My favourite colours

This week in the Artist's Play Room group, Jenn asked us to share our favourite colour/s.

When I was a young girl, my favourite colour was lime green.

As a teenager, my favourite colour was purple.

As the years went on, I never lost my love for lime green and purple and,
between my teenage years and adulthood, I fell in love with turquoise blue too.
So that is my favourite colour combination.

I use them in my studio

Throughout my home and in my art.

Unfortunately, I've had a very busy week and time got away from me so I only have a work-in-progress to show for  the APR weekly art challenge featuring my favourite colours.  A partial layer with lots more to do.  I plan to finish it over the weekend and will post the finished page soon.

~ Love, light and peace ~

Sunday Snippets and Sunday Sketches

Photos from my week -

It was Father's Day here in Australia so
I hope all the Dads had a great day!

I had Mum and Dad over for Sunday lunch.

A pic of my Dad
He will turn 80 later in the month!


Flowering cactus

Cody grabbed the free shelf as I was folding up the birdcage covers to put there.

He makes a cute shelf-sitter

Cody with Jack, both waiting to see what my next move will be.
They follow from room to room. lol
Jack hates the camera!
Every time he sees it, he gets all self-conscious and tries to look away. lol

Today was the first time I used my new Crock-pot,
A roast for the meat-eaters who
declared it a great success.
I made a delicious vegetarian meal for Beau, Mum and I.

We played Yahtzee in the afternoon...
Lots of fun!

Yesterday, I had to do some mending to my favourite tunic

Wearing mended tunic

A beautiful morning sky earlier in the week

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Unfortunately, my first entry in Sunday Sketches is pretty dismal.
I didn't get much time with it being Father's Day but
here is a quick ballpoint pen sketch I did of Cody
in my pocket Moleskine sketchbook.
Amazingly, he actually stayed still long enough!

To join in on Sunday Sketches
Click the graphic below -

I hope you've all been enjoying a beautiful weekend!

~ Love, light and peace ~

What inspires me?

In the Artist's Play Room this week, we talk about the things that inspire us.
What inspires my art?

I find so many things to be inspiring....the sea, nature, animals...
Then there is the internet, more precisely the amazing artists I have met online.
 Their creativity also inspires me tremendously.

I haven't painted a realistic painting for the longest time but that's not to say I won't again.
Every time I see a painting of an animal, I feel a yearning within to put brush to canvas.
One day, I know I will....

I enjoy painting flowers too.
Nature is a great inspiration!

I discovered illustrated journaling a couple of years ago and it has become my main focus in art.
I absolutely LOVE sketching and adding colour to my journals.
 There's just something special to me about sketching, then adding some words,
either about what I've sketched or about my day.
I have met many other illustrated journal artists
who have inspired me greatly in this area.

A recent journal entry

There are so many things I feel motivated to do regarding my art,
thanks to all the wonderful inspiration that surrounds me.
My biggest foe is procrastination but I'm working hard to beat it.

~ Love, light and peace ~