tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995251881743748042024-03-06T15:00:35.640-05:00Create To HealMake Art, Have Fun, Feel Better1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-26516466973881355452012-08-06T11:04:00.000-04:002012-08-06T11:06:06.071-04:00Has it really been that long since I last posted here?Wow!<br />
This whole site looks different too. I've really been out of the loop.<br />
I must say the Meniere's ran my life for quite a while there.<br />
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On the 19th I had surgery to ger a Cochlear Implant. On the 31st, I received the processor. I have quite a bit of hearing therapy to go through. I can hear words, but people need to talk slower, and everyone sounds like a strange cartoon character, or like they just huffed helium. It's odd, but I'm making headway already.<br />
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Thought I'd post a few things I've done while I was gone. Not everything....just a few.<br />
I need to get back in tuned with my creative side to help my emotional and physical side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband and I were taking a ASL (American Sign Language) class. I decided to surprise him with this message on our chalk board.</td></tr>
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The message says, "I Love You. Stuart" Sorry it's so pale, I hope you can see it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My 2012 Book of Days Journal. It's hard to see the details, it shimmers all over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The January Introduction Page.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I draw sill cartoon people while watching TV. I admit, I watch a lot of cartoons. This drawing is part of two characters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a Silly drawing. I had some swirls on the page and made them into her!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought some inks. This is the first attempt at coloring with inks. Yes, I have a lot to learn. But it was fun. I love the transparency of the inks.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I really hope to be doing more art to share. I am creating, not as much as I'd like but I have been creating. However, I'm not having as much vertigo now, and it's much easier to create when your head isn't spinning. : )<br />
Right now I'm reading - <i>Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain</i>. I have a very old edition, I wonder what the new edition is like? I'll be posting some of the exercises I complete from that book soon.<br />
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Have a creative day.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-88578087716431963992012-03-13T01:10:00.001-04:002012-03-13T01:10:54.452-04:00Under Pressure<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Pressure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Building...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Building...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pain,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Spots,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Waves,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Spinning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can't Remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Confused</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Why</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Where</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Brain</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Under Pressure..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I found out I have Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertention. This means I have unexplained high cerebrospinal fluid pressure in my head surrounding my brain. The symptoms often mimic those of a brain tumor. I'm on medication right now, but it isn't working as hoped. They may change my medication soon. I will have another Lumbar Puncture soon. I may have to have a shunt put in to reduce the pressure.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All this is pretty scary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and it is affecting my vision in an awful way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure how much art I will be able to do, but I will find a way to do something.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until then,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy my rambling.</span><br />
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wendy 20121artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-25709544355801483002012-02-25T17:52:00.000-05:002012-02-25T17:52:59.330-05:00Starting...a little FairyThis is supposed to be a surprise for a friend. Actually, 2 friends, they don't know each other, each likes fairy's so they were both being thought of when I started her. So I wasn't going to post her until I finished her and gave her to these two special people. But she's been sitting around for a while now just waiting for me to make up my mind what to do next.<br />
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She doesn't understand that my eyes aren't quite focusing properly, and my head hurts a lot, she just wants to be beautiful and spread her loving coyness to those for whom she is intended.<br />
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So at this point, she's a gift for all of you. She isn't finished...but she's getting there.<br />
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(To V: I know...I said I don't draw fairies...but I love you.)<br />
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To a few artists out there, you may see this fairy and think...hey she looks like a fairy I drew, and you are probably right. Sorry. I looked at a LOT of fairy drawings to come up with this little lady. Unfortunately I didn't keep up with all of you. If you notice your style hidden in her, please feel free to leave a comment and let me know. I promise, it's meant as a compliment!!! I did not mean to copy any work.<br />
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You will have a finished version at some point, I promise!</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He holds my hair as my world spins</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">leaving me a wretched mess.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He brings me food</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">washes my body</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">cares for our home</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He holds me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">comforts me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">helps me fight my battles.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He kisses me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">caresses me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">loves every part of me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To him I am no burden-</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He loves me.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Everyday He Loves Me.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He watches me get my hopes up-</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and holds me when they fall.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The words are so nice to hear,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but so easy to say.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Every day, he shows he loves me.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">How can I write a tribute to a man who has given me so much?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The words seem to lose their potency after leaving my heart.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">How do I express how much I love him?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My heart swells with emotions and words that will not come forth.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This man who shows his love each and every day.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sometimes my Caregiver,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Often my Lover,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Always my Champion,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Forever my Hero,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My Husband,</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My Friend.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I love you more than words can say.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-85050144720413178132012-02-15T18:24:00.001-05:002012-02-15T20:42:48.013-05:00My WorldsFor the past 12 days I've been battling with vertigo on a daily basis. (if you want details please see my other blog <a href="http://picnicwithants.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Picnic with Ants.</a>)<br />
One night while I was up with slosh head but not completely spinning, I wrote this: <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I live in a different world than you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My body tries to exist in your world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But my brain, my inner being, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">does not belong.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her world is constantly in motion,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ever spinning, faster and faster...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I try to stay in your world,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My inner world frightens me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Torn in two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part cannot exist in this world, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the pull from the other is so strong.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part cannot exist in the horrors of the other.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever searching to become whole.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To no longer be afraid.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever searching to understand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do I belong in the world in which I feel safer?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or am I doomed to the world of constant motion?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The spinning, spinning, constant spinning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never feeling solid ground beneath my feet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where do I belong?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or am I ever fated to live a life with a foot in each world?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(living with Vertigo)</span></div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-26712356773271121762012-02-03T20:27:00.000-05:002012-02-03T20:27:27.522-05:00My Mask - Me, Inside and OutJudith Westerfield over at <a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Creativity to the Max</a> has facilitated<a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/mask-painting-to-express-feelings/" target="_blank"> workshops where the participants paint/color/collage...a mask that expresses their feelings.</a><br />
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A few months ago Judy sent me a mask to decorate, finally I have been feeling well enough to work on it.<br />
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As Judy suggested, I decorated the Outside, and the Inside of the mask. The Outside shows what I show to every day people, those who don't know me well enough to know my health issues, or those I simply do not what to see the inner me. The Inside shows how I feel about me, the things I only show with a few or keep to myself. (If you read my other blog<a href="http://picnicwithants.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> Picnic with Ants,</a> you probably won't be surprised by the Inner Me, however, you may learn a little bit more about me.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A dear friend once said, "If I had to describe you as a color, you'd be Yellow."<br />
(Funny, it just so happens that my favorite color is Yellow!) <br />
She explained, yellow is a happy color, full of light, life and joy.<br />
I thought that was one of the best compliments I've ever received.<br />
I realize now that I still try to put that Yellow Self forward. <br />
She's the person I try to show others.<br />
Miss Mary Sunshine.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Side view of my outer persona.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside, I'm much more complicated.<br />
Below you will find close up views of my Inner Self.<br />
You will notice many contradictory thoughts.<br />
As I said...I'm complicated. </span></td></tr>
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For the inner part of the mask, I painted the face, then I cut out a bunch of words and some pictures from different magazines. I then started looking through the words and just picked up the words that shouted at me. I knew these words best described how I am feeling at the moment. I didn't use a lot of pictures, the water running from my eye, the heart that seems to be leaking - broken, for a nose.<br />
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This was a great exercise. It helped me realize that I have very conflicting thoughts and emotions about myself, and that's OK. I think it's normal to have these conflicts. I'm not a machine or made with a cookie cutter, I'm a complicated woman! I'm full of emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. Over the mouth you will see the words "I Hate You", it's not unusual for me to tell myself that, but right beside it you will find the words "Easy to Love"...Sometimes I hate myself, but I remember to love myself too. (often I just hate the things that are happening to me, not actually me.)<br />
The one quote I find the most comforting, is "I'm beautiful on the Inside".1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-74481878788213279982012-01-29T02:46:00.001-05:002012-01-29T02:57:04.912-05:00Thoughts as I try to sleep....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Up...Down...Up....Down</b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>Sleep alludes me</b></div><b>as he slumbers beside me</b><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Up...Down...Up...Down</b><br />
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<div><b>asleep beside me</b></div><div><b>breathing softly</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Up...Down...Up...Down</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I can no longer hear</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>the reassuring sound</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In...Out...In...Out</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>After a moment</b><br />
<b>our breath in unison</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In...Out...In...Out</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Oh, to join him </b><b>in slumber</b><br />
<b> alas, I can only watch</b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Up...Down...Up...Down</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wendy Holcombe Jan. 2012</span></b></div></div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-45262992078314192912012-01-20T17:47:00.000-05:002012-01-20T17:47:26.015-05:00How I feel today in Color.A quick post.<br />
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This is how I feel today, actually how I've been feeling most of the week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thoughts</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Hope you are having Happy Days.<br />
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I've had a pretty good week. After a rough start at the beginning, the week ended up being pretty darn good. I was more active than I've been in a long time. : )1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-77833488430039579252012-01-17T01:11:00.000-05:002012-01-17T01:11:58.952-05:00Revisiting with ColorRecently, I've been looking at some of my work and decided to revisit some of them.<br />
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It was suggested after my last post that I add color to all of the stack drawings. As requested, you can see two of the stacks colored below....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stacked Boxes with Color</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"WENDY" stack with color. <br />
I'm afraid WENDY may be a bit lost with all the color.<br />
I do like coloring the background, that's different for me with my designs.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also revisited the Mystery Woman. Not sure I'm finished with her, and may start again...but she's so mysterious she just isn't talking to me much, I do wish she'd tell me what she would prefer.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mystery Woman with Color</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">For all of the work above, I scanned the original images and have been playing around with the colors on Photoshop.</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With all of my health issues, it's nice to be able to lose myself in my art.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Meniere's has been being nice lately. When I do feel a bit of vertigo, it either doesn't last long, or my medication has been keeping the nasty spells away.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm still having some balance problems, but I'm only 1 1/2 months into my 3 month recovery. I'm still very hopeful this surgery will help reduce the vertigo attacks to the point that I can be more active.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trying hard to get back in the swing of things to create something every day, even if I don't completely finish something, I try to do a little every day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One day last week I created a new recipe for <a href="http://wendycooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/fettuccine-alfredo-with-chicken-not-lactose-free-but-low-in-other-fodmaps/" target="_blank">Chicken Alfredo</a>. I'm so happy to be getting back in the kitchen again. I haven't been able to cook every day, but I'm cooking much more than I have in the past few months. (another way I like to create!) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Creating art comes in many different forms. I enjoy drawing, painting...all kinds of art, but I also enjoy cooking, and gardening.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What kind of creating do you like to do? </span></div><br />
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</tbody></table>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-8370508551827942642012-01-11T18:04:00.000-05:002012-01-11T18:04:51.867-05:00A New Year...time to get Creative.After my surgery on December 1st, I couldn't do much creating for some time. December was not a month for being creative. Well, not artistically anyway. I did have to get creative about things like, how to get to the bathroom, how to take a bath, what I could eat....creation abounded, simply not any I could easily share, or that would really mean much to anyone but me.<br />
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I find it very hard to get started posting again after I've been away for a while. But I'm doing it! <br />
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The little bit of drawing I've done recently has taken days to do each piece, instead of completing something in one night. The slosh head feeling and migraines have not been friendly to me.<br />
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I saw on someone's blog (darn'it I can't remember who) that they tried something called Repeated Stacking Patterns they saw on<a href="http://rainbowelephant.com/repeat-pattern-stacks/" target="_blank"> The Rainbow Elephant</a>. So I tried my hand at it to get me started again. It has been fun.<br />
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Hope you Enjoy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy New Year! Stack Design.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA73srGl1xSYzqcn82q5kNLHj9oGhEYiihzjsdXHf4eGYn8g1gh7kcQwvb8i6HxtsI5A5XRDb-ji6RY_W5hygH2Nv_0GOMbeMSpyQnLezXF0tMYlm8VNELsqTtEBOKv92hEkK5HdatIaY/s1600/stack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA73srGl1xSYzqcn82q5kNLHj9oGhEYiihzjsdXHf4eGYn8g1gh7kcQwvb8i6HxtsI5A5XRDb-ji6RY_W5hygH2Nv_0GOMbeMSpyQnLezXF0tMYlm8VNELsqTtEBOKv92hEkK5HdatIaY/s400/stack.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was my first Repeated Stacking Pattern, <br />
and in a lot of ways it's still my favorite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbSBI0fTPgUA-cMVJYknaL5BRRT4bdpOA-Kmjqov98TcCz-wPKTBTPhapR_zRNXgIIsVvu35CgidEXKg9GCf5duqKfs5ZBCaizeySI0bdq8bExr19jeKf23THGYBt4yZbp-mULXRXxeQ/s1600/stack+color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbSBI0fTPgUA-cMVJYknaL5BRRT4bdpOA-Kmjqov98TcCz-wPKTBTPhapR_zRNXgIIsVvu35CgidEXKg9GCf5duqKfs5ZBCaizeySI0bdq8bExr19jeKf23THGYBt4yZbp-mULXRXxeQ/s400/stack+color.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First Pattern colored with Photoshop.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGqlOTh_YKccWm94hLUii5VEIb0fUEhufswKOnTskohfVo4v9dYr-paSkXmjyN9YMyg87xrDQfUQ-4IPG1ouIJLVag-uDj9L-tXG7uXISOsmy4x_Cru2DO2mK2-yXusPGSlQw4N_w4Nk/s1600/Boxes+stacked+dec+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGqlOTh_YKccWm94hLUii5VEIb0fUEhufswKOnTskohfVo4v9dYr-paSkXmjyN9YMyg87xrDQfUQ-4IPG1ouIJLVag-uDj9L-tXG7uXISOsmy4x_Cru2DO2mK2-yXusPGSlQw4N_w4Nk/s400/Boxes+stacked+dec+2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stacking Boxes....or maybe more presents!<br />
Celebrate Christmas all year long! <br />
I think I should color this one, looks like it'd be fun.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUthFM0_4hwyVYuoP5IDuAzAdiTEY11mSyVHBnGZrYIT4Xeu4Pf-CxI9WsKIwOj0z-s8hziTtoNoG9epZI4HbWKBiUhqUS3nAZMK-lQAhKeig_UICN4JznBDwgR6YZA8tygSR_zESQ6oY/s1600/Wendy+drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUthFM0_4hwyVYuoP5IDuAzAdiTEY11mSyVHBnGZrYIT4Xeu4Pf-CxI9WsKIwOj0z-s8hziTtoNoG9epZI4HbWKBiUhqUS3nAZMK-lQAhKeig_UICN4JznBDwgR6YZA8tygSR_zESQ6oY/s400/Wendy+drawing.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Playing with my name.<br />
Just being a kid again.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-39381213890531848452011-12-13T00:16:00.000-05:002011-12-13T00:16:13.692-05:00What Color is your emotions?<br />
Once again, I found myself inspired by my good friend, Judith Westerfield's blog.<br />
Creativity to the Max, is a fun and inspirational blog, you should check out if you haven't already!<br />
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Today she talked about<a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/how-to-express-your-emotions-using-color/" target="_blank"> How to Express Your Emotions Using Colors</a><br />
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So I did. Most of the time she uses paint with her groups, but it can get a bit messy when in bed, so I used my computer.<br />
I didn't erase anything.<br />
I just picked a brush and a color, and let loose.<br />
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This is what I came up with:<br />
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Resented are <b style="background-color: red;">Mad</b><b style="background-color: white;">, </b><b style="background-color: #0b5394;"> Sad,</b> <b style="background-color: yellow;">Glad, </b><b>Fear,</b> and <b style="background-color: #38761d;">Disgust.</b><br />
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This could not have come at a better time for me.<br />
I feel like my emotions are all a jumble.<br />
I noticed that Anger (or Mad) resembles a person, and seems to be holding on to Sad. But Glad is trying hard to over come it. Fear, feels much bigger in me...but he is hiding in the corner. Afraid.<br />
I was surprised to find Disgust leaking into everything.<br />
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I've been in this bed for so long, I haven't even been out side for 12 days, and the day I went outside, it was to go to the hospital and come home.<br />
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I'm sure if I looked back in my journal (other blog) I could figure out the last time I had a really good day, and was able to spend some time away from the house.<br />
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I remember the day before Thanksgiving, we braved the grocery store, we needed 2 things. I almost broke down in tears and had a complete panic attack. I wasn't feeling bad, not with the vertigo and such like I so very often do...no this was because of my hearing. I couldn't tell which way sounds were coming from, I kept getting in people's way and didn't know it, people kept coming up behind me and scaring me. I was in a huge grocery store, with Stuart close by, and I felt so isolated, and overwhelmed by stimuli at the same time.<br />
I may never go in a grocery store again. (I know that's a bit overly dramatic, but I usually shop at the Farmer's Market or our local Co-Op, both are much smaller, and more manageable. Even if I did cry the last time I was at the Co-Op.)<br />
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Right now, life is a bit overwhelming. I want to be mad at someone. I feel I'm taking it out on Stuart, and he's really trying his best. But I need to be mad at someone..I need to get some of this anger out.<br />
I will...but I don't think I need to let it all out at once. If I did, well, they might describe our house as another Chernobyl. Complete Melt Down.<br />
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Thanks <a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/how-to-express-your-emotions-using-color/" target="_blank">Judith</a> for giving me what I needed today.<br />
I'd love to see how other's express their feelings with color....so send me some, or show them on your blog.<br />
You can do it, it doesn't take long, and it gives you something tangible to focus those emotions on.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-5981670859080713132011-12-10T18:04:00.000-05:002011-12-10T18:04:34.527-05:00I can't believe it's been so long!Wow, I simply can't believe it has been so long since I posted.<br />
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I really don't have a lot to share.<br />
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I colored a tree...I like it a lot...I think it will be an e-Christmas Card. I'm simply not up to doing much more than that. : )<br />
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The doctor says the surgery went well, I had constant vertigo for a week, and it's still coming and going, but I'm much better than I was a week ago!!<br />
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Here's my cute little tree:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I drew this little tree in ink, and colored it in Photoshop.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a work in progress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed you a HOPE design, but I simply didn't like it, I felt he letter for HOPE got lost in the design, so I started over.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I will be hand coloring this version, as I plan to give it as a gift.<br />
(and we all know my color printer kind of sucks!)<br />
This one has many of the same doodles in it the first one did, <br />
but I changed some things, and think I like this one better.<br />
I didn't use a lot of black areas, I will probably add some later,<br />
but wasn't sure what I might want to color.<br />
So this doesn't stand alone very well,<br />
the colored version is on it's way.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are a few more things I could add, not much, the recovery from this surgery has been brutal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will post them as soon as I'm up to using the scanner. Yes, I know it's not that hard, but I do have to get out of bed. : ) Not something I've been able to do much lately.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope to post more, and come around to see all of you soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">May your holidays be happy, and filled with joy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember, Christmas isn't about all the stress, hustle, and bustle...it's about giving. I'm not talking about presents, I mean giving of yourself. Showing people you care. Be nice to a stranger, help your neighbor.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Be Happy and you will light up someone's day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and remember try to keep this spirit of Christmas all year long!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-15385314136417032552011-12-01T00:49:00.000-05:002011-12-01T00:49:26.841-05:00Wrapping up November.I may not have been able to post every day, but I did try to create, something, everyday.<br />
Sometimes even the smallest doodle can be a great accomplishment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My husband has only once asked me to draw something for him.<br />
He asked for a butterfly design.<br />
I'm pretty proud of this one....he likes it a lot too.<br />
Next, I'll play with some colors for it, but I really like it as it is.<br />
(This took me a couple of days to complete.)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This Doodle was done in three parts, over three days. <br />
I can tell exactly where one day started and another began.<br />
The moods definitely change from one segment to another, and it has little cohesion.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Some of these things I'm surprised I'm showing,<br />
but even silly little critter sketches can help me feel better on days when it's difficult to even move my head.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thinking about headaches, and surgery coming up tomorrow.<br />
This was a very therapeutic sketch.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I just drew a shape, and it became this Silly Goose.<br />
I love the cute little expression he has about getting a gift.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another sketch from a shape I drew. <br />
I can't decide if she's in pain, singing, depressed....or perhaps she just slipped and bonked her head. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Barbershop Quartet Singer.<br />
Another drawing that started a just a little shape, and turned into this funny man.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Starting to think about Christmas.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With this, and the next couple of sketches, I was experimenting a little with some portraiture.<br />
I must say, it's nearly impossible for me to get proportions right when I'm lying down.<br />
(see how the eyes are straight)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This was still in progress,<br />
She would end up with a cool design cloth draped over her head, but the eyes are too far apart, I may never get back to her.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't even know why I'm sharing this one with you.<br />
She is so out of proportion.<br />
I admit the angle is a bit odd, but there are so many corrections needed for this piece,<br />
I think it'll probably be time to just start over.<br />
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</tbody></table> There were a few more sketches, and a couple of things that are still in progress that I've been working on a little. My ladies - Nature, Freedom, and the Mystery lady - have all hit points where I'm not sure what to do next. I keep trying things on the computer to see if I'll like it before working on the original drawing, and nothing is working like I want it to so far. But I have been working on them....I'm sure they'll show me who they want to become soon.<br />
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Tomorrow is surgery day. (I guess technically today, I didn't notice it was so late!)<br />
I have to be at the hospital at 11:30am. Surgery is at 2pm. Not sure how much art I'll be getting done for the first few days. Hopefully, at least a silly little sketch or two!<br />
But I need to remember to<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You may remember this drawing I posted earlier in it's black and white version.<br />
I think the color adds a lot!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>For those of you who don't know, and are somewhat interested. The surgery I'm having tomorrow is on my left ear, and will hopefully help control the vertigo I've been having. I had this same surgery on my right ear nearly 2 years ago, we think it helped control the vertigo being caused by that ear, if it works for this ear, I could be looking at more days up right!! <br />
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The surgery is called Endolymphatic Sac Enhancement Surgery. The endolymphatic sac is located right under and too the back side of your ear. For people with Meniere's this sac fills with too much fluid and that creates havoc with the delicate "balance" of things. (pun intended)<br />
You can go here <a href="http://www.pehni.com/patient_ed/endolymphaticsac.htm">http://www.pehni.com/patient_ed/endolymphaticsac.htm</a> to read a little more about the surgery. It's very hard to find exact information about it on the internet. I think that is because different doctors do this surgery in different ways. Some decompress the sac, some add a shunt, some simply remove the bone and create a larger area for the endolymphatic sac so it can expand without leaking. This is what my doctor does.<br />
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Looking forward to creating more as I heal.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-55302322541381873812011-11-28T01:58:00.000-05:002011-11-28T01:58:06.287-05:00Please Forgive the Lapse in Posting...and thank you Judy!!I'm so sorry I haven't been posting lately.<br />
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I've been dealing with some major issues with the Meniere's Disease. Vertigo nearly every day, has severely limited what I can do. I have drawn some, worked on some things in progress, ect....but I need to scan them, and that I haven't gotten to.<br />
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I'm having Surgery on Thursday, December 1st. This surgery will hopefully help with the vertigo. If it doesn't stop it, it will at least hopefully slow it down quite a bit. <br />
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I would like to thank Judy Westerfield and Max over at Creativity to the Max, for the encouragement and healing wishes, and for putting up a post featuring Mr. Notgoodenuf, you may remember him from a <a href="http://createtoheal.blogspot.com/2011/11/aedm-5-letting-go-of-inner-critic.html" target="_blank">previous post.</a><br />
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Here is a link to her post. She is the therapist who suggested this exercise, so hearing her take on Mr. Notgoodenuf, was thrilling.<br />
<a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/mr-notgoodenuf-shows-his-face/comment-page-1/#comment-3361">http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/mr-notgoodenuf-shows-his-face/comment-page-1/#comment-3361</a><br />
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I promise to post some of my recent work soon...very soon...I don't feel I've been as prolific as I was being, but I've made some strides, and some set backs, but that just shows I still have much to learn. And I'm going to have fun doing it!!!<br />
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Hope you are all enjoying this holiday season.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-6972135485961124892011-11-14T20:09:00.000-05:002011-11-14T20:09:33.673-05:00A Beautiful Day!Today I had a really good day. Minimal headache, minimal pain, minimal balance issues...a really good day.<br />
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I took my lunch out on our back porch and enjoyed the nice weather (70's F, with a breeze). Hubby was getting the last few things that our garden produced. Some catnip for Max the cat, some hot peppers, and one last tiny leak. There's still a little bit of arugula, but not enough to do anything with. Perhaps if I buy some salad greens I'll mix it in. Unfortunately, our garden didn't do much this year. Shortly after we planted, and things started growing, I got sicker. So it didn't get watered, or taken care of much at all. We did get a number of tomatoes, a bunch of potatoes and shallots....but that's about it. (other than herbs, the herbs did well. Now it's drying time.)<br />
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While I was sitting out enjoying the great weather, there was a gust of wind and a whirlwind of leaves came blowing off the trees, it was beautiful. They were dancing through the sky, their last waltz. I had a giggle.<br />
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I came in and created this. A little sketch on Photoshop. It really doesn't do the scene justice, but it makes me feel good inside from the memories.<br />
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Leaves blowing in the wind.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-55075790931714711412011-11-13T20:14:00.000-05:002011-11-13T20:14:54.607-05:00AEDM - Catching up. Days 6 - 13I really have been doing some kind of art work every day, but I haven't been well enough to scan it and post about it. Today, I'll be catching you up on what I've been doing<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">November 6th<br />
Started Coloring this Hope design, afraid the word is getting lost.<br />
I think this may just be too busy. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design Nov. 6th</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design Nov. 7th<br />
Exploring Paisley.</span></td></tr>
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A bit different from my normal designs.<br />
I like part of it, but not all of it.<br />
However, I do like the more simplistic elements of this design.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design Nov. 8th<br />
Discovering Blue Ink.<br />
Colored inks seem to look better on this off white paper.</td></tr>
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Not crazy about how this turned out. I like it better before I colored in the circular area.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design Nov. 10th<br />
Another exploration with Paisley.<br />
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Originally this was going to say "Respect", I made the letters too big for the paper.<br />
I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I thought Rest would be a good reminder for me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2nd Design Nov. 11th<br />
This is a bit different for me, just plain and straight forward.<br />
However, the red makes it look a bit angry, that wasn't what I was going for.<br />
I'll try again for a better Strength design.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design Nov. 12th<br />
Just started doodling, and this came out.<br />
I like this one, reminds me of a Sepia Toned print.<br />
Reminiscent of the Art Deco period.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, Nov. 13th, I had a horrible migraine, <br />
and the tinnitus coming from my left ear was so very loud.<br />
I drew how I was feeling.<br />
Not a pretty picture, but it made me feel better to get it out.</span></td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1701487434"></span><span id="goog_1701487435"></span>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-28269633137074322732011-11-05T00:36:00.000-04:002011-11-04T19:36:32.220-04:00AEDM 5 - Letting go of the Inner CriticMy friend Judith Westerfield has a wonderful blog called<a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> Creativity to the Max.</a><br />
<div>Judy is a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist, Certified Clinical Hypnosis and Guided Imagery Therapist.</div><div>She teaches workshops in Creative Therapeutic Expression. (I wish I lived close enough to attend them!)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Luckily for us she has a page on her blog for <a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/tutorials/" target="_blank">Tutorials</a>. I love going to her Tutorials page and letting myself go.</div><div>Last night I worked on Funsson Lesson #1.</div><div>Getting Rid my INNERTIC (Inner + Critic = Innertic) - </div><div><br />
</div><div>For detailed instructions please see Judith's <a href="http://judithwesterfield.wordpress.com/tutorials/" target="_blank">Tutorial page</a>....plus you'll find lot's of other creative endeavors you can work on.</div><div><br />
</div><div>First she gives you instructions on how to create your INNERTIC, then comes the therapeutic part....</div><div><br />
</div><div>This is my INNERTIC:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Innertic, "Mr. Notgoodenuf"<br />
With messages I have for him written all around.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>When you finish drawing out your Innertic, you finish it off. First tell it off! Write words and phrases that you want to tell your inner critic...hurt his feelings - make him leave you alone.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Next you destroy him! That's right, scribble all over him, tear him up, heck...feed him to a goat! (not one of Judith's suggestions, but if I had a goat that's what I'd do.) </div><div>Get rid of your Innertic.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If he starts coming around again...repeat this exercise.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Free yourself from your inner critic!</div><div><br />
</div><div>This post is part of <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a> and <a href="http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a>..</div><div><br />
</div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-53711330895451261362011-11-04T00:30:00.001-04:002011-11-04T00:30:00.707-04:00Mystery Lady continues. AEDM #4I had a very bad day yesterday physically, so I didn't get to do much art work.<br />
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I've added a little to the Mystery Lady....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Background created in Photoshop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mystery Lady Sketch added to Background.<br />
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</tbody></table>This post is part of <a href="http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a> and <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a>.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-7378585927217493222011-11-03T00:11:00.011-04:002011-11-03T00:11:00.252-04:00Art Every Day #3 Mystery Lady BeginsI've begun a drawing of a Mystery Lady. I still need to color her, and clean her up. <br />
<div>Here she is so far:</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sketch and outline of Mystery Lady</td></tr>
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<div>This Post is part of <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a> and<a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank"> Art Every Day Month</a>. </div></div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-67218344308655173822011-11-02T00:12:00.005-04:002011-11-02T14:05:07.571-04:00Art Every Day #2 - DoodlesToday is day 2 of <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a>, and <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a>...plus many other challenges for the month...<br />
Whew! November is a busy month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shells Doodle<br />
Learning to draw in Photoshop on my Wacom Bamboo tablet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Repeating Circles...just for fun</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This post is part of <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a> and <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a> Challenge</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-18815495955625040512011-11-01T00:02:00.000-04:002011-11-01T00:02:00.239-04:00Hearts Card Design - Art Every Day #1On November 5th, my father-in-law is getting married. We are thrilled for him and his bride.<br />
I find it so heart warming that these two found each other. Both are in their 70's, both lost their spouses about 7 years ago. Here's to you, John and Margaret!!<br />
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I won't bore you with the many, many designs I went through trying to create the perfect card. Of course, I still don't feel like it's perfect, but the wedding is soon, and hubby likes it, so it's a go!<br />
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I created the same card in color and in Black and White, we both liked the colored version, but it didn't print well, (I colored it with Photoshop, and we need to get some ink for our printer.), and we thought the Black and White was classier so we went with that. Here's both:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Hearts - Color<br />
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</tbody></table><div>Feedback is always encouraged and appreciated.</div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This post is part of <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/">NaBloPoMo</a> and the <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month">Art Every Day Challenge</a>. </div>1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-61171068230024055452011-10-31T20:09:00.000-04:002011-10-31T20:09:12.510-04:00Happy Halloween!Today is Halloween, my favorite holiday! Unfortunately, this year we haven't been able to celebrate or decorate like we normally do.<br />
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So I did a couple of silly little drawings to celebrate the occassion:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Trick or Trick Monster<br />
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This was drawn on paper with ink, colored in Photoshop.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I hope everyone is having a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!<br />
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Tomorrow starts <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/">NaBloPoMo</a> month. (National Blog Post Month)<br />
I've decided to try and post every day in November. <br />
This challenge is on BlogHer starting this year. You can win prizes if you post every day, and you can enter as late as November 5th, but you must have post every day for the month of November.<br />
If you'd like to join, go to: <a href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/">http://nablopomo.blogher.com/</a><br />
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I'm also participating in <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month">Art Every Day</a> for the Month of November, hosted by<a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month"> Creative Every Day.</a><br />
This is a much more laid back challenge. You are not required to post every day, or even create something every single day, it is a challenge to at least work on something every day. However, if you can't keep that up, it's alright, this challenge is simply to encourage people to create more!<br />
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You may get very tired of me this month, but I hope not.<br />
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Tomorrow I will be posting the final design of the card for my Father-In-Law and his future bride.1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-16406231511134030362011-10-28T15:54:00.001-04:002011-10-28T15:55:20.427-04:00A Little Different - Lucky Lucy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>After having a very good day, and re-reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Endless-Storybook-Sandman/dp/1401204287">The Little Endless</a> by Jill Thompson, I was in a whimsical spirit, so I drew Lucky Lucy.<br />
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If you've seen Jill Thompson's Little Endless characters, you will probably see a resemblance. Lucy is kind of a mixture between Delirium and Death. (I know if you haven't heard of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)"> Sandman series by Neil Gaiman</a>, or know anything about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_(comics)">the Endless</a>, you are probably pretty lost by now.) I won't go into detail about the Sandman series, and the Endless. If you are interested, I'm sure you can find out more. : )<br />
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So Lucky Lucy was born.<br />
I had a pretty "normal" day yesterday, today I'm back in bed, but it's rainy and cold today, so I'm not feeling my best. (this weather triggers both migraines and Meniere's...double whammy!)<br />
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Here's hoping Lucky Lucy will bring more luck my way and I'll have many more "normal" days ahead.<br />
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This post is linked to <a href="http://dthaase-lines.blogspot.com/p/whimsical-wednesday.html">Web of Whimsy</a> .1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-45992030291136036852011-10-23T17:21:00.003-04:002011-10-24T22:01:30.441-04:00Posts for the Week. Much more than I thought!When I thought about posting this week, I kept thinking...I really haven't done much. But I was wrong!<br />
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No I haven't completed a lot. I've been writing in my journal much more. And I'm recuperating from a minor surgery on Wednesday.<br />
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So this post is full of little sketches, partially finished drawings that will hopefully become more, and a lot of hearts...yes, hearts...I'm trying to come up with a good design for a card for my father-in-law's up coming wedding. I would love to hear if you like any of them...all need work, but I think some have possibilities. Remember, this couple is in their 70's, so some things that I might normally do, just wouldn't work.<br />
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So a lot of here and there this week, but it shows that I'm still determined to create. It really does help me get some emotions out, and to feel like I have a goal. I believe it is so very important for a person who has a chronic illness that has taken so much of their previous ("normal") life away, we must find goals we can accomplish, and look at things a different way. Even when you have to take things just one day at a time, you can still look to the future. My future is often just tomorrow, or even a few hours, but it's my future, and I'll get there. One goal at a time.<br />
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The drawings in this post couldn't be scanned, so I took pictures instead. (many are from my journal and it won't lie flat. Other's are from a large sketch pad that doesn't fit in the scanner.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my journal. Feeling lonely.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journal Sketch. I tried to write a poem about my pain but it just wouldn't come.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journal Sketch. All about the Lumbar Punctures and Cerebrospinal Fluid Patches.<br />
Notice the CT scan, the needles, pills, and the maze I'm trying to get out of..<br />
Also, you might see, that I drew a broken heart, but changed it. It's not broken, just cracked a little.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journal Sketch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More sketches while journaling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yes, another journal sketch. Perhaps I'll finish this one.<br />
Maybe not.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journal Sketch number??? At first I was trying to figure out how to draw a vortex, or something like it to add to a journal entry.<br />
Then I got that freaky looking eye, in the upper right.<br />
Which led to the other freaky eyes and such.<br />
Stuart says it looks like a tree man. (he loves the eyes, such a funny man)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, I told you I did a log of writing in my journal this week.<br />
And while I'm writing...my mind wanders, or I need to clear out the cobwebs, so I doodle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And doodle some more. <br />
This looks kike a really neat lady, didn't finish her middle, but she was supposed to represent my feelings about binging on any food I could find that night. But she doesn't look miserable, like I did, she looks fun.<br />
Does that tell me something?? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now we are into some sill sketches.<br />
I decided the heart I drew looked like a nose...he looks like a pig with really big ears doesn't he?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and he led to these critters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I must apologize this is out of focus, but my camera needed to be charged, and this is too big for the scanner.<br />
This is no where near finished. Hopefully, I will someday.<br />
It's going to be a strange forest...I think I was in Alice in Wonderland mode again.<br />
Years ago, my husband brought me some water soluble crayons from Switzerland. This picture looked like a crayon sketch...just add water...and what a difference. (I think I used too much water though because it bleed a little)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now, we start on the hearts.<br />
Lots and lots of hearts, none of them finished.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just because hearts are drawn close together doesn't mean they are to be put together.<br />
These are all just sketches. Most have not been shaded.<br />
And the finished product will be colored.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Funny, I really thought there were even more hearts, but this is the last page.<br />
The two in the upper right, are not meant to be together. They just ran over each other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silly drawing. Someone mentioned a whirly gig, and I came up with this.<br />
Well, I started this, I never finished it, after all, a whirly-gig just calls out for color.<br />
And I don't think it should have a large tentacled arm....but he just popped up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another doodle, just a doodle. The stars, moon, sun, rain, wind, earth, and life (plants).<br />
Just a day inside my brain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another unfinished piece...this one may never get finished. <br />
Things went a bit sideways, and now I just don't like it as much.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This will get finished.<br />
I'm making this for my neuroradiologist, because even if this doesn't work, she gave me hope.<br />
This will have color, so you will see the word better after everything is colored in.<br />
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That's all for this week folks. Hopefully, I'll get back to my ladies this coming week. <br />
But it doesn't really matter what I'm drawing, as long as I'm accomplishing something.<br />
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One day at a time.<br />
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Oh and a shout out to my Fish Friends. (you know who you are.)1artsychickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285086101572356067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299525188174374804.post-6754434777612412542011-10-16T14:36:00.000-04:002011-10-16T14:36:27.058-04:00Ladies - in progress...I was visiting Sandy Coleman's Blog, <a href="http://sandycoleman.wordpress.com/">Creations By Coleman</a>, her paintings are often of women. Women who have such passion, emotion, empowerment...they moved me. Sandy's paintings are the inspiration for the ladies I've been working on for the past week. Please, go by her blog and see her beautiful creations. Be inspired, or just enjoy the view.<br />
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These are works in progress, but I thought I'd share them with you now..<br />
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There will be 3 versions of each. A first version, completely in ink. A second version, ink with hand coloring, and a third version, colored with Photoshop.<br />
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Here's my Nature Lady, in her ink version, that still needs to be cleaned up, and perhaps some added to it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nature Lady - Ink<br />
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</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here's the Nature Lady in her Photoshop colored version.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(I haven't started the hand colored version yet.)</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nature - Colored in Photoshop<br />
</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After looking at the Photoshop version here, I can see a couple of changes I'd like to make.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So look for an updated version soon. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The next lady is Freedom. When I started her I was thinking about how I often feel imprisoned (in my own home, by my own body...). It's a nice prison. But even the nicest prison is still a prison. </span></div></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;">As always, I appreciate any feedback. </div><div style="text-align: left;">And thanks for visiting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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