tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491069720630676452024-03-05T20:52:51.999-08:00Ansota's Art JournalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-36036582685122158242013-10-20T05:21:00.003-07:002013-10-20T05:21:48.583-07:00Ek blog nou op Facebook.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the things I want to do this year is to improve my drawing skills. I know from experience that drawing with a marker or pen not only force you to really look before you make a mark but it also help you to overcome the fear and insecurity in your own creative and artistic abilities. I love to sketch and draw and do it all the time and whenever I can even if it is only little doodles while I am on the telephone. </div>
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I usually sketch or draw all over in different journals but this year I dedicated a journal for these kind of sketches. I have only one rule in this journal - NO PENCIL OR ERASING are allowed on any of the pages and it must be real time life drawings. It doesn't matter if some of the drawings are totally wonkers or lines are not straight. I will sketch and draw as often as I can and I will not let 'bad drawings' sabotage my future drawings. I will just push on because I know that I will have a big smile on my face when I look back through the pages at the end of the year and see how I have improved. </div>
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This is a page from my journal showing the tools I will be using. The journal itself is one I made with a sheet of watercolor paper and the rest of my tools are small, compact and easy to carry around. </div>
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What do you say? Challenge yourself and keep a journal that you fill with drawings going straight in with a marker or pen. Do it for a month as an experiment. You will be amazed to see how it force you to really observe something and your ability to make marks and draw fluent lines will improve drastically. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-72391871179314003502013-01-04T22:32:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:32:55.969-08:00My Compass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sketch of a compass. Not a perfect sketch but I tried. I am still struggling with perspective and really have to train my eye how to look at things. It was a good practice round though :) </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-57028307813122882122012-12-31T23:35:00.000-08:002012-12-31T23:35:23.518-08:00Hello 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The first page for the new year in my Artword 2013 sketchbook. </div>
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Wishes for a wonderful 2013 to all my blog readers! </div>
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Read all about my art word for 2013 by visiting the link below. I am going to use the word <b>open</b> in my art this coming year and talk about how I am planning to do it. I will be posting all my finished pages here through out 2013.</div>
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<a href="http://artjournalingwithansota.blogspot.com/2012/12/artword-2013.html?spref=bl">Art Journaling with Ansota: Artword 2013</a>: There are only two more days left for the year 2012 and for some of us we are already thinking of the coming year and what we want to achi...</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Happy 2013 to you all!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-31767867719024895712012-12-11T21:04:00.001-08:002012-12-11T21:10:31.173-08:00Art Journaling with Ansota: I love Gouache!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-78532986880508806402012-10-21T06:49:00.000-07:002012-10-21T06:49:01.400-07:00Altered Brushes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you haven't heard about altered brushes you must take a look on <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2012/08/the-altered-brush-project.html" target="_blank">Donna Downey's blog</a> to see a beautiful collection of decorated brushes. <a href="http://eezy-peezy.blogspot.com/2012/10/altered-brush-project.html" target="_blank">Caryl of Eezy Peezy Journals</a> recently introduced us on <a href="http://www.in2crafts.co.za/" target="_blank">in2crafts </a>to it and this is my first decorated brush. It didn't take long and was a fun project.<br />
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My new blog is called <a href="http://www.artjournalingwithansota.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Art Journaling with Ansota</a>. I decided to start a blog where I can show people how to keep an Art Journal. I will focus on those of you who think you have no artistic talents. I want to show how anybody can live a life filled with creativity. There are tutorials and information about materials needed to get you started.</div>
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I will appreciate it so much if you could visit and support me. There will be lots happening over there in the future and you don't want to miss it! :o)</div>
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Take care and hope to see you there! </div>
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I have a few of these old outdated vinyl gramophone records lying around and just taking up space. I decided to put them to good use. I used my craft acrylic on fabric and used modge podge to paste it onto the record. I also added odd bits of lace and hessian and now I have a new wall hanging and it didn't cost me much! Great project to do!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-40798301197027624792012-09-21T06:38:00.000-07:002012-09-21T06:38:01.486-07:00Sparrows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mixed media on canvas panel. This was an experiment to see what I could do with craft paint which is extremely cheap compared to acrylic paints.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-30086003669041292472012-09-21T01:03:00.005-07:002012-09-21T01:07:39.203-07:00eezy peezy: Eezy Peezy Journals are FINALLY HERE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Check out Caryl's launch of her brainchild Eezy Peezy Journals. It took her one year to develop this beautiful journal and I think it will make a lovely Christmas present for a dear one. It is filled with colorful doodles and she made it really easy for even the beginner or person who can't draw a stick figure to also keep an art journal. I love her designs and the entire concept and give it five stars for originality.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-71615125564746180452012-09-18T11:20:00.000-07:002012-09-18T11:20:36.397-07:00Doodles and Painting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Two more pages from my art journal. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time is precious. Use it wisely. ©Ansota</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-83766708569268467452012-09-06T09:46:00.000-07:002012-09-06T09:46:47.327-07:00Moleskine Sketchbook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pages from my Moleskine Sketchbook.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-42808213493493584782012-08-19T07:08:00.001-07:002012-08-19T07:08:33.155-07:00In Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Soul journal page in progress. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-40359527782296037412012-08-14T07:05:00.000-07:002012-08-14T07:05:34.220-07:00Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Soul journal page. Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. Let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing. Live every day to the fullest. It's never too late......</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-70741722712632680502012-08-12T05:39:00.001-07:002012-08-12T05:41:20.097-07:00Tin to hold all my markers and pens.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometimes I just love to sit in front of the TV with my art journal and doodle. I have been looking for something to hold all my markers and pens I need when I do. I tried all kinds of holders and discovered that this little tin is perfect for the job but I didn't like the coldness of the tin against my hands. I decided to dress it up with some crochet, felt and buttons and added a little bling too. You could say 'Oh my word but it's so kitsch!' Well... maybe it's kitsch, maybe it's funky but it's my own creation and I love it! Best of all it's nice and warm and very very handy indeed! :)</div>
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And for something totally different. Magazine collages! It is such a creative and imaginative way to experiment values and shapes. I did these collages by using only magazines and build the faces up with small pieces of torn pages. I know they are not masterpieces by far but it is a way to experiment and create playfully. Give it a try! </div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">From my Soul Journal </span></h3>
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Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveller passing through. Your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown.</div>
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None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and weariness will overtake you, and you will be denied the joy that comes from labour's end. </div>
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Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others. Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.</div>
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Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead nurture love within you and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds. </div>
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Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself. Cast off pretence and self-deception and see yourself as you really are. (From the book: Winter Blessings by Patricia Scanlan)</div>
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~Ansota ~</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-1616594313185986992012-08-07T05:42:00.001-07:002012-08-07T05:45:03.990-07:00More pages from my Soul Journal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I only saw my spelling mistake now 'wisper' but it's done and I am not going to try and fix it. Sometimes these little errors slip in without one noticing them and it's okay, it's life and I am giving myself permission to make mistakes too! :) </div>
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Ansota :) </div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-86915957567328422092012-08-06T21:26:00.001-07:002012-08-06T21:26:25.646-07:00Soul Journal Page3<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/7669017624/" title="Soul Journal Page3"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7669017624_b1cb5dd296.jpg" alt="Soul Journal Page3 by Ansota" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/7669017624/">Soul Journal Page3</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/">Ansota</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-28430677492719017442012-08-06T21:25:00.001-07:002012-08-06T21:25:40.820-07:00Soul Journal Page2<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/7669016600/" title="Soul Journal Page2"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7669016600_9a11602de1.jpg" alt="Soul Journal Page2 by Ansota" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/7669016600/">Soul Journal Page2</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansota/">Ansota</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-71525086192359789762012-07-29T02:14:00.000-07:002012-07-29T02:14:08.820-07:00Soul Journal Page<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Double page spread from my art journal. Be gentle and kind to yourself.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49106972063067645.post-22141099962624189692012-07-27T13:15:00.000-07:002012-07-27T13:21:04.664-07:00Choices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." ~ Mark Victor Hansen~</blockquote>
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~ Ansota ~</div>
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