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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 15: Favorite Things

    / April 9, 2023

    Welcome to Week 15. This week we’re art-journaling FAVORITES. What are some of your favorite things? If you’re new here, check out Week 1, to make your journal, and this journey your own.…

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  • Image of coloring my feelings, that contrasts dark and light. In a frame to remind me feelings are just feelings.
    52-Week Art Journal

    Week 12: Multicolored Feelings

    / March 19, 2023

    Before you get started with this week’s small art, take a few minutes to do some journaling that’s a continuation of last week’s theme of celebrating and expressing YOU. Well, at least this…

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 4: Making Ugly Beautiful

    / January 22, 2023

    It's Week 4 of the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. We're giving the thoughts or feelings that won't let us be WORDS, and making them something altogther different. It may be my favorite journal/art…

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    Lake Ontario Cut Paper

    / May 21, 2022

    Art inspiration is everywhere…

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    Spring Storm

    / May 15, 2022

    I like to take photographs… and use them as inspiration for art.

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    Just for Fun… in the Sun

    / May 14, 2022

    This morning’s sunshine-sitting play with flower shapes. Ran out of time to add color. That can be tomorrow morning’s pleasure. 89/100 And the COLOR above… It’s definitely colorful, but… Yes, the daisy got…

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    Irises

    / April 28, 2022

    Here are my late-night low-light irises. Not thrilled with them, but… 72/100 of #The100DayProject  #My100DayArtJournal What I had in mind was tall, tiny, delicately-colored. I added late-night color to my late-night iris sketch. Not…

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    Not what I envisioned… but that’s okay

    / April 17, 2022

    Words upon words. A favorite journaling processing tool of mine. Two more from #My100DayJournal.

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    Making Ugly Thoughts Beautiful

    / March 29, 2022

    More words upon words. Another story written to not be read. I know what it means, though details are already softening as the snow has, melting away still clean and bright, unlike the…

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    The Succulents

    / March 28, 2022

    Quick little sketch that kind of mostly looks like the succulent in a small funky pot it’s supposed to. 34/100 Gave my little succulent its colors. 35/100 Succulent friend for my first succulent.…

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