TAW..C1..safety

Dear friends, I am doing The artist way by Julia Cameron. The first chapter is on safety. I have done this collage of a tree house where I would feel safe. A bit of fun. I have created a safe haven at home and at friends houses and my families. WHere are you safe to create?
lots of love from susan in australia

Images from an image

Dear friends,
Latest challenge I have was to create images from an image. I had the image from a stencil (the blue on the left) and I collaged and drew with texta my response. i did another page as well which isn't shown. I am enjoying the challenges.
lots of love from susan in australia

Stencil challenge

Dear friends,
Just finished a challenge that was to use a stencil with a collage. Here is the result. Instead of making a stencil I went to the shops and bought one. I had a great time playing with it and did a lot of collages and stencil work. Have you ever used a stencil in your artwork?
lots of love from susan in australia

4 layers collage

Dear friends, These two collages are the result of a prompt challenge to do a collage with 4 layers. I did 2 layers of papers, painted on one page and added beads to another and then added words. The photos aren't too good. i am sorry. I hope to get better at taking images.
Lots of love from susan in australia

White challenge

Dear friend,
This is an artist journal response to an all white challenge given at the Milliande ning group. This was fun to do as I wasn't sure how all white would turn out. I also decided to do an all white little flat doll to add to the page. I beaded it and added white buttons.
lots of love from susan in australia

More maps

Dear friend,
I've done some more artist journal pages using maps as a prompt. This time I did the theme of me getting healthy in Autumn. I journaled on the pages as well.
lots of love from susan in Australia

Maps challenge

Dear friend,
These artist journal pages are part of a challenge to explore using maps in your artist journal. I used a map of Victoria where i live and a map of Japan where I would like to go. I gessoed the parts of the map I didn't want to see and then did some potato stamp spirals. I then added some oak leaves because they give me wisdom and strength and then I journaled on the page. I am going to do some more pages today.
lots of love from susan in australia

Red collage

Dear friend, This red collage was for a challenge to do a red collage for an internet group I belong to...coachcreativespace.ning.com
I'm a bit late with it but better late than never. At the moment there is a challenge for Easter. That will take awhile too as I need to collect some easter egg wrappers.
lots of love from susan in australia

Spirals

Dear friend,
I am using a friends fabulous blog for inspiration for my own artwork. The other day she did a whole lot on spirals so I used it for two pages in my artist journal. The dark orange swirls are using a potato as a stamp. REminded me of being a kid. I am so childlike in my artist journals. I love the simplicity.
lots of love from susan in australia

Birds of a feather

These are birds of a feather for a prompt that I did online. Sorry they are blurry my camera isn't working.
lots of love from susan in australia

dream weaver

This is a paper weaving of my dreams and my life. It came from an online prompt. I did it while I was staying in a motel where I went to have a break from home and to do some art without distraction.
lots of love from susan in australia
PS Sorry it is blurry because my camera isn't working

VOG dolls

I made these two dolls for the doll challenge as part of reading Julia Cameron's book Vein of gold. The black doll is my inner critic that still has a heart and helps me to learn so much about life particularly now I have befriended her. The other doll has two sides. I have bipolar so the colorful side is when I am energetic and slightly manic and the plainer side is my quieter less energetic side. I am busy making a shrine for the two of them to live in.
lots of love from susan in australia

Bracelets

Dear friend, I have just made my first two bracelets. The red and silver and blue and silver bracelets. The plain turquoise one is a gift from a friend. I thought it would be hard to make a bracelet but it was a lot of fun. I have another two planned and a necklace too....maybe more. I'll be adding more of my work when my camera is repaired. It's in being fixed.
lots of love from susan in australia

ATCs for BarbaraS

Dear friend,
These are ATCs I have made for my friend Barbara S. She is making me a bracelet and I am giving her these ATCs in exchange. Did you want to see the bracelet when it arrives.
lots of love from susan in australia

Lost and found

Dear friend,
The funny thing about doing this artwork was that I found a pen i had lost for months and I found a cross that had been lost as well. Quite strange. Mostly I want to find wellness.
lots of love from susan in australia

Permission slip

Dear friend,
this was fun writing down all the things I give myself permission to do. Mostly I give myself permission to be creative.
lots of love from susan in australia

Hands

Dear friend,
This is a response to a drawing class I am doing online. it was to draw and collage hands. I did a photocopy of hands and surrounded it with sketches of my hand. You can't see the sketches. Sorry I am not good at reproducing my artwork. I will get better. Looking forward to my homework for this week.
lots of love from susan in australia

Instant gratification

Dear friend,
this is the first piece of work I did with Kathryn's blog prompts.
lots of love from susan in australia

End of Sara's course

Dear friend,
This is me at the end of Sara's course. I started the course mostly being a writer now I am definitely an artist journalist. i love it with a passion. i am so glad I have discovered Kathryn's weekly blog and the fabulous prompts. I have done lots of homework which I will share in the next few posts.
lots of love from susan in australia

saraW work

More work from sarah whitmire's blog. Nearly finished the little course.

Journal pages

This is another one of my artist journal pages from an online art course I am doing. i am having lots of fun with it.
lots of love from susan in australia

Dear friend,
i did this as part of an online course. I have others I will also post. They were fun to do as had a list on line of elements to add...like....do a wash....add a pattern....add some words. i will do more of these in future.
lots of love from susan in australia

Doiley

Dear friend,
I made this doiley during a 30 day creativity challenge on line. I hadn't done crochet in years. It was great to do and to remember how to do it. Crochet fine cotton has a lovely rhythm to it. I am doing another one.
lots of love from susan in australia

Book bag

Dear friend,
This is a bag I made for one of my journals that had lost its cover. I've made it with old velvet and embroidered and beaded it.
lots of love from susan in australia

Artist journal page

Another page from the online course I am doing. I enjoy just adding one element each day and letting it dry before adding the next. i am working on some more pages.
lots of love from susan in australia

artist's journals

This is a page from an online course I have been doing on artist's journals. I had fun doing it. I will post the other page soon and there is another! I am working on some more as well.
lots of love from susan in australia

On my mind

This was part of a challenge to write everything that is going on in your head. Try it sometime. There are often so many ideas going on.
lots of love from susan in australia

Squares

This is the second time I have done inchies in some art work. This was part of an online course I am doing.
lots of love from susan in australia

Buildings

Did these as a part of an online art course I'm doing. I live in suburbia surrounded by houses.
Where do you live?
lots of love from susan in Australia

Opposites

We had to do a photo of opposites for a challenge and I did these 2 photos. I am reminded of my rapid cycling mood disorder where i go from zippy and active to being quiet and still. Such opposites for me
lots of love from susan in australia

Opposites

Inner child

These are two paper dolls I have made to celebrate my inner child and adult. I am always inviting my inner child out to play.
Do you play with your inner child often?
lots of love from susan in australia

Moon celebrations

Shared how I celebrate the moon each day with people on the CCS site. They were also interested in the totem post I am making. It is lovely to have the support of other people interested in my work.
I will never forget sharing with my friend my travel journal and getting her wonderful feedback.
Do you celebrate the moons phases? Do you share your artwork with other people?
lots of love from susan in australia

House

This was one of the first pictures I did for a challenge I am doing from someone on the web who sets artists journal challenges. i am having so much fun with it. I am doing a bit each day.
lots of love from susan in australia

Over the moon

I got the inspiration to start doing my creativity blog again. I'm not doing drawing so much which was what this blog was for when I belonged to Everyday matters. I have been doing lots of collaging and knitting and doing artists journals and beading, etc. I'd love to share it here and keep a record of it.
Todays picture is a paper doll I made as a response to an online art journaling task.
lots of love from susan in australia

Wood challenge

This Japanese doll is made of wood and is painted and burnt to make patterns. It was very expensive but I bought it for my birthday as a special treat. I'm glad I did and I'm glad I did a little painting of it.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

Favourite food

My favourite food apart from fruit and vegetables would have to be cake and coffee. I love cake of all sorts.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

Herbs and spices

Another of my doodle responses to the challenge. I can still remember planting out my herb garden when I first arrived at my new home. I had a bare garden and my herbs were the first thing I planted. At the moment I have parsley everywhere as it has all self sown. I love the way gardens get lots of surprises in them and create themselves without me doing a thing.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

Something hot - an iron

I love doing the ironing particularly tea towels and hankies and pillow cases. I love washing as well. I am single so don't have loads to do.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

Bristle challenge

Now I've finally given myself permission to do the challenges as doodles and abstract instead of realistic sketches I am having more fun. Realistic drawings were more serious and difficult for me and I am wanting more fun and relaxation. The thought of trying to sketch my toothbrush bristles was impossible whereas my doodle drawing was great fun.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia
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Envelopes

I realise that I love doing doodling. A few people who have asked why i haven't been posting drawings is because I love doing doodles rather than realistic drawings a lot of the time. Here is my response to the envelopes challenge.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

Something with a handle

I love getting up in the morning and choosing my coffee cup for the day. I have quite a few with inspiring words written on them.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia
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Something soft

I am celebrating 12 months of belonging to Everydaymatters. What an extraordinary journey it has been. So full of surprises with my art work, developing friends, being inspired and even thinking of exhibiting first little piece. Thanks so much to all of you for making it one of the best groups to belong to and helping me so much in so many ways.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia
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Floral grid

One of my favourite occupations on the phone doing my doodling. This was delightful to do because of the fine detail.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia