Life Book week 32

You are Wise with Tamara La Porte (main lesson)

I've said it before, I'll say it again: this lesson was exactly what I needed right now! Tam taught us to turn limiting beliefs into liberating beliefs and this is what I've struggled with basically all my life! I just come to realise that I deserve to make art and be happy! That should've been easy like that but it hasn't for me.  I feel full with energy and it was such a fun lesson!

I deserve to make art and be happy!

Close up

Happy art day!

Life Book - Week 35

Create New Possibilities with Andrea Gomoll (bonus lesson)

This bonus lesson was about simplyfing to to get out of a creative rut and to avoid or overcome a creative block. With all the possibilities with all the supplies you have and all the input on social media it's easy to get overwhelmed. Andrea challenged us to work with limited supplies. When she creates like this she starts with a word or a picture and hasn't got the finished picture in mind.  It just builds up as she goes. I decided to work with some cheap but oh-so-cute stamps I got from Tiger and watercolor markers. I also made some smaller pieces instead of one large page.

Life Book week 35

MATERIAL:
Distress Markers
Stencils
Liquitex Light Modeling Paste
Gemstones
Ink (copper)
Acrylic (white)

Life Book week 36

Finding Strenght with Donna Downey (main lesson)

I finally found some strenght and did another Life Book lesson! I have been waiting for this lesson with Donna. I took a class with her in Stockholm last year and it was awsome! I'm so glad I already had some of the materials she used. We got a bottle of the india ink she used and since she spoke so well of Golden, I have bought a few. Just a few, since they are very expensive in Sweden! I still had to be very creative and use other materials.

Finding strenght

MATERIAL:
White Gesso
Clear Gesso
Panduro Acrylic Retarder
Golden Soft Gel (Matte)
Golden High Flow Acrylics
Duga Liquid Metal - Classic Copper
Bombay Dr Martins India Ink - Black

Life Book week 30

Letting Go and Letting In with Flora Bowley (Main lesson)

Abstract isn't really my cup of tea, actually, but this lesson seemed like a good lesson to losen up a bit more since I haven't been painting for a while.
The first part of the lesson was to gather up a visual language and even though it seemed a bit boring - I wanted to start painting! - I think it was a great learning experience.
Flora works on two paintings at the same time in order to let the pieces dry up a bit before adding more layers. I also think it is a good way to paint intuitively.
I liked the idea of letting go and letting in and not being too precious about what you're creating. It was  fun painting like Flora Bowley, but a bit challenging. It took a while before I liked what I was doing. I think I will do more of this. I really enjoy painting freely!
The final paintings got a bit dark so I had to lighten them up with a bit of doodling with a white Sharpie this morning. I am quite pleased with what I came up with!

To find out more about Flora Bowley, please visit her site www.braveintuitiveyou.com

Painting #1



Painting #1 - the process



Painting #2

Painting #2 - the process

MATERIAL:
Acrylics from Panduro
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers
Different mark makers
White Sharpie

Life Book week 16

Being Here Now with Alena Hennessy (Bonus Lesson)

I have taken a break from Life Book lately. I felt that the lessons took a bit too much time. But I miss painting so I wanted to find a fairly quick and easy lesson to get me back on the train and I found this bonus lesson by the super sweet Alena Hennessy. Just by watching her talk on the videos I got so calm and felt really happy!

To find out more about Alena Hennessy, go to www.alenahennessy.com

We were supposed to do three warm up paintings to loosen ourselves up and to access our intuitive and free-nature style of painting. The paintings should be done in 15, 10, and 5 minute increments. The lesson is all about freeing up your hand and playing with the paint to tap into the way we created as children. This is a super fun and immediately satisfying little lesson, Alena Hennessy wrote, and I can agree with that!

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

-Picasso

This is not my style in painting at all and I don't even know if I like them yet. But it was really freeing. It felt good in my heart! The first painting took me 13 minutes, the second 8 minutes and the third 5 minutes. I completed the paintings with some doodling in the sofa in front of the tv during the commersials. I just had to finish them!

15 minutes painting

10 minutes painting



5 minutes painting

MATERIAL:
Acrylics from M and Golden
Neocolors
India Ink
Different pens
Sharpie in black, white, silver
Posca in black, white