Fabulous Faces: Week 2

I painted this face with acrylics, instead of watercolors which is what the class taught (because the paper I was working on couldn't handle the water)...so I still need to practice the watercolor way. I'm relatively happy with her, and looking forward to playing more!

elephant collage

Inspired by the lovely Asian elephants I met last week in Thailand, I wanted to play and create a little elephant collage piece to play along with the elephant challenge on Willowing.

Week 1 Fabulous Faces

Practically as soon as I walked in the door from Thailand, I signed up for Fabulous Faces at Willowing Arts. I couldn't wait to get started.
Week 1 involves only shading with pencil, no painting yet, which made me a bit nervous, but I'm actually really happy with how it came out.

Now I'm torn between drawing more, and getting on with the things I "should" be doing!

travel journal

For the last ten days I've been soaking up the sun in southern Thailand. Now I'm home and trying to get caught up on work, life, laundry and sleep. I've just signed up for Fabulous Faces online class. I've got a brand new journal that I can't wait to start working in. I've got all sorts of things I want to get going on, but right now I don't have much to share so thought I would just share a bit of my little travel journal.

 

Filled with ticket stubs, envelopes, boarding passes, maps, business cards, money and other little paper goodness.

25 List

I wanted 25 to be more a way of life. I don't want it to be me scrambling to cross big things off my list in the last couple of months. It's all about the simple things. My mantra for the year is to live with less. Less stuff. Less stress. Simplify. Carve out a more peaceful life.

So here it is...and happy birthday to me!

 

1. improve my 5k time
2. Take a drawing class
3. explore a new city
4. go surfing
5. make real hot cocoa
6. drink sangria
7. make salad dressing from scratch
8. Take a staycation
9. Get a design *out there*
10. do something spontaneous
11. do yoga daily for one month
12. read seven deadly sins
13. make a fire
14. declutter studio
15. slip n'slide
16. paint a big canvas
17. make ice cream
18. clean out my closet
19. screenprint something
20. chinup
21. draw a self portrait
22. finish my quilt
23. ride a bike
24. live with less
25. grow something

recap of 24

24 -
Some things were harder than expected. Some things didn't turn out at all how I expected. Many unexpected things happened. I won a contest. I got a puppy. I got a spontaneous haircut. I went to South America. I went to a funeral. I created a lot of patterns. I got a henna tattoo. I got a real tattoo. I climbed a tree.

Not all of the things on the list got done. 100 push ups is too many. I tried really hard to run 5km in 30 minutes, but the best I could do was about 4.25km. The pallets are still sitting on my deck.

1. Shoot a gun
2. Run 5km in 30 minutes
3. Sell something in a store
4. Donate blood
5. Run through a sprinkler
6. Go to Asia
7. Dance
8. Take a Polaroid photo
9. Hike the Chilkoot
10. Camp under the stars
11. Go to Seattle
12. Build a snow fort
13. Go on a road trip
14. Volunteer
15. Jump
16. Sew something to wear
17. Build something with pallets
18. Take a kickboxing class
19. Do 100 push ups
20. Have a photo shoot
21. Swim
22. Be a better travel agent
23. Prepare a four course meal
24. Learn 50 words in Portuguese

 And some of my favorite pictures from the year

Tomorrow I'm posting my list of 25 - and celebrating my birthday on the island of Koh Tao in Thailand!

#6 - Go to Asia

 

I'm off to Thailand to cross #6 - Go to Asia - off my list.

 

I'll be posting on my travel blog while I'm away, and I have a few posts scheduled here while I'm away, including my list of 25!