Pics from Beginners oil painting

As promised here are some pics from beginners oil painting...and yes we started with the table of fruit and then went to the rocks, post and grass and ended with the sunflower...I learned at lot and think I will now begin to play with it now that the basic ideas are perkelating in my head.

Organic art and some pics

So last night I took an art class with my sister and 2 friends.  It was basically gluing dried/pressed flower petals to a pattern, the instructor called it organic art.  While some of the manipulations were difficult simply do to the fact that you are using tweezers to place delicate dried flower, which broke a lot of "perfect"ones  it was still a very interesting process and it makes me wonder what I can do with the dried flowers from my garden this year - columbine, delphiniums, clematis, rose petals...ideas abound...now just need to find a large supply of phone books so I can press my own...

Spring cleaning...

I'm feeling this need to begin spring cleaning on a massive scale...like my soul is itching for change…clearing out the old to make way for the new…and I'm not talking about just clearing out my closet, but old ways of thinking, old habits, old ideas... things that I have clung to...thinking...maybe some day…but that are no longer serving any purpose other than to help me remain in my comfort zone. And my comfort zone is feeling confining and stale.

Part of me is saying it is too soon, just hold off...but a quiet voice is saying it is time...time to release, to explore, to savory and to own my experiences and the lessons, vs. letting them own me.  I'm not sure where this feeling will take me, but if the start of 2013 is any indication it will push me to new endeavours, challenge my ideas about myself, my world and everything in it.  I have a sense of excitement, about this journey, that I am embarking on.  

Now hopefully my approach is a little more shaped than my typical cleaning which fits the ADCD definition - Attention Deficit Cleaning Disorder - which is where you start cleaning one thing only to notice something there goes somewhere else so you put that where it belongs and then notice that needs to be cleaned to so you begin cleaning that and then the process repeats...yeah I do that...works better if stuff is just where is should be or if I plan...you think I'm kidding but I'm not...so not...LOL

Is spring here yet????

So it has been a while since I posted anything...bad Amber - LOL.  2013 so far has been crazy - took an oil painting class - can't see myself painting fruit or rocks in the future but the sunflower was fun - will post pics later.  Then I was also involved in a local theater production/fundraiser for a local women's shelter - a little thing called the "Vagina Monologues" It was an amazing experience, and for my first acting experience I gotta say I loved it - the laughter and gasps from the crowd, they were right on cue as I delivered my lines, the standing ovations at the end for all of us - what was not to love.  A little over 6 weeks prep and a 3 night run - sad to see it over.


Lets see what else - took a level 1 website design course and will take level 2 next week - seems easy enough - I think my test webpage will be GP Vday Warriors and tie it into the monologues, the dance and the international Vday campaign - we'll see that will be the real test can I design and put into production a website outside of the class????

I also took a photography class - learned tonnes about composition - can't wait for the field trip in April.

Almost finished my latest course on Natural Health - exam is tomorrow - so as you can see I have been a little busy - but my new years resolution was two-fold to expand my creative activities and to say yes to new opportunities - so far I say I have wins in both those columns.

Well that is it for today - best get to work.