My Favourite Art Supplies: To Conté or Not To Conté?

Conté à Paris Pastel Pencils with 24 Assorted Colors & Conté à Paris The Sketching Box with Assorted Pencils: The Review: Conte is a strange material to use. Well, it is for me. It can come off as scratchy and hard to control if you wish to have only crisp lines. It tends to crumble … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: To Conté or Not To Conté?

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3

Look Around #3:  The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces... I needed to play with what I had learned about glaze chemistry and continue to create functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3

Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2

Encyclopedic Beauty It feels like those pictures that were in my dad's 1960's editions of the World encyclopedia.  Sister Light Imagine this illuminated by moonlight. It shines through the dark. Marbled Pink The way the light shines through these fragile petals, it looks like it's made of marble.  Remember The Pink A 'Remember When' photo. … Continue reading Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2

Look Around #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces... I needed to play with what I had learned about glaze chemistry and continue to create functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2

The 10th Step on The Ladder of Awareness

Highlights from the previous week:  Last week we dove into the imagualization process and found a focal point from which my truth can be accessed. I use that point in meditations now. It connects me to the universe. Here are a few of the things we learned during the process. Hope is a shared concept … Continue reading The 10th Step on The Ladder of Awareness

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1

Look Around #1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Variations and explorations using my faces... creating functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As you turn it, you realize the faces are directing you to look outward with them, … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #112: Long Faces

Long Faces:  The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and African masks started merging into these deeply expressive faces, but their origin is much more mysterious. Filled with druidic magic, they still sing to your mind and whisper secrets … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #112: Long Faces

Nirvana

Streaking through the sky The wind in my feathers, I weave and bob on the air currents. Forever listening for the songs of other travellers, Companionship On the road of the muse, the watchman in my head is looking after my creative heart finds it’s release of passion. Oh, blissful… by M. Perron (Originally written … Continue reading Nirvana

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I'm considering a change to the titles of my features and would love to hear your suggestions. What do you think would be a better title for these regular features? 1- A creative process through 500 works of art 2- Monday's Movers (book reviews) 3- These are the people in my neighbourhood Thank you in … Continue reading This is a beautifully succinct article on how to boost readership of your blog.

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #111: Long Face #2

Long Face #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and African masks started merging into these deeply expressive faces, but their origin is much more mysterious. Filled with druidic magic, they still sing to your mind and whisper … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #111: Long Face #2