Make A Brand New Ending

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,

anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

 

This is a  short time-lapse video of painting flowers in alcohol ink on Yupo paper using canned air. A real time video of this project is available as a free bonus to people who are registered members of the FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-Course. 

Registration Closes for the Fall 2017 Session in two days.  

For more information go to: learnlovecreate-courses.com

"Give something to everything,

then give everything to something."

~ Jim Crow  

The Wonder of Discovery

"I teach to share the wonder of my discoveries

and to exchange with my students

the wonder of theirs."

~ Michele Cooper

See a short video segment from a live demo I did

with alcohol ink on Yupo paper last month. 

This part is on pouring a variegated background.

 

Registration for the fall session of my
FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink ECourse

Closes October 12th!

"The best teacher is
the one who suggests
rather than dogmatizes,
and inspires her listener
with the wish to teach herself."
~  E. G. Bulwer-Lytton

Happy Fall and

Thanks So Much for Stopping By!

X ♥  O

Birds Of A Feather

“A heart without dreams

is like a bird without feathers.”

 ~ Suzy Kassem 

The hummingbirds are fattening up for their long fall migration.

I hate to see them go. I have enjoyed their company immensely.

And even more now, that I know they'll soon be leaving me.

"The way to really appreciate and love something is to realize it might be lost."

~ G.K. Chesterton

The Key To Mastery

"A master painting has 

multiple repeating threads running through it. 

These hold the painting together and unify it 

in much the same way a great symphony is 

tied together by a repeated main theme. 

Variety in these repeated elements, 

as in music, adds interest to the painting. 

Repetition, variety, unity and harmony are 

characteristics of all great symphonies 

and of all great paintings." 

~ Barry John Raybould

Variety, Unity and Harmony

with Black Backing

with Beige Backing

with White Backing

I have been crazy busy trying to film my painting sessions, along with planing and editing my videos. All the while, I'm keeping up with the #30paintingsin30days challenge so far! It's very intense, but I am learning so much and seeing first hand how I do certain things, that have become automatic. I smile and chuckle while listening to my painting wisdom gleaned over more than 40 years. I never imagined I'd be learning so much from the videos myself, lol!

“The key to mastery is through repetition." ~ Sandy Sandy

  
Go here to see more about painting number eighteen of my January 2016, 30 Paintings in 30 Days Collection; alcohol ink paintings on black tiles.

Thanks for stopping by!

X ♥  O

  

Colors Speak All Languages ~ SOLD

"Painting is a mosaic of colors

woven into a seamless whole." 

~  Igor Babailov

~~~ 

A Mosaic of Color -SOLD

 

“Colors speak all languages." ~ Joseph Addison

 Go here to see more about painting number seventeen of my January 2016, 30 Paintings in 30 Days Collection; alcohol ink paintings on black tiles.

Thanks for stopping by!

X ♥  O

We All Shine On

“Keep your face to the sun 

and you will never see the shadows.”
~ Helen Keller

~~~ 

Follow the Sun

with Black Backing

with White Backing

Title frame for my upcoming video,designed by my college classmate, Nancy Louie.

 

“We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...
we all shine on...come on and on and on...”
~ John Lennon

 Go here to see more about painting number sixteen of my January 2016, 30 Paintings in 30 Days Collection; alcohol ink paintings on black tiles.

Thanks for stopping by!

X ♥  O

FREE HUGS AROUND THE WORLD

I just watched this video again. I posted it to my facebook page last week because it made me cry when I watched it. This Italian account has 2,742,411 views and was uploaded in May of 2010. This leads me to believe that a lot of other people like hugging too! There are many versions of this, done over the years in different locations around the world which can be seen on YouTube. I'd love to try this sometime.

This second video is from September of 2006 and has 67,013,976 views. I think it is pretty good too. Which one do you like better and why?

Is Your Left or Right Brain Dominant?

WHICH WAY DOES SHE SPIN?

Watch this video and see if the dancer moves clockwise or counter clockwise. If she moves clockwise, you're probably more right brain dominated. You often function using your NON VERBAL, intuitive, creative side. If you see her move counter clockwise, you are in the majority and are more of a left brain dominated, VERBAL, analytical individual.

ACCORDING TO BETTY EDWARDS, AUTHOR OF DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN, "The right brain perceives and processes visual information, in the way one needs to see in order to draw, and the left brain perceives in ways that seem to interfere with drawing."
"An individual's ability to draw is... the ability to shift to a different-from-ordinary way of processing visual information - to shift from verbal, analytic processing to spatial, global processing." ~ Betty Edwards

I just got my new, revised, expanded and updated copy of Betty Edwards' wonderful classic, "Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain"! Betty says learning to draw is like learning to drive or ride a bike. Once it's learned, we don't have to think about it. I decided to go through the book and do the whole class again. (It has been a while.) Follow along with me this summer as I go through Betty's course and sketch everyday.

An Amazing Art Wolfe Interview and Slideshow

Don't miss this great interview by John Greengo with Art Wolf - produced by Creative Techs.

John Greengo sits down with his good friend and fellow photographer Art Wolfe (Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe) to discuss photography and traveling.