How's the Weather Where YOU Are?

I forgot to post this a few days ago. It is a video that I took while I was at the beach feeling the absolutely relentless power of thrashing winds and crashing waves. Here are some photos to get you in the mood:

Even the seagulls were timid as they gazed into the sea. 

As you can see, it was a completely moody and intense day. I had to shoot a short video to really capture the sounds of the wind gusting and the waves crashing. These sounds alone make this one-minute clip worth watching!

(oh, and I made the mistake of filming part of it "sideways" to show more of the ocean. I quickly realized my error in terms of the final result, and righted the camera back to its optimal viewing angle.)

Napkin Art!



I joined a lovely group of girls called the Sisters In Art Society (SAS) this past weekend. They meet once a month about 45 minutes south of where I live, just south of the Canada/US border in Bellingham, WA.

I can't believe how inspiring it was to sit and chat with other people who share my love of art. Not only that, but we all love the same STYLE of art - mixed media!



In case you didn't know, I live in British Coloumbia, Canada.
My hometown of White Rock is about 5 minutes from the
Canada/US bordering state of Washington.



Once you open your mind to mixed media as an art form, the posibilities of creation are endless. Truly! There are so many ways to create art.

Off the top of my head:

- painting

- photography

- collage

- stencils

- drawing

- sketching

- sewing

- knitting

- crochet

- embroidery

- origami

- doodles

- zentagle

- sculpture

and on and on and on!

So at my first (of many to come!) SAS meeting, I managed to get my hands on a few nifty napkins.

Paper napkins are AWESOME for mixed media and collage because of their tissue-paper-like thickness. The ModPodge or acrylic mediaum seeps right into the napkin.

Here is a spread that I started at the meeting and then finished off at home.

I LOVE the black background in these napkins on the left. I used two different napkins here: one with the floral pattern and the other torn into smaller pieces of the butterflies. I then pasted on the doily heart and used my Sakura White Jellyrool Pen to highlight some of the flowers and forms that I liked the most :)

Here is a close-up of the red doily and blue flower outlined with my white jellyroll pen. AWESOME!

To the left of the Eiffel Twoer image, I did some zentangling of a brick wall. I like the structured images together.

Here is the whole spread again. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how it turned out!

Winter Trees

I know it's not quite winter, but I really think about the cold and the change of seasons when I see bare tree branches.

I've been pretty snap-happy with trees silhouetting on skies lately. Here are a couple of my favourites...

October 22 - National Color Day!

Did you know that in Canada we make the word "color" even more special by giving it an extra letter? That's right. When you play Scrabble in Canada, "colour" is worth more points.



The Monkey at White Rock Beach



Today is a day to celebrate colour. That means that pretty much every visual artist everywhere should sleep in and drink extra coffee (or tea!) until they are good and ready to start their day.

You see, I have a secret love affair with colour. I get so excited poring over paint chips at Home Depot that my grubby little hands grab them by the fistful! When I see the blues, oranges and pinks of a sunset over White Rock Beach, my heart skips a beat or two and my breath is whisked away with the ocean wind.

To celebrate Colour Day, I've taken some snapshots of some colour pages that I've designed. Enjoy!




Orange - Gratitude




Brown - Includes a quote from George Sand




Red - I'm loving Mandalas lately...




Green




Pink - Amour (love)