Colourful Doodles....

I made myself this tiny art journal with some good watercolour paper pages.   The cover is firm cardstock covered with quilting fabric.  I have had fun doodling some colourful little pages all in the same style:

These were all done with Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils on Bockingford 190gsm paper . Outlines were done with various black markers & a gold paint pen on the last one. 

Wishing you all a glorious Sunday and a joy-filled creative week ahead.
much love
Angella

Do something TODAY that your future self will thank you for.

What Have I Been Up To ? ...

Well, I have been working hard on goals for improved HEALTH.....

Eating a lot more Raw foods:

Doing my Raw Juice Therapy daily:

Spending time outdoors daily and drinking lots of water:

 Even went for a short walk - had to take it slow because my knee is still a bit "wonky" :

 Trying to get more art done:

And even made myself a new watercolour art journal:

And learning to BE PRESENT and....

Wishing you all a beautiful, healthy and successful week.
much love
Angella

"The best way of assuring the future is by handling the past and the present constructively and courageously"
-Rollo May-

It's almost SPRING....

Today was rose pruning day in my garden.

 I pruned the roses and the shrubs. The sun was shining warmly , the sky was a perfect blue and I had 3 awesome garden assistants to help me:

 Big Bear- aka the bodyguard- he lies in the shade and keeps watch over my every move...

 Bonny Bon-Bon  aka the hosepipe inspector - who makes sure that the water is coming out of the hose while we water the garden and ends up soaking wet and looking like a drowned rat....

And Shadow - aka the Bug-catcher.  She runs around madly chasing every little flying insect in the yard. She stops occasionally to "eat" a flower-  well you know they   look so good and they smell so good..... just a pity they dont taste so good! 

While we were busy gardening, the three of us, I noticed some definite signs of spring....

Little snowdrops peeping thru the foliage...

Sweet violets flowering gently under the apricot tree....

The first elegant Arum lily .....

An oh-so-fragrant purple Iris .....

And of course the Jasmine... OH the Jasmine.... my favorite favorite!  It is blooming prolifically this year because there has not been much frost (saying that with fingers crossed).

Isnt a garden the most wonderful of blessings......

Wishing you all a wonderful sunny weekend.
much love
Angella.


HAPPINESS is a form of COURAGE.....

Creative Idleness.....

I have been busy doing some more intuitive painting and re-reading Flora Bowley's awesome book BRAVE INTUITIVE PAINTING.   Here's my latest intuitive painting:

I am also busy trying to finish a crochet throw that I started so long ago. It is made with Vinnies Bambi yarn, a blend of cotton and bamboo with a fun hand-spun texture.  Bambi yarn is available from WOOLHOGS .
I am so thrilled with the gypsy feel of this little throw:

 I have been doing quite a lot of baking lately. Here's an awesome fridge tart that can be made in 10 minutes with 3 ingredients:

Ingredients:
500ml flavoured yoghurt (of your choice)
1  tin condensed milk
Biscuits for base.

Layer biscuits for the base or crush them and add margarine to make base.
Mix the yoghurt and condensed milk
Pour the mixture onto the biscuit base 
Microwave on high for 4 minutes.
Leave to cool
Put in fridge and serve when cold.

It's really delicious!

Then there was this sweet little crochet bunting I made for the veranda/porch to cheer up the bleak winter landscape. (OK so it isnt that bleak - we've had a very mild winter this year so far).

And these are some crochet cuff bracelets that I made as a gift for a friend. Made with e-cotton, hand-dyed in SA:

And then I have been enjoying doing the art assignments for the e-course FACING YOUR FEARS. These are courage cards which I made using toilet rolls:

For a tutorial on how to use toilet rolls to do art click here:  TUTORIAL

Well I hope you have enjoyed seeing all my WIPs (works in progress) and other creative thing-a-ma-bobs.

Wishing you all a gentle, friendly, happy weekend.
much love
Angella

KEEP CALM and THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS

Intuitive Painting...Part One

This week in our FACING YOUR FEARS e-course we are experimenting with INTUITIVE painting.  I love this part of the course.  You grab a canvass, schmush some paint on it, no thought , no plan, just paint. Then make all the different types of marks you can on it , use your fingers, stamps, stencils, rags, ice-cream sticks......turn your canvass this way and that..... let the paint drip and run.....
This is a step by step of  the intuitive painting I did yesterday. I went in with no idea even what colours I wanted to use.  I just kept going until I was happy with the results.....
talk about BLISS....

This is just the background.... watch this space to see where my intuition leads me next with this painting...

For more on intuitive painting visit FLORA BOWLEY

Or  read her awesome book: Brave Intuitive Painting.

Wishing you all a happy creative week.
much love
Angella

"When you permit your fear to make decisions for you, your self-worth plummets."
-Dr.Demartini-

Facing Your Fears....

I was so delighted to have won a place on an e-course presented by Life Coach and Artist, Stephanie Gagos. The course is titled FACING YOUR FEARS. We are addressing our fears about our Art as well as general life fears.  We are currently busy with week 2 of the 4 week course and it has been very rewarding so far. I am challenged, encouraged and excited!!! 
Read Stephanie's Blog HERE.

These are two of  the art assignments I have completed so far :

 My "wise-self"  encouraging me with the voice of  truth (to counter-act the fear voices)

FEAR keeps you grounded.... FAITH gives you wings.
(facing my fears concerning working with watercolour techniques)

Other news is my knee is getting better and better by the day. Praise the Lord. I hope to be able to drive by the end of this week. I am hobbling around without the aid of a walker and can move quite fast too. :-)

Wishing you all a blessed week.
much love
Angella

"Don't be afraid of your fears.  They're not there to scare you.  They're there to let you know that something is worth it."
-C.JoyBell C.-

I'm Back! . . .

If you're wondering why I have been MIA , its because I had a freak accident and damaged my knee quite badly. It's been a rough two weeks. I am recovering well and can now hobble about without the aid of wheelchair or walker.  During this time I have really missed my morning walks. In anticipation of resuming my walks , hopefully in a couple of weeks, I made a pouch-thingy-ma-bob to hold my camera and cell phone .

It is crocheted with hand-dyed eco-cotton from ONE OF A KIND YARNS. This varigated blue skein of  their yarn was sent to me as a gift by a very special FaceBook friend.  I crocheted the pouch with a pocket. Thus the main compartment holds my camera and the smaller pocket on the front holds my cell phone.

I then embellished the pocket with fabric and beads and sparkly braid.  I also made a fringe at the bottom of the pouch with beads, a teeny tiny bottle with the word HOPE in it and a feather found in my garden.

I had great fun with this project and cant wait to start using it on my morning walks.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful week.
much love
Angella

"The Part of us that creates is youthful and innocent"
 -Julia Cameron-