tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post5503250876876436369..comments2024-02-03T07:05:06.121+10:00Comments on Serena Lewis: i have been sketchingSerena Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789734075055678964noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-85142299025462173752014-09-26T03:05:12.315+10:002014-09-26T03:05:12.315+10:00I have just had my last lesson of Sketchbook delig...I have just had my last lesson of Sketchbook delight. I will now take a couple of weeks to do some work to finish it all off. It has been so much fun, Alisa is so inspiring. It is all about finding your own style and enjoying your art. Just what I needed. She is a great teacher as she shows us her work in process in videos and talks about lots of techniques which you then get to go and play Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-40833743323614563372011-03-08T16:24:59.481+10:002011-03-08T16:24:59.481+10:00Ohhh..she is so gorgeous! And loved reading about...Ohhh..she is so gorgeous! And loved reading about and seeing your sketchbook.sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-89132334812365513732011-03-05T07:09:00.998+10:002011-03-05T07:09:00.998+10:00I am taking Sketchbook Delight as well. It is a gr...I am taking Sketchbook Delight as well. It is a great class! I found your post when I saw your fern sketch posted on the flickr group.<br /><br />your sketches are gorgeous! I too struggle with procrastination and perfectionism. I still haven't been sketching much but I plan to review weeks 2 & 3 in the class and do a bunch of sketching this weekend!<br /><br />one more thing - I really Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791729809857475670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-36290181576554148382011-03-03T16:05:48.528+10:002011-03-03T16:05:48.528+10:00Wonderful reminder of how wonderful art journaling...Wonderful reminder of how wonderful art journaling is. I have just recently stared back to doing one. Thanks for the reminder and for sharing your delightful pages.<br />Johninayoung-eclectic-encountershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144722646106534362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-33850632740579023872011-03-01T04:35:56.882+10:002011-03-01T04:35:56.882+10:00Serena your sketches are always awesome. I think y...Serena your sketches are always awesome. I think you are too hard on yourself.Shashi Nayagamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104875758016386977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-60410937330363477132011-02-28T08:02:53.453+10:002011-02-28T08:02:53.453+10:00I don't see how your wonderful sketches can ge...I don't see how your wonderful sketches can get any better but you said you wanted to loosen up a bit. The class sounds fun. It will be interesting to see how you go about the loosening. <br /><br />The fern is amazing. What a treasure and especially after seeing it as one frond.<br /><br />Sweet, sweet baby too.Healing Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654497453272680145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-88062777861424020522011-02-28T07:39:51.172+10:002011-02-28T07:39:51.172+10:00wow...look at that fern! and what a beautiful ske...wow...look at that fern! and what a beautiful sketch...I love your work so much!Brandi Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676340757693182786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-38557642422277330602011-02-27T19:26:00.362+10:002011-02-27T19:26:00.362+10:00Julie, my fern definitely does look very much like...Julie, my fern definitely does look very much like yours...they may well be. Thanks for your nice comments.<br /><br />Rita, I have always had a black thumb until recent years. I do believe that there are some plant varieties that shake with fear when they see my coming. lol I love ferns too! <br /><br />Thanks, Kate. Ferns do love humidity and we sure have plenty of that here. Even so, I Serena Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789734075055678964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-34759720623421046952011-02-27T00:20:05.097+10:002011-02-27T00:20:05.097+10:00Great post Mum!
I really enjoy looking at your ar...Great post Mum!<br /><br />I really enjoy looking at your art that you do, whether you've painted it or sketched it, it's pretty good anyway!<br /><br />I love seeing the pictures of the fern, when it was small and the way it looks now, it really has grown into a great plant! I wish I was like you, how you see the beauty in plants and trees. I do love the sketches of thr fern and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-76375831423814623282011-02-25T17:34:03.180+10:002011-02-25T17:34:03.180+10:00Your sketch books are going to be filled with so m...Your sketch books are going to be filled with so many memories and beautiful sketches, what great keepsakes. I think your sketches are very 'pleasing', I wish I could draw that easily. You are the second person to recommend Alisa's course, I should seriously look into it.<br />That fern looks so healthy it is obviously in the right place and with your nurturing it can't loose.<br ArtfulLee Designedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15256415041332531967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-51369986456492923642011-02-25T09:43:05.202+10:002011-02-25T09:43:05.202+10:00Serena... you and I share the same perfectionist i...Serena... you and I share the same perfectionist issue...lol. Instead of just doing... we talk ourselves out, find something else to do...put off...procrastination is my middle name...lol... or as my husband always says... Last Minute Michele...lol.. Because if I don't think about it and I just start drawing... I do great... but the minute I start thinking... somehow I end up talking myself Chel Marie's Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485375928610957787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-6703227661573759482011-02-25T02:40:32.978+10:002011-02-25T02:40:32.978+10:00Hi Serena,
So happy you are back sketching! That ...Hi Serena,<br /><br />So happy you are back sketching! That fern really grew into a lovely adult palnt. It must really like that spot inside of the house. :)<br />Your sketches are lovely as always.<br />Little Mikayla is so precious.<br />Hugs and keep happyNorma Soulet (AZArtist)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14316660985253319460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-13477394033115196692011-02-24T15:17:52.193+10:002011-02-24T15:17:52.193+10:00Beautiful sketch book page Serena...I wish I could...Beautiful sketch book page Serena...I wish I could grow lovely lush ferns indoors but it's not humid enough and the central heating dry's them out too much. Mikayla is growing so quickly an seems very bright an aware!kate ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090535919537300999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-24289983271209559192011-02-24T15:15:07.627+10:002011-02-24T15:15:07.627+10:00You have such a green thumb, Lady! I absolutely l...You have such a green thumb, Lady! I absolutely love ferns, but after having killed three of them in short order over the years, I quit buying them. They probably cringed as I walked by in the store--ROFL! That one is gorgeous!! And I love your sketches.<br /><br />Somewhere along the line I must have missed about you having skin cancer removed. My dad has had that a couple of times. I hopeRitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166133926661022482.post-1450088565649525182011-02-24T15:06:52.931+10:002011-02-24T15:06:52.931+10:00Mikayla sure is growing! She is a beauty just lik...Mikayla sure is growing! She is a beauty just like her Mom and Grandma!!! Gorgeous girl!!! <br /><br />I think you may have the same fern I have in the front planter at my house...I found all of them in the backyard growing wild, and transplanted them to the planter. They did the same thing as yours...grew, filled in and even many more grew in as well. <br /><br />I sure love the ink drawing Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.com