*****My Joyful Art Studio*****: Busy - Happy

Monday, February 9, 2015

Busy - Happy - Blessed

Busy, happy and blessed, I am, all of those wrapped up in one. My kids keep me on my toes. I seem to roll with the punches, as life happens, as school and music lessons fold out into one busy, happy, blessed life. I love my boys.

The Lord is always working on me...so glad he never gives up, aren't you? I find myself practicing His presence and wanting my kids to know how to practice the presence of God. I am way not perfect, nor do I have it all together. I am on a journey, just like you, to discover what God has for me, and my family. What is his perfect will for us? YES...I have lots of ideas, and dreams and things I want to accomplish....but I am waiting on His direction.

As far as the studio::::had some gals over who wanted to paint "Fields of Poppies"....We had a good time painting and chatting....This month I will be teaching a Mixed Media Poppy Inspirational artwork at Hobby Lobby. Can you join me? It's Feb. 21, in Clarksville, IN at 10:30 - 1:00...Supply list is available on my facebook page.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other fun things are always happening around here. Many art designs going on in between school time and life in general. Life is always happening. Just have to learn to roll with the punches...the distractions...and the boys and their wrestling extravaganza's that go on around here. There is never a dull moment.

Be sure to take time today and create something beautiful, even if it's messy...beauty comes from making a creative mess first! Have a blessed and joyful day.

Joyfully His~~~~~~Meagan

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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.