I was blown away by all the incredible critters you fabulous artists have created this week! It was week 3 and the prompt was Critters In The Garden. We had paintings, some pencil and ink drawings and we even had clay sculptures! Your creativity is so inspiring. I love seeing how each person interprets the prompts in their own way. In this post I’ll be sharing my process, supplies and throughts behind the painting I made. To see the art…
It’s week 2 of the Chronically Hopeful 52-week art project! This past week the theme was Snowy Scenes and I have loved seeing all the winter wonderlands you have created! If you missed the previous weeks, you’re still welcome to jump in at any point and join us on this arty adventure! This is a no pressure project, not a stressful challenge, so take your time and enjoy the process when you can and just enjoy the gallery when you…
The Chronically Hopeful 52-week art project has finally started. I have been so excited to get it off the ground since I came up with the idea and now it’s here! This week the theme was patterns in shades of blue and I have been blown away by the unique ways that each person has interpreted that prompt! If you missed the first week, you’re welcome to jump in at any point and join us on this arty adventure! This…
One of my goals for 2020 is to create more art. In order to reach that goal, I’ve created the Chronically Hopeful 52-Week Art Project. It consists of 52 prompts, one for each week of the year, to guide my creativity, keeping me focused and inspired. Having a fluctuating chronic illness means that I’m not always able to be creative, so I thought one prompt per week would be easier to manage than the one prompt per day that many…
This is the first in a new series of posts where I will share all the art I have worked on for the month. I hope to be consistent with it, but life with a chronic illness is anything but consistent, so don’t hold me to it. I am very grateful, though, that this month has been quite productive creatively and I am so pleased with the pieces that I have made. I hope you enjoy this little gallery too.…
Most people with chronic illness have experienced anxiety or panic at some point. It’s not always a condition on it’s own, but commonly is a symptom of other illnesses that affect the autonomic nervous system. There are many ways to reduce anxiety and stress, but today I will be sharing a fun and creative craft project that will help you restore calm to your world – the Twiddle Muff! If you’ve ever met somebody with mental health or even chronic…
It’s been a while since I posted my last round-up of paintings for The 100 Day Project. That’s because I actually took a whole month off! I am very pleased to be back to it though and have thoroughly enjoyed painting each evening. The sunny summer evenings are just perfect for painting! This week I picked up where I left off at the start of May with Sunsets as the theme. I will also reveal next week’s theme today. Why…
As we head into a new month I am excited to show you my new bullet journal layout for June! I’ll also share more detail about my symptom and mood tracker as well as a layout comparison with previous months. I cannot believe we are already half-way through 2018, time is just racing by so fast. I only started this year’s journal in March, so I don’t have 6 months of journal updates to show you, but I will share…
We are now 3 weeks into this year’s 100 Day Project! If you’ve been following along here on my blog, you will know I have divided my 100 Day Project into 10 sets of 10 days. Each set of 10 days has it’s own theme to focus on using watercolour inks and gouache. For the first 10 days I worked on Night Skies and Galaxies, but for this second set I have been working on Flowers. Flowers are something I…
I am so pleased to have made it through the first 10 days of The 100 Day Project! This is the third year I am attempting to do this and I am determined to complete it this year! If you aren’t sure what this project is all about, I wrote about it in a previous post where I explained how it all started and how it works. In this post I will be showing you what I have created over…