CONTINUING THE JOY IN FEBRUARY!

Ahhh!

Spring has sprung!

 

 

The joy continues...

in my Design 1 class...

with a study of value.

We are moving on to color!

Woohoo!!

 

(here's my value assignment with glue still drying)

 

 

My youngest turned 12!

How did THAT happen?

I am so gratefull to be "awake"

practicing love

and

enJOYing these wonderful boys!

 

The next class I am teaching

(JOY!)

is

at Aunt Mary's

THIS SATURDAY!!!

 

I am playing with future class ideas...

perhaps the pieced tickertape quilt

 

or from this magazine...

 

 

or this raw edged-

 confetti-

work in progress.

 

LOVE=JOY

 

and Valentine's Day is tomorrow!

 

 

 

I am currently in love with...

new fabric!

 

(read the top line!)

 

 

and

 making 

(way too many)

 these little see through bags!

Who knew zippers were SO JOYfull?!!

 

 

(you can see my cute scissor charm through the bag!)

 

 

 

I am finding that...

as I continue to make

 JOY

my main focus this year,

not only is the season

feeling springier

but also I have

more spring in my step.

Nice!

 

CHEERS...

 

to

all the

 possibilities

of

JOY

in action!

 

CONTINUING ALONG THE JOY PATH

This year I am focusing on JOY.

I "get to" do....what?

What would bring more JOY into my life?

 

Here's a recent thought stream...

I love making quilts.

I'd love to take my quilts to the next level.

I admire Freddy Moran and Mary Lou Weidman.

They have degrees in art.

Would I like to take an art class?

(I never have.)

YES!

 

I am currently in my fifth week of Design 1

at the local community college.

Design is defined as:

 the intentional act of

planning, arranging, selecting, and organizing

 STUFF!

(fabric!)

 

My teacher is wonderful.

He is soooo knowledgeable,

full of energy, funny, and

quite dedicated to:

 

helping us evaluate art beyond our preferences

giving us the language of art

encouraging us to go beyond the obvious

 

It turns out that there are

DESIGN ELEMENTS (and

ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES!

who knew?)

 

The first design element is line.

 

 

Line can create movement.

 

falling down

 

 

We are always influenced by our concept of gravity!

 

moving up

 

falling down

 

 

More stable

 

 

 

 

 

Line has width and direction.

 

 

(five blown up lines from magazines united to create one fluid line.)

 

 

We are currently working on value.

SO

important

with choosing fabrics.

(I just love love love only medium!)

I'll let you know how it goes.

 

I can feel my artist eyes

JOYFULLY

spinning, zinging,  and growing!

 

Now...

a bit of JOY from Judy's for you!

 

 

A book from 1916...

 

 

 

 

and a quilt her mom sewed 15 years ago!

Don't you just love it??!!!!

 

(the quilt looks like it would fit into Victoria's Finlay's new book, 15 Minutes of Play!)

 

How do you

"get to"

enJOY

this moment?