sign language

just when you're feeling your paint palette has

a little too much blah and too much blue....

i'm here to remind sweet, artful you.....

that you are a shining star, 

a-okay awesome, 

and majorly magnificent.....

and the signs are all around you to confirm it!

{p.s. and by-the-way.....you rock, fabulous art-girl!!} 

xox

{supplies:  walls notebook, faber-castell polychromos colored pencils,

micron pens, graphite pencil, white pastel pencil, uni posca white pen}

stand up eight

i've been on a path to better watercolor the past couple of years,

and that means practice, practice, practice.

but i've noticed that after all that practice, 

some days (actually many days!) it doesn't seem to look much better!

so i decided to switch gears and open my long-lost walls notebook.... 

....and remind myself of some really good advice:

if at first you don't succeed....

try, try again!

looks like it's time to get my paintbrush back out.....

but oh, how i love my walls notebook!!

 :))

you can see more entries in my walls notebook here

{supplies:  walls notebook, derwent w/c pencils, paintbrush,

micron pens, graphite pencils}

inspiration monday

sometimes when you're stuck for inspiration….

all you need to do is seek out what you know to be true…..

…..and let your heart lead the way….

and the big picture will reveal itself.

guaranteed!

{this artwork was created in my walls notebook using micron pens,
pitt pens, PanPastels, derwent inktense w/c pencils, 8B graphite pencil}

inspiration monday

i'm a firm believer that inspiration can be found anywhere.

all you have to do is think about what makes you really happy…..

and most of all,
follow your heart.

and before you know it,  the doors of inspiration will open to you
where you didn't even know they existed!


{supplies:  walls notebook, pan pastel, sakura gelly roll pens, pitt pens,
derwent inktense pencils,  8B graphite pencils, white pilot choose pen}

inspiration monday

i'm a firm believer that when it comes to finding inspiration….

sometimes it helps to get as far away as possible from
all this busyness going on around us.

and while i'm not really very good at it,
i think it also means just resting for a while.

so i'm going to take mr. buchanan's advice…..

and recharge my creative batteries back to the "fully alive" level!

i'll be away from blogland for the next few weeks,
so i'll be posting some of my favorite elvie-encore-posts while i'm gone….

see you soon, dear, sweet, bloggy friends!!
xox


{supplies: walls notebook, derwent inktense pencils, pan pastel,
pitt pens, white pilot choose pen, 8B graphite pencil}

inspiration monday

if spring hasn't quite sprung in your part of the world yet,
and the skies are still looking a little gray…..

here's some words of wisdom from someone who
knows how to make people smile.

all you need to do is channel all your good thoughts…..

you know…...the really over-the-top, super cheery thoughts!

and then say bye-bye to gray skies,
and let those smile-sunbeams inspire an absolutely lovely day!

(quite possibly the most sugary, pollyanna-coated post i've written to date!
but sometimes "happy" just goes that way!  :))


{supplies:  walls notebook, pan pastel, micron and pitt pens, 8B graphite pencil,
white pilot choose pen}

inspiration monday

when it comes to sowing an artful canvas….

just plant some sweet seeds of inspiration from the heart.

(make sure they're the best of the best!)

then add some leaf images using your favorite hand-carved stamp…..

and tuck in a cute little sleeping bunny.

now let patience, and lots of imagination take over….

and you'll be rewarded with a delicious art harvest of golden creativity!


{supplies:  walls notebook, derwent inktense pencils, pitt pens,
hand-carved leaf stamp, uniball signo broad white gel pen, 6B pencil}

heartfelt cheer

take a blank canvas...

and grab a handcarved stamp covered in green ink.

add a heartfelt message….

and you've got a holly-jolly reminder of good cheer the whole year through!
:))


{supplies:  walls notebook, handcarved stamp, stamp pad, pitt pens,
derwent inktense pencils, pilot "choose" white pen, 8B graphite pencil}

beautiful you

there's an awful lot of "same-ness" in the world.....

but, before you put a lot of energy into being different.....

just remember -----  

you already, most beautifully, and fantabulously are!

{and you even have your very own unique thumbprints to prove it!}

here's to being different.....
in the most amazing, extraordinary, phenomenal, fantastic, unique way possible!!
(and believe me, you're all these things and so much more!)
xox

{supplies:  walls notebook, pan pastel, pitt pens, thumbprint and stamp pad, uniball signo white gel pen, souffle pens}



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thanks SO much to all you beautiful-bloggy-sweeties who participated in the artsyville giveaway! sarah goodwin's name was chosen by random generator as the recipient of aimee's washi tapes! congratulations!  woo hoo!  

there's still time to join in the other participants' giveaways....click here for the full schedule!


happy weekend to you!  xox

inspiration monday

when it comes to reaching for the stars,

one of the great star-reachers himself shines some light on the subject :

 we can use a little step-stool and a butterfly net to catch a barely-off-the-ground,
dimly lit star in the sky.....

or we can really go for it, and climb a taller-than-tall ladder and use our glorious rubber-band-stretchy arms to grab the biggest, shiniest, brightest, sparkliest, farthest-away star in the galaxy!

let's add some major bling to our twinkle collection.....
and guaranteed, inspiration will be right there to nudge us along
every step of the way!

{completed in my walls notebook using pitt artist pens, derwent inktense pencils, pan pastel, 8B graphite pencil, uniball signo white gel pen}

{happy labor day! xox}