Wordless Wednesday 2.22.17
Every picture tells a story, no two people will see the same “play”
Oyashikiri
Archive for the ‘colour’ Category
now is now
Sometimes, when the itch comes to put something down, you have no idea, what it is you are wanting to “say/see” You get out your paints, canvas or whatever it is you want to work with and you simply begin .
Through the years I have learned that what works for someone else, is not going to wonk for me. I have to listen to what is happening “inside my head” to believe that my instinct will guide me to what it is I need to express.
If you write, paint, draw, crochet, knit whatever it is you do to express your creativity, if try to force the flow, you are never happy with the results.
Now is now.. I will suddenly come to a halt.. I do not want to do anything else, not at the moment anyway.. When that happens, I know to stop and step back, and allow what has happened to “talk” to me, to identify itself to me.
Photography is the same way, I can take several pictures, of the same area, or object(s) yet when I review them, more often than not, it is the one I least expected to be “the” one, that will jump out at me.
Life is the very same.. every day we are presented with a new canvas, new opportunities, tomorrow I may or may not want to revisit this piece. Some expressions, speak to my spiritual side.. other times, I’m simply OK with the results, but I feel a satisfaction of having put colour into my thought process.
Tomorrow will be the start of another “today”… what colours will you put on your palette.
Whatever you do.. do it with a smile, put your whole heart into it. Make the most of NOW.
Oyashikiri
Sisters
Out of the night, the eyes stare down and fix on the emotion and passions of “desire” the colours shout and harmonize to dominate the midnight skies. Fireworks in the sky …Q
My sister’s colours, charm and delight with the quiet passion of one who colours from her heart, bright and cheerful and full of warmth. Mother’s Pansies …… V
Oyashikiri
PL Precept # 2 To live is to express One’s Self
2 sisters, two styles,
PL Precept # 1 Life is Art
How we express ourselves, whether on canvas or another form of expression, is us, being true to ourselves. We are all unique, let us respect and do our best to understand the differences and challenges around us.
We are all ONE.
PL Precept # 11 Always be with GOD
late night visitors
Good morning…. Bom dia, Obviously the playground I posted pictures of the other day, stayed with me.
Remember this… There is something playful about the design, I’m not usually drawn to bugs and the like. Yet last night I found myself playing with the liquid acrylics and delighting in watching the shapes take shape.
If asked to do something whimsical, I would be hard pressed to come up with something, I consider myself to be more abstract.
Oh dear am I in a philosophical mood today, let me see.. today is the 14th. hmmm Hearts and Flowers day. I can show you my totally not dry yet heart, cuz I’m trying a new medium that takes forever to dry, like 72 hours or more before it is totally dry and finished reacting with itself. Oh dear I can smell it, but don’t see it, where did I put it..
Sorry I didn’t crop the picture, just snapped it with the handy iPhone. That black stuff is something I got yesterday, now I know why the gal suggested I might prefer clear or a white. It supposedly contains the liquid medium. They tell us not to marry up with your first impression of what you do cuz as it reacts with itself, what you see will change.
There is a mixture that is very liquid, called Vitrail (pebeo) one that is ceramic, one called Fantasy Moon, and one other in the Fantasy line called Prismo. When mixed together they all have their own way of interacting with the other.. In theory if you know what you are doing, you can create wonderful fantasy pieces.
I am very new to this product, days if that.. AND no one I know uses it.. so it is a trial and error process. That black I got yesterday and is called relief outliner. All this to say, Good Morning, how are you.. I’m doing fine.
Today’s PL calendar (if you need one, contact me) says… Work Happily with Good Rhythm can you hear me humming =^_^=
Here we go, romantic picture, dancing in the Universe, carefree and happy. I wish each and every one of you, a day filled with love and appreciation.
Never give up on your dreams, always remember that each moment is a lifetime, live NOW
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
We really are so blessed that we have the creative ability in each and every one of us to be ONE with the Universe…. always & forever…
Friday Fun
Good Morning, bonjour, Bom dia… where ever you are, I am wishing you a “brilliant/sun” filled day! With or without sunshine. Make it a happy day, a productive day… most important … balance your day… make time to play.
Pl Precept # 20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter.
Oyashikiri
Grunge art my way
Good morning everyone. For a little while now I have been playing with different media, doing some of this and some of that. This all started when I began doing handmade cards for our church (Church of Perfect Liberty) (institucion Religiosa perfecta libertad)
The first Precept (1 of 21) #1 Life is Art This is not about how you paint or draw, but rather how you use your creative expression to get through the day to day challenges of life. How you see the opportunities that come your way and in accepting them, being able to grow and channel new found energy into your daily life.
. I love life, I love being alive, and the sense of wonder I get from even what most could consider a mundane moment. Death is a by-product of life. It happens. When you lose someone who has been a part of your life, there is a sadness and a feeling of loss. However, if you have lived loving and cherishing the person, there are no regrets. You live forming honest interactions – always – some people you connect with instantly and with others.. it can take a long time, or… it just never happens.
Important here, is to be true to yourself, not someone else’s expectations, or how other’s want you to act or do something. This is a concept not everyone understands, or appreciates. Again, we all have to live with our SELVES… To do something we like means to follow one’s instincts and do and use whatever makes it happen.
The above picture is a card that I did for ME. Not to put in the collection of cards at the church for sale, but for ME. My wise little sister once said.. remember you are making cards to sell, that means you have to make cards that people will want and like. Not her exact wording, but you get the drift. She was right. Handmade cards or any other craft, where you put your personal time and energy into creating or making something is a balancing act.
The “Artisan” “Craft” person can spend hours even months making something creating a piece they love, yet find that putting a “retail” value on it, is very difficult. Many people simply do not want to pay for something that they feel they can get at a dollar store.. the fact that what they are getting in these places is manufactured and basically are made in the 1000s, doesn’t matter. -” To each his/her own”
Because we are a throw away society, what is IN now , may not be in a couple of months or years.. I digress…oh dear… bottom line… we will skip the rest of this for now.. I’m sure it will crop up again =^_^=
Back to the picture. I hadn’t picked up a paint brush in years. I mean yearS. When I did, I found that I didn’t want to put it down. I have been trying for a distressed look on the cards, using inks, pencils and markers… but never felt I got the results I really wanted. At times not even close.
I had my own idea, or image in my head, it just wasn’t happening with the tools I had.. BUT when I took brush in hand, and some inexpensive water colours I found on sale.. POP, SHZAMMMM, I loved what I was seeing. Best of all the cartoon characters that I discovered in a shop in Montreal, Scrapbook Centrale, made me smile.. It was a new line for me, PaperArtsy.. you can find more about them at http://www.paperartsy.co.uk
I am letting go of what I think other’s may want, and maintaining my own sense of wacky, wild and wonderful.. I got up this morning and tweaked the card some more. It is fun fun fun.
PL Precept # 2 To Live Is to Express One’s Self
Oyashikiri
Artist Loft 4 n1 brush – Michaels ** multi functional great value
Cardstock – watercolour 130 lb. Strathmore
Artist Loft – basic 24 colour pallet – Michaels
Prang – oval 16 DeSerres
Yasuyomo – mettalics (16) DeSerres
-black garlic and..
You kidding me right… nope… black garlic… it is AMAZING, says on the container YuHongYuan peeled black garlic head – ready to eat and cooking. You have to know that I was not going to pass an opportunity to try it out. Delicious.
Got it at the check out aisle of the local T & T Asian grocery store. I do believe T & T has a website, you can likely find their other locations by checking the web. You store it in a cool dry place. room temperature, avoid sunlight. It is a product of China, imported by Uncle T foods, Richmond, BC.
Now.. please allow me to thank everyone who commented on the mixed media book cover, I’ve now finished with the one that I started the other day. At least for now.
It was a learning experience for me. I especially liked the texture and look of the Sludge that I got from DeSerres, you can’t see the reharvested copper cinder, because when it dried, it dried clear, but you can feel the texture when you are touching the various parts of the cover where it was used. The particles are in a professional grade gel medium. Product is TriArt’s reharvested series.
I used two different batches of Sludge, #29211 ( deep forest greens) Batch 27783 is deep purples. Sludge is made from 100% recycled pigments harvested from TriArt’s washing process. Remember if you want to be sure the colours are going to be similar .. use the same batch number, the shades can vary from batch to batch. Again you will find this product at DeSerres.
Crackling acquired by using Distress crackle paint, this is a Rangers product. I used clear rock candy in this project. IMPORTANT, allow the medium to dry on its own. I believe you get better results by being patient.
I’m keen to start another one, but first, I need to catch up on the cards for the church. Hearts and Flowers month will soon be here, and I need to get some special cards done for our PL Card table.
Happy dabbling and playing. When you do something, do it with a happy and joyful intent. Pl Precept # 2 To live is to Express One’s self.
Oyashikiri
La vie de l’homme est une suite d’expressions du soi.
“Art” books
Good morning everyone. these are a few of the books I’m recycling. A few have been worked on more that others. At this stage, they are really being prepped, or prepared for their days of adventure ahead
Some get collage, on half a page, some a full page, this is a start to revamping them into a collection of ideas, and possibilities. Each page is a new canvas. To work on the pages they have to prepared. By working this way, one gets to see how the media works on the different qualities of paper used by the book maker.
For example, glossy papers are not handled in the same way as pages from a dictionary or an older book that may have faded yellowed pages, that you want to keep, the page still needs to be prepped but you require a product that enhance and preserve the parts of the page you want to keep.
It took me awhile to begin working with recycled books, I was always taught to treasure a book. When I saw so many that were simply discarded, slowly my thinking changed. One of the books in the little grouping was an old library book with the little piece of paper in the back where it would have been stamped in and out by the library staff, and a small pocket for what used to hold the library card info.
The content pages of the book were all detached from the binding, some pages so faded and old they couldn’t be read or handled that much. When asked what would be done with the book, I was told it would be junked (garbage) It was a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Black Arrow. It had been published in London,W1 by Bancroft Classics, original sale price $1.25
Sorry friends, I bought it and came home with my prize. I’ve put aside the original text from the books, and reused the cover and spine, adding different card stocks and Kraft papers to build a new body for it. Not sure yet what I will do with the text pages, but I can use them .. and eventually I will.
When I am working on these books, I get to read the pages, and see where the book falls open to.. meaning the previous owner had looked at these pages often, and by the highlighting, they wanted to retain, and learn the lessons, this book provided them.
That quote by Thomas Paine is “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
The Sophocles quote ” One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is Love”
Life is for living, sharing and enjoying. Where a discard book is recycled, it once more shares “itself” with the world.
Oyashikiri
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
fog
A shroud of fog blanketed most of the day yesterday. It was still a great day for drive out of the city. My iPhone had to do for snaps, in my desire to get going to enjoy the day, the camera got left behind.
See the heart, it was a happy day, not everyone finds it a joyful experience to drive along the river, when the fog is basically what you see in all areas. It was mild, it was actually balmy, the dogs found it wet and slushy =^_^=. Care had to be taken in the small towns that pedestrians braving the sidewalks, didn’t get showered with the huge puddles on the roadways.
Here is where I wanted my camera, but, it was snug in its case back home. We were in Hawksbury, this is a favourite park when out this way, only the road leading to the “tourist” building was plowed, we were limited in where we could go. Life is not always full of colour and blue skies. However, in my world …. it is always wonderful, when I’m sharing time with Nature.
PL Precept # 11 Always be with God..
Today in China people are on the move, heading home for the big Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) Are you doing anything special today? You having a good day?
2017 is a Fire Rooster Year.. you can easily google it, to find out your sign, and the predictions for you lunar year I won’t spoil it for you.. There are so many sites, so much information, and since our birth year is very personal, we need to make our own discoveries
Fog is a beautiful element, for a while it can blow in like a mist and change the landscape with its ethereal beauty… be aware, its delicate beauty can be disastrous if you don’t pay attention to your surroundings … It is a balance. In life, we need to learn to maneuver in all situations with confidence and faith, that we will be guided.
Through the teachings of Perfect Liberty, receiving consultations, and working every day to live a creative life. PL Precept #1 Life is Art We will discover that –PL Precept # 18 Each Moment is a turning Point.
Oyashikiri
c’est bizarre, c’est jeudi
What happens when suddenly you realize it is Thursday! Wow, like how did this happen, it came at me right out of the blue.
Like the seasons, was it just yesterday I sat and watched the birds fly by on the horizon, couldn’t have been, when I look out side now, the world is white, we’ve had snow. Lots of it, although, it was so mild yesterday, temperatures went up to 40 degrees F. Today is going to be another mild day.
I had thought of going to New York city for the Perfect Liberty Thanksgiving service this month. The thought of seeing NY again, I’ve been away from some time, actually a LONG time, so close to the Chinese New Year, a side trip down to Chinatown would have been a real treat.
If you saw my blog the other day on Chinese New Year, and took the time to watch the video on the foods prepared for the special celebration, you would have seen a lot of colour, especially reds.
It was not to be. In the Japanese Church of Perfect Liberty, we use a word, Kamuwaza, it basically means, “God’s Act” or through no other reason, but that “something” just doesn’t happen, due to many different circumstances. In this case, all the signs were not pointing towards a good productive trip, my pushing the envelope to go anyway, would mean that, my desire, my wishes, were “mine” and not necessarily were they going to happen.
The TAO. also addresses this, there are times when we simply need to listen to the “signs” around us, and STOP pushing forward. It is time to STOP, reflect, and regroup.
Noooooo I’m not bummed about it, a tad disappointed maybe, but I have learned, that everything has a reason, (season) and by staying tuned in .. PL Precept # 11 Always be with God.
PL Precept #17 Grasp what is essential AND
PL Precept # 20 Live maintaining Equilibrium between Mind and Matter.. Things will progress and develop (PL Precept # 16)
Life is beautiful when you live the PL WAY … every day, in every way.
Oyashikiri
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