I’ve been enjoying the “creative every day” challenge very
much. I find as I do more creative
projects I become energized for other activities… like yesterday I worked on
organizing our entryway (which wasn’t bad but had gotten a bit untidy).
This is a mandala.
It’s my first and I’m pleased with how it turned out. I’m going to study on them a bit and do more
in the future. They are challenging yet
relaxing to make.
A quick sketch of an orange.
Did this one in the evening after a very full day. I kind of like the texture the paper gave to
the orange.
Guess what day I did this one on? LOL
When I think about countries that are given the opportunity to vote for
the first time and the long – sometimes even mile long – lines of people who
are joyful for the opportunity, it makes me feel really blessed that voting is
one of my basic rights as a citizen of the USA.
In
2004, Himself and I took a 5 week road trip driving thru the SW states. One of our stops was in Monument Valley. We took a 2 hour guided tour with a Navajo
guide… and that 2 hours ended up being a bit over 4 hours as we all hit it off
so well. David took us to all his
favorite places not on the usual tour as we discussed many things about the
Navajo culture. We ended up ‘flying’ across the valley at the end of the day as
he had to get back to take someone out on the “Sunset Tour”.
That
night, as we stayed in a traditional hogan “B&B”, we watched the valley
glow with the colors of the setting sun.
It was so beautiful.
I
decided to try to capture a bit of the memory with paper art. I used small pieces from my stash of leftover
paper. The edges were torn to soften the
lines. Then I added a bit of shading
with pastels. I’ve never done paper art
before and I’ve discovered it is a lot of fun (and challenging!). I’ll be trying more of this for other
challenges!
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