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Below is Satvvir’s artwork (Instagram @theambivertsbb). She used watercolor and combined orabges and yellows with a lot of texture in this piece.
Here is Arwynne’s finished artwork. You can see more of her work at IG @mspinkdotcom.
Below is Gillian’s finished artwork. I first meyt Gillian when she led a watercolor class at the Elephant Studio in Vancouver. Follow Gillian at IG @gillianpearsonart.
Below is my artwork of the still life done in watercolor. I tried to create something in the center which I couls later frame and hang on my wall. The main horizontal is slightly out which I adjusted when placing it in teh frame.
I complied a YouTube video of the evening’s activities and you can check it all out by clicking on teh video below.
Our group photo taken at the end. frome left to right Gillian, Satvvir, Arwynne and Alison. We had a really nice evenign and I look forward to doing it again soon.
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I was thinking earlier this week about when I have multiple projects on the go that each venture may be in a different “phase of progress” than the others. When I say “project” I mean creative projects mainly artworks, art challenges, writing, cooking, garden design or crochet (I like to crochet) or other things you are working on. Some projects may just wither on the vine never to see the light of day.
As a keen follower of the natural cycles of the Earth, Sun and the Moon, I believe that you can align your creative process to the phases of the Moon. The Lunar phases are closely related to the plant life cycle. The principles of “phase” can be linked to your creative process and art or craft projects as well.
The Moon takes about a month (or four weeks) to orbit the Earth. As it does so we see more, or less, light reflected from the surface of the Moon depending on its relationship with the Earth and the Sun. There are eight lunar phases and each phase lasts about three and a half days.
At the New Moon the Moon is dark and at Full Moon the Moon’s light is at its brightest. This constant changing from light and dark and back again is symbolic.
Each phase traditionally has keywords associated with it and below is a modern list of traditional keywords for the lunar phases. You can find out more about Moon phases on this LINK.
Keywords for the New Moon phase are instinct, emergence and subjective.
Keywords for the Crescent phase are forward, self-belief and eager confidence.
Keywords for the First Quarter phase are constructive growth, forceful and crisis in action.
Keywords for the Gibbous phase are contribution overcome and perfection.
Keywords for the Full Moon phase are clarity, mature and illumination.
Keywords for the Disseminating phase are transmitting information, knowledge dispersal and conveying awareness.
Keywords for the Last Quarter phase are crisis in consciousness, pioneering and reorientation.
Keywords for the Balsamic phase are release, surrender and closure.
If we align the meaning of the moon phase with how a project develops it may go something like this. It is likely that there will be many more projects in the seed phase, in fact you would probably always be in this phase as ideas appear.
Whereas the later phase would have less projects as some do not take off or you kill them off naturally. Typically, I would think you would have one monster project in the final stages that is moving onto the Balsamic phase.
I also think that if I have multiple projects on the go at once thay will each be in a different phase to each other.
This is where ideas are born. They are the seed moments when ideas drift into your mind. Ideas can come to you at any time if the day and the knack here is to capture fleeting ideas.
A great source of ideas is in your dreams. Make sure to have a dream journal and pen at your bedside to immediately write down your dreams.
Here you allow your seeds to germinate and sprout into the first leaf. This is a delicate time and things are still touch and go.
You may decide to let some ideas go at this stage. You could nurture one or two projects forward into the next phase of development.
In this phase you try different techniques and methods. Here you have a slightly robust idea or project and now you can stress test it.
There are many ways to check your outlines, designs or artwork now. Changes can still be made.
Now you have something to chew on. You have many wrinkles ironed out. You can see the glimmer in potential of your project.
You keep your project quiet. You only share your vision with your nearest and dearest as you don’t want the whole thing to fizzle out from negative thinking.
This is the culmination phase and you can clearly see flaws and the strengths about it. You have a fully-fledged project or prototype.
This stage shows potential and you can fully visualize your outcomes now. This is the early fruit.
Now you talk to your beta testers, pattern testers or recipe testers. Now you soft launch and gently talk up your upcoming project.
You may seek backers or collaborators who can spread the word on your behalf. Now your audience gets behind your project. This can be a long phase as marketing and social media exposure can go on for a while.
This is the moment and you go public and wrap-up your package. At this time your course, artwork, music, book or pattern is ready for sale. The public can now review, buy or consume, what you have created and people may lap up your offering.
There will be feedback from your tribe with both positive and negative comments. Brace yourself.
This is the period of post project rest, recovery and rejuvenation. Now is the time to hibernate or take a vacation. These are the moments after a project has launched, or the art gallery showing is over, or the book is out there. It is a time to let your project stand up and speak for itself.
Without further tinkering or attention. It is now in the passive income phase. You get to take a break to rest, relax and allow yourself time to refill your creative well. Without this phase you may become burnt out and feel depleted. Take care to avoid going straight into another big project before you have recovered from the current one.
To help me remember all these features of each Moon phase as they related to my project work I have created a colorful page in my journal.
I am likely to see my journal page often as I flip through and review where I am and what I’m planning to do next.
It is a visual way to bring focus to the different phases of each project I’m working on at present. You may like to draw this image in your journal as well.
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How long does a project take from start to finish? It depends on what you are making.
If you are writing a book, or a screenplay it could take you a year. If you are creating a set of 12 calendar images it could be three months. If you are crafting a crochet pattern or recipe it could take one month. There is more about creative projects and their timelines in this link.
Do bear in mind that everything takes longer that you anticipate. This is the nature of life. Give yourself enough time to fully let your project germinate, develop, blossom and fruit.
Here are some ideas of projects, both art and not, where you can use the Moon phase principles.
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Alison Hazel is a hobby artist and she shares her ongoing journey about becoming an artist later in life. She creates simple art that anyone can make. She hopes to inspire you to reach your creative potential in the area that suits you.
How to draw the Vancouver Inukshuk with black and grey scale drawing inks. Nature Journal. Hobby Artist
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Sketching outdoors at English Bay beach in Vancouver and then home for the studio sketch with colored inks.
Start here with your Perpetual Nature Journal. I’ve gathered all the relevant posts from my Perpetual Nature Journal here on this page so you can find them all in one place. Many of you have asked to see the development of this journal, and while my Perpetual Nature Journal is still pretty new, it is growing and developing quietly in the background of my seasonal art practice.
Here is more information on how to set up your Perpetual Nature Journal. Once you have a journal you can create the cover page.
Every month has its own page or pages in my Perpetual Nature Journal. Below are the images I have drawn so far. I’ve grouped them by month as that is how the sketch book develops. Over time more and more images will be posted here.
In May 2022 I drew the Canada Geese at the coast. This was my very first sketch in my Perpetual Nature Journal and at this stage I was not sure where I was going with this art initiative.
In June 2022 I drew the Inukshuk in monochrome inks at the coast. This was my second sketch in my Perpetual Nature Journal.
In October 2022 I drew the Weird Gourds in my studio. This piece was with colored inks and was quite messy in the kitchen.
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As a strong creative and arty person, for many years, I have generated countless free resources on Alison Hazel Art. These guides, lists and templates are to help you get back to art, get to grips with being a hobby artist and build your art micro side business.
But these freebies are scattered all over my website and so, to help you out even more, I have put all my Alison Hazel Art Freebies in one place, right here. From now on you can easily look through all of them and get the ones you want and need right now.
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Join me as I sketch, draw and paint a weird autumn themed knobby gourd using colored ink as a hobby artist.
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Each of the four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, has a beginning, a middle and an end.
There is early Autumn when the Sun is in Virgo (September/October), middle Autumn when the Sun is in Libra (October/November) and late Autumn when the Sun is in Scorpio (November/December).
I live in Vancouver and, during November, the late Autumn leaves fall from the trees every day.
For this sketch I waited for the leaves to be variegated.
Multicolored leaves meant that one leaf has green, red and yellow in it.
I did not want to be too early in the season when the leaves and mainly green with a little red.
Additionally, I did not want to wait too late when the leaves get to be a washed-out yellow color which happens later in the season.
This is tricky and I had to be on the lookout every day to see which leaves meet my “color variety” mid-season criteria.
Well enough about that, just get a leaf to draw.
I am a hobby artist which means I’m sharing my journey to get better with art with you. I believe that in time to come I will get better at drawing as I hone my craft with more practice and some art classes.
I believe that Leonardo da Vinci took seventeen years before he was skilled enough to draw his masterpieces, so there is no rush for me or for you.
This time I am working on the November page of my Perpetual Nature Journal.
You can find out more about my Perpetual Nature Journal.
I did a light pencil sketch picking up the main veins and outline of the leaf.
The colored pencils I’m using are Faber Castell polychromas.
I like to start with the lightest color first and build up to the darker colors in layers.
I used dusky yellow called dark Naples ochre and went over the middle parts near the veins.
Using cadmium orange, I laid down some color further from the veins towards the center of the leaf.
The red I chose is called middle cadmium red which is deep and ruby like to give the red color to the leaf. The leaf is red in blotches again between the veins.
Finally, the green I selected is named olive green yellowish which tells you it is a yellow green and not a blue green which is what you want for natural foliage, yellow green that is.
The art supplies I used are listed here but I urge you to use what you have at hand.
At the end I created a small color swatch on the side and wrote the specific colors that I used on the page in my journal.
Swatching is a great idea so you can reproduce the exact drawing again later.
Thank you for sharing a part of your day with me.
Love,
Alison
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