Make art to give away

This is the painting I am giving away as part of 31Days of Journaling and One world One Heart. Go to this post if you want a chance at winning. I stamped right into her hair and I am not sure if I like that or not. I may just paint over it. I think I will just let it sit for awhile and decide later what to do.

Day 14 Green

I barely got this finished before midnight so I am late in posting. A combination of things here. I painted the background earlier and its very textured. It was hard getting the rub ons to stick well. This is the first time I added all the background stuff before painting the face. I don't think I will do it that way again. It was hard working the hair in around the words. I am sure learning a lot this month.

Lynn asked how I use paintsticks. After cutting the seal with an exacto knife I just take my finger and smear it onto my fingers and start putting it onto the paper. I haven't mastered using a paint brush with them yet but I am sure you can do it that way.

I had my first photography class and it was really awesome. I am going to love it. I already know more about my camera and can't wait to go taking some new shots. My new season of the 100 day challenge starts tomorrow and I still don't have a plan yet. It will all come together since it usually does.

Day 13

Here is today's journal page. Not quite orange but I didn't know what the color for the day was. My lady was done using Shiva paintsticks and Golden fluid acrylics. I liked doing her although I had some smearing problems. I like use the stablio marks all pencil for drawing but once it gets paint near it smears. I may have to go back to regular graphite. I think I would have tweaked her a little more if I had the time. I think perhaps the flower in her hair is too big. I tried several new colors this time and had fun blending and looking for the right shade and so on. One thing this exercise does for me is make me practice mixing colors and that is something I really need to gain more experience with.

Sacred Life Sunday - Finding time for Art

I never really know what to do for Sacred Life Sunday posts so I don't do that many. This week I have been missing doing art, so I finally took the time. I guess that I made it sacred for me. I worked so long on this page I thought maybe I should go back to using canvasses for faces. At least at that point I could have something that I could hang on the wall and look at. When its in a journal its all closed up. It not that the effort is not valuable in its own right but it just takes me so long. Perhaps when I get better at mixing colors and painting in general I will be able to do a journal page quickly. The words in the piece are "Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly"

Now its back to writing, I am past the half way point. Today is day 16 and I have made the 25,000 word goal yesterday. Now its on to the second half. Although doing Nanowrimo is fun and rewarding and all that jazz it is pretty intense. I am looking forward to a relaxing December.