Mid Week Art Entry

Stencil in Moleskine – Backgrounds

Stencils and Moleskines

more moleskines doodles

eating healthy helps my creativity:)

I have a smoothie in a mason jar, in my fridge…very inspiring!

Studio Kitchen work in progress

creativity and organization can be a challenge

Pink Hearts in Moleskine

This looks kind of scary

so Now that I have bought all the stuff on the list, I found out, I have 30 dollars worth of art supplies for free, at Ultrects, having amassed a slew of profitable points:)

It can get messy, but the sink is to the left

collages in progress

adhesive foam in swirl designs make could stencils, and masks

Floral Inspiration

 day is moving along much too quickly, with Fatty M-Cat Bass sitting on the edge of my desk, waiting for a kiss and a hug, and not that patiently, I might add.2…I am trying to further my art expertise, by watching several tutorials…Julie Fan-Fei  Balzer ( one of my online Art Gurus, as far as I’m concerned) is helping me with get started, with her fabulous Getting Started series…I am doing that with Gesso…here is the link to all of her tutorials  and more http://balzerdesigns.com/GettingStarted.html.

My new heat dryer is sitting in my basement studio, over at Mom’s…I will will visit her later. But this afternoon I am sitting here, while my experimental art journal pages air dry…In my own apartment, I never run out of canvases, or something to do, while the layers dry. My current “BIG JOURNAL” is in the oven – heat is NOT on – away from curious kitties.

Mother’s Day is kind of ironic for me…I don’t have kids…but I have 5 kittens, that have brought out the maternal instinct in me, big time  —- for nobody else’s upset tummy would I boil a chicken, cut it up and serve it with brown rice and a dollop of yogurt, to set things right.

But my cats are the reasons for many things in my life, including my art..- True, I was writing, before they showed up, and  I draw and create other things now- but  my cats certainly played a part in  resurrecting this arts and crafts bug, that has been lying dormant, inside of me,for so long.  Well not dormant…it just didn’t show up with the need for matte medium, and gesso, until Jazzpurr came to live with me.  I started doodling cats on paper, and white card board boxes – I kept getting the urge to collage Fancy Feast Appetizer Cardboard , and then art just took it’s own path.  First, cats, then Mandalas, then Vinyls and now collage….

I am trying to post my creations – th e ones in progess, because  finished products and I have a bit of an issue right now…I’m just not sure when I’m done….So I will post this entry along with a few photos and get back to my kitchen/ studio, to see what else I can gesso over;)

Hope everyone has a great day!

Amyb

Resurrecting Amyb’s Online Art Journal

It is 12:12 M and I don’t think I’m ready to revive this blog until the morning so I will just upload a few recent photos  and leave it at that –  playing with my Gelli Plate -

and  taking classes at Westbeth Community Center – with Jessica Sporn, and sponsored by the Ink Pad….

More In The morning!

Art Lessons In The Morning – September 4 2012

So The Universe sent me the  4th grader I have been looking for.  Dara- my cleaning expert arrived this morning, with her grandson Joshua, in tow. He does not start school until Thursday, and loves to draw and paint.  He had spent the summer with his family in the Dominican Republic, and  was back in NYC for the school year.

I sat him down, and showed him a the sailboat I had painted over the summer, and asked him if he could draw one. He quickly obliged and then I decided to let him choose his next subject.I quickly looked up http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/, and asked Joshua to pick his own lesson. He chose fish and then reptiles.

He really didn’t need to much guidance from me…as you can see.

we really didn’t have that much time, so we will work on details next time (which will probably be at the end of the month.

More Mandala Madness on Labor Day

For the past few months, I have been drawing mandalas. One morning back in the begining of summer, I woke up, not in the mood to draw a cat, or a fish, or  any animal for that matter. Maybe it had something to do with just having stepped in cat puke…plus it was hor, the boys were shedding – 5 cats – 3 of which are long hairs is the reason I often refer to my abode as Hairball Alley – but as I was saying – I was not in the mood to draw a cat. I cleared the cat hair form my throat, grabbed my sletch pad and drew a circle, then another inside, and the next thing I knew, I was drawing Mandalas everywhere – Sacred Circles – Meditative tools – used for centuries, along with other patterns to raise the spirit.  I have found it very soothing and centering. My circles are getting better. My patterns more intricate. The Universe has put everything I need in my path.  Including like-minded artists, with pools of inspurration, in  which I seem to be invited to swim.   It’s all very Zen-like, so I’m trying not to do my usual cannon-ball belly flop.

Art Markers on a cardboard circle

This morning I did draw a cat and a Mandala too.

My art and my diet seem to be getting along – I’ve been Vegan for over a year – a minor discretion with dairy and fish has been corrected. But this leads me to  what ever Vegan dining establishments I can find..this afternoon I walked the 2.2 miles to Kew Garden Hills and had lunch at Sri Chinmoy’s The Oneness Fountain heart.

 The outside is not  as nice as the inside….

I had mudjadahara – lentils, brown rice, and beans,  and

Portabello Mushroom – Vegan Bacon:)

a vegan burger with great vegan bacon and portabello mushroom.  Wonderful flavors, in a a beautiful surrounding.  Did not know Sri Chinmoy was an artist.  Some people called his followers a cult…Personally, I could see myself joining:) But not for a while. The M-cats have other plans for me.

Here are some more pics from

the restaurant. Later on I will post pics from my walk this afternoon from my house in Forest Hills over to Parsons Blvd and 72 Ave

and  back

and even more art

August Mandala

Reblogged from Hairball Alley:

have been drawing Mandalas, and other strange phenomenon.I don't know exactly how I went from cats to Mandalas, but it's a colorful, interesting adventure, and I am compelled to stay and explore for some time - it does calm my brain a bit, in the creating of them....It suits me. because they can be continued at later date, or left alone.

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