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Art and Stillness

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Art and Stillness

"Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos... an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction." –Saul Bellow My daughter found this quote in a book I gave to her called 1001 Ways to Slow Down. {You can find the book here 1,001 Ways to Slow Down: A Little Book of Everyday Calm} She shared it with me knowing I'd like it. I love this quote just as it is, but I couldn’t help but dissect and analyze it. Maybe that's the teacher in me. So come along with me…   Achievement: creation,...

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Why do we Procrastinate the Fun Things in Life?

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Why do we Procrastinate the Fun Things in Life?

I love painting! I look forward to sitting down in front of my newest project and experiencing the excitement I feel as the picture takes on the characteristics of the photo that I am using as a reference. I love adding colors and textures to my paintings to make the image my own. I actually have to force myself to stop when I’ve run out of time to work on it each day. So why do I have such a difficult time getting started with a new project?

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Mother's Day & the End of my School Year

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Mother's Day & the End of my School Year

Oh my goodness! I can’t believe it’s been since January since I last wrote a blog post! It has been a crazy school year and things are finally wrapping up. I have about 14 days left of my school year… not that I am counting or anything. And I have very mixed feelings about this school year coming to an end. I love summer and I am so excited about this summer. Relaxing at my beautiful home, painting more with pastels, making more products to bring to you all, playing with my grand-kids, visiting my family in Southern California, Disneyland,...

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Handwritten Letters Never Go Out of Style

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Handwritten Letters Never Go Out of Style

Happy January everyone! We hope you guys are enjoying being back to work and life post holiday celebrations. One thing that is always fun about the holidays, is all the cards you receive in the mail. You grab your mail from the post office or your mailbox and you flip through it all and maybe see a bill or two or some junk mail. And how fun is it to have something fun in there to open and look at and read. It makes you smile, doesn't it? So a New Years Resolution that we personally want to implement is...

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And the Winners Are...

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And the Winners Are...

We had our giveaway this week for those who helped get the word out about The Relaxed Artist launch!                   Thank you to all of you who shared our Facebook page and tagged friends on Instagram and Facebook to share our coloring book and other products with those you love! Do you want to know who the winners are...? We had a Facebook  winner and an Instagram  winner!    Our Facebook winner was Tracey Gee! And our Instagram winner was Mya Archibald! To watch the video of my daughter drawing the name and...

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