There is always hope

I made this one today

Grow strong roots

Made this for Book of Days. I really like how it turned out.

Painting over collage

Painting over collage was a Life Book lesson. This was so much fun to do! And I love how it turned out.

1. Start with collage background and a magazine cutout of a girl.

 2. Start painting face and hair.

3. Paint clothes, background and add details.

4. Add quote and more details. That's it! <3

Happy Dance!

I made this mixed media piece based on this tutorial   gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com  It looks great! If I can do do it anyoe can! Thank you, Gabrielle. Hope she does more tutorials in the future.    

Got some goodies!

I'm so excited to get some pan pastels finally! I love them and now I want all the colors.

Love the neocolors too. Got to use them yesterday for my first Lifebook project:

It's my first time doing a portrait. Messed up the nose and was totally lost on the shading, but she's mine and I like her.

And this is the 30 Days in Your Journal MDS for the week.  I had busy crafty weekend and I loved it! So much fun stuff to make <3

Summer!

Wow! It's July already. Half the year gone in the blink of an eye. It is true that time flies whether you're having fun or not.
I've had my ups and downs so far this year. The most painful is the people who have decided to leave my life. People that I trusted. I don't know that I've done anything to make them leave and therefore cannot do anything to bring them back. Just another life lesson. 
My "up" is really a "down" LOL. I lost 20 pounds earlier this year. Yes, that was good. But I stopped when I couldn't do it anymore and now can't get back into it. Yes, very frustrating. I keep trying. Every day is a new day and a new chance.
I've also been doing a lot of art journaling. I'm enjoying it and have met some awesome women in the groups I've joined.

Some recent stuff:

I need to post more so it'll encourange me to make more art. :-)
So frustrating since I don't know what I'm doing though.