Fall Fearless and Fly #5 has begun! There is a fabulous journal page from Marcia Beckett and 2 great prizes! An ephemera pack from Marcia and $25 from Blue Moon Scrapbooking! They have the most wonderful selection of goodies!
Headline Prompt: Lifelong Fan: What or who have you consistently valued or looked up to in your life? What lessons have you learned from people you admire?
Color Prompt: Your favorite color now or from childhood or both!
Quote Prompt: “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator; but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.” W.H.Auden
The ocean has always been a place of joy for me. As a child, I had some of my best family times there. As an adult, I still have some of the best family times there. Not surprisingly, my favorite color from childhood is ocean blue. Here’s how my piece came together:
Randomly smeared paint.
I found this lady and the waves in the paint. White paint simplified the background.
Green paint to tie into the green in her dress.
The green paint I put on top loosened the white paint below it so I used a palette knife to scrap some of the white and green away to let the blues peek out.
Her dress needed something- so I painted over it with blue Twinkling H2O’s to deepen the color without loose the detail.
This quote was just what I needed today! After gluing down words, I ran an oil pastel around the edges giving it just a touch of texture.
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Beautiful, and a wonderful sentiment.
This is beautiful and also the sentiment.
lovely greet
Marja
(marjascreativity)
Love this saying
How did I guess the ocean would be your home and inspiration? Great piece. I can see you basking in the waves now, serenity now! xox
I am always so impressed when people see something in paint and draw it out into something beautiful – truly creative x
That is so so so cool!! Love the lady, love the colors!!
What a marvelous outcome & wow, I loved following your process.
So vibrant and alive and yes, the quote is perfect!
So grateful I came over from Art Every Day Month today!
Love your artwork. This is just beautiful, and goes with the sentiment/quote. I also love the quote.
Just so you know, I came from the Artists in Blogland website.
That is such a wonderful site too!
I love the colour and the texture on the close up. Great quote as well.
What a great prompt, and I love seeing how you work. The ocean is definitely a long-time source of comfort and place that I have valued.
Rinda
Wonderful creation – Thanks for joining us at ABAC!
I invite you to share with us at the ANYTHING GOES challenge here (Only 3 Days Left) http://pinandtack.blogspot.com/2012/11/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-3.html
Happiness,
Corrinne
I’m with you, Carolyn. The ocean is a place I love and it’s also a place I fear. I have a lot of respect for it and don’t ever want to be in its way. The colors of the ocean are close to my heart. I love this. How serene. They say if you paint rooms in your home with nature colors, like the ocean, it’s very calming.
Love that lady! Love that quote! You are fabulous!
Love her!!! The quote is great too☺As for me I’m barreling headlong into the ocean waves ♥♥♥
wow, wow, wow! I love this process and the colors!!
xo
lynn
This is such a true saying. I recently found myself having to move from the shallows. It’s scary, but so rewarding.
I love the way you are brave enough to cover up so much of your lovely background to make the figure stand out. Sometimes we have to sacrifice parts of the work to make the page better.
Swim, girl! Love your found lady, and awesome colors, and courage to work over and make her pop. Fab quote as well!
Lovely page and great colours; the ocean colours are faves of mine, too! Valerie
What a perfect way to begin my day!! This is fantastic!! I love your process and how you SAW her in the blues and greens…and I can hear the ocean right now… Wonderful quote! I LOVE this! Have a happy, creative day! ~ kathy
Hi, Carolyn, am happy to rejoin the world of the living and happy to again follow your wonderful blog. What inspires you seems also to inspire me! I love the step-by-step creative process that you are always so willing to share with us. Your outcome today is awesome!
The ocean is also my favorite place. I love what created and the saying as well. Your intuitive paintings are wonderful.
Love what you did with the prompt. It is so fun to see everyone’s interpretations. Your page is beautiful!
Wonderfully vivid and full of energy, yet your piece has a certain calmness too – must be the lovely blue/green tones. Love it all.
Thanks so much for joining us at Anything But A Card again.
Juliax
Great page and I really like the quote. I’ve been a shallow end of the pool person for so much of my life but as I grow older, I’m venturing further out. Love the colors too.
This is great! I love how well the quote correlates with the painting. They seem made for each other.
Love the colors 🙂 Beautiful, and a wonderful sentiment.
I love your “found” lady and the techniques you use to make her the star. Great quote, too!
Wonderful creation Carolyn! Love how you’re able to see things in your paint. I try, but rarely get there. I’m hoping to get back into Fall Fearless it with this prompt, I got sidetracked by life for a few weeks, and love this one.
Beautifully layered up, great choice of sentiment, I love the freeness this seems to have and a great fluid flow. If that makes sense 😉
Thanks for joining us at ABAC
Oh I love it…. especially how you ‘found’ the lady!
Great words too.
Karenx
The painty texture is just lovely! I feel like I’m alway saying the same thing to you, but yet again I love this piece and the colours are fab! And a great quote!
D x
Even with the beautiful vibrant colors, this is such a soothing piece! I really enjoyed your step by step progression and the quote was perfect for your ‘found’ lady! Thanks so much for joining us at Anything But a Card with your wonderful creation!