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:

#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

4 AM, the Series

4 AM - Awake 10-28-13

Since April I have been waking up at various degrees of mast cell over activity between 2 and 4 AM. At first it was multiple times a night. Thankfully the waking has gotten much less frequent, although I still seem to wake at 4 AM.

Trying to make the most of a challenging situation and reclaim the morning as a positive and productive time, I've begun a series called 4 AM.

4 AM - Creation 10-29-13

Here are the first few pieces I have created since making the decision to heal my feelings around these morning wake up calls from my body. They were created by tangling a pattern in freehand with a micron .01 pen, photographing and digitally altering those drawings in my Android phone.

This has also inspired a new Zentangle pattern I call 4 AM. Here is an example of the pattern and a page showing how to draw my "4 AM" Zentangle is coming soon. You can find lots of instructions on how to draw zentangle patterns at TanglePattern.com, one of my favorite sites!

4 AM - Magical Reclamation 10-29-13

"4 AM" Zentangle Pattern 10-28-13

Inspired - Truth and Consequences Series (part 1)

Today was a day of making much art, both ink and digital manipulations. Actually since my most recent ER visit I have been really inspired and since I have mostly been recovering with bed rest and trigger avoidance, I have had plenty of time to sketch and to digitally manipulate those sketches.

Here are just a few examples:

Truth and Consequences - Finding Wisdom 10-27-13

Truth and Consequences - Seeking Wisdom 10-27-13

Truth and Consequences - Four Directions 10-26-13

Truth and Consequences - WWND - In Process

Truth and Consequences - Bright Eyes - 10-26-13

"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