#10 Distracted

# 10 Distracted

15 x 11

Watercolor and graphite on

KMJ 140

Teresa Beyer

Her mind became filled with details of society life and her thoughts strayed to all kinds of desires and dreamed outcomes. She noticed how she had become distracted from pursuing her spiritual life.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Entry #9 Cyclops

Being a cyclops is sad. People don't want to be friends with you because you are so different.

Family members reject you because you are so different.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Entry #8 The Kiss

Entry #8

The Kiss

15 x 11

Watercolor on KMJ 140

Teresa Beyer

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Entry #7 Two Hearts

Entry #7

Two Hearts

15 x11

Water Soluble Graphite

Watercolor

KMJ 140

Two Hearts beating as one.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Entry # 6 Embraced

The Artist Way

Reading through the basic principles and tools, formulating what is expected. So here are the basics.

• Read the Basic Principles everyday being aware of any shifts or changes in consciousness regarding the principles.
• Three pages of long hand journaling everyday for the next three months.
• A date with my artist self once a week. A play fun date.

Sounds like a lot but totally doable and I'm certain that it will all be worth the time to make these wonderful discoveries and recoveries, to explore the mystery not to be confused with mastery.

Starting on Wed. Sept. 3rd, I will be reading and working through the first of twelve exercises. Follow along with me, I would sure love the company.

Week1: Recovering a Sense of Safety
Shadow Artists
Your Enemy Within: Core Negative Beliefs
Your Ally Within: Affirmative Weapons
Creative Affirmations
Tasks
Check-In

Entry # 6

The paper was soaked with water and some paint was introduced while dripping wet. Then the paper was crumpled into a ball and left to dry. Creating this wonderful texture.

Entry # 6 Embraced

22 x 15

Water-Soluble ArtGraf Stick

KMJ 140 coldpress

textured paper

So I had this beautifully textured paper, that I drew on with a water-soluble grafite stick. I then wet the graphite with a brush, creating this warm and protected embrace.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

entry #4

A quick and simple little drawing of a glass rocking horse on a glass table. Home after a long and wonderful day in Golden Gate Park. So it was a quick study. It is a favorite piece and I will do it justice. What I did learn from last nights piece, is that I have to spend time on my daily piece so that I'm proud of what I have done and not embarrassed.

We went to the Academy of Science Museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. There was a very interesting skull exhibit. I wish I would have taken more photo's but here is one of a Black Rhino.

My SO (significant other) has a skull collection and his brother has an even larger one. Needless to say we will be seeing skulls in the Daily Drawings. 

The other part of the museum which is a permanent part is a three story rain forest with plenty of moths and butterflies birds and frogs and more.

At the bottom of the three stories is an aquarium that can be viewed from above below and side ways. Allowing the viewer to get up close to our CA waters.

So gorgeous 

More pictures to follow somewhere.

As always,

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Entry #3

Knot

Last night on the internet I came across recent photo's of my 4 and 5 year old grandchildren. I went through them one by one and came across a couple of video's.

They are getting so big. Again I don't know my own grandchildren. I cried as I went to sleep. It will be a while before I do that again.

And don't forget! I'm going to start the Artist Way on Sept. 03 and would love to have you follow along with me.

I'm at the Basic Principle's - I have to remember to start reading them everyday.

#3 was done in charcoal

As always keeping the brushes wet.

The Palace #1

The Palace of Fine Art

7.5 x 11

watercolor on KMJ 140

A sweet little watercolor, a painting of The Palace of Fine Art in San Francisco, CA.

This was a projected piece, yes. The size of The Palace in general. As you can see I did do quite a bit of drawing in and painting in the piece, and yes! you see! It is still at an angle.

So I have a second larger piece already projected and ready to go. With very little detail drawn in. I'm going to get started on it today. Decide on which palette I want to work in. A limited palette of three colors, red, yellow and blue. So many choices in each color.

The other thing I have been struggling with for the last year or so is the development of my own style. So lets see where the end of the year takes me. I can see my style in this little piece and I like it.

Art Quote
You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Entry #2

And here is my beautiful second entry. Truly so much fun to just do it! To paint and draw for the fun and not worry about the out come.

"The most potent muse of all is our own inner child."

Stephen Nachmanovitch

As always,

keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

Coming Clean

Coming Clean

When I began painting, I lovingly would create a grid on a photo and with just as much care would recreate the grid to scale on my watercolor paper.

            I would draw out my drawing. And because I was working from a photo I would include way too much detail. The eye doesn’t pick up that much detail – mine doesn’t anyway.

            This would take several hours, maybe a day or two. Sometimes it would become a drawing instead of a painting.

            It was difficult to find a delicate balance of when to stop drawing and start painting.

            Then I was introduced to projecting!!! What a time saver. I could quickly project the photo onto the paper, no longer worried about proportions or scale.

            And so to this day I project. Cropping and no longer including detail, eager to get the proportions in and develop the painting as I paint. Yet somehow I have felt guilty about projecting for years. Thinking (that stinking, thinking) that somehow this made me less of an artist.

            This summer I went to a SCVWS artist demo. Ted Nuttall a very talented and successful artist. While giving his demo he casually mentioned that he projects. I felt as if I had been released of my bondage. Only to quickly slide back into the guilt and bondage.

            I want to learn how to draw and see again. To feel good about how and what I do. I have a wonderful new online friend and muse Nancy Scoble who has gently nudged me the past couple of mornings via email. Thank you Nancy.

            The other thing I have wanted to do is “The Artist Way” by Julia Cameron, to get into a routine and to define a workspace. (The desk at the top of the stairs is my new studio space. The light here is absolutely magnificent.) “Just do it!”

             So at the very least I promise myself to do a sketch everyday through the end of the year. Everyday posting my sketch and really learning how to use my new Samsung s5 camera phone, to work through the “Artist Way” and share with you whatever may come up.

            So today’s sketch is of a left shoe overlapping no erasing and a little projected piece of  “The Palace of Fine Art” SF, CA.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa