I’ll be adding more to this in the future.
I wanted to add “carrot people” but it looks more like an underwater scene.
I learned about carrot people from watching Bob Burridge on YouTube.
They were a lot of fun to do but it’s been a couple years since I painted the picture above. I might just add them into the most recent one.
Stay tuned!
Look at this fantastic deal I found at the thrift store!
I have been “trying” to stay away from purchasing more art supplies but couldn’t turn this down.
This kit has a copyright from 2003 and had never been opened.
I jumped right in and did the first exercise tonight – I’ve always loved finding shapes in designs so I think I’m going to really enjoy this!
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.
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!
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.
Today’s drawing is hand drawn using a fineline sharpie on cardstock.
I think I’ll add some shading to give it even more depth.
This one was really fun to draw, and I think I’ll do somerhing similar using color fineline.
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. 😍
Mandala using Sketchbook app on my computer.
Played with some watercolor today.
I Love the colors!
Going to add some black ink next.