Tag: self affirmations

Expressive Flowers, Roses Project

Roses-Spirit of Love Bouquet

Mireya
pink and oragne roses in a blue mug vase

…but in fact, today it is the amateur–the enthusiast who pursues her work in the spirit of love..

Yes, that’s me! The words of Show Your Work go on to say that amateurs aren’t afraid to make mistakes and don’t think about looking ridiculous because they are in love with their work. I’m obsessed. I’m an artist! Art is what I do! I’ve never painted roses before. I paint expressive and abstract wildflowers.

yellow collage flower with the words let's written inside

Yet here I am painting roses and building content for the roses book. The roses book will be a friendship book for the spirit, the soul–my spirit, and my soul. What if I share my heart and people shatter it. Can they really? No.

I want to paint the way roses make me feel when I’m out for my walk. I see white roses and that purity and innocence captivate me. I imagine and wonder. It’s beautiful. When I create I don’t care about what others think. It’s not even on my radar. As I painted Spirit of Love I made mistakes. I kept painting. And I’ll keep painting.

Let today’s post be about painting with the spirit of love. Far too often, we define ourselves by outside forces instead of relying on intrinsic value. The passion, the voice is here, always has been.

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Siempre,

Mireya

Creative Exploration

encouraging Words

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Solving a problem, being kind or showing compassion. isn’t that a form of art? We all have a gift.

So there I was, googling artist quotes. I am working on a book full of them, ideas circumstances and people that can motivate us. Then I thought wait a minute I’m an artists and I always have something to say.

Creative Exploration

Fun Readers

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You can get all of these plus Road Trip and Wise Trees for free from June 1-5. I have enjoyed working on these fun readers. It will be good to go through the artwork and thoughts behind each book. I want to relese Different Is Beautiful in paperback soon. These are my plans for this week. I have flowers I want to paint.

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Creative Exploration

Tracing Butterflies +Watercolor

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Ever watch Butterflies, how they flutter from flower to flower? Sometimes I watch them with the sun. I too should flutter more often. Flutter from idea to idea. Flutter from one negative thought to a peaceful one. Flutter from place to place. My mind often does.

This butterfly still needs antenna and a few spots on the body of the Butterfly. The right side was painted first. The tracing and tutorial called for black ink but I didn’t want the exact pattern and blue seemed like the way to go. My confidence was good. Then it got lost. The left side looks a lot thicker and a few of the lines are a bit of a mess.

What’s the real difference between the right and the left wing? In the right wing I was fluttering in the process. Good place to be.

FLUTTER IN THE pROCESS

Enough about the Butterfly. I will paint another layer and see how I can make this work. It already has because I did write this post. This week I have a few more flowers to paint. I want to do a culture inspired project.