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Friday, November 29, 2019

Just Like A Sunflower

“Look at its shape, with vibrant yellows and oranges.

A sunflower can brighten your day.

It's as if it is smiling like a happy face painted on the sun.

So if you do only one thing all day, let it be to smile, so you can brighten the day of others around you, just like the sunflower.”

😊 🌻 ~ Bodhi Smith🌻💛

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My 2020 Sunflowers Calendars Are In!

Order Yours Early, Before They Sell Out!

X ♥ O

P.S.

My paintings and prints are available for purchase online now at 15% Off.

Friday, June 1, 2018

Proven Formula For Increasing Skill

“Drawing is a frame of mind,

a loving embrace, if you will."

~ Susan Avishai

Do Eight Drawings in 15 minutes!

Discover how you can drastically increase your drawing skills,
when you sketch for just 15 minutes a day!

Models at Sandarosa Studio

Everything has a gesture!

Although often used as warm up for a life drawing session,

gesture drawing is an important exercise in developing skill in drawing.

Drawing from life uses different "muscles" than drawing from a photo does.

The brain processes 3D objects differently than when viewing flat, 2D reference.

See more about gesture drawing here:

Models. Timer and 2 Minute Sketches

I downloaded a free Simple Interval Timer (SIT) for my iPad and

set up 16) sets of 2 min. each with 10 seconds in-between ea. 2 min.

8 Drawings in 15 Minutes

Here's How To Do It -
• Start the the timer and sketch for 2 minutes.

• When the timer goes off, turn (the model) 1/4 turn.
• Repeat every 2 minutes.

• For 16 sessions, you can draw 4 views each

of four different models in just 33 minutes.

• If you only have 15 minutes to spare, just do 8 drawings.
• And if you are really strapped for time, just do one set.

Even a very small amount of time that is
allotted everyday will make a huge difference.

Think of it as homework.
"I must warn you that it's addictive and the more you draw,
the more time you are going to want to spend doing it."
~ Sandy

A Quick Watercolor Wash is Added

Join Our DrawingEveryday / SketchingEveryday Group on Facebook!

Gesture drawing is not just for figure drawing anymore!!

See more about 6 step sketching here.

Thanks for your friendship.

Happy Happy Creating!!

X ♥ O

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Be Yourself, and Accomplish Your Goals

“To be yourself in a world that is

constantly trying to make you into something else

is the greatest accomplishment.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hummingbird symbolizes joy and love
and accomplishing that which seems impossible.

ANNOUNCING A

GIVEAWAY ON INSTAGRAM- OPEN to ALL MY FOLLOWERS THERE!

Just LIKE, COMMENT or SHARE - ANY OF MY HUMMINGBIRD PRINT POSTS

for a chance to win two prints in this #Hummingbird #Print #Giveaway …

On #MemorialDay, May 28th, I will pick 3 winners

of two unmated 5 x 7” hummingbird prints each (of your choice).

These will fit into a standard 8 x 10” mat and frame.

Open to everyone - world-wide! See print selections here:

and ... the FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-Course.

Spring/Summer 2018 Class Opens June 6th

Thanks So Much for Stopping By

X ♥ O

Monday, March 26, 2018

Shine Your Light!

"Those who are at times described as being

“too emotional” or “complicated” are the

very fabric of what keeps the dream alive

for a more thoughtful, caring and humane world.

Never be ashamed to let your feelings, smiles

and tears shine a light in this world."

~ Marc Chernoff

'Shine On" ~ 5 x 7" Matted Alcohol Ink Painting on Vinyl

I love working on black substrates but the tiles limit us to a small size. This is one of my first attempts on mat black vinyl. The inks work good on the mat vinyl too. I ordered the 40 pack of glossy 12 x 12" vinyl and it's a great deal. I'll cut them to various sizes - with 4 x 6"'s I'll get 6 pcs. out of ea. sheet for my studio classes. I'm gonna try it with my students on April 7th! I also ordered some black boards from Blick that I'm going to try too.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a really great day!

X ♥ O

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Strength Supersedes Struggle

"We grow because we struggle,

we learn and overcome."

~ Robert G. Allen

I am an avid collector of inspirational stories and quotes. Some of these treasures date back as far as high school. The really special ones have been read many times and I think of them often. A few of these pieces have even inspired my art and writing. It has been a while since I reread and posted this one, so I thought it might be a good story to go along with this piece. Many of these scenarios, like the one posted below, are "Author Unknown".

BUTTERFLIES ALWAYS REMIND ME

OF THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY:

STRUGGLES

An Inspiring Story About How Struggles Strengthen Us

When he was a small boy, he had loved butterflies. Oh, not to net and mount them, but to wonder at them and their habits.

Now a grown man with his first son to be born in a few weeks, he found himself once again fascinated with a cocoon. He had found it at the side of the park path. Somehow the twig had been knocked from the tree and the cocoon had survived undamaged and still woven to the branch.

As he had seen his mother do, he gently protected it by wrapping it in his handkerchief and carried it home. The cocoon found a temporary home in a wide-top mason jar with holes in the lid. The jar was placed on the mantle for easy viewing and protection from their curious cat who would delight in volleying the sticky silk between her paws.

The man watched. His wife's interest lasted only a moment, but he studied the silky envelope. Almost imperceptibly at first, the cocoon moved. He watched more closely and soon the cocoon was trembling with activity. Nothing else happened. The cocoon remained tightly glued to the twig and there was no sign of wings.

Finally the shaking became so intense that the man thought the butterfly would die from the struggle. He removed the lid on the jar, took a sharp pen knife from his desk drawer, and carefully made a tiny slit in the side of the cocoon. Almost immediately, one wing appeared and then outstretched the other. The butterfly was free!

It seemed to enjoy its freedom and walked along the edge of the mason jar and along the edge of the mantle. But it didn't fly. At first the man thought the wings needed time to dry, but time passed and still the butterfly did not take off.

The man was worried and called up his neighbor who taught science. He told the neighbor how he had found the cocoon, placed it in the mason jar, and the terrible trembling as the butterfly struggled to get out. When he described how he had carefully made a small slit in the cocoon, the teacher stopped him. "Oh, that is the reason. You see, the struggle is what gives the butterfly the strength to fly."

And so it is with us. Sometimes it's the struggles in life that strengthen us the most. ~ Author Unknown

Did you enjoy this story? Have you read it before?

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a really great day!

X ♥ O