a girl and her brush

journal challenge day 108

agirlandherbrush — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:19:36 +0000

hope even when it hurts. because it will. sometimes hope feels like a tiny small thread and it could snap at any moment. but hope really is stronger than you could ever imagine.

materials used: watercolors, acrylic paint, shiva paint stik, graphite, gesso, acrylic ink, watercolor crayons, spray inks, pen, collage.

day 108

journal challenge day 107

agirlandherbrush — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:07:37 +0000

you will not forever be in this place friend. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. there are good days ahead. just hold on. just keep going… you never know what is right around the corner. let your heart hope again!

materials used: found and painted papers, shiva paint stiks, watercolor crayons, gesso, spray inks.

day 107

journal challenge day 106

agirlandherbrush — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:14:55 +0000

every girl needs her castle…

traveling to my dreams…

it is time to take the lid off of my dreams. to see that it truly IS POSSIBLE. start on this great big journey to my dreams.

materials used: collage, watercolor crayons, calligraphy pen, photograph, shiva paint stiks, spray inks.

day 106

a new way of creating

agirlandherbrush — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:50:33 +0000

wow friends! i just wanted to stop in and share a video with all of you. i feel like i have been learning a new way to create this week. i recently stumbled upon a video created by melody ross of brave girls club. listening to melody speak in this video has revolutionized the way that i think about creating. she talks about how at least 50 % of her creative work happens in her head and her heart and that she gives herself time to be alone and dream and think. melody also talks about how she NEEDS solitude in order to create.

new wings

and i have just been mulling over these ideas and thinking about them. you see, i need solitude but i rarely ever give myself this gift. i have always felt like in order to be successful as a creative person that i needed to do, do, do. that if i wasn’t crossing something off on my to do list, then i wasn’t getting anything done. the problem with thinking like this is that it makes me so unhappy. i hate it!!! it’s not me and it’s not how i create.

so i decided something. from now on i am going to give myself permission to dream and plan and be in solitude so that when i go to physically create something, most of the deep work has already been done. i have decided that it is ok to stop and take the time for my ideas to form in my head before i even take paint to a canvas or write a blog post or an article for a magazine. i have decided that i actually need this time and that the end product will be so much more soul-full because i allowed myself to do this.

i am so excited to see what comes out of this new way of creating. what about you? how do you create?

this video is a part of jeanne oliver’s course creatively made. it looks pretty amazing!!!

journal challenge days 104 & 105

agirlandherbrush — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:18:57 +0000

hi all! i know i am not around much right now. i am taking this e-course and it is completely rearranging my thinking in a BIG revolutionary way. i really want to share with you some of the things that are happening but i just need time to process and let things percolate for a while. it’s so good! i can’t wait to see what comes out of it. my business is never going to look the same again and neither will i.

here are some more journal pages for you.

materials used: found papers, watercolor crayons, shiva paint sticks, washi tape, graphite, acrylic ink.

day 104

materials used: shiva paint sticks, spray inks, watercolors, graphite, found and painted papers, acrylic ink.

day 105