Mindful Mark Making – Day 3

….really enjoying this very zen-like exercise of slow drawing

I’m a follower of Amy Maricle at Mindful Art Studio, amy@mindfulstudio.com. Every week she hosts a free workshop on slow drawing. I love the exercises and find that the mark making comes in handy with my paintings. Here are three exercises that I finished late last night.

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Holy Trio of Stained Glass – March 3, 2022

….after spending a couple of hours at Grace on the Hill Church today listening to a live concert I was able to capture some beautiful stained glass windows for Thursday Trios

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If you have some trios you’d like to share with me and your followers just copy my link and paste it into your blog post. I’ll get a pingback and I will surely check it out and get back to you.

Whatsoever is Lovely – Week 7

….thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Whatsoever is Lovely https://xingfumama.blog/2022/02/27/whatsoever-is-lovely-challenge-2022-week-7-2/

Treating myself to a beautiful bunch of pink tulips…..

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Taking in the beauty of nature’s ice sculptures…..

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The promise of spring as the snow begins to melt in the parks…….

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Back to the Drawing Board

….time to get serious

In June I have a solo show and I need to start producing some new art pieces. We’ve also decided to go to France in April so I really need to get my creative juices flowing. Last night I put down some colours on paper that I rarely use. Today I played around with two of them by adding ink and more paint. Not sure if these will go anywhere but it’s a start. I’m hoping to do some art every day in the month of March. Two days in and I’m heading in the right direction.

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New Flower (March 1, 2022) – Cactus Flowers

….from the Centennial Park Conservatory

I wish I knew the name of these two flowers. Sometimes the plants at the conservatory are not well labelled. If anyone is familiar with either or both of these two plants I’d love to hear from you.

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Monday Murals – More Utility Box Art

….thanks to Sami for hosting Monday Murals https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2022/02/monday-mural-fauna-and-flora-in-attadale.html

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At Lakeshore and 10th Street
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At Humber College Lakeshore Campus