Tomorrow Never Comes

 "One of these days is none of these days."
~ H.G. Bohn

"I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else." ~ Joseph Campbell Hello Creative Art Loving Friend, I am excited to offer my new online course, GALAXY SKY CONNECTIONS! Working in various mediums and in different techniques, I almost always work in series of paintings these days. Searching, exploring, and refining variations of the same theme uncovers hidden nuances with layers of possibilities. It exposes a certain depth and proficiency that wouldn't be present in a single work or two. Learn how to create an art factory and produce your own Series of Galaxy Sky Paintings in wet-in-wet watercolor. For Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced Artists • All Course Videos Are Now Available •  • Three Archived Live Zoom Classes With Related Demos • • Access To Class Materials List ______________________________________   "Thank you Sandy, I loved loved loved the course! Your method of teaching and coaching along really made it a pleasure to dive into. The set up and supplies, the volumes of lists and documentation you provided really made this a breeze! I would never know what to buy without this. I'm going to do another set and watch again soon!" ~ Lisa   ___________________________________   "If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page." M. Houlahan _____________________________________ Supply List Downloads, Links and Videos Come Join Our Online Community! ______________________________________ Thanks so much for Your Friendship, Sandy@SandySandy.com "Practice like good musician; draw every day." ~ S. Bongart   "I am not a teacher but an awakener." ~ Robert Frost “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are; first, hard work;  second, stick-to-itiveness;  third, common sense.” ~   Thomas A. Edison

Build Your Factory!

"A person who works with their hands is a laborer;
a person who works with their hands and their mind is a craftsman;
but a person who works with the hands , and the brain,
and the heart is an artist."
~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Working in various mediums, in different techniques, and on different substrates, I almost always work in series of paintings these days. Searching, exploring, and refining variations of the same subject uncovers hidden nuances with layers of undiscovered possibilities. It exposes a certain depth and proficiency that wouldn't be present in a single work or two.

"The process is not about repetition at all, but rather about being able to explore, investigate, examine or address particular ideas, themes, issues, compositions, concepts or topics in progressively deeper and more meaningful ways, and from a greater variety of perspectives than is possible by making just one or two." ~ ArtBusiness.com

• Check out my new Wet-in-Wet Watercolor Course •

"Repetition is the key to mastery."
~ Sandy Sandy
 Thanks for stopping by. Stay Safe and Happy Creating!

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The Process Isn't About Repetition

"Nature is an endless combination and repetition of
a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air
through innumerable variations."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Star Gazer - Original Watercolor

Although I work in various mediums and in different techniques, I almost always work in series of paintings these days. Searching, exploring, and refining variations of the same subject uncovers hidden nuances with layers of possibilities. It exposes a certain depth and proficiency that wouldn't be present in a single work or two.

Original Galaxy and Aurora Paintings

"The process is not about repetition at all, but rather about being able to explore, investigate, examine or address particular ideas, themes, issues, compositions, concepts or topics in progressively deeper and more meaningful ways, and from a greater variety of perspectives than is possible by making just one or two. It's like looking at something under a microscope as opposed to giving it a casual passing glance. The closer you look, the more you see, and the more you see, the more fascinating your explorations get." ~ ArtBusiness.com

See more about working in a series.

"Repetition is the key to mastery."
~ Sandy Sandy
 Thanks for stopping by. Stay Safe and Happy Creating!

X ♥  O

Keep Following The Sun

"Keep your face to the sunshine

and you cannot see the shadows. 

It’s what the sunflowers do."

~ Helen Keller

There is nothing that celebrates life quite like the sunflower. It follows the sun's position in the sky like a satellite dish all through the day. Wherever the light is, even if it is dim and obscured by clouds, these flowers will seek out the sunshine. We humans can learn a valuable lesson from the symbolism this flower represents. Even in our darkest hours, we should attempt to make an effort to look for the good things that life offers us every day. Lets try to be more like the sunflower and follow the sun, even on our most overcast days.

The Symbolic Meanings of Sunflowers: 

• Happiness  • Magic  • Good Luck  • Healing  • Focus  • Opitimism  • Faith

• Spirituality • Friendship  • Loyalty  • Strength  • Longevity  • Celebration

“Today, I will strive to be more like the sunflower,

inspired by its strength, charm and sunny disposition.”

~ Sandy Sandy

Stay Inspired and Positive My Friends!

See more sunflower paintings here.

 

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Spontaneity and Gesture

"I am motivated to find the essence of my subjects

through spontaneity and gesture.

Viewers can interpret as they wish... 

Thus they become more personally involved 

with what they see before them."
~ S. Flaig

#DrawingEveryday - 7-29-19 • Watercolor and Ink

Make It An Inspired And Productive Summer
Join me for 2019 sketching everyday! 
 

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Give Yourself A Chance

"If you give your Self a chance,

your Self will give you all the chances."

~ Yogi Bhajan

5 x 7" Pen & Ink with Alcohol Ink Sketch on Yupo

"When you let go of fear and resistance, a whole new world opens up. Opportunities for growth and enrichment are all around us. We have to be careful not to over think it,
rather just roll up our selves and dig in."

~Sandy Sandy

8 x 10" Pen & Ink with Alcohol Ink Sketch on Yupo

I'm really enjoying this technique and it's given me a brand new approach to SketchingEveryday.

I will be demonstrating this technique and others this coming weekend on July 21, from 11 -1:00,

at the Bick Art Materials store at t 401 Park Drive in Boston, MA.

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

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My Sunflowers Are His, In A Way.....

Sunflower Symphony • Sandy Sandy • Tabernacle, NJ 2016

“The sunflower is mine, in a way."
~ Vincent van Gogh

Sunflowers • Van Gogh • Arles, January 1889

The painting is part of the Van Gogh Museum Collection in Amsterdam.

“It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must,
without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.”
~ Vincent Van Gogh 

A large print of this painting hung in the house of one of my childhood friends.
I found myself admiring it every time I visited.

A few years ago we had a sunflower workshop. See the video HERE.

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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!!

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Watercolor on Yupo Demo Video

“It takes a lot of courage

 to show your dreams 

to someone else.”
~ Erma Bombeck

“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. 

Come join us. Life is so 

endlessly delicious.”
~ Ruth Reichl

DON'T MISS IT!
Free Alcohol Ink on Yupo Demo with samples and giveaways courtesy of Legion Paper
at Medford Arts Center This Saturday - 9/2/17 - 2:30 - 3:30

I have never demonstrated this technique before
(Pouring, Splatter, lifting and Outlining),
so come early to get a good seat!!
See more about my One Woman Show, "An Evolution of Passion" here .... 

Hope to see you soon.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

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