Yesterday I posted a bit of my art journal process....Lucky for me the process also includes playing withsome of the new products coming out at CHA Winter. LuminArte has some new goodies that I am falling in love with! Head over heels in love....I will be able to start spilling the beans next week.
meanwhile i am working away at samples for the booth at CHA, designing ATC's for my ATC class at CHA, and feeding my muse with drawings and paintings and journal entries....all of which i am bringing to the show to share with everyone.
this sweet lil fishy is painted completely with Twinkling H2O's all the way down to its itty bitty scales (that i had to wear glasses to see what i was painting)
ever since i was about 5 i have been enamored by Ganesh...the Lord of success. Actually i am enamored by all of the Hindu deities, I used to carry around and read the Bagavad Gita read it and look at the pictures over and over. (I was an odd and very early reader) "The Hobbit" was my other favorite book early on. My mom would tell you that I was fascinated with words as soon as I could talk and would use randomly large vocabulary in sentences that made no sense...just so i could say the words.
I had a very tumultuous and chaotic.....not so happy childhood. Books were my escape from the pain both physical and emotional. Boooks were a way to change my reality if even just for a moment or two.
I am sure that is why words find their way into most of my art....Books were my first coping skill....followed by art.
what are your coping skills....they would probably make great art journal entries.
Great use of color on Ganesh and looking forward to attending classes at CHA.
For many of us books are a great escape and now to be transforming them into creative pieces is even more fun.
Posted by: Pearl Maple | January 07, 2012 at 04:15 PM
I love the S&H green stamps.
Creative Hugs,
Lola (TN)
Posted by: Lola Fields | January 05, 2012 at 04:23 PM
Hi Marah honey, oooh ''The Hobbit'' was my absolute favourite book when I was young. I think I read it when I was about 11 or 12 and it completely captured me! I've always had a very vivid imagination and, like you, a way with words. I am a garden writer and used to write a 2 page spread each week for our local newspaper (until the editor showed himself to be a very nasty pillock!)for a year or so. I still write voluntarily for a couple of publications and have a gardening radio show. My love of gardening and my passion for plants is my way of coping. I am completely at peace whenever I am doing anything in the garden, even weeding!
I had a lonely childhood (my brother and sister are older than me and not a bit like me!) and was painfully shy until I was 16 when I attended a modelling course and realised I wasn't revolting after all! I used to spend many, many hours alone in my bedroom reading. Crikey.. Love your art so much - I can feel everything you put into it - it truly is beautiful - just like your soul! Hugs from New Zealand
Posted by: Philippa | January 05, 2012 at 03:33 PM