It's gonna get messy around here

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It's gonna get a little messy in here.

I have a new commission....

It's been awhile since I have taken on a commission.

The last three years have been a little intense with working on my back injury.

But, I'm feeling great and I'm ready for the challenge.

It will be a combinations of three pictures to celebrate life.

Commissions are tricky.

First, the person who wants a painting has to really be sure they know your style.

I have a pretty bold palette and if they don't understand that, they will not like the painting.

Second, the person who brings you a commission already has the painting worked out in their own mind.

That's gonna be tough, because as an artist I will be working on the composition and placement of objects.

They may not like the painting. 

Third, Yeegads!!! They may want to see the progress of the painting. 

They will feel they are entitled to help create the masterpiece and give suggestions.

Be Kind.

Fourth, The size and price. Be specific about what size the painting will be, the medium, and price. 

Also, try to do it in a timely manner. 

None of this , fine art takes time.....

Remember, they are excited to see the masterpiece . 

As an artist doing commissions make me nervous. 

I never use to take them on. I just couldn't handle the stress.

But, now the rules is to say YES!!! 

Even if you think, oh boy, I've never done this before.

DO IT ANY WAY!!

It's part of your artistic growth. 

Off I go to the studio. 

Bon Le Vie,

Be Inspired,

~jean 

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P.S. please feed my fish, they get so hungry when I work.

March the month for Still Life

Jean Hart Artwork

 

March 2015

I have given myself a little art workshop.

I have decided since I have not done many still life paintings that I would try to complete five new pieces for the month of March.

They will all be acrylic paintings done on canvas paper, size 9" x 12".

The first painting was the stacked books titled Read, Learn, Grow.

Next was the First Tulips of Spring. Which I have donated to Ghost Light Products for their fundraisers.

This weekend I completed the third painting.

Bowl of Fruit.

 

Setting your color pallet is so important. I found that many times I didn't have the exact color and found myself mixing colors to get there.

What fun that was!

The important thing about mixing colors is to write down your measurements and colors.

Also, I found it necessary to keep some of the mixed paint on hand to help match the color again.

I keep a color wheel around me when I paint.

The color wheel is  a visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship. The basic color wheel consists of 12 colors that can be broken down into three different groups: primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors.

It's a great tool to keep near you if you are going to start mixing colors.

What makes a painting pleasing to the eye is when you have a color scheme that complements itself and one color is used within the whole canvas.

What paintings or projects are you working on for March?

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Happy New Years Eve

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE....WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
Ooh La La....What is the most famous cabaret in the world.
the one where the Can-Can was invented
and painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec found his muse, Jane Avril.
~jean
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day 10 Self Love 28 days to a more magnetic life

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2014

I am so ready for the new year to start. I have many projects in the making and hopefully new ones coming my way.

 

Jean Hart, I see myself flying a lot in 2014

Here's a little something to get you on your way to a prosperous new year

Feng Shui for the New Year
Fill your wallet

Start the year right with a big, fat wallet. Get 27 crisp, new dollar bills from the bank and put them inside. This will set the trend for a prosperous New Year. Spice things up by sprinkling ground ginger on the outside and inside of your billfold. Ginger is a stimulant, and will attract new sources of income to you.

 

Day 10

28 days to a more magnetic life

Sandra Anne Taylor

SELF LOVE

Intention

"Today I'm choosing to see myself in a new and loving way. I pause many times throughout the day and send kind and valuing thoughts in my own direction."

Here we go, self love, it's a tough one. It's so hard for me to comment on high regards for myself.

Here's what I know and have learned about this one.

I am a child of God, and therefore, I belong here,  I deserve to be valued, loved, encouraged and considered.

Take a piece of paper and write, 3 things you like about you, 3 things you don't like about you, and 3 things you can change abut yourself.

There's you list for 2014.

Here's mine.

Things I like about me

1. I like my curiosity

2. I like my enthusiasm

3. I like my willingness to risk

Things I don't like

1. My need for approval

2. My second guessing myself

3. My lack of confidence

Things I can Change

1. Testing my ideas

2. Doing things even if they scare me

3. Finding where I belong

 

Affirmations for Self-Love

"I truly believe in my ability to accomplish my desires. I know that I have all that I need to magnetize everything I dream of."

 I'm still writing these affirmations out in long hand. I have been practising my calligraphy.

I asked myself why am I working so hard on this? What place does calligraphy have in my life?

Well, the Universe showed me a way to use my calligraphy to send my love and encouragement out to others.

I joined a website called,

http://www.moreloveletters.com/

This site sends love letters to people in need of encouragement, love, and understanding.

I have now started to write love letters in calligraphy.

The Universe really does work in wondrous ways.

What's on my list for today

1. Find 3 mail art exhibits for 2014

2. Continue on my Peacock Mandala painting

3. Set up 10 new websites for my artwork

Wild Hearts, acrylic

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Something to think about, something to create

Something to think about.

Question?

 

Salvador Dali created a famous tree structure in Paris, made from?

A. Bread dough

B. Chocolate

C. Marzipan paste

D. Spoons

 

Answer:

A. Bread Dough

Boulangerie Poilane has at times accepted art as payment for food, including the carbo-rich tree concocted by Salvador Dali. The bakery, on rue du Cherche Midi, is famous not just for sourdough country bread and apple tarts but for the works of art that adorn its halls and walls.

Oh, I bet the bread tastes better then anything I can get in the grocery store here.

My Challenge to you is :

Make a creative tree out of bread dough like Salvador Dali did, or better yet, make some wonderful art creation of your own.

I would love to see what you come up with.

Here is the Boulangerie Poilane, take a tour,

 

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900-1-s&va=boulangerie+poilane+paris

 

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Day 8 , 28 days to a more magnetic life

Day 8

28 days to a more magnetic life

Sandra Anne Taylor

 

Taking Action

Intention:

"Today I take some action toward the achievement of my goals. My action energizes my intention and tells the Universe that I'm serious about making my dreams come true."

OOOOOh today already has been tough and it's only 8:00. I've been up, meditated, eat breakfast and then immediately went back to bed. No, I'm not sick. A little bit of non-motivation has come to visit me.  It's the down after the up of a Art Reception. While the night was fun and well attended by a small group of artists. It was nice to talk to many people I have not seen for awhile, it was not the night I had thought it would be. In truth, it was a great night and I build these things up to be more than they are. So, just feeling a little down.

More action, more achievement towards my goals..... I'm feeling just a little lost today.

I will read on. Maybe just getting myself up and active will kick myself in gear.

 

Reflection

"Action is the accelerate that will ignite your desires. If your goal is important to you, then moving forward must be an ongoing, daily priority. It's the combination of intention and action that stimulates Universal response."

Wow, there it is. "ongoing, daily priority." So there is no day off? I'm just asking. I usually tell young artists that it is the persistence that will make you good. The keep going, make a plan, stick to it. I have small plans now. It is the end of the year. By Dec. I have executed my ideas for the year and I'm winding down. My ideas list has been crossed off. But I do have one more thing that I will do today to end the year.

Activities for taking action

She lists 3 activities for today, I will be doing number 3.

"3. Remember your energetic action: positive and valuing thoughts for the mind, movement and rest for the body, meditation for the spirit, and love and compassion for the heart. All of these are important actions that will lead you forward on your path."

Yes, this one seems the kindness for me today.

Matthew and I are setting out to help Santa bring gifts to a little girl and boy who's family is in need of a little help this year. We want to make sure that these Children will know the magic of Christmas.
Ho,ho, ho! Merry Christmas to you and to all a good day.

I have joined the pool and maybe I will swim later today.

Action Affirmations

"I am dedicated to the success of my daily life. I continue to take action to make my thoughts more positive, my emotions more joyous, and my intentions more conscious and clear."

This is where my daily to do list comes in. It never fails me. If I put it on the list, I get it done. I have over the years created a discipline for myself that way.

I also find that if I put the timer to 15min and say, "for 15min I will do this or that" it is enough time for me to get myself moving.

So what's on my list for today.

1. Delivering my new Christmas Cards to the museum gift store. (a forward activity towards my goal as an artist.)

2. Shopping for Christmas presents for a little girl and boy. (compassion for my heart)

3. Swimming, ( I have already rested, meditated for my body.)

One word about meditating, only do it once a day for 10 15min. after that it just becomes daydreaming.

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Blue Monday

Blue Monday,

Baby it's cold outside, -20 this morning, but the sun is up....

Fill your cup up.

It can only be -20 or it can be -20 with the sun up.

Start filling that cup with things that will fill your heart.

Every year I get asked from family, What do you want for Christmas?

Every year I tell them the same thing.

I want things that will fill my senses.

You know, eyes, ears, smells, taste, touch.....

When my life feels staled. Like nothing is happening.

I go back to my W's list.

I find that many of the things I need start with the letter W.

Try it. See how many words that make you happy start with the letter W.

I'm making my list right now.

Be Inspired,

~jean

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