I am back to blogging the old way.
One must document their journey; I choose to do this through art and the things I observe.
Keeping a positive mindset and perceiving
I painted some crows today.
Closing doors and opening of new doors
Sketch book page
Looking at other people’s perfect sketchbooks gives me anxiety. Sketchbooks are places to experiment with. One cannot produce the best art every day. Instead i would like each experience to be learning adventure.
Some ink works and funny faces.
Painting and sketching mini portraits. Glad that the weekend is almost here, more time for painting
Sketching everyday
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Sketch from today’s walk. It rained a bit and the temperature went down quite a bit. People were back either in their spring jackets or raincoats. .. . . . . . . . . #urbansketching #torontoartist #sketchpage #sketchdaily #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbooks #moleskinesketchbook #peoplesketching #thistleblueart #quicksketches #artjournaling #artsupplies #artistoninstagram #artoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CdzhrF2OAQz/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Dapper. #cansonmontval watercolor sketchbooks are really nice to work on. Papers do make a difference. A good paper can make your life so much easier. However, I still can not love hotpress papers. . . . . . . . . . #art #artist #thistleblueart #artoftheday #canadianartist #watercolor #gouachepainting #inkillustration #illustrations https://www.instagram.com/p/CTsoWR5Lt_n/?utm_medium=share_sheet
What touches you is what you touch
“What touches you is what you touch“
Sometimes negativity slowly creeps in to the cracks of our inner selves.
Like looking at myself in the mirror, with age how much of our outer appearance change.
It gets harder and harder to go back to the face that once glowed.
Age takes its toll on the body.
But the mind remains the same although matured by experience. Yet a child remains there, eager to jump out and show its happy self to the world.
This gloom was momentary. As soon as I stepped into my garden, felt the dying sunlight on my face, heard the cicadas singing merrily, my fingers touched the ferns, the warm and wet soil of a hot summer day…my sadness evaporated.
I accept the changes to my outward appearance…
BTW I don’t often paint hands, and I do not like anything that resembles reality.
So here’s a hand, a gardener’s hand, tending to the wildflowers.
Wildflowers because they are always happy, they grow without any expectations from anyone.
To become one with nature.
I have been painting landscapes for quite sometime now.
And I’m seeing my artistic voice changing. I still like to paint landscapes.
However, the mind wants to indulge in inksand move on to surrealism.
Let’s see where I end up.
To become one with nature. Ink sketch. . . . . . . . . #art #artistsoninstagram #artistlife #inkdrawing #illustrator #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7VO6NLDtJ/?utm_medium=share_sheet
Autumn Girl
“Where are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?    Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,    And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue” I think, I had enough of summer and now I wait for Fall.
Sketchbook page.
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Making my own sketchbooks
I have started to make my own sketchbooks. These are not perfect but are cute to work with and best part is having paper that I like to work with.
Sketchbook page. Watercolour and ink. . . .
Days are just dark and gloomy.
Here’s a sketchbook page on my desk.
Gloomy Day
Watercolour and gouache painting. Found my love back for Canson watercolour papers. . . . . . . . . .
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