Today I removed a jar of Golden Coarse Molding Paste from the box. I haven’t felt very inspired this week to say the least. Life seems to be weighing on me.
So on my break from work I ended up at the San Francisco North Beach branch of the public library.
I was able to have a library card, Since I live in California. Yeah me! I went to the art section of this very small branch. They had less than a shelf of art books. Sad was my initial thought. Then hiding there a book I have wanted to ready “Collage Lab” oh YIPPEE HURRAY!!!! I own Drawing Lab and use it to prompt my journaling along with Journaling Bliss. Then I went and sat in the park to enjoy the rare warm of the Northern California sunshine. Yes, I got to read, lay in the sun & cultivate vitamin D, I think being a So Cal girl, I need certain allocation of sunshine for my happiness.
Needless to say nothing in the book jumped out and struck me in the few short minutes I flipped through it. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it. As it is simple, (great thing) easy to read, formatted nicely and has a ton of great ideas! I believe it is well illustrated and may be a great bump start when I am ebbing instead of flowing creatively.
But, the combination of sunshine, sports car (mini Cooper OH YA!!) and a book I have been long to read/buy. ( I don’t really need anymore in my art library ) Well it’s just what the doctor ordered.
When I returned from the, library, park and sprinting around doing errands. I pulled out the small jar of molding paste, my bag of junk that I use for texture and design while painting. I whipped it up. I now have 13 Yes count ‘em 13 canvases smeared, stenciled, stamped & musher up with some paste!
AHHHH, art my loyal friend you and sunshine make me smile.
