Friday, September 23, 2011

Something nothing and not much of that!

I have been beavering away this week, cutting and pasting. I hope the ABC will be finished next week. I will show and tell it then.

On Monday night my friend Lorraine and I got together, as we do most Monday nights recently, to finish up doing Julia Cameron's Vein Of Gold ( The Artists Way on steroids!) We started in a couple of years ago and then the group disbanded and it never got finished - till now. So long preamble to the two pictures I am showing today. The exercise was to do something that has been done before and do it in a repetitious manner. So here you have flowers and hearts. I did them with my newish water soluble wax pastels. I really like them. And I LOVED doing something that wasn't FOR anything it was just done to do. I will do more. I have been so focused for so long, it was just lovely to muck around!

I have a really busy weekend but will do my best to get round to all the Paint Party Friday entries

Posted by Rosie Kaplan at 5:07 PM

29 comments:

  1. Valerie-JaelSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    Smetimes it is very important just to creat, without having a purpose, I am doing this everyday now in my journal, and it is doing me good. Glad you enjoyed playing with the water soluble crayons, they are great,too!

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  2. Šolanje na domu-WaldorfSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Gret pages. Love how colorful they are. :)

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  3. AbelaSeptember 24, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    An interesting exercise ......Saludos

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  4. carol l mckennaSeptember 24, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    Wonderful pages! Fun! Keep it going ~thanks, namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) and Happy PPF ^_^

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  5. NettySeptember 24, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    Lovely pages, happy PPF, Annette x

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  6. ChristineSeptember 24, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Lovely flowers and hearts! It's nice to just create.

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  7. carlareySeptember 24, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    These look like they were fun to create. It is nice to draw just for the sake of drawing, with no project in mind.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    Rosie, they are delightful. Whenever I doodle flowers, I end up with the cone flowers. They are beautiful. So are the hearts. Faye

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  9. JulieSeptember 24, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    These look like they were a lot of fun to make, and very colorful and free.

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  10. Joni NickrentSeptember 24, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    A fun exercise and relaxing way to spend the evening! We always need to find a little relief every now and than! Awesome stuff! POP ART MINIS

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  11. AnnabelleSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Lovely and cheerful pages... a great way to enjoy a quite moment.
    This year I have fallen in love with coneflowers all over again!
    Planted quite a few in the garden but haven't drawn any yet, I just might try one now.

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  12. Robin Panzer ArtSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    What a wonderful way to spend an evening with a friend. Sometimes this kind of creative doodling leads to something that is so much more and other times it is just the perfect way to wind down from a long day, either way just wonderful.

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  13. Sadee SchillingSeptember 24, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    "Muck around"--love it and I need to do more of that too! :)

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  14. MelisaSeptember 24, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    Looks like a fun way to spend the day! I am drawn to repetitive patterns and think they are very calming to do.

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  15. Heather FoustSeptember 24, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Love the colors!! Great job!!

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  16. Mary C. NasserSeptember 24, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Lovely!
    I especially like the second one with hearts. :)

    I'm a big fan of Julia Cameron, too! :)

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  17. Paula - Buenos AiresSeptember 24, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Half way through "The artist´s way" with my blogging group. I need to get your book next. :)
    Cool exercise, lovely shapes and great colours.

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  18. GeckostoneSeptember 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Beautiful pages, full of bright inspiring energy! Deb

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  19. GlorV1September 24, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Love your pages Rosie. Full of colors, lots of energy and shapes. Nice job. Happy PPF!

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  20. Elisa ChoiSeptember 24, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    great work.. perfect backgrounds for journals.. I might want to try this too.

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  21. GigglesSeptember 24, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    I love these two paintings too.. Flowers and hearts a few of my favorite things! Happy ppf!

    Hugs Giggles

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  22. UnknownSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:27 AM

    Great sketches- I love how meditative it is to draw something like that.
    Happy PPF (a day late ;))
    Stephanie

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  23. Kristin DudishSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    You have created some beautiful patterns - I think it can be very therapeutic to just "muck around" :)

    xo
    Kristin

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  24. EVASeptember 25, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Fabulous!! I love both of these!

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  25. UnknownSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Love these pages Rosie, they're bright and breezy.. :)

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  26. JennibellieSeptember 27, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    lovely pages, great choice of colours, hugs Jenny

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  27. lynne hSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    hi rosie, i just want to say 'thank you' for your nice comment over at my place. and also that, yes, i think drawing with our nondominant hand *is* a whole new way of being. i'm very happy that you're giving it a go! for some reason not many people seem to!!

    i wish you well in finishing your Affirmation ABC project...

    love,

    lynne

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  28. Sinderella's StudioSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    so happy and bright! makes me smile a mile!
    cheers, dana

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  29. Tammie LeeSeptember 28, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    such lovely and lively pieces

    in your comment on my blog you asked what is a cuff? It is a wide bracelet. Thank you for your visit.

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