I can growl, I am a tiger.....>>>>>>GRRRRRR<<<<< what a day ! It started with a failed upload overnight, not understanding why and trying to fix this, then me for some reason loosing access to my youtube channel account and NO WAY of getting back into it........so creating a new one and starting to upload so history etc. in the mean time painting some and getting all ready for Fresco lesson number one.....and more uploading and  getting REALLY frustrated ! with myself mostly....but also I entered a painting into an annual judged art award.......need to bring the painting there on 23 January....ooooooh. exciting !  So I stay determined to get it all done before I'll hit the sack........fingers crossed the upload will succeed now.....xoxo

http://jetdtsetters.blogspot.com/2012/01/fresco-workshop.html

Art Critics vs Making up my Mind

Here are two recent journal pages, one about Art Critics and the DOUBT
 'Is what I make ArT ?'
The little newspaper clipping shows a little boy opening the trash and shouting 
"Mum! Someone put my sculpture in the rubbish!"
underneath it says: Failing to recognise a masterpiece when you see one....
-how true-

the other about just Making up my Mind

Come on 2012 ! 
♥

 

Dreaming of a White Christmas - yeah right

-Dreaming of a White Christmas Unicorn-edited in Photoshop-

Just a "quick" page I made in my Moley the other day....and because I still cannot show you LOTS that I have been working on.......I thought to share this with you. I played around with it as well and "Christmassed" it up a bit, you know just fooling around with Photoshop ;)

-before.....more a Spring feeling, maybe because I live on the Southern Hemisphere-

Kids are home from school and we are counting down to Christmas (and the revelation of all I have had to keep a secret from Blogworld.....I have some exciting news too !! .....stay tuned.......)

Red Bird Dreams

From my Moleskine, a quick page about the red bird in my dreams - haven't figured out what he means yet

Radical Self Love

A page I started with leftover bits of paint just randomly brushed on the paper. I pulled the shape of a face and the eyes from it and continued. This is what I ended up with. Preparing for better times, this girl is so tired and insecure. She needs some radical self love, a term I heard by Gala Darling.

Love yourself !

♥

Grid Journaling

I did this latest spread in my Moleskine after I saw Milliande's Grid Journaling. I just wanted to give it a go as well and for mine I took details from Christchurch to fill the grids. So it ended up being somewhat of a healing excersize at the same time, saying an emotional goodbye to the city, my city for almost 17 years. It keeps forever the small details and skyline features that might not be anymore.

Somewhere over the Rainbow -by me-

Here's my latest entry I did in my journal. Partially done on the ferry between South and North Island and finished last night at my new home amongst boxes still to be unpacked.... I just had to do something creative, couldn't stand it any longer. The spread in my Moleskine shows a little how I feel at the moment, like jumping in a deep deep pool with my eyes covered and taking a plunge.....where will we end up ? Adventure and excitement, but also uncertain and a bit scary. I need to play art some more, maybe will find a bit of time tonight again.....but will start putting things away first now, finding places for all our stuff....need to get that done as well...

Dream Big

I did a quick entry in my Moleskine, I wanted to try and show how good it feels to DREAM and dream BIG.
Because I felt the need to escape in dreams today.

Unicorns

Oh how magical the unicorns are,
they have put a spell on me at the moment.

I have done two entries in my Moleskine so far and now Cameron (follow this link and check out her blog) has just shown me what she has made for our trade,
oooh and he's coming this way..
I will share with you soon what it is I will be sending her too.
But firstly, let me introduce you to my firstborn Unicorns :
"Hippimani Pitou" and "Azul Hai"-I made up that they are siblings, I might have to make a book with some stories... -
maybe you have read one of my earlier post about the
Magical Unicorn group at Vanillery Garden
it's very inspiring
♥

Virgo

in my personal challenge

to do all the signs of the Zodiac this year

here is my take on

Virgo

the sign for 23 August - 22 September

Leo

the other one I still had to finish
I used my Pan Pastels for this one and I cannot tell you how SMOOTH this feels to the touch, those Pan pastels are AMAZING !
I Love them !!

Leo - Zodiac Sign for 23 July - 22 August

Cancer

I've been catching up on my Zodiac challenge,

I got behind/stuck/pre-occupied....

you name it...

Cancer- Zodiac sign for 21 June-22 July

Hush

from a pretty personal journal spread

The Year of the TIGER 虎

I am a Tiger, a Water Tiger to be precise, so I just had to make an entry in my Moleskine for this.

I also want to try some animals instead of pretty faces....it's quite exciting !

Pisces

Zodiac Sign for 20 Feb - 20 March
...the two fish in the basket symbolise a dear departed Pisces I knew...
..the seven frolicking little gold fish symbolise new life...
...well, that's what my thoughts behind this sort of were...
...She just grew the way she turned out, I didn't think a lot about it,
...but she is as soft as I wanted her to be...

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign for 20 Jan - 19 Feb
~my sign~

Capricorn

Zodiac Sign for 22 Dec - 20 Jan
I have set myself a challenge for this year,
I am going to make a spread in my Moleskine Journal
everytime the stars indicate the start of a new Zodiac sign.
So this is the first of the year.

Be Free !

I am struggling with this Zettiology style,

I would love to get one page right, but so far......

I am happy enough with the portrait part of it, but don't know about the rest, I'll take a break for a while and might get back to it again sometime. In the mean time I'll watch Teesha Moore's instructions a bit more...

Guardian Angel

" Pay attention to the whispers in your heart...

They could be your Angel speaking to you

and only those of us who will listen quietly with our hearts can hear them "

♥

" Angels are Messengers,

but sometimes we misunderstand their Language "

L. Solegato

"Dream" - an entry in my Moleskine Journal

"Hold fast to dreams,

for if dreams die,

life is like a broken-winged bird

that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams,

for when dreams go,

life is a barren field

frozen with snow"