http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog A Creative Wonderland of Blogging Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:09:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My favorite colors... with line drawings on top. The little journal entry on the left is a reminder of the following... Don't think of making everything perfect... it's not going to happen, & that's okay! If you want to draw 10 times as well, you have to draw 10 times ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/09/06/art-journal-day-5/ I love these flowers. It reminds me of the sunflowers I used to draw over and over and over in high school... I even put them on my posters as I was running for a Senior Representative in student council. I should find one of those posters... cah-lassic ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/09/05/art-journal-day-4/ At first I painted this and thought... it need's something... something furry. A squirrel! Then I was reminded about my Mom's encounter with a squirrel in Burbank (or is it Glendale?). The squirrel stopped her in her tracks and put out his hands... like... "feed me!" ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/09/04/art-journal-day-3/ Kept it simple... swirls of paint... the color is naturally mixing with the ring of color next to it. Relaxing. No words this time... just enjoyed making a mess :) Note to self... red acrylic paint usually wants to separate from the color next to it... why didn't I ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/09/03/art-journal-day-2/ Art Journaling... one a day... take one... :) Alicia and I agreed to start art journaling in the hopes that we could motivate each other. Eventually, we would collect our art and ideas into a new blog with some "podcraft"... podcasts. I like the idea of crafting or doing ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/09/02/an-art-journal-page-a-day/ Last weekend, we wrangled our California friends and went to see the Architects of Air Sculpture at the Artsalive Raleigh, err... area in front of the performing arts center in downtown Raleigh. Didn't know quite what to expect... I thought... large hamster habitrail meets moonbounce. So, after some interesting interaction ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/08/26/architects-of-air-in-raleigh/ Perhaps I'm not a google pro as I once thought. For some reason, I can't find groups of people who dig the following: Crafts... and being creative for... you know...money Business... Entrepreneurs at heart... you make stuff and sell it for... you know... money A tad edgy... I have no idea what I mean ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/08/22/crafty-people-in-the-919/ This house has large, tall walls... which gave me motivation to make large art. I'm not used to lots of blank wall space, so I didn't feel any pressure when painting these monsters, each 24 x 30-something... I am really looking forward to covering the walls with pictures, art, shelves ... http://www.violetsareblue.net/blog/2008/08/12/something-different/