Driving this AM on a major highway crowded with automobiles, noise, congestion and fumes, I was startled by the crisp, open, clear morning sky. So much that I did not mind what surrounded me. This natural phenomenon has inspired me to keep a gratitude journal and today is Day One. And it must be a visual documentation because, I am an artist and an art lover and express myself through the help of colors, lines and shapes.
Today I am grateful for this vast open space via a view from the LIE. Thank you, Earth and Sun. I am grateful for you.
September marks the beginning of a new year for teachers, children and parents. It may be a tough transition for some, but for others it is an exciting time. I always did enjoy the Staples commercial that synced “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” with an overjoyed father taking his children shopping for supplies. Watch it on You Tube below. Classic.
For teachers, September means promise. It opens us up to an array of opportunities to make this year the most successful year yet. This year we will try out new classroom management tactics. We will re-design our studio space to make it exciting, user friendly and a comfortable work environment. Oh, and we will start report card narrative writing two whole months before they are due. Let’s make those last three statements into “I” statements because that is what I plan to do. What are you excited about this year? And if you are not excited, you can share those thoughts too…
Above is an image I found on Grey Matter. I plan on including it in my selection of inspirational phrases that hang in my art studio. I have shared a few of my favorites with you below:
Celebrate Differences
Feed Your Curiosity
Practice Making Creative Choices
Always Play First(shared by a fellow art teacher I met in grad school)
Practice Makes Better(a friend of mine heard this from their child’s teacher)
I did it. I set up shop last night and hung out with my palette knife. We are best buds. Completed in the AM today, this dahlia inspired floral portrait is dressed in various green hues with hints of warm and cool patches, just like the ocean’s current.My painting session consisted of Gerry Rafferty Radio on Pandora, delicious colors that felt like butter while mixing and an ice cold martini. Thanks, Nicky.
Gotta love Gamblin’s Transparent Orange. I use it as an intense under painting color and it stuns the eye in details. Here is my floral work in progress. By mid session it reminded me of Blanche’s bedspread in Golden Girls. No Joke. Not good. Had to work on my palette choices. Can you sense the GG’s? or Miami Beach? Well, it is what it is.
Have you painted lately? What colors live on your palette these days?
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