Simply Sunday

Its important to create memories. Even the simple ones. I am creating a small faerie garden with my youngest daughter Sammie. We are taking a simple large piece of concrete board and we sketched our scenes on it. One side done by me and the other done by Sammie. Today we started to paint it. We are doing it outdoors. Not only did we get to enjoy being outside we spent time side by side chatting and painting. Last weekend we staged how we would set the board and planted little plants and started putting little figurines around. All things from around the house or yard. Sometimes the simple things can make the most fun memories. I encourage you to journal some memories and create images in your journal that have memories and meaning to you~ I hope you are able to keep your day simple and enjoy Sunday for all it holds for you. Join me next week for another Simply Sunday posting.

What are some of your fondest memories? What memories do you want to create for your children / family / or friends?
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years

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Adore

I am a dreamer. I have lot of ideas swimming in my head but I adore it when I start a painting and it just falls right into place. Sometimes it can be simple other times complex. I experiment quite a bit with different materials on my projects. Like this girl today I am longing, longing to get to my brushes and do what I love. Create with paints and wonderful treasures found or purchased. Yes I do love to find treasures whether found or bought and incorporate them into my painting. Sometimes I use scrapbook materials and use them in different ways.
Here I have taken pieces of a Making Memories kit and used components in my mixed media piece. It has been created on 1/8" wood.
I truly believe art has no rules and that is what I love about it. Art allows you to dream, experiment, make mistakes, and mostly to grow at what you love! So if you thought this could be for a Valentines post, well sure! But I adore it for today and what it means to me finding what I love to do and creating art!
What do you love about creating art? Are you a dreamer? What kinds of treasures do you love to use in your artwork?

Art is the colors and textures of your imagination. ~Meghan, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams