Cute monkey sketch

I enjoyed sketching this cute little monkey in my sketch book, to my " it's ok to color outside the lines " challenge, this project has been really inspiring to me and it really led me to other projects on a higher level. The challenge of this project has been by far the best exercice to face a blank page with no fear, as I don't have the pressure to do good, so i am relaxed and allowing my mind and hand to explore with whatever I like. 

animals is not a subject I used to work on, but since a little a while when I did my first acrylic on canvas Dog painting for a friend, I decided to explore more into this subject.

Oil painting project

It is amazing how when you allow yourself to relax and go with the flow of your creations, how much you realize there are some things you thought it was impossible for you to make and yet you manage to make them.
It's all related to my new year resolution, more creation more art. It's been a while i met this wonderful artist who has a very discreet atelier in discovery bay, from time to time i used to go there to buy some art stuff and try to take a look at what was going on, and finally i took to step to enroll to one of her art class when she told me just come over we will have fun. And let me tell you I am having a blast and discovering new potential and new techniques .

here is my new challenge its a portrait of a child sepia colors.

It was very stressful as i started sketching my subject i realized that i have chosen a hard one, i was considering to change the subject, then the teacher said just try a bit more, and then you can change if you dont like.
today was my second session, the oil painting medium is really a nice medium can't wait to finish this project

we all need a good teacher in life, we can't learn enough, it is amazing just how little guidance from my teacher helped me  manage the brush technique to have this effect.

session 3 

Session 5

I am enjoying so much my classes in this cozy atelier, can't wait to finish my project 

The Junk

Facing my fears and trying water colour for the first time, it's really nice as a medium but not as easy as acrylic.

Beautiful

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful more than the belief that is beautiful 

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Be patient with yourself

Listen

Music is a moral law

" Music is a moral law.

It gives soul to the universe, 

wings to the mind, 

flight to the imagination, 

and charm and gaiety to life and to everything "  

Plato 

Believe in your dreams and they will come true

Today's quote is about believing in your dreams,  your visions 

"Believe in your dreams and they will come true "

If you really and truly believe that you will

Achieve what you want, than you will .

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Accept the things that you cannot change

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Life is a wheel

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Let it go

Today's sketch is about Elsa from the Frozen cartoon, if you'r a parent for little one maybe you have watch this movie for about 6785 times since its release... And you know all the songs by heart, and already memorized all the script. If that is your case, for expect the fact that you will be rhyming the music in your head everywhere from  the supermarket to the business meeting.... Let me assure you, you are lucky if you've seen this movie, this was for me one of the most inspiring cartoons after Ratatouille.
Just one word " LET IT GO " have you ever thought about how powerful is this phrase, simple 3 words but it's so powerful , this song itself is so meaningful and so motivational. So next time you listen to this song, give it more attention and listen to it's words.

In order to move ahead with our lives we need to let it go, as simple as that, let go all the past, all the negative baggages, all the negative experience, all kind of experience as a matter of fact, keep the past in the past , and the futur in the futur. Be here in the present, enjoy the moment,  and in order to do that you need to be able to take a deep breath, let go the past and focus on the moment. cause soon enough it will be from the past so you might as well enjoy it .

look forward, go forward, think forward not backwards .

Hope you enjoyed my thought and sketch of the day.
See you tomorrow with a new sketch .
If you have any ideas of thoughts and you like to work on let me know in the comments below .

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I am a winner owl

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I am good enough

My first step of filling the blanks, if you have been following my blog, you know that I started a challenge to fill in the blanks of my many but empty sketch books, this is the first of a series of 15 .

It's been a while that i've been reflecting on this quote. I like to write quotes here and there to sort of keep me motivated and encouraged in my life.

But this quote in particular kept me thinking again and again, about the self talk that we usually tend to give to ourselves, even if we are good in something we will keep thinking and repeating to ourselves that we are not good enough, things like :

Oh I don't thing i can do that 

I am not that clever...

I am not that fit ...

I can't ...

i am not good enough ....

and so on, and on, and on ...... have you ever listen to how you speak to yourself ? well if you see yourself in this, then you need to immediately reflect on this quote and keep reminding yourself that " you are good enough ", " you are great " , " you can do it " .

And if you feel that it is hard on you to have a positive self talk, then  write down this quote on a piece of paper, or even make a nice art of it and stick it on your mirror, so that every time that you look at yourself you are reminded that  " you are good enough "

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it's ok to color outside the lines ...

keeping a journal or a blog is a always a way to pressure yourself into keeping up with your resolutions .
The other day I was organizing my art space and I stumbled on many nice sketch books, they are cute from the outside, but they are totally blank.
So I decided hey why don't i take the challenge into filling these blanks ?
Do you know that one of the big fears of artists including me, is filling the blanks ? putting colors into white paper... But once the first step it there, once the first color is put, somehow this fear will fade and expression will come.

My Challenge will be keeping an art journal for a certain amount of time, and show you my illustrations, ideas, sketchs... everything that comes to my mind even if its very raw,
and since it's really intimidating to do so i will name the project " It's ok to color outside the lines "

Yes it is ok to color outside the lines, it's ok to make mistakes,  it's ok to make a mess, it is ok ..... The most important thing is the self expression, dare to face your fears, dare to take the first step , dare to create, and you will see everything is gonna be ok .

" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step "

I invite you all to share this journey in my daily art expression, the first project will be until the end of january .
Don't to share your thoughts and arts in the comments below .

Enjoy the journey