Just Beautiful Collections

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No Mud, No Lotus

A beautiful water color class from Willowing Arts. The class instruction was found in Effy Wild’s Year Long Classes at, Book of Days 2021. I was very happy to have the exact color of paints. Most of the time I use materials that I have or I find I won’t do the project.

In a journal prompt I became interested in the concept/idea of an internal map. I have since worked on three pages. I have only made sense of a small corner of one of the collages. I feel at times I live in old bones and colorless daffodils taller than myself. I am a child wandering through this strange magical land without direction. I am wrapped tightly in a dark, woolen snow suit and the…

Pen, Ink & Watercolor

Journal Exercises at ~Susanne Rose Art~, Website and YouTube Channel The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabokov

Some paintings/artwork come with the idea of improving oneselfor the aspects of accomplishments in the past present andfuture. This happens to be one of them with symbols, animaltotems, and certain words representing one’s plight are sometimeshidden the background of the painting. I find I journal first,sometimes with each item mentioned or I write an entry ofthoughts and feelings and then paint…

I find the dandelion a most beautiful plant whether coming in bloom or going out of bloom.There are numerous health benefits to the dandelion which is a completely edible plant. Providing antioxidants, reducing cholesterol, regulating blood sugar, reducing inflammation, lowering blood pressure, aiding weight loss, reducing cancer risk and boosting the immune system The entire plant can be…

The antlers in the watercolor painting symbolize for me a crown a spiritual regeneration. The deer symbolizes agility, and speed yet has a gentleness connected to a female person. In dreams the deer can symbolize a loved one messaging you from the afterlife. The deer spirit animal asks one to trust their instincts and take care of the inner child. The Class – from Willowing Arts, Art for Earth

‘Tulips were a tray of jewels.’ ~ E.M.Forster, Howards End

In creating ‘The Queen Archetype’ card I have found new meaning with the seven feminine archetypes that I find seated at the imaginary table. I haven’t paid attention that is full of information about the queen. She is the keeper of confidence, perhaps of leadership, part of alliances to be made and the ability to attract the finer things throughout life. I have ignored the needs and wants of…

In your easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it,You’ll be the grandest lady in the easter parade.I’ll be all in clover and when they look you over,I’ll be the proudest fellow in the easter parade. On the avenue, fifth avenue, the photographers will snap us,And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure.Oh, I could write a sonnet about your easter bonnet,And of the girl I’m taking to the…

Art from a ~Journal Jam~ Class with, Effy Wild. The ~Wonky Byrd~ is from, Willowing Arts on YouTube. At ~Journal Jam~ I have been experiencing many of these whimsical ladies. Each lady I sketch and then paint are lovely with their own personality. Their face colors are different, the eyes vary – some are as almonds and others large, dominating the entire face. Hair styles are unique and tiny lips…

A beautiful class with Christa Forrest, Creative Souls Art.

‘I found I could say things with colors that I couldn’t say inany other way – things that I had no words for.’~Georgia O’Keefe Eulalia MejiaIllustration x Design From the year’s continuing classes, Book of Days, by Effy Wild

She dreams Spring into being. She dreams herself awake …

“Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.”~Martial

A journal page from Book of Days, instructor Sal Schiebe.

The finished project is from the previous post. The color wheels were a separate page I did to mix colors and use for a reference in the project. The flowered card is a test page and left-over paint from a tutorial at YouTube, Creations Cee Cee.