Wild flowers

You need:

1. black construction paper 20 by 8 cm
2. colour pencils
3. tempera paint
4. q-tips
5. saucer

A short lesson with great results!
Draw a lot of flower stems on the black paper with several colours green. Stamp the petals above and between the stems, using tempera and q-tips.

A new addition to our classes page

Hi all...just added my new mini-classes to our Class page, above...this first one is on Quick Sketching, which I find I OFTEN use while keeping my journal. 

On the spread above, I only had seconds to record the "Oregon" junco on the left page, and did the quick sketch of the church while J. had the DVD paused while he made the tea.  Both took only a few minutes, though I did take longer when I added color to the little bird.

For more info, click the Classes page above, or go to my website page at http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html

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If any of you correspondents teach classes, please let us know times, dates, location or whatever, and we'll add it to the page!

Happy Valentine's Day!

To all my 'Sisters' of the heart and all my art 'Sisters and Brothers'... Happy Valentines Day!

It was glorious here today.  A tad chilly this morning but by 11 a.m. all I needed was a sweater vest as my jacket. It was breezy but soooooo sunny.  This was our day off and we played outside as much as we could. While Rob practiced hitting golf balls on the range I took a walk with my plein air purse to sketch 'The Sisters' once again. This time plein air and this time for me :)  At 2:30 it was 70 degrees!!

I hope love has, in some way, touched your heart today :)

ALICE SOFIE NORIN VIDEO CLIP witH MAKEUP & HAIRDO bY: ALDO AKIRA MAKEUP ARTIST

tHiS iS ALICE SOFIE NORIN VIDEO CLIP witH MAKEUP & HAIRDO bY: ALDO AKIRA MAKEUP ARTIST

cHeCK tHiS OuT -> DAN KITA bY: ALICE SOFIE NORIN

heRE aRe tHe PiCtuRe beHiNd tHe sCeNEs MaKiNG oF VideO CLiP DAN KITA bY: ALICE SOFIE NORIN..










FoLLOW Me oN TWiTTeR: @aldoakira (^,^)v

Patterned landscape

You need:

1. white drawing sheet A5 size
2. black fine marker or Indian ink
3. coloured paper for background

Children sketch a simple mountain landscape with grey pencil. Use different patterns to colour the mountains: spheres, lines, triangles, squares, leaves - as different as possible. Patterns can by filled negatively of positively: fill a moutain with circles and colour the space between them with black, so the white circles will remain.
Paste the drawing on a coloured background.

Made by students of grade 3

INDONESIA WEDDING MAKEUP HAIRDO TIPS & HOT TRENDS 2011 BY ALDO AKIRA MAKEUP ARTIST

EVeRy BRiDe sHouLd LoVE hOW sHe LOoKs iN tHE PiCTuREs TEN yeaRs fRoM NoW..





~aND i HaVe tHe TiPS tO MaKe eVeRy BRidE LOoK beauTiFuL oN heR WeDdiNG daY..

DO geT aS MucH SLEEP aS PoSsibLE oN tHe NiGht beFoRE tHe BIG DAY..

DO DRINK PLeNty oF WaTeR beFORe yOuR WeDdiNG daY..


DO MaKe suRE FOuNdaTioN iS RiGht fOR tHe SKiN tONe..


DON'T aPpLy tOo MucH eYE MaKeUp..


DON'T uSE coNCeaLeR oN tHe EYELID, iT CauSes eYE MaKeUp tOo CReaSE..

DON'T aPpLy sHiMMeR aLL oVeR tHe FaCE, ONe oR tWO aCceNts aRE eNOugH..



MaKe yOuR HaiR a biT cuRLy aND yOu caN UP DO oR juSt MaKe iT SiMPLe NatuRaL..

FOLLOW MY TWiTTeR -> @aldoakira (^,^)v

Dealing with life's challenges...

One of the most important things a journal can do for us is help us to cope with life's challenges; both Danny Gregory and Laura Frankstone addressed this issue in their interviews--Laura's recent blog entries continue offering us a glimpse into journaling as a coping tool.  I've certainly found it to be true for me, over and over again, whether I simply sketch what is, express my feelings, or poke fun at myself.  It helps. 

My dear husband has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and though it's early days and the prognosis is very good, still...I find the journal helpful.  Above, life goes on, with music and our good friend Kevin Morgan.  (As I noted here, the boys look much more solemn than they were!  We had a great time...)

I journaled the day we went over to North Kansas City Hospital for what the doctor refers to as his "cancer talk," and I'm glad I did.  I sketched, yes, but I also made copious notes that will help us in the days to come, as they did to reach a decision about treatment, at the time.  We'd NEVER remember all those numbers and what they mean if I hadn't written them down.

I've sketched before my own surgery, and when J. had his esophageal procedure, as well as when visiting his mom in the hospital and his dad in the nursing home...it helped.  It not only calms us, but helps get us outside of, and beyond, our immediate concerns.

Of  course there are all types and grades of challenges in our lives!  A test we need to pass, a job that needs doing, a trip to plan, a meeting to record...all of it can end up here.

 

This not only reminded me of the first bird at the new feeder, but that it was one of those times when I needed my cane--it's a wonderful old blackthorn cane from Ireland that Joseph gave me, and I love to draw it, if not to have to use it.  It happens, from time to time!  

(I usually sketch it to keep track of when this occurs and why--in this case it was a long run through two huge airports! I learned my lesson, I am NOT too proud to have a wheelchair at the gate.  Any more...)

I had the blues, bad, when I did the above watercolor pencil sketch in the back of my journal...it helped!  I still remember the blues, but I recall the beauty of the day much more.

Of course recording the minor challenges is good, too.  We'd misjudged the drop-off on the snowy road and landed in a ditch way too deep even for my 4WD Jeep to climb out of.  So that was me, climbing up the seat to the only door that would open!  Every time we pass that road THIS winter we joke about taking a trip down memory lane...

I made my Fantasy Journal when things were particularly stressful with the family.  That involved WAY too many phone calls, as you might deduce!  (And no, we didn't have a wonderful vintage phone like this, nor did we actually use dynamite.  It was just what I WANTED to do, every time the phone rang!)

These goofy images helped me deal with things with fun and humor--good for BOTH of us!  The above image is the last one in that little journal, but you're welcome to go see the others at the link!



How has your journal helped YOU to deal with the curves life can throw you?

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Note:  gentlemen, have your PSA checked at your next checkup!  Early detection is the best for this slow-growing cancer!

And oh, yes, good thoughts and positive energy are more than welcome...