Cold and knots

I've not created space lately to dig into my art journal, but this weekend I carved out a bit of time.  I have so many parts of this book to show you but I will save it until it is more complete and then I'll do a flip.  

Yesterday I decided I was going to discover how to doodle some Celtic knots.  I can honestly say that I find them gorgeous to look at, but still have to much to learn... maybe it's patience???  They are really challenging.  Even after a few youtube video tutorials I still didn't get it correct so I decided to keep doodling and here is what I came up with:

I actually really like it.

Ok, I'm off to find a sweater and to turn ON the heat its suddenly freezing in here!  Man I hate being cold.

Cheers,
Tammy
x

Planning

Here is a journal page I just started last night - love the beginnings of this Owl.... now I have to decide what medium I'm going to complete it with.

Below is a journal of so many possibilities!  The left hand side of the page is one of my favourite Rainer Maria Rilke quotes from his Letter's to a Young Poet .  I just read the whole thing yesterday and highly recommend it.  I definitely need to re-read it again as there were so many nuggets of wisdom in there.  Here is the quote with more to it....

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke

And here's one from last week that was fun (and really messy)!   Food and art.... the messier, the better I say!  LOL

The right hand side quote is... 

"There is a seed of peace, joy , love and wisdom in each of us." ~Iyanla Vanzant

Soothing

This art journal entry came about while I was journaling thoughts that I found soothing.

It doesn't matter who we are we all have 'one of those days' when we need things to help us feel better.

I was surprised to see the cat jump out of this painting. I was about to Gesso over it when my husband's eyes begged me not to harm the kitty! Thanks to him, the kitten lived on and I'm happy I left it in there - so cute!

Anyhow as you can see I find cats, tea and yoga all things that make me feel better on days when I'm not 100% - there were other things too but this is the full expression.

Enjoy Soothing:

Right side

Left side

 Full page

PS. It's a shame the lightening in this picture is so poor - its actually quite vibrant in real life.

PPS. What do you find soothing?