Todays art

Art every day

Truth - 11-23-13

I have been sticking to my commitment to make art every day even if only a doodle or phone art, but have been having a hard time keeping up with blogging this week. I am starting a new medication which seems to make me very tired and migraines a daily occurrence. it's a bit better each day, but naps are a necessity not an option. Very frustrating and the migraines have meant I can't get on the phone or computer at all some days.

So I may not be blogging daily for a while. Although it is getting better, my dosage will be raised each timer out sues until I build up a tolerance to the medicine. more details coming soon on Mastcellaware.blogspot.com in a blog entry called "Starting Gastrocom"

In the mean time, here it's some pieces I made yesterday:

Awakening to Inner Truth - 11-23-13

Faces of Truth - 11-23-13

Starry night

Working on some ideas for holiday cards:

Starry Night - 11-22-13

Joy Evolving - 11-22-13

Love and Joy to the World - 11-22-13

Love and Joy Rising - 11-22-13

Effervescence - part 2

When I first started this blog I mentioned this series I was working on. I really liked where things took me and it has inspired a lot of the process I
use on other series since.

Here is part 2 of that series:

Love notes

Art I made for people I Love:

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Yung LT rest in peace an amazing artist is lost. So many taken from us this year, and Evon Yung was one of them. He was a great rap artist. Check out his video  and let's remember his words and you do you and I'll do me: http://youtu.be/MzN0_-96HgM

Mediations, mandalas and unicorns

A friend asked me to draw her a unicorn. I told her I don't really do that kind of art, but I could draw a  mandala inspired by unicorns. I have been having a ton of fun playing with that idea since and this is the Fantasy series that resulted. It started with a unicorn horn and moved on from there.

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Grand - my process

"Grand" - 11-13-13

I doodled this in response to the prompt "grand" then took it into programs in my phone and edited it, mirrored it, and created this design which I edited further. I want to carve This onto wood and make wood block prints. Need to Get some wood first. This is my process.

Grand, mirrored 4 ways 11-13-13

Grand Universe - digitally altered - 11-13-13

Transgender Awareness

A Day of Remembrance - 11-4-13

Every year on or around November 20th, people come together in their respective cities to remember those lost to anti-Transgender violence. It is a powerful event, full of emotion. But there is so much more about being Trans* or gender variant than danger and fear. 

There are amazing things which have been done and are being done by people who are simply being themselves no matter what society, friends, family, etc. may have to say in support or against doing so. In the coming weeks I plan to spot light a Transgender or Gender Variant artist.  I'll call it Trans* Tuesdays if you will. Today I thought I would celebrate November, Trans* Awareness month with this blog entry and by sharing some of my own Trans* related art. 

From Within - 11-5-13

Please feel free to respectfully ask anything and if I do not have an answer, I will be sure to point you in the direction of someone who does.  In the mean time I hope you enjoy this selection of Trans*  related art that I have been making recently. There are other pieces in this theme from my past work, and I will share them at a later date.

Please be respectful. Real people with real feelings read my blog. I will not hesitate to delete harassing, hateful, or bigoted comments. Discussion, education, and questions are always welcome as is anything positive, empowering and uplifting. Be well, and happy Trans* Awareness month!

Come Together for November - 11-5-13

The Mirror has Two Faces-Balance

Freedom Monster - 11-4-1

Today has been a busy and productive yet reactive day. I may have pushed myself a bit harder than I should. Lately I have been feeling a need for a time of restoration and renewal. At some point I may need to have a time of silence. But for today was about facing pain and healing through art, dealing with various doctors, and helping in various ways with online planning and networking behind the scenes of a variety of projects.

I feel the need to have an assistant who can help me keep track and take care of the nitty gritty while I am allowed to focus on my art, but at this point I am not able to pay someone a salary. I will be starting A self driven e-course soon about running a home business in a way that its more conducive to my sensibilities, yet successful. So although I completed several of the items on my to do list today, I feel a bit behind and as if I was spinning my wheels.

Double Edged - 10-29-13

There must be a way for artists to give tiMe to our creations without letting the business side completely fall by the way side. One can not always be filling orders without losing some amount of the inspiration that makes the art flow. There must be balance. I am still finding my stride. Bit by bit I will lean How to live within my visit body's limitations and thrive.

This is my ultimate goal and calling: to empower myself and others through art and creativity.

Two Faced - 10-30-13

Other than my meandering thoughts, I am sharing with you today mirrored art. These were freehand drawings, which I photographed, digitally mirrored, and then edited for texture and color in  Pixlr on my Droid X. They are each part of a different series, which will appear here in the future. 

Truth and Consequences, Balance - 10-28-13

Effervescence, Within - 10-22-13

Gratitude for 30 Days, Week 1

Each Sunday I will summarise my gratitude art from the week. Here are my favorites so far:

Day 1 - Someone you love - Kitty Love - 11-1-13

Day 2 "Something in your home" - Life Alert - 11-2-13

Day 3 "a pet" - Pepper - 11-3-13

Day 1 bonus - Sleepy Boi - 11-1-13

Day of the Dead

Dead Druid Doug - 11-1-10

Dia de los Muertos is a mexican holiday which I admire in which we celebrate the lives of those we have lost. Day of the Dead is one of my favorite holidays because it gives a chance to remember those who have come before us, to celebrate what they brought  into the world, and to enjoy their memories, but I am usually able to be more positive about it than on some other days on which we remember the dead.

DotD Profile Picture - 11-2-13

It always does my heart good to erect an altar or even just to visit one. we stopped into the avondale festivities and I made myself a mask.

Here is some of my day of the dead art, including a self portrait from a few years back.  Do you participate? How so? What are your favorite memories of Day of the Dead? Please feel free to share your own art or photos in the comments section.

Father Bane O'Humanity - 11-1-11

Remember - 11-2-13

completed mask 11-2-13

At Avondale Day of the Dead - 11-2-13

#Gratitudefor30days

I have tried to cultivate a culture of gratitude in my day to day experience, but sometimes I forget. Recently, a friend on Instagram suggested we take pictures of something we are grateful for daily. We're then posting the pics to Instagram using the hashtag #gratitudefor30days and of course that means I have been making art out of those pics.

I hope you will join and play along!  Just take a photograph or make art based on each of the words in the picture to the left, and then upload it to Instagram (which is free if you don't already have it) or post it in the comments section below. It's fun to follow other people's take on the same gratitude prompt, so make sure to use the hashtag #gratitudefor30days and here's hoping you have fun with it!

Sleepy boi - 11-1-13

Kitty Love - 11-1-13

Halloween - Don't Piss Off The Fae

The Sidhe See - 10-31-13

Happy Halloween!  Had fun with a mixture of costumes, lighting, photography, Mandalas, digital manipulation, layers and the idea "Don't piss off the fairies"

I hope you enjoy, which of these is your favorite?

What did you do for Halloween?  Did it include fun with art? Please share in the comments section! I love when people interact with my blog posts, I don't get out much, so interaction online helps keep me feeling social, upbeat and positive!

Dood Where's My Face - 10-31-13

Don't Piss Off the Faeries - 10-31-13

The Eyes Have It - 10-31-13

Mandali Fae - 10-31-13

Sad Face - 10-31-13