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Gratitude, not just at Thanksgiving
One key to surviving depression is gratitude. Every day I write about what I am grateful for, even if it is just a line during the day in my journal. The more depressed I am the more I do gratitude … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #survivingtheholidays, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, food, gratitiude, gratitude, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holidays, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor, writing
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Rona on Grey, Full Moon Gratitude
Full Moon the other night. I found such comfort in her beautiful brightness. I’ve been seeing the positive changes. 1) Mitchell and I have both had increasing arthritic issues, and kept talking about going on a cleansing diet but oatmeal … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, loss, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, ritual, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #covid19, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #diplomataero, #fullmoon, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #lifeinapandemic, #lovethestub, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #pandemicpainting, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #ronavirus, #watercolorartist, art journal, gratitude, watercolor
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SoCS: Key is Gratitude
I journal mornings with stream of consciousness exercises, and I’m again participating in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. whenever I have time. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my … Continue reading
SoCS: Grace
I journal and do morning stream of consciousness exercises, and I’m again participating in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You can … Continue reading
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Tagged #goldenacrylicpaint, #Hahnemühle, #SoCS, art journal, grace, gratitude, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, writing
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Gratitude Tulips Mitchell
I have a Jinhao that came with a purchase and the nib was swapped out — Lovely writer with the JOWO nib. Filled it with Super5 Darmstadt, which has never had its own pen. It is now my always-gotta-have-it pen! … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #darmstadtink, #diplomataero, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #ilovemyhusband, #jinhaowithjowonib, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #super5ink, art journal, gratitude, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, tulips
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California Tiles
I love watercolors with tobacco ink… These are mostly my new Da Vinci watercolors sparkling, running, mimicking the lovely California tile glazes… I love working with California painted furniture. California tiles take me home, to open houses and arched doorways … Continue reading
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Tagged #californiatiles, #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisink, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #masonmonterey, #middleofthenight, #montereyfurniture, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, gratitude, Lamy LX, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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Gratitude, Everyday Practice
I’ve journaled for ever. It is only since picking up watercolors that my journal entries have gone beyond sketching and perhaps colored pencils into what I do now, but the discipline and connection to reflection and sustenance was embedded long … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #givingthanks, #Hahnemühle, #journalling, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Ganesha and Matteo Grilli’s Paints
Sometimes I try small handmade paint companies. I took a chance on Aussie painter and paintmaker MatteoGrilliArt handmade paints! and liked his so much I ordered more! LOOK AT THOSE COLORS!!!! Intense pigment, beautiful, not as creamy smooth as a … Continue reading
Thankful for Cooling Rains and more
Tibetan Windhorse Flags from my donations to Save Tibet organized my gratitude entries this week… nice to be back in my hand-sized journal…. Cooling Rains. I’ve always been a fan of rain, and the heat wave breaking with cool rains … Continue reading
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Tagged #5buddhafamilies #tibetanflags Save Tibet, #artjournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Las Primas, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, PSU, PSU Outdoor Market, Robert Oster ink, Sennelier, Super5 ink, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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The Grace of Ritual
My gratitude was easier even though it was a tough week. Politics is effecting me, making me so sad. While we try to live in the present, we also look to the future, as Chagdud Rinpoche once said, “with a … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, art journal, burger, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, eclipse, food, gratitude, Holbein, kittens, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, lunar, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, ritual, Robert Oster ink, Sam, Savitri, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor, Yamantaka
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Art Journal of a High and Low Week
This was a week of highs and extreme lows. I am glad I started the journaling again last week because sanity prevailed, if for no other reason than I had a page to write in instead of laying it all … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #memorycatcher, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, PSU, PSU Outdoor Market, Robert Oster ink, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Using up my Falling-apart Pentallic
Pentalic replaced this falling apart journal, and I am trying to get through it because it continues to break open at new places. I want the new year to be free of breaking journals! Middle of the night QUICK sketches… … Continue reading
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Tagged art journal, artichoke, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ink, gratitude, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, M.Graham, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pilot Desk Fountain Pen, Prima Watercolor Confections, Primatek, Sennelier, solstice, Super5 ink, Trump, watercolor
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Gratitude
☾ I am also thankful for my blog and the connections it has brought into my life. The wonder of the new and unexpected should be appreciated through new eyes! Have a day filled with Gratitude… ☾ UNKNOWN Watercolor paper … Continue reading
Gratitude Journal: Rings, Cherished Blogfest 2016
I’ve been married twice. My first husband died. You know how you don’t know what you don’t know until you experience it? I didn’t know how unconnected I was in my first marriage. I had doubts about getting married; everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged #CBF16, #cherishedblogfest, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, engagement rings, gratitude, Holbein, intimacy, journal, lover, marriage, memory, Moleskin Watercolor journal, pen & ink, Platinum Carbon pen, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolor art journal, wedding rings
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For Dan, One More Train…
Middle of the night drawing of the Oregon Zoo train. Dan now you are forever linked to trains, along with my girlfriend who I used to ride trains with, and a crazy boyfriend who once picked me up on a … Continue reading
Gratitude Journal: Summer Bounty
Summer suddenly appeared after my medical hibernation! Being on drugs for months is like hibernating . . . the world goes on and you are unaware! When I “woke” it was summer and Portland was in that lovely state of … Continue reading