A Gripe about Blogger

OK, I lovew blogger...seriously, I do.  But the last couple of weeks I have been having issues that make me irritated with it.

I can't upload more than one image at a time in the compose view.  It simply won't let me browse my folders for more images after I upload one already.  Seriously irritating.  I've been working around it by going into the edit posts screen and uploading images one at a time, but that's time-consuming and irritating.

And lately, I can't respond to any comments.  How wrong is that?!?!?!  It won't let me log in as myself, and when I FINALLY get logged in it says my account doesn't have those priviledges.  It's my own blog!!!!!  What the heck does that mean that I don't have those priviledges?

Have any of you had these issues and found a fix?  Help?  Somebody....anybody?  :)

Joy

Art journaling

I've been working on some art journaling lately. My subject matter has mostly been the things in life lately that are bringing me peace and happiness lately...the growing plants around our house, my new horse, friendship.

Here are some photos:











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Flower Power

So I just can't get enough of finding and trying these flower-making tutorials lately.  I'm trying several different methods with the thought of incorporating these into my art journals or mixed media pieces or even home decor.  Check out this site for a whole list of different ways to make flowers out of tissue paper, crepe paper, etc., etc.  http://tipnut.com/paper-flowers/

I made this one today in less than 5 minutes out of wired ribbon.  So easy, and I can think of so many different ways to use these.

and another view:

Have any of you found ways to use a 3-dimensional type embellishment like this into your art?  Any ideas you can share?

Banner and journal page

Today I finished my "Play" banner that I started a couple weeks ago at my friend Heather's house. The banner is made of gessoed muslin with a variety of materials including felt, wire, paper, and ribbon. I will hang it in my studio to remind me to take time to play.

The other thing I finished was a journal page using the crepe paper rose tutorial I found last night online.







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Jackpot on the App Search

This is a test to see if I was successful in my mobile blogging app search.

However to test the photo upload function, I thought I would share a photo of another art journal page I completed a couple weeks ago. :)



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Wow, what a hiatus....

It's a good thing I have the blogging without obligations badge on my blog, cuz it surely has been quite a hiatus since I last blogged. 

My Husband and I bought a new house and moved in.  I'm happy to say we are settled in nicely and loving it here.  I resigned from a job that was making me miserable and stealing the joy from my life (no pun intended), and right now I am a stay at home wife which both my husband and I are really enjoying.  I have enjoyed making a better quality of life for us at home and taking care of other errands and such so that my Husband doesn't have to bother with things once he's off from work.  Life is pretty darn good right now, I must say.  :)

As for my art I have been a busy bee.  I have really been enjoying art journaling, and I've also done a couple of mixed media pieces, one on a wooden board (a repurposed shelf, lol) and the other on a 16x20 canvas.

Here are a few of my art journal pages:

And here are the larger pieces:

I am looking for an iphone app that would allow me to use blogger on my mobile phone.  I haven't had much success in the app store, so if anyone knows of a good blogger app for iphone please let me know. 

I have more to share, but I'll save the rest of the updates for a later post.  I'm anxious to go check on my favorite blogs and see what you all have been up to while I was away!

Have a great day!!

-Joy

Landscapes, Art Journal, and Jess Reno-inspired art

I've had a pretty creative week and have finished some landscapes, an art journal page, and a Jesse Reno-inspired piece.  Since my Husband was on call this weekend we weren't able to take a road trip, so today was devoted to hanging out around the house and doing art.

Here are the two landscapes I finished.  These are part of the misty forest landscape class by Tim Gagnon that I signed up for recently.  I'm enjoying the class very much, although the videos are glitchy.  The class is turning out to be very interesting for learning about shading and light sources.  Here are the first two finished landscapes of the class:

Today I also finished an art journal page: "Soar".  I've noticed that a lot of my art journal pages have a growth or serenity theme.  My life is professionally at a cross-roads right now, so I understand why the theme keeps coming through, although it's definitely a sub-conscious thing.

And lastly I finished a piece in the style of Jesse Reno.  His style is very very different than my own, but I have enjoyed playing around with the technique since returning from Art and Soul.  It is definitely a very free experience and also a method that tends to invest much more of your self into the finished piece.  Here is the finished piece "Chrysalis":

Next time I try this method I really need to take in progress pictures.  This piece looks totally different than it did when I put down the first layer of paint.  It's very in keeping with the change and growth theme that seems to be showing up in all my art lately.  Sometimes the universe speaks to you so loudly it's just hard to ignore!  :)

Happy Memorial Day everyone!  Hope you have a great long weekend.

-Joy