Sunflower,Golden Paste,Runners and Words of Wisdom......

I received an email asking me how I got the texture in the sunflower painting in my last post. I used Golden medium molding paste. Love this brand it mixes easily with paint and I usually leave over night to dry. This piece I mixed the color right in with the paste and then added more color once it was dry. However sometimes I will wait until the paste is dry and then add the color, both yield great results.

My 5 km run today along the river in the sunshine was a breeze.Feels great to be back at the 5 km mark which is where I will stay for awhile. I have my mind set on a 10 km in the fall so any further then that and I will need to join a running group for motivation and of course the chit chat. For now just my music is enough and yup I am loving country. So right now I am hearting  Luke Bryon, Tailgates and Tanlines and Vancouver Island girl Kylee Epp who has performed with some amazing artists and currently has four great songs on her site one of which is available on itunes.

Thought I needed a bit of a change so because we will be up at the lake I decided to get my hair cut way shorter than usual. I had a funky short cut when my kids were younger. Not loving my new cut but my hair grows fast so by middle of September it will have grown out. Therefore not posting a pic .LOL

On another note Kelly Rae Roberts, is an artist who I follow and admire. I have taken her course Flying Lessons and she is so generous in all that she shares. Her post today "the wisdom lives inside how we choose", is worth a read and as always she has an insightful way with words.

Smiles,
Kim

Spelling and Grammar....Yikes

Well I have no problem being forty-five except for my eyesight. I have reading glasses everywhere and I know I am not alone as everyone seems to sell them even the local gas station.  I love blogging from my iPhone however my eyesight and auto correct has made it some what of a challenge. If I was to share some of the text messages that I have sent you would know what I mean. So yes, big typo yesterday with Naturopath which was auto corrected to Natural Path. Grammar well that is another story but as I was feeling somewhat discouraged with myself  I quickly changed my tune after I read one of my bookmarked blogs Momastery.Mistakes happen and that is life and I am so like Glennon the gal behind Momastery in terms of if we wait for perfect then we may never get a thing done. I would never get a post up if I freaked out over every detail so I am letting the spelling and the grammar go. Yikes my University professor would be flipping out about now but this blog isn’t for marks, but a place for me to share my art and the daily ramblings of my life.

On another note I am very excited to be joining a Friday art class at Swinton's  in September. I am looking forward to learning something new and really keen about working with oils. Having been self taught I am open to all that I can soak up from the instructor. It will be nice to have the energy of the other artists around me as one creative soul always seems to fuel another.

Until then I am looking forward to some days at the lake. I have not been on my wake board in a couple of years but it should be like riding a bike......... right? I had a bit of a crash the last time I was on it so I opted for surfing behind the boat which provides a much softer landing. However these days I am feeling braver so as long as I don't get competitive I should be fine. Now the knee board my son beat my record of fifteen 360's so that is another story I may have to get that title back! 

Hope all are enjoying the last few days of summer and thanks for the emails it is always great to connect with other creative souls.

Smiles,

Kim

P.S. I have had to repost this four times as something funky was happening to my text when I uploaded my picture. So I hope you get to read this one! Wishing you sunny days!

A Prairie City

I have had this painting for awhile and I just could not finish it. However, today while working on a new piece I decided that it was now or never. So finally after months it is done! My work space is a complete mess and I know I am not alone here from the  blogs I follow, seems a lot of us creative types work better in complete chaos. It is amazing how in every other aspect of my life order is necessary but in terms of being creative it does not even faze me. I just get lost in my music and whatever I am creating and time seems to just happen. I know my teens are going to read this and try and justify their rooms as their creative spaces. So to my kids, as long as I can see your floors and there is no dishes turning a funky green I can live with your creative mess. Yes, I just said that!

So lots of painting this past week as well as running and eating healthy. Part of the eating healthy for me meant giving up coffee and dairy. It has been a little less then a month now and I have to say this crazy Restless Leg thing I have is almost nonexistent. Yup years Naturopath for testing my food sensitivities. I am missing my Starbucks coffee the most, but decaf green tea hot or cold is my new drink of the day. I am hearting my sleep and waking up feeling so much better it makes it all worth it. 

Smiles,

Kim