Postcard
From Thursday – November 16, 2017
End &
Beginning
At this time
of year, I can’t help but have the thoughts of things that end. However, for every ending, somewhere,
somehow, there is a beginning.
End &
Beginning
Enjoy!
Showing posts with label art journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art journal. Show all posts
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Postcard from
Thursday –
October 19, 2017
Yesterday’s Picnic
For this week’s Postcard, I looked back at a trip earlier this
year to Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Just down from the campground where we were, there was a picnic area,
with table under some cottonwood trees.
Reminds me of picnics in days gone by.
Yesterday’s Picnic
Enjoy!
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Postcard from Thursday –
September 7, 2017
Serenity on the Shore
I was walking, or
rather, standing on the shore of a lake while Jeff was playing fetch with Miki
– throwing a branch in the lake. Altho I
do enjoy watching her and her love of the water, I was also drawn to the moving
still life on shore. The lake was
creating gentle waves as they touched the shore, and yet the reeds in the water
seemed unaffected by them. A moment of
serenity.
Serenity on the Shore
Enjoy!
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Postcard from
Thursday – August 24, 2017
Perspective
Jeff and I went exploring the other week and ended up on a dirt
back road that took us to the top of Capilla Peak, here in New Mexico. As we were heading back down the road, he
stopped so I could photograph some sunflowers growing along the roadside. I took several images and then happened to
look down. I had a great shot available
to me of the top of a sunflower, looking down onto it. I took it and then converted it to a crayon
drawing. I kept thinking about how
different, in a way, the sunflower looked from this unfamiliar angle. My mind kept trying to turn it sideways to
make it seem more “normal”. It sort of
reminded me of however life appears to us, it’s often due to our personal
perspective. That’s also true for
everyone else, so it’s probably best if we don’t take too many people at their
word as truth when circumstances are a bit murky or confused! Something to think about…..
Perspective
Enjoy!
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Postcard from
Thursday – August 17, 2017
Back Patio
This week, I
didn’t travel far from home inspiration.
I was particularly content just sitting on our back patio. It’s quite the change from how I grew up – in
the city. And, as I think about the contrast
in life between the city and country, I couldn’t help but think that the wild
roses growing on a bush just off our patio was more lovely than any city sight
I’ve ever seen. And, so that’s this
week’s thought…..
Back Patio
Enjoy!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Postcard
from Thursday – August 3, 2017
Christmas
Anywhere
I’m never surprised to see Christmas whenever I walk thru the
woods. Even in the heart of summertime,
there are always a few leaves that seem to want to hurry autumn, and then
winter, along. The natural colors of
Christmas are always a treat to find, no matter the season!
Christmas Anywhere
Enjoy!
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Postcard from
Thursday – July 27, 2017
Learn from
History
Driving along a secondary road near our home, I frequently pass
by this solitary windmill. It always
makes me think of the farm or ranch that used to be where it remains. But, the people who lived there have moved
on. Different skills were learned and
people then left. Conversely, I think
about things today – the way people are sometimes clamoring for situations that
their parents and grandparents worked hard to overcome. And, the old saying is true – “Those who do
not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it”. Let us learn from our history, and not keep
making the same mistakes over and over.
To create this journal page, I converted an image of the windmill to a
colored pencil drawing, added text and other texture elements. It’s rather simple, but then so is the base
image.
Learn from History
Enjoy!
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Postcards from
Thursday – July 20, 2017
Simple and
Complex
Recently, Jeff & I were exploring the back roads around Red
River, NM, in the northern part of the state, and came across a small
lake. It was definitely off the beaten
path, altho popular with the local folks.
We walked along the shoreline until we could find a good place for Miki,
our German Shepherd, to take a swim, one of her favorite activities. As we followed the path around the lake, I
took a few photos of the lake, and appreciated its apparent stillness. I was reminded of the phrase, “still waters
run deep” and it reminded me of this lake.
It also reminded me of life, how many of our lives look simple, as we
run around doing all our daily chores.
But, under the surface, we all have complexities in our lives, trials
and tribulations, moments of joy and sorrow, and ongoing struggles.
Simple and Complex
Enjoy!
Friday, July 14, 2017
Postcards
from Thursday – July 13, 2017
Epitome
of Freedom
The other
day when we were driving in northern New Mexico, there was a patch of
wildflowers, thistle and yellow coneflowers, along the side of the road. Jeff, as always, indulges my creative fancy,
so he pulled over to the side of the road and let me go out among the flowers
(and the sticklers!) to photograph these beauties to my heart’s content. I saw a lovely butterfly fluttering madly on
one of the thistles, and began snapping my shutter, hoping to catch him in an
open wing moment. I was lucky, and one
of the images did capture him in a nice position. I converted the image I captured to a colored
pencil drawing to include in this week’s journal page. I then thought about a quote I saw a while
ago, by a person whose name I don’t recall, about how birds and butterflies are
the epitome of freedom. I added some
birds to my travel art journal page and the heart of the quote.
Epitome
of Freedom
Enjoy!
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Thursday Travel
Musings – July 7, 2017
Daisies
A few weeks ago, as I
walked along the Chama River, I looked down and saw some beautiful little
daisies. I was struck at how there were
so many magnificently large things to see, like the river, the sky and the
landscape around me. However, I was
reminded that there are also some tiny treasures as well!
Daisies
Enjoy!
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Thursday Travel
Musings
Mountain Wildflowers
This art travel
journal page was inspired by a wildflower walk that I took in the Sandia
Mountains, near my home. The wildflowers
are like small treasures. The journal
page has a CitraSolv background page that I created, and a quote from Frank
Lloyd Wright also as part of the background.
I took photos that I took of some of the flowers and converted them to
drawings. Such delicate blooms that are
really quite tough to be able to stand up to the conditions in the
mountains. Maybe that can hold true for
us – it’s ok to be both tough and gentle.
Perhaps a contradiction, but look how well it works for wildflowers.
Mountain Wildflowers
Enjoy!
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