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I am on a journey with my Mother who is afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease. I am learning to be her caregiver and as I walk in this path, I am gleaning the knowledge of this debilitating disease that robs the mind of intellect and sense. As I gather up the colors of my life I am finding the time to give to myself as well through my journey of art works. It's my escape from the real world of worries and struggle and strife. My refuge is on the blank pages filled with my spirit of energy of thoughts and emotions of the days. I'm a Libra according to the stars of the universe. I'm a daughter, a wife to James, who tolerates my need of balance and creativity, sister, mother to two awesome sons, Jeremy and Jason as well as I'm a grandmother of four precious blessings. A devoted pet owner of D.O.G., my bearded collie mix pound puppy who thinks he's human and if he had thumbs, he'd be earning his room and board.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

New Month, New Day, New Projects

I'm not sure what I've actually gotten myself into these days other than gleaning, thirsting and searching for inspiration and like minds and challenges.  Yes, I think my family would say "She's lost her mind!" But I'm having so much fun and meeting so many inspirational people in different walks of life through the various sites in which I am participating in challenges or prompts to get the left side of my brain balanced with the right side of my brain.

I'm still enjoying the Sketchbook Challenge I've mentioned in previous posts.  This month's challenge is "OPPOSITE". Now that doesn't sound difficult, does it?  I am sitting on that one for a bit and give it some thought and it's not due till the last day of the month.

Also, we've finished up January at Milliande's Art Journal group in Ning and this month she is prompting us with styles of various artists.  This week or even month's prompt is Joan Miro.  This is my rendition of her work.

After Joan Miro by Rainbow Painter 2/2011

Now I do have to admit I felt a bit like a kindergarten student with paint but it was a freeing style for me.  The pages were in a composition book, yes, lined and all.  I generally take my left over paints that I am using and with a sponge brush use them up on other paper that is handy for background pages to be used at a later time.  I hate wasting precious paints. Thus, the composition book was the lucky one to be graced with colors reds and purples.

I seem to be in a redish-purplish mood these days for some reason. I'm sure therapist could have a field day with that analysis.  So, considering the subject of the prompt, I just followed the strokes and lines with a black permanent marker. Then only adding color with highlighter markers to the lighter parts.  I do admit this was a difficult subject because my hemisphere thinking was saying, "Fix-this, don't do that, what a mess your making...". Well, you get the general idea.  So now after getting acquainted with this little fella who must be either chasing a bird or doing the Zumba dance, I'm beginning to enjoy this process a bit and I've done a few other pages as well in this particular book.   Now where did I put those crayons?

Have a wonderful beginning of a new month, new day and enjoy all of your projects.

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