Posts Tagged ‘pen/ink’
Monday, June 29th, 2009
WARNING – YOU ARE ABOUT TO JOIN A PITY PARTY – WARNING!
“Worn” - I looked the word up on dictionary.com. I’m not sure why, but I know that often times my definition of the word is more about feelings than the actual meaning, so I looked the word up.
Funny, it meant, what I felt, “exhausted, spent, fatigued, diminished in value”. I have been working (2) full times jobs for the last nine months. I am finishing/leaving one and continuing the other job. Somehow, I thought I would feel elated, now at least half my time would now again, be my own. But, alas, I feel, like the word for this week!
“WORN”
In between, working two full-time jobs, my family and I have moved, tried to be a support to my sister, battling breast cancer and continue the daily routines of life.
I’m not bitching about these things, they are what they are, things I’ve had to do. Somewhere in my mind, I thought that by the time I reached the age of fifty (50), my life would be calmer, not easier, but calmer, yet it is not. I am worn.
So while, I am unpacking old travel sketchbooks, dreaming of traveling again, dreaming of creating again, I came across this drawing. It reminds me of being “Worn” and just wanting to sit down. I mean truly sit down! I would like to sit down, when someone asks me to do something, I don’t want to do, but because of where I am, I have to; I want to sit down in protest to things I don’t want to do.
“I WANT TO SIT DOWN AND DO WHAT I WANT TO DO!” (cried the big baby artist, who has been blocked for some time)!
So like this young girl, sitting down, hiding and being worn out, this week’s prompt is something I can truly relate to.
May the peace I seek find its way to all those on the worn path. Peace.
Tags: blocked artist, fatigue, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, pen/ink, pity, watercolor, Worn
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Subtraction is an odd word to illustrate, especially while living in a culture where “more” is considered better and I see daily how that’s taken over the top! Maybe taking away is an answer, not a punishment.
My thoughts on Illustration Friday’s word, “subtract” led me to the image of a Geisha, where I subtracted the background, to make you more conscious of the individual. The simplicity of beauty is evident, but a paradox, in the way I’m using it, since Geishas, wear many added layers of clothing.
So in this image, you can think about the addition of many garments or the subtraction of environment. There’s a lot to ponder in a paradox…or not!
Whether you subtract from life or add to life, it is the living that must be done. Happy Week…Peace.
Tags: addition, blue, color pencil, Geisha, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, Japan, Japanese, life, marker, mixed media, Peace, pen/ink, Simplicity, Subtract, watercolor, Woman
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
“Time is running …”
I love Bears, they are my favorite wild animal, especially polar bears. Global warming has put these magnificent wild creatures in danger. So my Illustration Friday piece this week based on the word, “Time” is a tribute to these creatures. Human beings are stewards of the earth, please, let’s try to act like it.
For more information on endangered species like polar bears, visit:
http://www.panda.org/index.cfm
Peace to you and be good to the Earth, it has been very good to us.
Tags: acrylic, Bears, Earth, Endangered, http://www.panda.org/index.cfm, Illustration Friday, Indigene, pen/ink, pencil, polar bear, Stewards, time, watercolor, Wild Creatures
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Hmm…this is my last post for the year, 2008. It has been a year of changes and a year of incomplete tasks.
So I thought it fitting that I post my Illustration Friday post, still needing more work. It is much like me, with all it’s good intentions and color. Also like me it is quite imperfect.
Clandestine is such an odd word to illustrate, but I chose the lighthearted version of the definition, a secret meeting. The first idea, that came to mind, was when my daughter and I visited some good friends in Maine, near Portland, and my daughter and her friend decided to camp out in their backyard. Every time I went to check on the girls, they kept telling me to “stop trying to spy on us!”.
Nothing is better than having a good friend, talking all night long with them, in a tent, with flashlight and nature. I hope they remember their clandestine night of being friends under the Maine sky. I know I will.
We’re reaching the end of another year…but I’m so hopeful for the new year, lots of hard work and good intentions made into reality. There is nothing clandestine about that!
Thanks to everyone who visited my blog and website this year! I appreciate every single comment and the time spent here. Time is priceless and valued by me.
Peace to you all.
Tags: Clandestine, conceptual, End-of-Year-2008, Girls, Illustration Friday, Imperfect, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, Maine, Meeting, pen/ink, Portland, Secret
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
 This week for Illustration Friday, I did not have time to come up with a new illustration, so I had to borrow an image I’ve already created. What can I say? Life is hectic!
There are so many ways that people are similar, but unfortunately we have created a history of focusing on negative differences. Maybe…hopefully, in the USA, we are now focusing on the similarities and celebrating all our differences.
Oh I am so wishing for this New Year in the United States of America! Peace.
Tags: America, blue, Eagles, Graphite, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, marker, mixed media, pen/ink, red, similar, spirit, watercolor, white
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
I have never met a woman who didn’t have an opinion, but I have met women who are not allowed to share their opinions, or who are thought not to have one.
The right to have an opinion and to express it freely is a human right.
Peace to you all on this designated weekend of thanksgiving, and make everyday a time of thanksgiving.
Tags: human rights, Illustration Friday, markers, mixed media, opinion, pen/ink, permission, society, watercolor, women
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
  
Wise, like all words have several variations of meaning, but it has always meant to me, more or less:
“having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.” (see dictionary.com)
I have found that it also depends on who’s opinion of wisdom you’re seeking.
In looking at wise as a visual, I’ve found wisdom, across cultures, genders and ages. So in my travels, in a supermarket, a daycare center, a senior center, across the road, the city, the country, and around the world, I see wise faces in the hope of a woman, the essence of a child, and the wrinkles of an old man. I’ve found the key is being able to see wisdom, at all.
Look for wisdom, in all ages and in all people, we all have some to give. Peace to you all.
Tags: ages, cultures, gender, Graphite, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, markers, middle-age, old, pen/ink, watercolor, Wisdom, Wise, young
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
 It has been a while, well not really…a week and I feel like I’m late for my IF entries. Last week, the IF word “strings”. stayed on my mind, but I couldn’t get a free moment for myself!
I thought about fate’s strings, spaghetti strings, heart strings and yarn strings, but it just wasn’t working for me nor the time to do it.
So today, while sitting on the sofa, listening to classical music, trying to organize a day of chores. Doodling on old scraps of drawing paper, I thought, well the new word is “late” and boy, do I know about “late” lately. I decided to do musical “strings“ and submit it “late!”
Don’t you just love it when you can do two things at once! Now, if only I can do my household chores like that! Ugh!
Classical string music and chores…now that’s surreal to me…:)
Put the music on in your life, it’s never too late for that! Peace to you all.
Tags: Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, Late, line drawing, musical instruments, pen/ink, Strings
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
 A couple of things ran through my mind when I saw this week’s prompt, “Clique“.
The first thing was the handouts I used to get in 1st grade, with the title, “Which Doesn’t Belong?”
It was always so obvious back then!
The second thing I thought about was high school and all the different “cliques” that alienated all of us from each other; because of some lame excuse that no one remembers after they left of high school or if you did remember, it’s not important any longer!
But, finally, for inspiration, I decided to go with the old nest in my backyard and improvise. “Cliques” abound, even in nature…so with that I’ll let the image speak for itself. From experience, I’ve always been the blue egg! What about you?
We all belong to the human “clique”, everything else are in the details. Vive la difference! Celebrate yourself…go ahead…you deserve it! Peace.
Tags: acrylic, Clique, color pencil, difference, egg, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, marker, mixed media, nest, pen/ink
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
 I’m not sure with moving, what I dislike more, the packing or the unpacking! Ugh!
I’m using a page out of my sketchbook for this week’s prompt. We moved several years ago and I was surrounded by boxes, bags and furniture awaiting the moving truck and I remembered I sketched the scene to alleviate the stress!
We won’t be moving for nine months, but I’ve been packing a few boxes at a time of books (I have over 1,000) to take to our storage unit, so that when the time comes to move, some of my stress can be warded off.
All that to say, that moving represents clutter to me, no matter how organized it is, it’s still clutter! Moving clutters the mind with too many details and your own personal space with physical clutter. It’s just clutter!
Breathe in, slowly breathe out and let that clutter go. Peace to all.
Tags: Abstract, books, boxes, clutter, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, moving, pen/ink, sketchbook, storage, stress, watercolor
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