all hearts!

monday should have been the day but you know how things are....we skip and jump across the stream from one stone to another, wishing, wanting, dreaming until all the elements suddenly come together.

so....last night i settled into my little creative cocoon and began.  and it can now be shared with "recuerda mi corazon" and all who share in it.

creating this sacred heart was somewhat new as far as techniques.

i used sooooo many textures and mediums and layers.  embroidery, distress inks, calligraphy ink to distress the background, vintage lace, shoe polish, fabric snippets and tim holtz alphabet letters.

it will now be mounted and probably given as a gift to a friend in germany who loves the sacred heart.

my favorite saint, the saint of the little things, therese of lisieux.

borrowed from rachel ashwell's blog

and this treasure you may ask? well ebay has had it for sale for a long time and i keep coming back to it but it is way beyond my budget so maybe, just maybe i can make one myself?

 

Quiero lo que Tu quieres,

lo quiero porque lo quieres,

lo quiero como lo quieres,

lo quiero en cuanto lo quieres.