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Day 81/100 Mandala

9.5 x 9.5 inches

Watercolor paper

Largest Mandala I’ve worked on in awhile.

Start with pencil, trace with micron then add the watercolor.

Day 80/100 Photography

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Taken at dawn on Sudbury beach in the beautiful Okanagan.

So easy to make photos more dramatic!

These were edited on Instagram and in my phone app.

Day 79/100 Watercolor

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Tested my different watercolor sets – and ended up with a little abstract too.

Day 69, 70 & 71/100 Birthday Cake, Mandala and Photo App

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What a cutie!! No real smashing took place – maybe too full from dinner or overwhelmed with all the festivities. The carrot cake was a hit though!

Sunday night I used a pigma graphic to outline this mandala.

I also got a new phone – Huawei P30 Pro…a bit of a learning curve! And having to sign in on all the apps is a real pain!

The camera is great, but I didn’t take any stills of the cake smash so I had to download an app to get the pictures above.

I used Video to Photo Frame Grabber.

It’s not a huge creative endeavor but I’m counting it for today.

Day 68/100 Torus Mandala

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The second try at the Torus Mandala worked out much better. The tutorial from Deb Soromenho was great.

I used another compass – which ended up being the same make in a different color…with the same issue. I added a little tape around the pencil and it worked well enough.

Maybe time to declutter my mandala supplies!

Day 66&67/100 Cupcake Cake and Torus Mandala

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The crappy compass that didn’t hold the pencil tightly created a messed up torus mandala…I tried again today with much more success…foreshadowing to next post!

Trial run using a Wilton Cupcake Cake pan…it worked great!! The instructions at https://blog.wilton.com/how-to-make-a-giant-cupcake/ said to use a dense cake and the carrot cake recipe from my old cookbook worked awesome!

I’ll post a pic of the cake smash in a couple of days – should be fun!

Whoops, forgot to post this yesterday!

I’ve been doing most of my posts for FB, IG, and websites on my phone, late in the evening when I should be in bed – not a good plan! As in no plan is a bad plan!

Time to start scheduling I think – then following through on it!

Typically when I write in my planner it’s to log what I did the day before. It has value for looking back to when I need to remember something but it’s not a plan for the day.

I started the backwards planner because in the past when I’ve written the dreaded To Do lists or action steps towards goals they didn’t get completed, then I felt like I failed.

I’m dedicated to completing the Creative Challenge and the Clear the Clutter challenge at http://aleapintolife.com/ so it’s time to start planning out my days a little more.

Day 63/100 Mandalas

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Used the sketchbook app again tonight.

The wee one is a busy girl and wore me out this weekend!

She’s learning to walk and her favorite thing to do – hold your fingers and cruise! So fun!!

She’ll be a year old next week! Where does the time go???

Being grandma is such a blessing. 😍

Day 62/100 Mandala

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Mandala using Sketchbook app on my computer.

Day 59/100 Aquarium Cut Outs

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It was late by the time I got around to creativity tonight so I spent a some time cutting out these pictures to use in collage, junk journal pages, bookmarks and tags. I’ll do some random cut outs later too.

Day 58 Make Bad Art and Share It.

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One of the reasons for doing this challenge was to become okay with making bad art.

Don’t get me wrong, I have always created bad art but lately I have been creating less art so when I do create, it isn’t as good as it would be if I’d been creating more which has made me not want to make art…catch 22!

I haven’t really been able to get “into the zone” and get excited about a project. What I really want to create – a junk journal – gets me feeling stuck because it’s new to me.

I love the idea of mixed media and I have more ephemera than anyone really needs but it’s a struggle to put it together. Maybe I’ve watched too many YouTube tutorials – when I try to make my version it just doesn’t look very good.

So I’m sharing these wonky mandalas – out of balance and poor line work – and that’s okay. Next I will share some bad junk journal pages!

Listening to Laura Horn Art Podcast #76. Dina Wakely – Why its okay to make bad art was helpful too. She suggests we lower our expectations and have fun creating…sounds like a great idea!