Mixed Media Painting and Collage

I will look forward with acceptance ....


I started working on this piece and as I stared at a blank piece of water color paper ,I was suddenly inspired by the teaching in the LIFE BOOK CLASS . My ideas began to flow and I my finished piece came to life .

What do you need??

Today I was asked if I wanted to take part in a challenge....... to sit down to create a page, feel what is going on inside. Ask yourself based on what you are feeling: what do I need? And create a page based on what comes up in response. Hmmm I sat and sat and at first all I saw was a blank piece of paper staring back at me . Once my graphite pencil started drawing the oval shaped face that would soon become the woman in the picture I became lost in the piece and the rest just just came to be . This was a great exercise Id recommend to all my fellow artist 

ITS THAT TIME AGAIN FEBRUARY 29th 2012 Support Anti Bullying DAY

PINK TSHIRT CAMPAIGN  

Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the way they turned the tide against the bullies who picked on a fellow student for wearing pink.

The victim — a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small community of Cambridge — wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.

David Shepherd, left, and Travis Price decided to spread word of their 'sea of pink' campaign on the internet.
(CBC)

Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said.

Two Grade 12 students — David Shepherd and Travis Price — heard the news and decided to take action.

"I just figured enough was enough," said Shepherd.

They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day.

'Sea of pink' support

Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a "sea of pink."

But a tsunami of support poured in the next day.

Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe.

The two Grade 12 students show off the pink shirts they wore to school.
(CBC)

When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment. He may have even blushed a little.

"Definitely it looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulders. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be," said Shepherd.

And there's been nary a peep from the bullies since, which Shepherd says just goes to show what a little activism will do.

"If you can get more people against them … to show that we're not going to put up with it and support each other, then they're not as big as a group as they think are," he says.

The students' "sea of pink" campaign did not go unnoticed outside the province. U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres expressed interest in their story, and other schools are talking about holding their own "pink day."

"It's been totally overwhelming for us. I mean we're just two local boys and I mean we're getting calls from like Alaska and e-mails. It's just phenomenal the support that we've gotten from across the globe," said Price.

The school principal, understandably, was flush with pride.

"You're always hearing about the youth of the world and how bad things are. Well, they're not that bad," said Stephen Pearl.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | 12:25 AM AT CBC News

Dance Like There Is No One Watching

A friend of mine asked me to do a picture for her daughter . She really likes butterflies and is involved in dancing. I have been inspired by fairies recently so I decided to incorporate that idea into my picture as well . My big eyed girl was inspired by  Ady from a Doll Dreams class I took last year . I used Canson mixed media paper with water color crayons ,acrylic paints and  paint pens . I hope she loves her as much as I do :)

My Fairy Name

I recently found out that My Fairy Name  is

 Oak Elfdancer

She is cheerful and friendly.

She lives in forests of oak and lime trees.

She can only be seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup.

She wears pretty autumnal leaf colours and has transparent green wings like a cicada.

I was inspired to draw and paint how I imagined she may look happily enjoying a moment under a tall oak tree

Goddess of the Bountiful Harvest and the Nurturing Spirit

Today was a Snowday which meant for a day dedicated to my week three Life Journal. This class was about creating a goddess that we connected with . I really enjoyed learning the new techniques taught by Bonnie Rose Bryan . 


The Goddess I chose is Demeter.  She was the most generous of the great Olympian goddesses.  The Greek goddess Demeter was beloved for her service to mankind in giving them the gift of the harvest, the reward for cultivation of the soil. Also known as the Roman goddess Ceres, Demeter was the goddess of the harvest and was credited with teaching humans how to grow, preserve, and prepare grain. Demeter  was thought to be responsible for the fertility of the land. She was the only one of the Greek goddesses who was involved on a day-to-day basis in the lives of the common folk. While others occasionally "dabbled" in human affairs when it suited their personal interests, or came to the aid of "special" mortals they favored, the goddess Demeter was truly the nurturer of mankind. Demeter also was the only one of the Greek goddesses who could truly empathize with the human experience of suffering and grief, having experienced it fully herself. The story of Greek goddess Demeter illustrates the tremendous capacity of a woman to love and nurture, within her own family and the world at large.  It also reminds us to stand firm for what is good and right, even in the face of adversity, when powerful forces are aligned against us. 

The goddess Demeter's message also reminds us of the seasons of a woman's life, that even though there are times of great sorrow there is also great joy to be found.

DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE

I am always doodling ,often on important papers that really aren't meant to be doodled on . For those of you that doodle you know exactly what I mean . Once you have a pen in hand and see a paper its like a magnetic force you just start then suddenly relies  what you have done and its too late .You now have the most unique looking legal document the lawyer has ever seen, you think its a masterpiece while he thinks its a good thing they have another copy to sign .....

I started doodling while watching TV the other night. This masterpiece is in my moleskin  art journal .I used Prisma Color chisel tip markers in a variety of colors. This was a fun challenge I am very glad to have found this site  THE SKETCHBOOK CHALLENGE