Showing posts with label paint party friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paint party friday. Show all posts

Friday, 22 November 2013

A Love Affair with Colour



Things have been a bit stormy around here, not just the weather but my life, I have had to reassess many things, and I feel that now I am starting to see sunshine and with that, lots of colour. 


Colour is what got me through; it makes my heart sing with joy.  I haven’t done much art or bloggeds over the last month or so or maybe even longer, events and personal health conspired against me.  However, I have managed to do creative things.  I have a new obsession - crochet!  When I was in hospital last September one of the nurses took pity on my frustration at not being able to do any art (they had put the drippy thingy in my right hand and it was awkward to draw with).  She came in with a basket of bright wool and crochet hooks and said would I do grannie squares for the children’s ward.  She put some foamy tubing on the needle so I could hold the hook without any problems, Yay!  So for that week I crocheted away using the brightest colours ever!

Of course when I got home, I had to dig out my old tapestry wools (I had a tapestry kit making business in a past life) and voila last week I finish my first blanket.



It is more of a throw really.  I ran out of wool.  So pleased with that I sneaked into the local wool shop and have started to collect the different colours of my boudoir.  Thus I have now started on a new project – a large blanket but a stripy one with all sorts of crochet stitches.



Back to art,  I have been looking at work I did earlier in the year and the ones that made me feel good were the colourful ones I did in July and August such as Tweety Bird below.




My heart sang, so colour here I come!



At long last my head is buzzing with joy!

Here is a photo of a climbing rose that I have along the drive way, it also makes my heart sing.



Today I am linking up with Eva and Kristin at Paint PartyFriday, thanks for visiting and have a blessed week.

 

Friday, 8 November 2013

Beauty




I have been pondering the word ‘Beauty’ this week.  What is it?  I had a lesson this week.  I know someone who I have always believed is very beautiful.  I saw a photo of her and was shocked as she looked very plain.   Then it hit me beauty comes from the soul, it shines from the eyes, personality is intertwined with it.  Photos sometimes catch it, but it depends on the skill of the photographer.  But then I thought every photo of a child I have seen is always beautiful, even when they are cross eyed and angry!  So a there is a certain element of our selves determines beauty.  I love children so ergo all children are beautiful.  There is no set formula for beauty.  All I can say is the old maxim of beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we all are beautiful in different ways and to different people.

Yeah I know, I am being a bit heavy here, but it is what has been in my head this week.  So my task this week was to create a journal page of a beautiful girl, the girl that resides in all of us!



Every day I pick a rose from my garden and have it on the kitchen bench, when I come out to the kitchen every morning I am greeted by a wonderful scent and great beauty.  The above is today’s beauty, and it is really those colours, and the scent is very heady.

I am linking up with all the wonderful creative artists at Paint Party Friday hosted by Eva and Kirstin as always.  Have a great and beautiful week.