Awakening the Secret Garden within Part II

Michelle Casey's finished Secret Garden page. Faber-Castell Art Grip colour pencils were used to colour this.

Today I thought I’d share my first coloured page in Johanna Basford’s Secret Garden with you along with imparting some more reflections on colouring. Recently, I was compelled to buy the book because I hoped it would […]

March 16th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Art Studio, Artist Communities, Book Review, Books, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Awakening the Secret Garden within

My two-hours' worth of colouring in progress in Johanna Basford's "Secret Garden"

… I told the interviewer, I believed stories are found things, like fossils in the ground, he said that he didn’t believe me. I replied that this was fine, as long as he believed that I believe it. And I do. […]

February 11th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Artist Portrait, Artist's Family, Books, Collage, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized | 2 comments

CYW: February 2014 Bits & Bytes

Due to my big move and settling into the new place (still), I noted I hadn’t made any time for one of my favourite pastimes: reading! In December I began noticing a whole slew of books I’d like to read and bought a few to start. Thought I’d share some reflections about them with you…

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February 3rd, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Art Review, Artist Portrait, Book Review, Books, Health and Art, Journaling, Literacy, Literature, Uncategorized, Visual Journal, Visual Journaling | Leave a comment