Door to Possibilities

Well I making wonderful progress on the front door to my studio. I got the idea when we first started building the studio about doing something fun, funky and inviting to people who enter the studio. After I painted the primer on the door which is grey and then white on the window panes it looked really good and I decided to leave the primer color on and paint my design on top of it. I knew I wanted it to say "Open the Door to Possibilities" but wasn't sure what else or what other colors to use. After many drawings on paper I was ready to do the door but was not sure how to do the dimensions.

I am soooo grateful to my hubby for assisting me with this - he measured it out on the door exactly in pencil and then I took it from there.

Each day depending on the weather I am adding another coat of paint and/or fine tuning the flowers on the door- I still have some work to do but I am happy with the way it is turning out. I will post a picture of the final result.

When the going gets tough ...

The Tough get going! It has been a rough couple of weeks and I am feeling very distracted. There has been an upheaval in my world and I have been on a roller coaster of emotions. However, I have been using my art as a way to heal myself. As this journal page on the left says " Seeds of Self Esteem and Self Worth and Self Love Heal the Heart and Soul"

And the result will be my Healed Self (on the right journal page)

It will be a process and I will be gentle with myself. And while I am 'processing' I will continue to use my art as a way to wholeness and allow an outlet for my little self to express creative healing energy.

More Rocks!

Well I did two more rocks for my Aunt and Cousin and really enjoyed gabbing with them while I was creating the Rocks for them! We had a wonderful visit and it gave me an opportunity to practice different sizes and styles! They loved the finished product!

Procrastination No More!

Well I had not posted for a couple of days due to procrastination. Then I said come on Mary Ellen let's get going! I was doodling, painting and creating in my art journal and taking pictures. And I was painting what I call my Affirmation Rocks and taking pictures of them but could not get myself to upload the photos. The more time that went by the more I told myself "Well now too much time has gone by so just forget it" But then I would tell myself "No! Come on Mary Ellen just upload some of the photos and get it done!" Well enough is enough already! I made the commitment to myself to do this art blog for myself and so I am pushing myself along.

So here are some pictures of the Affirmation Rocks I have done.

And now I am making the promise to myself to post more pictures from my art journal and not let my postings go longer than 3 days. I need to do this for myself to get myself in the new habit of posting on a regular basis otherwise this art blog will fade away like many other things and this is too important to me so I had better follow through and act like it is important!

After all I am worth it!!