A Scribbly Doodle Do

〽️〰️ HELLO BEAUTIES! TODAY ABSTRACTION IS NOT GEOMETRIC LIKE YESTERDAY, BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF INTEREST.

Jill's Art Journal

Yesterday, I started an online painting class with Jennifer Mercede, hosted by Carla Sonheim, called: Bright Color Scribble Journal Painting.

I was inspired by the artist’s use of bright colors in her paintings especially since I am ready for Spring! If you are interested in seeing more of Jennifer’s art, she is on Instagram: #JenniferMercede

One of our first assignments was to scribble with a ball point pen and then color in shapes with color pencils. This is my scribble drawing:

I made a color copy of my scribble and discovered two weird birds so I cut them out and added a black circle for an eye. I added a couple of additional shapes to complete them.

How to do you like my Scribbly Doodle Do’s?

Happy Weird Bird Wednesday!

Cheers! 😃

P.S. I think this would be a fun project to do with a child.

And for extra…

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14th July 2022

🔶◻️♦️ HI SUGARS! A GOOD WORK OF ABSTRACT ART IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE WERE NEEDING BUT WE IGNORED.

Jean a drawing a day

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Orange buildings

Collage

12cm x 12cm

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24th July 2022

🌹✏️🎶 SO TRUE, SISTERS. THE ARTIST WAS SKETCHING IN A ROSE GARDEN AND THIS COULD SUGGEST THAT OLD SONG. https://youtu.be/p0VTAvYg98E

Jean a drawing a day

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Regents Park, Primrose Hill and St Paul’s

Pencil and watercolour

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Autoportrait Day 208~ Joni Mitchell

🎤 🎧 HELLO SISTERS! I KNEW JONI’S SIDE AS A SKETCHER, THROUGH HER WONDERFUL ALBUM ‘COURT AND SPARK’ DUE TO THE VERY PERSONAL AND PECULIAR LANDSCAPE OF ITS COVER. IN THE SECTION OF THIS BLOG CALLED ‘SKETCHERS TOO’, YOU CAN SEE AN INTERESTING WORK OF HIS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OF OTHER CELEBRITIES NOT KNOWN FOR THEIR DRAWINGS 👉🏻

https://sketchuniverse.wordpress.com/?s=joni+mitchell&submit=Search 👈🏻

THANKS A MILLION TO CHRISTY, THE AUTHOR OF THIS SPECIAL POST 💐

The Misty Miss Christy

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Singer, songwriter, and visual artist Joni Mitchell (born 1943)

1. Self portrait, 1969 / Gouache / Cover for Clouds, 1969, Reprise Records

2. Self portrait, c.1971 / Watercolor / Handbound book, original edition of 100 copies
Printed as Morning Glory On The Vine: Early Songs and Drawings, in 2019

3. Self portrait, 1981 / Limited edition offset lithograph print
Image from cover art for Wild Things Run Fast, 1982, Geffen Records

4. Both Sides 1, 1999 / Oil on canvas / Front cover of Both Sides Now, 2000, Reprise

5. Both Sides 2, 1999 / Oil on canvas / Back cover of Both Sides Now, 2000, Reprise

6. Self portrait, 2004 / Oil on canvas / Cover for Dreamland, 2004, Rhino

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Dieser Augenblick

💐 HALLO, SCHÖNE! BLUMEN WISSEN VIEL DARÜBER, WAS DER TEXT BEDEUTET

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                                               (Copyright Gabriele)

Wir haben nur den gegenwärtigen Moment, nur diesen einzigartigen und ewigen Augenblick, der sich vor unseren Augen öffnet und entfaltet, Tag und Nacht.

                                                                 Jack Kornfield

… daher ist die Gegenwart so kostbar. Gilt es, sie mit höchster Lebensqualität zu füllen, sie so oft wie möglich bewusst zu empfinden, mit uns selbst und anderen im Frieden zu leben, positive Energien auszustrahlen – was sich stets auswirkt – und alles an Liebe, die in uns vorhanden und verankert ist, in diesen gegenwärtigen Augenblick hineinzulegen.

In Freude und Hingabe

Gabriele Marie’ Ana

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Le ciel transperce

🦋🦋🦋 SALUT LES BEAUTES ! NOTRE SOEUR BÉATRICE A UNE IMAGE PUISSANTE. AUTANT QUE SON TEXTE PUISSANT.

Art et Semence

Au-dessus de la montagne,
Le ciel transperce,
Le cœur Te reconnaît.

Chaque chose devient une confidence et Tu me dis ces secrets qui ont le goût des perles odorées. Le cœur du roitelet, les frondaisons opulentes, l’arbre majestueux, mille mondes jaillissent et mille autres encore. Je me suis arrêtée, et j’écoute. Entends-tu mon ami ? Entends-tu le passage du lézard sous les branches ? Il me raconte l’histoire d’un muret. Je le suis en riant. Combien de fois me suis-je perdue, même devant l’araignée ? Une herbe s’agite et je lui tends la main. Le blé danse, parsemé, ici ou là, dans un jardin luxuriant. Il a parlé. Sans Toi, je n’ai pas de cœur.

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Peinture de Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936)

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Wales

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤️🤍💚 HELLO SISTERS! TODAY WE FLY OVER THE BEAUTIFUL LANDS OF RED DRAGON (To see picture, click on “View original post”).

One Woman's Quest

Was moonstone,
the year I travelled

Crossed the ocean
landed in a shared
caravan in Wales

Tongue tripping
over place names
thought echoing

over green, mountainous
expanses – heart mending

with each panoramic
view of Lake Bala.

(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)

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Do Danish Cows Like Gouache?

🐂🇩🇰 HI DEARS! WHY THESE DANISH COWS CAN’T BE A GOOD BEHOLDERS? 😉

Deliberate Sketching

I was out looking for a scene to paint and stopped at a bird sanctuary. It was a gorgeous scene with a pond, geese, a meadow, trees, and a herd of cows.

Since I am traveling without an easel, I usually put my palette and sketchbook on a convenient surface, like a picnic table or bench. I was glad there was a wooden fence that enclosed the cows in their meadow, and I set up my materials on it. As I painted, the cows slowly came closer and closer, and it looked like they were eyeing my tubes of gouache, which made me wonder, do Danish cows like gouache?

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Sometimes I Sit and Watch the Fox and…

🦊 HELLO SISTERS! TODAY WE CAN SEE HOW OUR MOTIF RETURNS OUR OBSERVATION TO US, AS IF IT WERE ALSO ANOTHER ARTIST.

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The local fox visits quite frequently. Sometimes the crows tell me he’s there and sometimes I’m lucky and I’m looking out the window when he comes by.

My camera is usually nearby and I have many photographs to paint from.

He frequently drinks out of the bird bath which is on the ground because the raccoons broke the stand.

I occasionally see him when I’m out on my early morning walk.

Sometimes he sits and watches me.

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June 2022 Adventures in Latvia

🌊🐠🐟🐡 HELLO BEAUTIES! WE CONTINUE WITH THE SEA. THIS TIME IS FOR BALTICS. A WONDERFUL TRIP WITH GREAT SKETCHES.

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My travels continue in the Baltics, arriving in Riga, Latvia. I liked the old town although more cobbled streets for my aching feet to endure. Lots of shops and businesses shut, so a less wealthy feeling than Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia. We stayed in quite a neglected area, but the highlight was a visit to the amazing and huge Riga market- the biggest in Europe. It was full of ordinary people shopping. The fish hall was outstanding, a feast for the eyes and for drawing. The veg and fruit hall and stalls outside were stunning, some stalls were colourful and carefully arranged, others were more simple, just a few sparse things. As I wandered I found myself behind a statuesque woman in a modern, new beige trench coat, with very long black hair walking slowly in a distinctive Tai Chi walk. I was fascinated by her grounded presence. Quite…

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