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Mork and Mindy and The Makerie

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I went to Boulder, CO to the Makerie and Flora Bowley’s class.  My first stop was this house.  Recognize it?  If you do, you are showing your age.  It’s the house from Mork and Mindy, the sitcom staring Robin WIlliams.  Yes, I searched out the house.  Okay, I Googled the house and then used my Garmin to find it.  Then I went shopping on Pearl St. which is the cute little area where Mindy’s dad had his music store.

The Makerie was at Chataqua, an adorable little place from a time long ago.  Wonderful little cottages and  houses.   My room was decorated in Quaker chic and it let me soak up the sunshine and enjoy the peace the mountains radiated.  No tv. All relaxation and art.  Throughout the weekend it was clear that this was an event that came from the heart.  Ali Dejohn had  personal touches in everything from our boxed lunches to a library of art books and fresh cookies to the welcome bag of goodies.

Such magnificent mountains so close, I had to take a hike. This sign was posted at the start of the trail. I  am a city kid, so I read carefully.  I really wanted more details on how you fight back – I think my main fighting skill is hair pulling and I don’t think that would bother a mountain lion.  Just saying…

On to the art!  Flora Bowley was well worth the flight out there.  Watching her process and being able to ask her questions while painting- heavenly!  Looking forward to taking more of her classes in the future!

She not only nudged me out of my comfort zone, she sent me 3 time zones away from it.  The canvas below was one I was finally getting comfortable with when she said we were giving it away to the person next to us.  We would not be getting it back.  I received my neighbor’s canvas. I’ll share how it turned out on Friday.

Just hope I can swing the time to head out to the Makerie next year!  The event was filled with wonderful people and great conversations.  It was such a treat to be able to relax and enjoy because they had it all covered, including my pesky food allergies. A great weekend with friends and art- what could be better?

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Chaos in my Head

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Do you do morning pages from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron?  I do & I often use my morning pages in my art.  I use a handful of paint pens and just write, especially when I am feeling stuck.  That became my base for this art journal page.  Here is a video showing how I did the first part of this page.

I just started smearing paint on it making some circles.  As I looked at them I saw heads – heads full of chaos- just the way my head feels on way too many days!

 

 

 

 

 

I added a bit more paint and carved more circles into the paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The chaos in my head- all things I want to do, all the things I need to do, all the things I should do, and all the things I haven’t done- were just swirling around.  I realized that what I needed to do was just breathe.  Just take a moment and breathe.  So simple and so powerful.

Got a moment?  Stop by these great blogs to relax and soak up the creativity!  Creative Every Day and Inspire Me Monday and Just Journals!

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Buildings from a Background

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Remember the canvas I found was getting too precious last week?  You can see the post here.

After I stepped away I began to see buildings in it, so that’s the direction I went.  I wanted to stay with the purples and I didn’t have a lot of purple colors.  I started mixing the ones I had together to make new ones.  Suddenly, I had all the purples I needed.

 

 

 

Blue paint washed on the sky – I was hesitant to cover up the background because I liked it, but I had to sacrifice it for the final look.

 

 

Not enough contrast between the sky and the buildings for the look I was aiming for, so I darkened the sky (see the next picture) to make the windows pop a bit more.

 

 

 

A few words and numbers covered in paints, cardboard birds, and I darkened up the blue sky a bit more.

 

 

 

 

I had to add more whimsy to it so I added photos of my family but colored them with Portfolio oil pastels.  A shrink plastic banner.  A few painted cardboard stars for the sky and I felt it was finished.

 

 

 

Want to see what other artists are up to?  Stop by Paint Party Friday and check them out!

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