A little bit of me

January 31, 2012 By

I’m participating in Liv Lane’s blog challenge today, all about revealing something new about you, something that allows you to stretch yourself and be authentic. That’s scary for me; I don’t usually talk about myself on my blog let alone in person. I would much rather hear from you and about your loves, your passions, your dreams. But here goes, I’ll give it a try and see what happens.

  • I’ve been married for 12 years and that is easy to remember because we married in 2000. We have three adorable kiddos – 6yrs, 4yrs. And 6mos.
  • I love music – all kinds of music (minus rap and hard rock stuff) – and music means a lot to me. Certain songs help me focus or inspire me, I love music.
  • And if you haven’t noticed from this blog that I love color, all sorts of color but mainly bright and cheerful colors. Bring on the color!
  • Some say I’m shy, some say I’m rude because I don’t say a whole lot, and some may call that introverted. YES I am an introvert and proud of it! But surprising to most I do like to talk with people, I enjoy the company of others, but I won’t go out and seek it because I can be just as content working hard.
  • I’m scared that I will never be a healthy weight again and shed this baby weight; I’m scared at the work it will take to get there because that means I have to put myself first – ugh! I’m not good at that.
  • I love working for myself but I’m also fearful that I won’t succeed.
  • I am a worry wart! I worry about everything, so much that sometimes it holds me back or maybe it is the perfectionist in me.
  • I love art, I have so many sketches and pieces cluttering my brain but I’m so scared to ‘put it out there’. I want it to be perfect, to be liked, to not be rejected. And yes, I know that not everyone will like it so I just need to jump off and go for it, right? RIGHT! Can you tell I’m talking myself into it J
  • I dream of one day having a successful online shop to sell my art and others as well.
  • I dream of one day teaching others about photography, art or something along those lines. Not sure what it will be but I just want to share my love for all things colorful and artful.
  • I want to find a community of like-minded crafters/artists to share in this journey of put ourselves out there, of revealing our form of art. Ones to grow with, talk to and listen to, be a shoulder to lean on, and to collaborate with.
  • I love Pro Football and the Green Bay Packers, I was born and raised in Wisconsin so you gotta love ya some Packers :)

So many good things are to come this year. I’m excited and fearful all at the same time. I feel I’m going back to a time where I was fully intone with my soul and fully engaged with my family.

Until next time, Julie

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Tip Tuesday – Selective Focus

January 31, 2012 By

Last Tip Tuesday I talked about focus in regards to selective focus and subject placement. Many are afraid of patterns and textures but I think this is a great compliment to any photograph or piece of art. The key is being clear of your point of focus or subject placement. Here are some examples, some of my one work and some of artists I admire – I’ve placed links and credits under the photo so be sure to check them out to.

Jane Davenport is an artist I’m taking a great online drawing class from and I just love her work. Her characters have so much personality but I love her boldness in combining some great texture and pattern to her backgrounds. Notice how you don’t miss where or what her subject is.

You can see Jane Davenport’s work HERE.

Another artist I love is Kelly Rae Roberts, now I’ve been following her for some time now and I also found Jane Davenpport from her. I also took a great course from her last year – Flying Lessons and what an awesome class that wass and made some wonderful connections as well. Again, Kelly Rae Roberts uses a lot of  pattern and texture in her work as well but there is never question of what her subject is.

Art Work by Kelly Rae Roberts - http://kellyraeroberts.com/portfolio. In every one of her pieces you know immediately what the subject is even with the beautiful amount of texture and pattern creating the piece.

Another artist you have probably heard of is Picasso and his work has a lot of pattern and texture to it but again finding the subject is not a problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art work by Picasso

Go out and try some of this for yourself as well, have fun and make a mess :)

Until next time, Julie.

 

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Color Theory – Psychology of Yellow

January 30, 2012 By

yellow-flower

Yellow, this is one of my favorite colors! It is bright, joyful, and full of sunshine, just an all over cheery color.

It is no surprise that YELLOW is associated with sunshine and yes it is the brightest color, brighter than white!

Positive traits of YELLOW:

  • Intellect
  • Wisdom
  • Optimism
  • Radiance
  • Joy
  • Idealism

Negative traits of YELLOW:

  • Jealousy
  • Deceit
  • Caution

YELLOW rooms are said to boost test scores however, in infants rooms (especially preemies) it is said to be a developmentally challenging color (too bright)

YELLOW is an energizing color and has a warming effect.

YELLOW is eye catching, it is the brightest color, so many things are yellow to catch your attention – caution tape, taxi’s, the golden arches

Enjoy and interact through the comments

Until next time, Julie

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