This is a page from my journal...the photo is one found in the thrift shops in Canada of all places and not of anyone I know...I just really liked it and of course it is in a very Aussie setting...
I know this is fairly rubbishy but just wanted to show off my spelling (??) not really my calligraphy, which is a new passion and one I am loving....
A page done on being a woman and aging....something that a lot of my friends seem to be going through or have gone through...it is all cliched stuff but very true...the letting go of being 'cute' and attractive and becoming the wise women we are now meant to be. Surely all that experience and living must count for something and I do honestly believe it does and that it should.
Some watercolour fun...my calligraphy ink, water spray bottle and my coffee mug...some favourite possessions.
I have started some more wire hearts...the vines are on and the foliage and flowers are in progress...on the heart below I spent a few hours sewing vintage fabrics and scarves into what I thought looked like flowers but at the end of it all I realized it all looked as though I had just wrapped some old material around the wire...hmmm..all that for not a lot. So back to the trusty wire ribbon roses...or roses made from gathered ribbons...like the pink one below. I'm trying to achieve a look that is floral and pretty but not too twee.. unique I suppose...I'll keep going until I achieve the effect I want...it will happen..it just sometimes takes longer than I want when I'm not even sure what I'm doing..(make sense?).
These 3 paintings are finally finished..I think..I have added some stitching to them if you can see that..I really had fun with these...I had no idea what they would be when I first put paint on the canvasses so it was very freeing..
