WOYWW #3

i got a late start today and didn't get to my desk or to my WOYWW until now.

my workspace this evening with the best socks ever!  i'm watching a video of tamara laporte for background inspiration because this is one of the spreads i have been stuck on. i plan on working through that tonight. remember, if you'd like to follow along with WOYWW you can do so here.

what it my journal spread looks like, this evening, as i begin working on it.  

collaging with some torn up pages of a book.

layer of watercolor crayons.

and since it's dinner time, i'll stop here and let this dry.

and i am so excited to be a part of tangie baxter's free art journal pockets class! things are coming together and i can't wait to start creating. come on over and check it out!

WOYWW #2

is it wednesday again? so soon?

where is the time going in such a hurry?

either way, i love wednesdays, it's time to nose around the desks of some of my favorite bloggers and see what they are up to! you can follow along by visiting the awesome julia dunnit's blog stamping ground.

i haven't really posted anything since saturday but i have been busy sketching faces in my art journal. i'm trying to retrain myself to draw faces and i'm starting to work on adding emotion to faces, slowly. 

i am loving it. there is nothing more cathartic than drawing a face to me.

so, for starters i've shared a better picture of my corner of the den.

i don't have the windows open fully but the morning is my favorite time to be out here as the light is the best!

 

the airplane you see in the upper right hand corner is not mine. my love builds them, puts electronics in them and flies them. he recently ordered an airbrush machine and both of us are so excited to see it come in. i'm looking forward to learning how to air brush a multitude of things from kids faces to those planes!

anyway, back to my corner and what is on my desk at the moment.

about to start shading faces.

a closer look at my favorite girl from over the weekend. inspired by tamara laporte and her fabulous faces class. i took a shot at this girl when i first started drawing and it was honestly pretty hideous. my inner critic has issues with this one too but she is leaps and bounds better than when i started, of course. i'll see if i can dig out the journal it is in for a throwback thursday post tomorrow and you can giggle with me.

i can't wait to start shading this one.

a couple whimsy girls from over the weekend. i actually started this one last week but didn't get to finish it until this weekend. much of saturday and sunday was spent on the couch watching football with my love and my art journal.

i'm experimenting with some different shapes in my whimsies.

 

this is another one i can't wait to start work on, it's not much at the moment but i have a lovely spread envisioned for her.

the ideas i have for this spread is heavily inspired by tamara laporte and a recent piece of hers called sister smoke.

this one was meant to be a whimsy but she has evolved into a round faced angel thanks to my 4 year old. i was sketching her last night and my daughter asked if she was an angel. i added a halo and rough wings and  said yes, she's an angel. i love when that happens!

i simply can not wait to use some mixed media techniques on the wings especially because i haven't been able to draw wings as of yet.

and lastly, another sketch inspired by tamara laporte and another recent work. i'm really looking forward to some of the classes on my wish list for the fall. learning solid background layering techniques can only help me out at this point.

i'm really having some issues with the positioning of the nose and mouth on the 3/4 face. i'll get it, though, if i have to resort to looking up videos or seeking out my old notes.

so, there you have it. that's what is on my desk today. what's on yours?

current favorite song to bounce around the studio to, macklemore's "downtown".

 

WOYWW #1

what's on your workspace wednesday #1

on my old blog, i used to love sharing pictures of my workspace and whatever my current work in progress is on wednesdays.
i don't have a work in progress currently, unless you count random backgrounds i splash paint on when the notion takes me, i don't. i am about to start something though. 

so, #workspacewednesday - this is my current creative corner. it's a little unorganized at the moment but it is home.

 

in addition, i thought i would share some information on a couple classes i am aiming to join, particularly because both classes are having days upon days of giveaways and, in a world where everything is just getting more expensive, giveaways are a nice thing!

starting october 1st, 2015 is  effy wild's radiant II! you can find her post from today and information on the giveaway on effy's blog. i've participated in effy's classes previously and i simply adore her. she is a light of love and inspiration.

and then, starting on january 1st, 2016 is tamara laporte's awesome lifebook 2016! I was blessed to be able to participate in lifebook 2012, but things have never lined up right enough for me to be able to sign up again since. either i was blocked, broke, or too busy. so, you can see more about the long list of giveaways here. please do note, however, that tam's giveaway is closed now, but you can follow along on the link list provided in her post to enter daily to win seats in lifebook 2016.