Fuck The Limits, week one

I have neglected my blog posts for the last few weeks. January is Fuck the Limits month, where every day artists participating make art of any kind and share it with each other. Here are a few of my visual art pieces from week one:

Todays art

These are the pieces I worked on today:

FtL In Process - 11-12-13

Respiro Monkey take 2 - 11-14-13

Stillness Mandala - 11-14-13

Stillness Sketch after my morning meditation - 11-14-13

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

Daily Art - My Sketchbook

Walter - 11-7-13

A few looks at my sketch book/artist journal since I began making art every day. Some Of TheM have LeAd To Series I ContinIue To Work On.

Do You Make Art Every Day? DO you Use An Art Journal?

"Joy" is  My first sketch using fine tip sharpies 11-6-13

Tree of Life Sketch - 11-3-13

A Loved One Mandala - 11-2-13

Amazement - 10-31-13

Free - 10-30-13

Truth & Consequences Abstracted - 10-29-13

Too Much Inspiration (not complaining!)

Have you ever experienced a time in your life when So much inspiration flowed they you could not keep up? These were created by drawing a sketch, taking a photo, then digitally manipulating it in my Android phone.

Here are a few of the pieces I recently created:

UnNamed Truth and Consequences Sketch 10-27-13

Swoon Series - Mister E 10-??-13

Swoon - Elemental 10-??-13

Thank You to the Nurses at St Joe's 10-25-13

Swoon Series - Doorways - 10-25-13

"Effervescence" Series, Part 1

Effervescent 10-21-13

Yesterday, while dealing with a bit of a reaction I chose to relax by sketching in my art journal about the word "effervescent". This word was suggested by a friend from a group of artists I love, "FTL". I have found it quite inspiring.

I also wrote to acrylicpix for a photo consultation to see if they can help me print some of my work onto acrylic that I can mount on light boxes. I am eagerly awaiting their reply.

Last but not least, I researched various ways to design my own fabric designs besides batik and screen printing, both of which I do enjoy, but which will not work for all my purposes. A friend recommended spoon flower  and I am checking it out for possibly making Masto Maybelle themed epi holsters and masks.

The Picnic - 10-21-13

Today I woke at 4am as per usual for this week, but this time no construction, and no major mast cell craziness.  I took advantage of the daylight without construction dust to put some work in on my current watercolor and ink project. But more on that in a future blog entry.

Officiate - 10-21-13

I also put more time in working on these before anyone else was up around the house. I am enjoying "Effervescence" and am very happy with the results thus far.  I foresee wood block prints and fabric art in this theme some day. In the mean time I hope you enjoy the digital versions. Too many came to me to include in one post, so I will post the others separately.

Flow - 10-22-13 (miss dated on pic)

This series started as a sketch in my art journal, then I took as picture using my Droid,  edited that in various in phone applications, and whalla! I feel strongly that this series has more in it's future. I really enjoy this mixture of free flowing drawings which I then photograph and digitally alter. I also am working on a larger format watercolor using a similar method of Zentangle inspired freehand. I use the Zentangle model of one stroke at a time, remembering to breathe, and there are no mistakes. It has allowed me to tap into my intuition, and really let the art flow be it mandalas, freehand doodles, or something entirely different.

I, Eye - 10-22-13

The Circle - 10-22-13

Celtic Dreams Series

Celtic Dreams

Recently I have taken to photographing pieces I am working on, or pages from my art therapy journal and digitally editing them on my phone. It is beyond phone art and just as relaxing as simply doodling on my phone. The first of the Celtic dream series was a freehand drawing I made over 3 days in my art therapy sketchbook. I then photographed it with my Droid X and edited it in various apps adding color, shape and texture. Celtic Forest was made by taking a picture of Celtic Dreams and morphing it in various phone apps until it reached the look I wanted, and I loved it so much I started making an entire Celtic Dreams series which you can now see here. Prints for sale soon.

Drum Circle 10-22-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Celtic Bells 10-22-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Autumnal Equinox 10-21-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Last Burn 10-21-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Scry 10-21-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Faery Circle 10-20-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Feelin Buggy - 10-19-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink

Celtic Bird 10-18-13 Digitally Altered Photograph of Freehand Ink