Goddess of the Moon

Well, I have been working in my journal for Goddess and The Poet. When you think too much sometimes it just doesn't flow. I am calling to the Goddess of the moon to help me create a full life of art. I am continuing my journey with growth and development~ I can see the changes happening but am not where I want to be yet. I am open to help to enable me to be successful on my journey.

New Moon
The new moon, of no importance
lingers behind as the yellow sun glares
and is gone beyond the sea's edge;
earth smokes blue;
the new moon, in cool height above the blushes,
brings a fresh fragrance of heaven to our senses.
By D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

Just Challenge Yourself

Sorry I haven't been posting as much this week. I really have been trying to challenge myself!

I am taking The Goddess & Poet over at Suzi Blu's. It focuses on learning to draw pretty stylized faces. So negative thoughts aside on my drawing! Here are a few of my first attempts for her class. I will share the progress with you. As you know you only get better with practice! ( I hope!) I am being vulnerable in my process to grow in my drawing skills. It truly is a skill that has to be practiced. So if you think you can't draw just challenge yourself! Get a moleskin sketchbook, some graphite pencils, a good kneaded eraser and practice!

I have a face that I am painting and can't wait to share that with you. Adding elements of dimension with colored pencil, paint and more. That is what I really love when you get into the mixed media elements. But I know in order to grow I must draw too! Off to the drawing boards as they say~

Hope I have inspired you to take courage over your fears and try!

Autumn Warm Days and Cool Nights

Warm Autumn Days where we reach to the sky to soak up the sun like the sunflowers ~

Cool Autumn nights where we grab a good book, a blanket and head to the couch to read by the light of the moon~

Photograph, words and artwork done by me Posting of the entire painting coming soon~

Follow Your Dreams- Harvest Moon

Follow Your Dreams by msartist on Polyvore.com

Full Moon Dream board ~

I put together these images for my dream board to enable me to see my dreams and steps I have been taking come into fruition. I have always had a creative outlet. I have done many things to support my family and now I am trying to turn my life passion into where I want to be~ Not only being creative but being able to let my visions become reality~ Working from home. Creating artwork to sell. I am ready to share what I have created and what I am creating. Having faith that my path is the right one and now is the right time ~ Seeing the domino effect of positivity and being more positive~ Having my vision become a reality~

Today I am participating in Jamie Ridler Studios -Full moon dream boards~ This is my first time doing this and I thank Jamie for the inspiration. Drop by her link if you would like to learn more and see other people's dream boards. ~Hope to see you again soon. Theresa

Autumn Is In The Air

1. koko black hot chocolate, 2. Pumpkin Pecan Cupcakes, 3. Striped tights and a pumpkin, 4. Pumpkin Patch 5. The Enchanted Forest, 6. Sunflower & Honeybee 7. Leaf nature Pumpkin Pie, 9. Mini Pumpkin, 10. what makes a pumpkin smile? A big plate of candy corn, that's what!, 11. Roll Out The Pumpkins, 12. Fall is here, 13. indian corn, 14. The Great Pumpkin, 15. pumpkin latte, 16. Leafs

{Images via Flickr}

There is a chill to the morning air. You run and grab your sweater. You see pumpkins and sunflowers in the stores or in your garden ready for picking. You take a brisk walk and when you return you savor your favorite warm drink~Autumn is in the air again! ~

If a man . . . can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In My Garden on Canvas

In My Garden~
Details of flowers in the garden

The gazebo~

Details of Angels face
I took a class from Monica Zuniga at Hands and Hearts ning web site. Her video's and work are quite amazing. This is my take on what she was teaching. I love incorporating new facets and techniques to my work. It challenges me to stretch when you work at making something your own from the teachings of someone with such talent. I am tempted to wax this painting to continue the dreamy affect for the finish, but I haven't decided for sure what finish I will use. When my mom was alive she gave me a book "Affirmations For Artists" by Eric Maisel. I dedicate this painting to her memory~ As one of the things she wrote in the cover to me was to keep using your talent~If she were here now I would thank her for believing in my dreams and aspirations ~ "I paint not by sight but by faith" Amos Ferguson

Creativity

Click on any image to enlarge~

1. creativityyyyyy... come back!, 2. You see me better than I am, she said and I'm worried what'll happen when your vision changes..., 3. ISweet, 4. Continent of heart, 5. 10/52 - I've got lots of pictures in my head, 6. grey pullover I, 7. Look, I´m Famous!, 8. Oh, those feelings..., 9. 245/365 firefly, 10. Umbral, 11. Polarizing Heart, 12. nuclear base access AD-34, 13. FREE texture Green room..., 14. stay weak in your dreams

To see the full 18 photographs and in detail you can go to my flicker gallery ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/msartist/galleries/72157622328621895/

(As some photographers opt out of sharing outside of flicker)

The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ~Henry David Thoreau

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.~ Erich Fromm

Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. ~Norman Podhoretz