Try try again....

I love portraits but I'm pretty hopeless at any sort of realistic work of people, but I still have a go and these are some of the latest I have tried. I am trying to loosen up with my art and I'm not really sure how to do that. Some classes are needed again of course and I'm looking into that now. With summer almost over here, the chances of more classes available will be greater with people returning to the city...so I might be in luck!

I love making journals

I have another journal on the go...it is for our trip 'down east' in September to Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and then across the ferry to Halifax. I've never been to those states and heard its quite beautiful so I'm really looking forward to it.

A new journal is always so much fun. This one is made from an old french book I found over in Quebec...it was a children's novel - I love the cover pic. Not too many pages are being put into it as we will only be away for 2 weeks, however I plan to fill it.

I did Mary Ann Moss's online class on visual journalling and bookmaking and I loved it. Her blog is Dispatch From LA...she is a lot of fun. I'm trying a new method this time...the Sewn Chains method which means the stitching shows on the spine of the book.

Musings

Why keep a blog? I've been reading some blogs where the writers were unsure about continuing with their blog but did so and found at a later date that it had been beneficial..some of those benefits being - becoming more creative, using their time more efficiently and some other things I don't remember...it was all pretty positive though. I have been wondering why I do this and so reading those thoughts really helped.

I am finding that life really is a fun journey and mine has been quite surprising. I grew up all over the place, (4 countries) and then settled down for many  years...after a divorce I have now ended up living on the other side of the world half the year. I didn't think I had planned this but realize of course that my choices led me here.

My real wishes deep down, I thought, were to have a permanent home and settle in and stay there so being uprooted every few months has taken me a while to come to terms with but finally I think I'm starting to really like it.

I have decided to put more time into this and see where it leads...I have some goals with my art and I hope to connect with more art minded people in this way as I don't have much creative contact where I am at the moment.

For now a photo of my art table and my daughter's papercut bird on the window keeping me company.