Today – August 13, 2023 at 03:50PM

 

Read: The second chance year by @melissawiesnerauthor I love second chance stories and I love reliving and time travel too so this one was meant for me and it did not disappoint. I woke up this morning and I was at only 2% and read it all the way through before getting out of bed. I loved the characters and I loved the romance.

 

#random #arc #netgalley #book #reading #read #fiction #melissawiesner

Today – August 13, 2023 at 03:44PM

 

Reading: I haven’t posted books in a while but I have been reading. Radiant Rebellion by @heychookooloonks coming in a few months is around reclaiming aging. I am not a worrier over aging so I wasn’t sure I should request this book but I have read books by and taken classes from Karen before and I knew there would be wisdom here I’d appreciate. And I was right.

 

This book is full of stories, wisdom, insight, and practical steps you can take. But what I appreciate the most is how much Karen encourages you to go within and to be intentional with your life. She had great journaling questions to help the reader do her own exploration.

Loved this one.

#random #reading #edelweiss #read #arc #karenwalrond #book #aging

The Joy of Art – August 13, 2023 at 11:33AM

 

Sketching: collection of houses. Getting closer to a scene slowly.

 

#art #sketching #sketch #houses #draw #drawing #sketchbook #pendrawing #journal #drawinghouses

The Joy of Art – August 13, 2023 at 11:31AM

 

 

Lettering: I pulled out the granulated watercolors for this one and just had fun. It’s not the way I had in my head but in honor of the quote itself, I decided not to aim for perfection.

 

#art #lettering #letteringart #loveyourimperfectletters #granulatingwatercolor #watercolor #watercolorpainting #quote #annaquindlen

The Joy of Art – August 12, 2023 at 05:21PM

 

Painting: I read about the #pantonechallenge2020 a few weeks ago and ordered myself the set of postcards and a set of acrylic gouache and they finally arrived yesterday so I had some fun today. I loved how fun this was.

 

#art #pantonechallenge #pantone #color #acrylicpainting #acrylicgouache #gouache #watercolor #landscape #landscapepainting

The Joy of Art – August 12, 2023 at 01:35PM

 

Watercoloring: love the pink sky and the water wish I were there

 

#art #watercolorlandscape #watercolor #watercolorjournal #watercolors #landscapepainting #landscapes #gouache #artjournal

The Joy of Art – August 12, 2023 at 01:34PM

Lettering: one of my all time favorite quotes.

#art #lettering #letteringart #loveyourimperfectletters #sketchbook #artjournal #quotes

The Joy of Art – August 12, 2023 at 01:33PM

 

Sketching: house with a little color this time.

 

#art #sketching #sketchbook #drawingsketch #drawing #draw #house #drawinghouses

The Joy of Art – August 11, 2023 at 09:56AM

 

 

Sketching: another little house. Still enjoying these.

 

#art #sketching #sketchbook #artjournal #houses #house #drawing #drawingsketch #pendrawing

The Joy of Art – August 11, 2023 at 09:55AM

 

Lettering: a wonderful quote by pema chodron. Let the hard things in life break you. I had to get creative with this one and removed one sentence so it could fit. Love all the colors and love the sentiment.

 

#art #lettering #letteringart #watercolor #watercolorjournal #loveyourimperfectletters #pemachodron #quotes

The Joy of Art – August 10, 2023 at 10:27AM

 

Watercoloring: really overworked this one, partly due to power loss partly due to not ever getting it to where I wanted but it’s practice and I learned and it was joyful as @thiswritingdesk would say that’s the best part!

 

#art #watercolorlandscape #watercolor #watercolorjournal #painting #night

The Joy of Art – August 10, 2023 at 10:24AM

 

Sketching: here’s my bookstore from yesterday. Still using Pinterest for inspiration and am so grateful for other artists I can emulate. We lost power as I was drawing this so finished it in low light.

 

#art #sketching #houses #pinterest #drawingsketch #pendrawing #draw #learning #learningtodraw