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Pablo Picasso Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631837654496187275noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-64086643607250359822016-05-08T18:54:00.002+02:002016-05-08T18:54:55.054+02:00A new mixed media canvas is growingHi beautiful creators!<br />
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This time I would like to share some pictures of a canvas that I am working on at the moment.<br />
This one has changed faces so many times and she is still developping.<br />
I trie to 'listen to my canvas' and respond on whatever inspiration comes in when I look at her.<br />
Going with the flow and keeping my thoughts and preconceptions at bay....well I try.... :-)<br />
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For now this is where she is and I am stuck!<br />
To much talking to myself and thinking things over.But because I want her to grow and not overthink it I have given her a nice spot where I can see her and I will act no sooner than when some kind of inspiration that makes my heart sing comes flying in! :-D<br />
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Who knows how many transformations are yet to come or maybe just a little tweeking....I have no clue yet, I will just linger in my curiosity and enjoy the ride!<br />
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Hope you like the pictures, they reveal a little of the transformations.....<br />
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Happy Creating!<br />
Monique<br />
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I took this canvas outside to work on it, she's a bit to big for my workspace inside...<br />
Here are the first layers, a fun chaos with lots of materials, real mixed media going on here! :-)<br />
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Some detail pictures of the beautiful chaos:<br />
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After a week or two when I simply couldn't find the time I was working on the canvas again!<br />
Some goofy houses/castles apeared on the canvas....hmmmm, where is this going.....<br />
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Time to create a little more rest to my eyes on this canvas....not blocking it all but muting it some.<br />
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Then adding a transparant layer of colors with inktense blocks, gosh how I love them!<br />
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Yes, I know.....it was pointed out to me what they look like now....you dirty minds! :-)<br />
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More changes! A complete background color makeover and text!<br />
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Well, this is where I am, not sure what she needs or wants but not finished.<br />
I know, I am teasing you with little snippets of the canvas but next time I will show you her in all her glory!<br />
For now, some relaxing doodling in my Art Journal.<br />
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Happy Creating!<br />
Monique<br />
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<br />Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631837654496187275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-15866139333495710602015-07-04T16:23:00.003+02:002015-07-04T18:10:42.547+02:00Art Journal Flip/Keep the flow going downstream<div>Hello beautiful creators, </div><div><br />
</div><div>As with so many blog posts on the internet mine could start with: "it has been a while since I posted', but I won't.</div><div>Because there is no need to defend or justify anything creative we do in live. Like a journal, life is a journey.</div><div>A journey of discovering and formost of creating. It is a journey of being as happy as you can in the present moment and then.....get out of your own way and let inspiration flow in and through you. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Life is like a visual art journal, we create our own. </div><div>If we start defending what we do (or don't) to others, we stand in our own way of happiness. With defending or justifying we stop the flow of inspiration. It is like searching for inspiration upstream instead of going downstream, trust the flow, the inspiration knows how to get you where you want to be.</div><div>And it is way way way easier! :-)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I'm of now....of to to do some downstream flowing in another journal, or on a canvas.:-)</div><div>I hope this art journal journey inspires someone to explore their creativity and just go with the flow, enjoy!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Heythere Beautiful Creators!<br />
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Yes, yes, yes, I know, it took me quite some time to get back into making videos but here I am!<br />
I started a new journal now that my sweetheart and I are setteling in a little bit after emigrating to Bonaire.<br />
We are on a huge adventure here and it takes up a lot of time and energy.<br />
But I always knew I'd somehow find the time and a place for my art so here it is! :-)<br />
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New beginnings, new surroundings, new climate, new views, new friends, new work and business and therefor a new journal!<br />
New everything actualy! But we are very, very happy and you can tell from the music in the video, haha.<br />
A happy bouncy piece of music (by Kevin MacLeod) because there's no audio and/or voice-over in this video.<br />
I'm sure my improvised workspace will improve by the day so not to worry, soon you will be able to hear my soft voice again. LOL<br />
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Now sit back, enjoy my fidling and creating and the music! This will make you smile my lovelies!<br />
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Happy Creating,<br />
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A short and sweet one for you today...A flip through of my latest finished journal. I did it! :-)<br />
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I usually have a couple of journals going at the same time but at the end of 2013 that sort of got<br />
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I had taken some classes, started my own experiments and off course my BOPA journals.<br />
And as the end of the year approached I felt I needed to finish some projects. I wanted to clear my head and my shelf from projects that were somehow not moving along, or simply waiting for some last finishing touches.<br />
So I did, I picked up my JEMM (Journal for Experimenting with Mixed Media) and focused on finishing it.<br />
I loved working on the finishing touches, it just felt so good to give it some more TLC and lovingly putting it on my bookshelf!<br />
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While flipping through and finishing it up it turned out to be a mixed media mixture of al kinds of pages.<br />
There are pages from classes, mixed media experiments, touchdrawings and pages with a lot of journaling in it. Sort of a happy and chaotic mix of al kinds of things I did last year.<br />
To be honest......that's quite fitting! :-) I can be like that.... thank goodness I have the urge to clean up things every now and then.... LOL<br />
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Here's the Flip through...<br />
If you have any questions about a page, I'd be happy to explain more in detail so ask away!<br />
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Happy Creating!<br />
~Monique<br />
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My first blogpost of 2014! :-) And off course a little video of my Art Journal page! (for the video just scrol down)</div>
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Here's the how and why of this page and some info on the materials I used. Enjoy!</div>
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I stumbled upon a post on face book last week titled, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/738984112797994/" target="_blank">Journal52</a>. It is a free art journal workshop with, as you probably already guessed, a prompt for a journal page once a week.</div>
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As I have no classes planned to take just yet I joined their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/738984112797994/" target="_blank">face book group</a> and happily made my first journal page with their prompt of this week. I had so much fun! :-D</div>
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The prompt was called;” Up, up and away”, and the idea was to make a journal page with flying as a theme. As I was pondering this idea I could feel myself breaking free and flying towards the sun. In my mind I was dancing with the clouds and having a blast playing with the wind and soaring through the sky! </div>
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I decided to express all that I was feeling so I started creating a sort of fence-like background from which I could literately break free on the paper. I used a homemade stencil and gesso to keep it a bit transparent.</div>
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I then went back to that free feeling of flying and playing in the sky and went completely wild with acrylic paints and stencils. Gosh, how I love making a happy mess! Lol</div>
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After a couple of layers of color-fun I drew the birds. I used acrylic white paint with some pouring medium an a little bit of water to get it to flow from my bottle. I used a bottle instead of a pen to stay away from to much control, I just wanted to stay with that delicious feeling of freedom.</div>
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That is also the reason why I wanted to finger-paint the next layer, not to much control just play with the colors like playing with the wind.</div>
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To outline the birds I diluted some black acrylic paint with water and used a dropper to draw around them. Then I added a few details with a black pen and wrote my text with a thick black marker. The outlines of the lettering were done with a white gel-pen. Et Voilà, the first prompt from Journal52 is done!</div>
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I'd like to thank Chelle Stein for creating this free workshop! I'm sure I will go back often to be inspired, get ideas and prompts I would never come up with myself. A beautiful opportunity to expand my creativity, share it with like minded people in a face-book group where we can learn from each other inspire and be inspired!</div>
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Happy Creating!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-63883351759832317462013-11-23T18:17:00.001+01:002013-11-23T20:58:13.435+01:00Intuïtive painting ‘Rainforest’<span style="font-size: large;">Hi soulful creators!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">She is done, WHEEEEE! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> I’m soooo happy with this painting and everything I’ve learned along the way!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.lifestruecolours.blogspot.nl/2013/11/sneak-peek-ow-and-elephant-and-some.html" target="_blank">Remember this post?</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Well, the story continued as I revisited this painting again and again. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve had to set my fears aside and leave them at the doorstep of my temporary studio every day. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">And learn to ignore my inner critic… Let me tell you, it does become easier and easier every time you do that!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I now feel I have some sort of pact with my inner critic. I’m glad she’s there to warn me when I’m about to make a stupid mistake. However, I don’t immediately agree with her anymore. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I listen, give her room to ventilate her opinion and then decide for myself. She sometimes will throw a tantrum when I disagree but at that time I’ve already decided to go my own way. She now knows I am grateful she’s there to keep me safe. All is well with us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Really beautiful creators, make friends with your inner critic instead of fighting her! Talk to her, tell her you’re glad she’s there but you are in control of your actions! Make a deal with your inner critic. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Heck, you could even write out a contract and put it on your wall in your studio to help you remember you are friends and have an agreement! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anyhow, I happily painted away the last couple of days. Along the way the changes became smaller and smaller. The painting grew into being finished while I added littler details. A little more white here, a bit of shadow there, a different color for her eye, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Then all of a sudden I simply knew there was not much to do anymore, a fine line here and there and she was finished.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But guess what….that’s where my inner critic forgot about the contract and started to tell me I could not put this painting out in the world! No Way! To embarrassing!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This is what I said to my inner critic:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><i>My dear caretaker, I know you only want the best for me and I thank you for that. I appreciate you want to protect me from harsh critique and embarrassment. I want to put my art out there the way it is right now, pure, raw and without hesitation. I can only learn from critiques or at least not take them personally. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine because I am proud of my creation and of me!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;">*swirls through the studio in a frantic confidence dance*</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I then signed my painting, took it outside for a picture in daylight and made this little video for you beautiful souls to watch the process. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Here are some specifics about the video and the painting. You know, the how and why and materials and such. If that’s to boring for you just scroll down for the video! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Materials used:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li>A wooden panel I found in a shed here in Germany (we work with what we have right?)</li>
<li>Sanded and cleaned off course! I must be honest, my sweetheart did that for me! Gotta love my man! <3</li>
<li>No preparation, I started out with fabric spray paints and acrylic paints immediately.</li>
<li>Stamps, stencils and markers galore!</li>
<li>I also pasted on paper napkins with the ever so necessary matte medium. Who could live without it hey?</li>
<li>I used charcoal to make sketches.</li>
<li>For the elephant and goddess I mainly used portfolio wax crayons because I just loooooove their transparency.</li>
<li>Some metallic and iridescent paint here and there.</li>
<li>I stamped, stenciled, painted with brushes, my fingers, sticks of wood, bottle caps and so on.</li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I wrote when I felt like it. At one point these phrases just drifted in….<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“All of you is the truth of you”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“Say yes to you and the Universe will answer the same”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“Every layer adds to the whole, without them it would be incomplete. So would you”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“We are multidimensional in more ways than you can imagine”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Now you go and create something without fear and make a deal with your inner critic! She’s actually not hard to talk to, really! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I just had to share this sneak peek
with you lovely art lovers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am on such a wonderful journey
with this painting. She teaches me that it is all about intention, trust and surrender.
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<span lang="EN-US">My intention for these last days of
my stay here in Germany was clear, I wanted to spend most of my time in my
temporary art studio and paint the days away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I set out to embrace my intuition
more while creating beautiful pieces of art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I started two paintings at the same
time after reading Flora Bowley’s book: ‘Brave, intuitive painting’. In her
book she suggests to work at more than one painting at the same time so you can
keep the flow going while one of your layers is drying. So I did that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I thought of one painting as an in
between project to keep that intuitive flow going so I could practice
responding to it and listening to my muse and being brave and all that stuff. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the end, ‘Hope’ emerged from
that playful and trusting place much easier that the painting I thought was
going to be IT. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Another lesson in letting go and
trusting the process instead of having expectations about the outcome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At the same time my perception of
the world around me shifted. More things seemed to light up so bright I couldn’t
ignore them! Although I often didn’t know what to do with them they were there
for a reason. I could feel it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One of these ‘things’ that showed
up everywhere I looked was an elephant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It started with watching a YT video
of an artist who painted a lovely elephant. Then more and more elephants walked
into sight (thank goodness no one has shown up in my front yard!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">BUT, I thought an elephant didn’t
fit in my painting….yes I THOUGHT that….. I was not feeling but thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Today I gave in and did some
research on how to paint an elephant as I have never done that before and I
just gave it a go. You should have heard my inner critic. Pew! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> But I
didn’t listen, just followed the elephants path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And guess what?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I can paint elephants!!!! WHOOOT!!!
And this little guy fits perfectly, he is right where he belongs. I think he’s
so cute! He he it’s a good thing that elephant was quite a pushy fella! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Well, there you have it my
lovelies, I guess I’m still not done with learning to trust my intuition, my
muse and my inner artist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Intellectually I know I can trust
them all for 120% every time, but something still seems to be in the way of me fully
surrendering en going with the impulses they give me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Is it fear? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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so (off course it’s fear silly!) what am I afraid of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Am I still afraid of critique? Am I
still worried about what others might think of my work? Or even worse, don’t
think about it at all? AAAHHH!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Heck, I don’t like this feeling and
I want to change that!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">NOW! Ummpff<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So, what do I want to feel?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to feel happy, bouncy and
joyful while creating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to be cheerful and make
beautiful uplifting art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to put positive energy in my
work as an artist so others can benefit from it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to be radiant while
creating, I want to receive and give through my art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want it to feel like breathing…in
and out….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to feel deserving and giving
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<span lang="EN-US">I also want to keep learning,
growing and expanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am a very, VERY grateful artist
while writing this blog post. I feel more secure, more worthy and more… Artist!
WHEEEEE! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I give thanks to my many muses and
to myself for taking that leap of faith!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s funny actually, taking a leap
of faith because of fear of what others might think of my work while I’m
creating a painting that nobody has even seen yet! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">O boy, the mind does crazy things
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you are welcome! You help me grow and evolve to a better version of me and I
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the way it should be. I will love her and work with her more the coming days
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The making of the journal itself was an experiment of it's own. The pages in it are an eclectic bunch of classes, experiments with papers, fabric, touchdrawings and so on. So I thought I would dedicate the last pages that needed finishing to this journey of experimenting.<br />
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Today I wanted to experiment with inks and paint.<br />
The fact that most watersoluble inks bleed through the next layer and/or activate when you put another wet media on top always annoyed me.<br />
I ususally fixate the layer of inks before continuing. With a fixative, or even with a spraybottle with water and a medium, just to stop it from bleeding and/or activating again.<br />
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I never liked the feeling of being annoyed by a material.<br />
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I decided to play and experiment with the bleeding instead of working against it et voilà!<br />
I looooved the effect of it!<br />
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It is not exactly where I want it to be but I am on the right track.<br />
YES, no more irritation but a lot of fun!<br />
The best thing I was reminded of again today is that working WITH a situation always works better than against it! I helps inspiration to flow and more ideas wil come to you. :-)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-14858687146273801712013-10-07T17:08:00.004+02:002013-10-07T17:08:47.315+02:00Exciting times!How exciting life can be!<br />
Once you get on the 'good-feeling-thoughts' train miracles start to happen. I can not even begin to tell you about all the good stuf that is flowing into our lives, really, really amazing!<br />
I feel good and better every day.<br />
Yesterday we took a little break from everything we are doing here, spent the whole day on and in the water. <br />
Gosh, the underwater world is sooooooo beautiful!<br />
Amazingly colorful and tranquil and very alive at the same time, what a blessing to be a part of that.<br />
Here's the page I made about the last few days.<br />
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Although I don't want to be going home I also can't wait to be back in the studio again and make more art and videos! <br />
Somewhere this week I'll be back in youtube-land! See you then!<br />
In the meantime, don't worry, be happy and create your dreams, I know it's possible!<br />
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Do you sometimes get thrown of your path? I do...<br />
Or, better said, I let myself get thrown of my path.<br />
Last week was a rollercoaster for us. Up and down we went from ecstatic to disappointed, from enthousiastic to right out angry!<br />
For me it all had to do with my reaction to other peoples behavior. At first I blamed them for my mood and my disappointment.<br />
Then I realised it wasn't them, it was me. I got caught in their vibration and forgot to take care of mine.<br />
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So, time to clean it up and get my vibe back! :-D<br />
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Good to know that this process takes less and less time for me. I can get my vibe back fairly easy now and I know I am responsible for it.<br />
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Funny, while writing this I realise this has happened big time twice during the last two weeks.<br />
Good practise! LOL<br />
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Here's how I journaled about it...<br />
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Remember the Spanish Lady from my tutorial on <a href="http://www.lifestruecolours.blogspot.nl/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank">Touchdrawing</a>?<br />
At the end of filming the tutorial she hadn't 'spoken' to me yet, I wondered if she was camera shy... :-)<br />
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This is what she looked like at the time:<br />
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After a refreshing holiday that we've spend with friends I was finally able to finish the mixed media painting of my second (Svadhishtana) Chakra.<br />
Al lot has changed in my life in the last year or so, that has a connection to this Chakra. No wonder it took me a while to get it 'right'. But here it is! :-)<br />
No video this time but there will be some comming soon to my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MAnJbBvAqkfjyuBOSM8nQ" target="_blank">YT channel</a>...<br />
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In the meantime I wish you a beautiful Indian Summer and Happy Creating!<br />
~Monique<br />
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Jaren geleden ben ik begonnen met Mandala tekenen. Ik heb lessen gevolgd, talloze mandala's getekend en gekleurd. Dit was voor mij een actieve meditatie, een moment van totale ontspanning en rust in mijn hoofd.</div>
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Dit heeft zich door de jaren heen, net als ik, doorontwikkeld. Ik heb daar al eens eerder een blog over geschreven. Deze vind je <a href="http://lifestruecolours.blogspot.nl/2013/05/inspiration-old-and-new.html" target="_blank">hier</a>. </div>
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Alweer enige tijd geleden werd ik gegrepen door het 'Art Journal-virus en ook dit ontwikkelt zich door tot mijn eigen manier van visueel dagboek schrijven.<br />
Voor mij past de Mandala hier perfect in.<br />
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Het woord Mandala komt uit het Sanskriet en wordt vaak vertaald als Wiel of Cirkel.<br />
Echter het woord Mandala is op zich niet zomaar te vertalen, het is meer een begrip dan een op zich staand woord.<br />
Voor mij betekend het veel meer. Het staat symbool voor geen eind en geen begin, het draaien van de aarde en de steeds terugkerende seizoenen, eb en vloed, het komen en gaan, mijn centrum en tegelijkertijd het universum.<br />
Het is meer een beweging dan een woord. Het staat voor het Leven, inademen en uitademen.<br />
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En zo past dit perfect in het maken van mijn mixed media dagboek. Ook dat is een plek voor in-, en uitademen, het registreren van de cirkels van mijn leven. Dat wat komt en dat wat gaat.<br />
Dat wat van binnen leeft en naar buiten wil komen. Dat wat van buiten gebeurd en een plek van binnen krijgt door erover te schrijven en er op een creatieve manier mee bezig te zijn.<br />
Ik kom meer tot mijzelf, er wordt meer van mijzelf tot uitdrukking gebracht waardoor ik voel dat ik groei en ontwikkel. Niets staat stil, alles is in beweging. In mijn mixed media dagboek krijgt dit een plek.<br />
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Hieronder vind je een filmpje van een Mandala die ik gecreëerd heb in mijn mixed media dagboek.<br />
Wil je meer weten over Mixed Media Dagboek Schrijven? Laat het me weten. Ik ben beschikbaar voor demonstraties en/of workshops.<br />
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Today I'd like to share with you a page in my Visual Journal.</div>
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Making this page was such a delight! I started out with the words: Today I Play! and ended up with a beautiful message about how today becomes tomorrows memory.</div>
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It made me realise once more that we live in the 'here and now' and that it is up to us to make it worth remembering tomorrow.</div>
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Many thanks to Pink! who's music was playing while I was creating my page. Her words: 'These are the good old days' inspired my conversation with my muse.</div>
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I started without a plan, really just playing with color and materials. This creative play always gets me into a meditative state where I seem to open up to whatever my muse wants to reveal. I just love these conversations!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-27611743011422884272013-07-26T05:24:00.002+02:002013-11-23T21:29:28.574+01:00Drawing and journaling my Rootchakra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I came across a free workshop about drawing chakra's at <a href="http://timelessrituals.blogspot.nl/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Timeless Rituals</a>.<br />
It has been a while for me that I drew Chakra's and thought I'd give myself an energyboost by taking this workshop.<br />
I looked up some of my drawings from way back when.... wow! things have changed! :-)<br />
I used to design them with a compass and ruler, then color them with colored pencils. Hours of layering the colors with pencil was my meditation.<br />
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Heart Chakra Throat Chakra<br />
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Now I am much more a mixed media artist and journaler so that's where I want to go.<br />
Where better to make these but in my Mandala Journal?<br />
Let's start at the bottom... The Root Chakra.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-28950298947969291742013-07-22T18:54:00.001+02:002013-11-23T21:30:49.257+01:00Art Journal Background SwapHey lovely Creators!<br />
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Here's a little demo-video I did for those who joined me in the background swap over at <a href="http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/" target="_blank">Gulfsprites Art journal</a>.<br />
In the class '30 pages in 90 days' we did a swap with 20 students, we all created a background and Christy Sobolewski assembled them into little booklets and send them to all who joined in.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-17123805028857053352013-06-07T22:57:00.000+02:002013-11-23T21:38:19.725+01:00Artjournalflip!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This time one from a class I did; 30 pages in 90 days with Christy Sobolewski. You can find this class <a href="http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/group/30-pages" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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This is the result of 90 days of artjournaling, I've learned a lot and had so much fun!</div>
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In fact, I'm going to start all over again for round 2! LOL (it starts next monday, 10th of june)</div>
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Learning and making that wich you have learned your own is such a beautiful journey...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-2457640871356617572013-06-03T14:33:00.000+02:002013-06-03T14:33:12.507+02:00Mandala artjournal pageA quicky this time.. :-)<br />
I am still following my renewed mandala path.. lol.<br />
I was enjoying making this page so much I forgot to take pictures, I only took two so here they are...<br />
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If you like Mandala's maybe you would like to join me on google+?<br />
I have started a comunity called <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112668168320598226752" target="_blank">Mandal Mayhem</a> where we can share our mandala's.<br />
All mandala's are welcome!<br />
I would love to see your Mandala's and maybe hear about how you create them and why?<br />
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Happy creating,<br />
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Take a quick peek into one of my finished art journals! Wel, more an altered book to be precise... lol<br />
Now I can start a new journal, Yes! :-)<br />
Only because I have no other projects running at the moment... *chuckle*<br />
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<span id="goog_667030758"></span><span id="goog_667030759"></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-88795090335188331662013-05-16T20:26:00.000+02:002013-05-16T20:26:19.985+02:00Inspiration, old and new...Hello crafters!<br />
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At the moment I am doing an online Artjournaling course at <a href="http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/</a> and having tons of fun!<br />
On more than one occasion the lessons brought back memories of the mandala and celtic knotwork I used to make. At first I set it aside, just a good memorie I thought, it made me smile.<br />
Yeah, right.... The memories kept creeping up on me, I could't ignore them, they were telling me something...but what?<br />
I decided to listen to my muse and just make one of the pages in the style I was formiliar with way back when. I'd see where it would lead me...<br />
This is the result of a lesson about boxes and letting other elements flow in and out of these boxes. This is where my new journey started I quess. :-)<br />
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This is SO different than the way I work now. It is al done in pencil, not a drop of paint!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-73638081457732913772013-05-14T02:16:00.001+02:002013-11-23T21:44:47.169+01:00Artjournaling à la Dina Wakley<br />
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Enige tijd geleden kwam ik dit boek tegen en kon het gewoon niet laten liggen.<br />
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Dina Wakley is in de wereld van Artjournaling een bekende dame met een geheel eigen stijl.<br />
Haar stijl is zo anders dan de mijne, zij gebruikt net als ik veel vrolijke kleuren maar op een totaal andere manier dan ik.<br />
Monique zou Monique niet zijn om daar niet een leuke uitdaging in te zien! :-)<br />
In het boek staan naast uitleg over o.a. technieken en compositie ook een aantal stap-voor-stap projecten om te volgen. Te leuk om aan mij voorbij te laten gaan toch?<br />
In de video hieronder laat ik het proces zien. Veel plezier!<br />
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<i>A while ago I came across this book by Dina Wakley, a well-known artist in the Artjournalingworld.</i><br />
<i>She has a style of her own wich I like very much. Her style is so different than mine that I just couldn't resist this opportunity to learn from her way of going about making an artjournal page. </i><br />
<i>Next to explaining things about composition and the use of white space she also provides step-by-step</i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016830814673954735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113885852713283449.post-76643459812616024722013-04-26T22:09:00.001+02:002013-11-23T21:50:33.960+01:00Paper Bag Art<i>Hallo Creators!</i><br />
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<i>Deze keer een klein projectje dat ik maakte naar aanleiding van een cursus die ik nu doe.</i><br />
<i>In een van de lessen was het thema een silhouet en hoe deze te bewerken en verwerken op een pagina in jouw artjournal. </i><br />
<i>(de cursus die ik volg heet 30 pages in 90 days, wordt gegeven door Christy Sobolewski. Zij is te vinden op <a href="http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/">gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com</a>)</i><br />
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</i> <i>Ik heb hier gekozen om wat we geleerd hebben een beetje te veranderen en eens papieren tas te decoreren... :-)</i><br />
<i>In principe zijn de mogelijkheden natuurlijk eindeloos; een canvas, op papier, op een kartonnen doos, in een art journal en ga zo maar door. </i><br />
<i>Ik vond het leuk om te doen en hoop dat jullie met plezier naar mijn filmpje kijken.</i><br />
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<i>Happy Creating!</i><br />
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</i> <i>My inspiration for this little paper bag decoration came from a class at I am in at the moment. It is called 30 pages in 90 days and you can find it here: <a href="http://gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com/">gulfspritesartjournal.ning.com</a></i> <i>I just felt like doing something else than working in my artjournal for a change. :-)</i> <i>I had fun, hope you enjoy watching the video!</i> <i>Happy Creating!</i><br />
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<i>Deze keer een paar foto's van een artjournal pagina die ik gemaakt heb.</i></div>
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<i>Deze keer kwam de inspiratie na een goed gesprek over vrijheid.</i></div>
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<i>Wat is vrijheid? Wat betekent het voort mij? Wat heb ik nodig om me vrij te voelen? Is vrij zijn hetzelfde als je vrij voelen? Kan iedereen zich vrij voelen ongeacht de omstandigheden (ik moet bij het stellen van deze vraag aan Nelson Mandela denken...)?</i></div>
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<i>Na lang genoeg gemijmerd te hebben maakte ik deze pagina, veel plezier!</i></div>
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<i>Creëer iets leuks deze week en voel je vrij daarbij ok? :-D</i></div>
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What is freedom? What does it mean to me? What do I need to feel free? Is being free the same as feeling free? Can anybody feel free no matter the circumstances? (with this question asked I cannot help but think of Nelson Mandela) and on and on the questions came to mind.</div>
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After pondering long enough I made this page.</div>
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Happy creating and feel free when you do so ok? :-D</div>
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Of course I had to use my new homemade stencil, inspired by Sacred Geometry, the pattern is called 'The flower of life'. :-)</div>
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