The above painting was made last Friday at the Ciener Botanical Gardensher in my town. I decided to place a restriction on myself and only use oil pastel and watercolor. It can be a lot of fun imposing a limit on your creative utensils. It works like a guide or a path marked out for … Continue reading Restrictions: A Key to Artful Living
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Drawing at the Gardens
I get to go today! Yay! Hooray! That is, if the overcast skies do not give way to rain. 🙁 I'm really looking forward to it! Here's a sketch I made the last time I was at the Ciener Botanical Gardens. Sometimes I like to put little restrictions guidelines for myself, as I did that day: … Continue reading Drawing at the Gardens
Birthday Reflections
I awoke this morning, July 29th, to this image in my head. (Click on image to enlarge). Drawing it out onto the page has been good to start the day remembering just how lovely this life is that I've been granted. Sure, there have been difficult things to live through. Definitely there have been … Continue reading Birthday Reflections
My Boon Companion
I've been trying to write this post for a couple of months now. The right words elude me. Or rather, words do not seem to hold the meaning I'd like to convey. I wrote on this topic a few years back, here, after Maddie was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I've had a similar, though … Continue reading My Boon Companion
When Life is Boring…
It seems like there's a lot of resonance with these thoughts on reaching our full potential, blasting through creative blocks, and living an artful life. I love it! Danny Gregory compiled a few of these in a recent blog post, and has been tackling the topic of the "monkey" in our brain that accuses us … Continue reading When Life is Boring…
Live Up To Your Full Potential
Be warned! This is not gonna be your typical post on this topic. Usually when I read something about living up to your potential, I'm given a list of how to accomplish this, and loads of encouragement to be the very best you can be at something. Well, I'm here to redefine this phrase. Continuing … Continue reading Live Up To Your Full Potential
An Artful Life
As each day marches on beyond the health ordeal I've recently gone through, I begin to see some of the shake down or repercussions of it all. It might be described as having experienced a sifting of sorts, and what remains in the sifter is the pure wheat. It's an ongoing process though, and I'm … Continue reading An Artful Life
Before Genevieve…
...there was Genevieve! That's confusing I know. But before I was drawing Genevieve, the name of my dress form was/is Genevieve. And so, I dress Genevieve, as if she was a big doll, with the latest knit or crochet creation. She makes a great model, don't you think? Here are a couple of other drawings … Continue reading Before Genevieve…
Oak Island 2013
I just got back from a lovely week at the beach with my husband's family! We always have a marvelous time of sun, sand, good food, and fellowship! Do you remember the video I made from last year's drawings? I recently realized that it has been removed from YouTube...I have no idea why!! Both of … Continue reading Oak Island 2013
All Together Now!
Drum Roll Please.... All three of my Drawn2 blogs are now under one roof! Here on Drawn2Life, we now have all the posts and pages from Drawn2Be, which was a blog for all things Genevieve. AND we have all the posts and pages from Drawn2Knit here as well! I'm very excited about this, as … Continue reading All Together Now!