*****My Joyful Art Studio*****: July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Meagan Boone. I am a full time wife and mother of 4 boys...a woman after God's heart, and an Artist. I have been painting and crafting for as long as I can remember. I have painted numerous faces of primitive/tea dyed dolls , clowns, cows, pigs and Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls my mother use to make, and then had prints made that I would sell at craft shows and gift shops.

My favorite medium is oil, but I switched to acylic because of drying time! Anyway, I am here because of my most FAVORITE medium of all time....MIXED MEDIA!!! (yes - I am really excited with what God has done in my art and when I use !!! that just shows I am truly excited!!!) :D

You will have to check out my shop on etsy! I have several original pieces of art for sale at ( myjoyfulartstudio@etsy.com.) Be sure to see my new cards and other art projects that I will be posting soon!

There so much to say and so much to do. I will be posting again soon!!!!

I am thankful for all the Lord has done in my life, everything I am and have, I give glory to God!

Joyfully!!!!
Meagan

Thoughts on Creative Practicing...

I have been teaching painting classes for several years now. I started with oils then moved into acrylics. Dorothy Dent is an artist from Missouri who paints country scenes on wood and saw blades of all shapes and sizes. As I would purchase her books with her patterns and replicate different pattern designs onto different objects, it didn't seem to bother me that I was "copying" her work. I mean after all I did purchase her permission, so to speak, right? So I think for me, I support Creative Practicing by Danielle Donaldson, is an EYE opening thought, idea, and wake up call for this artist. I was always bothered by the thought, of copying others work...but isn't that the way we learn? We learn by doing, and repeating, and studying material that others have gone on to conquer before us. It's adding our touch, our sense of color, light and dark, our personality, our, spirit, our soul, our vision to a piece of work, that maybe another person, before us created. I have been teaching what I call "Master Studies for Kids," for several years now. We read about the artist, and get to know him, then admire his work, and technique, then reproduce it somehow, in our own way. I have loved doing this with the kids. So very thankful for the article written by Danielle Donaldson...you too, can read it for yourself on her blog...www.danielledonaldson.com/creativepracticing.