Geometric Painting

It has been a while since I have posted here. I was not super busy but my heart was not set to do anything constructive. Sometimes my mind is filled with negative emotions and thoughts like I'm not good enough or that I'm unable to accomplish anything worthwhile etc, etc.

Such thoughts pass through my head every now and then and so couple of days back I tried to analyze my mental struggles and realized that I have got bored with daily routine! Why shouldn't I feel happy about the peaceful, slow days that are gifted to me? Why is it so difficult for me to be content with the monotony of my days? I understand that I am not valuing the peace and calmness of the present. Such  mood swings occur in me and only time replaces them with positive, happy thoughts.Now, I guess, I'm slowly coming out of my shell.(Writing this post itself is giving me a good feeling)

I was also not in the mood to check most of the wonderful art made by my blogger friends last week. I'm sorry for that but Thankfully, yesterday I saw this post from Natasha http://www.natashamay.blogspot.com/    about Kristin Dudish' Tutorial Day http://kristindudish.blogspot.com/search/label/Tutorial%20Try-Outs.

 This week she has tried Denthe's Geometric pattern tutorial http://denthe.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-technique-mosaicmirrors-and.html. When I saw it on Denthe's blog I too wanted to try it and this tutorial try-out was a motivating force for me.

This is what I drew today. I did birds and drew triangles  and squares over them. I used neo-colors and guess my colors have turned very dark. Next time, Yes I know I'm going to try this again I'll have to be more careful with them.
Thank you Denthe for sharing this great tutorial .
I'm linking this post to Kristin Dudish's Tutorial Try-Out.  

Thank you
SusaN 

The Sea...

"The sea, once it casts its spell holds one in its net of wonder forever." 

A page with minimum supplies. Love the rich shades of the neo-color-ii.
Thank you
SusaN
You can see more creative works here at PPF and here at Art Journal Everyday.

Houses

 These works are from Junelle Jacobson's " Bless This Mess" class that I'm currently taking. Junelle's  first workshop, The Art of Wild Abandonment is one of my favorites classes that I've taken so far. If you love sketching and watercolors, flowers and sheep I strongly recommend her classes.

 Mother's Day cards made by four year old's, of course with a little help from me.. 

 Another birthday card that I made for my son's friend. 

More Sketches

Last week I managed to do four sketches.

Thank you for checking.
[Too tired to write more, that is the truth:)] Hope next week I can share more in writing.
SusaN

Linking to Sunday Sketches

Canvas Portrait

At last I am done with this canvas. This is the third time that I have repainted it and now I am happy with it.

I did the portrait of two Rajasthani women on a textured background.

From watercolors to acrylics so many supplies have been used in the making of this painting. 

Above are two cards that I made using gelli print paper. The third one is a birthday card that I made for a little girl, for one of my son's friends. It is made of card stock and tons of glitter and stamp.

I'm linking this page to PPF, Art Journal Everyday and to the May Challenge of Color this Quote which you can find here.

Thank you for checking

SusaN