painting on paper

my creative week "everything I need exists within me" from Not Afraid of Color

for the last week of pink scraps at RSC, I pieced tiny scraps and turned it into a notebook cover

the back

the insides

That's silk on the binding for sheen!

for the last lessons on Sketchbook Revival... the parade starts now

this is a daily practice... 4 small blocks, an object, a sky scene, word, abstract

daily gratitude words and image

I LOVE the area near the bottom where two colors blended

And two morning paintings this week on my own

"Life goes round N round"

this one to use up some gouache on the palette (yogurt lid ...

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watching paint dry, and watching fabric growing from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's creativity round-up starting with evening handwork on hexie spiral in pink

being sewn together one hexie at a time!

Mostly I am working my (slow) way through sketchbook revival lessons and getting to know my art supplies again by using them

First the fabric work this week, usually pink scraps for RSC

used tiny triangles to do improv geese to be added to last week's work

used tiny scraps to build a book cover (it will be quilted then folded in half)

lots of blocks made for the "parts dep't"

and sewing this ...

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Creatively Speaking, this week I made stuff.... from Not Afraid of Color

it's been a week, and I always try to live a creative life. Sometimes things get done/ finished, and sometimes they don't. I had two paper workshops start this week, the image above is from the journaling one.

we were to just doodle and watch paint appear on paper. This prompt was swirls. I dragged a paint filled brush over an index card, playing with color and it was a mess! So I cut out a heart, and laid it on a clean card and wrote Life Is Messy.

I like the cut away on another card and ...

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creatively speaking, an owl, a flower, a moon, and some stitching from Not Afraid of Color

for this week's creativity round up I'll start with the spiral hexie blocks

are you tired of seeing the progression of these yet LOL? Each color is a project on it's own. 36 hexies in one colorway, light to dark, hand basted and sewn. I have no idea how I'll fit all the colors together

I focused on mixed media with all it's layers and supplies and variety this week. I also took time each day to sew as I need the fabric time, seeing colors joined with threads.

Note I just cleaned my reading ...

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