Day 3 #artchallenge. Decided to mess around in my altered book journal using some business cards I collected during my recent trip to San Diego. I love the freedom of mixed media. You just layer and layer and layer until you are happy with it and I am. Love this quote/poem by kendralynn. 

Day 1 of #artchallenge. A wonderful friend, Jeannie Wermuth nominated me. The challenge is to post an old or new piece of art for 5 days & nominate someone else to participate. I nominate Michelle Casber Morlan, a multi-talented artist who inspires me everyday with her lovely art. Here is my girl exploding with flowers. Watercolor and collage. Love this quote that my daughter helped me pick out. “Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.” Wise words….

Sketched this while waiting for my son during his swim practice. Simple pleasures in life… Paper and pencil…💃💃💃

Decided to go loose today. No reference photo, just started drawing eyes, nose and mouth. Then played with colors all around. It was fun, free and loose. And I like how it turned out. Will do more💃💃💃

Saw a reference photo on Pinterest  of a girl with this expression and it screams “I’m bored” or “I don’t care”! Sometimes I wish I can just say this out loud for things I really don’t care but have to pretend I do…watercolor and collage. 

Practicing another side profile, this time a male face. Started with watercolor, than moved into mixed media with all sorts of things piled on. Love the randomness and freedom of mixed media. This quote speaks to me.. I find pieces of me in my art and love how I can express myself through my art… What about you? 

Practicing side profile face. Loved playing with collage for her hair (think I am obsessed with this technique now). Picked this quote to remind myself not to wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect!💃💃💃 watercolor, collage, stencils. 

Was in a crazy mood. Played with a funny looking hair and hairline, then added collage to her hair and just messed around. She is kind of ridiculous but at least she is not boring💃💃💃 watercolor, collage and stamping

Have been on the road and not able to do much painting. I was able to do some sketching at the airport and plane yesterday. Feeling much better now… Realized I need some form of art everyday to keep me balanced. In this sketch, I tried to draw her facial features without the use of a ruler and I struggled. Her features kept getting wonky and unbalanced… Next time I will use a ruler…

Frida Khalo is a fascinating artist. She once said that she was her own muse as she spent a lot of much by herself and would know the subject next. Guess that makes her a pioneer in the use of selfie?😀 watercolor, collage and stamps.