It's been way too long .......

I have been away for too long...I've been on a journey with my art , to and fro....lol I've now discovered the wonderful world of watercolor !!! I'm teaching myself as I go...enjoying every minute, well, except for those time the self critic steps in and tells me it's not worth it, I'll never be good at it...yada yada .....So let me fill this space with some of my more recent attempts in my many art journals, sketchbooks and scrap papers I decide to play on......

I've decided to make a small doodle pattern to sell of my "Bunny Love"watercolors that I painted a few years ago.....You can do in mixed media, needle punch, rug hooking or stitchery ( embroidery)
You can do in any colors you want, just please don't change the original designs and when selling your item/items, please mention me as the designer....:)
Just click on the pay now button, pay through PayPal and leave the Email address in your noteon paypal , and I will send the PDF file to your Email immediately. Thank you and ENJOY !!!

Awesome Giveaway

http://giveaways.robenmarie.com/giveaways/paper-to-painting-workshop-bundle-giveaway/?lucky=132

Keeping busy .....

Hello... Sadly I haven't posted in too long ... But happily I can say I keep myself busy. I have been going back and forth berween my mixed media and art journaling, and painting and doing punch needle primitive folk art.  

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I have a regular composition book that I covered and have been using as a journal. 

I've been trying to add some doodling, painting or pasting to add color and interest to the pages. My actual journaling , for the most part, is quite blah ..... Lol 

My doodle book ....

My girl ... My favorite character all decked out for Halloween. 

A few new things....

Finished this little painting. Here is what I started with:

Then this:

Until the finished painting

Leftover paint from my palette went into an art journal:

Here:

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I don't usually do portraits. Not my forte , but for the heck of it I did one. 

I have some more new things I've finished. Maybe I'll make a new post tomorrow. 🤓

Re-Purposing lovely old books ....

 

As the title of the post implies, that's what I've been up to. Well, that and some other little creative things here and there. 

I'm trying to retain the old weathered look , but wanted to keep the turquoise color theme to keep all the books looking like they belong in a family together ~ cohesive ~ 

I will be using them for art journals , but perhaps with different themes or mediums being used in them. 

The smallest book was just a dictionary of sorts that I tore some pages out of to make room as it grows with paint and collage. 

 ( sorry for the sideways picture I tried but couldn't get it to stay right sided lol )

This was actually an old scrapbook and there are places in which to add pages. 

I love it. 

And this lovely is an old ledger. The pages are a little brittle bit should hold up to gesso and some paint and collage. 

So that's a little bit of what I've been up to. I say it every time, but I really do hope to post more often and have some fun stuff such as tutorials, giveaways and some journal pages to share. 

Have a blessed and creative day,

Robin

Always Creating ......

No matter how long its been since I've been on my blog here, never a dull moment creatively.Sure we all get in a slump with what we are doing, but I just end up trying out new stuff....playing with old stuff I haven't played with in a while, or moving on to a whole new outlet of creativity...
I was inspired yesterday by a video ( well 4 or five ?) by Teesha More,,,,I didnt follow along doing exactly what she was doing, but it put me in the mood to play with fabric, so I sewed....
I think I will make it a cover over cardboard for a handmade journal.

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sooo, all of this art journaling and mixed media art, and even watercolor , is still fairly new to me, so I try to push myself to practice in different mediums, in the hopes of improving,,,,,
I ve even joined the ranks of the You tube crowd and recoded a few videos... click here to watch one
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Here are a few drawings and paintings I've played with last few weeks ( months ???.....lol )

and a few more.......