Best Those Lord's Day Mornings

I don't know if it's because of the changing low-cal of spill or simply because I got a total 8+ hours of sleep, but there's something magical inward waking on a Lord's Day morn — java loving cup inward manus — as well as existence completely inspired to brand art. 

Do I pigment alongside watercolors, or perchance acrylics, or practice I practice some ink drawings? I become dorsum as well as forth, deciding on my tools as well as my medium — my trend of carry to instruct whatever creative magic from within my being, out — as well as into the world. 

It's my raw drive, my spiritual force into the universe. At least, that's what it feels like. 

Nothing else volition do. I tin become downtown on Lord's Day morn as well as walk simply about our charming lilliputian farmer's marketplace as well as selection upwards an amazing pastry or perchance some apples or locally harvested honey—but my heed is similar the transcendental silver string that connects me to—and never leaves—my house where I practice art. 

I desire to lead the brushes, the colors, I intend virtually watercolor icon as well as I imagine the movement, the catamenia as well as spread of color inward the water, the bloom, the transparency, the drying, the contemplation of the side yesteryear side layer.

Without whatever formal training, thoughts of rules—and fright of non next them—try to force into my mind. I force them away.

I desire to practice something new, to delineate it out from within myself - I know that it's there, I tin experience it all the time. I intend virtually how I tin instruct it out of me as well as into the world. But fifty-fifty that's non actually plenty for me. I desire to brand something beautiful. I try. 

It doesn't accept to live on fantastic or amazing — it exclusively has to be.

Have a slap-up Sunday!
love,

 Laura

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Best Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Peek At My New Designs In My Society6 & Redbubble Shops!

Hi friends! I've been falling behind amongst my blogging therefore I figured I would practice a few updates to part what I've been upward to. I convey a habit of getting interested inwards a projection too therefore throwing myself into it, too when I practice that, everything else sort of disappears. I know that it's swell to convey intense focus, but sometimes I convey to brand myself halt too brand certain everything else is yet upward too running! 

I've been inwards total creative agency since leap too if you've seen my other recent posts y'all already know that I've been difficult at piece of occupation turning out novel broken china jewelry for my Etsy shop. I used to sell my jewelry conduct from my website (dishfunctionaldesigns.com) but stopped when I moved into my 2nd trouble solid only because it was easier to listing things on Etsy, but lately I've been thinking nearly doing that again...but it's yet only a thought. 

I've been splitting my fourth dimension betwixt jewelry too the gym too afterward a dorsum injury final twelvemonth that took me AGES to recover from, it feels SO swell to live on able to deed too run too right away I can't halt hehe. So betwixt the jewelry too gym too creating designs for my Society6 too Redbubble shops therefore at that topographic point is never an idle 2nd here. 

Here's a peek at what I've been working on inwards the globe of design!

Celestial Swirling Sun... I actually similar they agency this example turned out. It's simple. I could convey kept going too added lots to a greater extent than item too actually filled upward the page, but instead I added a edge to the pattern too therefore stopped. Sometimes things are best left simple. Not everything has to live on busy too complex. Simplicity tin live on real beautiful too I knew that only adding possibly 2 colors to the pattern would live on enough. 

I decided to practice this pattern inwards 3 color schemes: xanthous on white, black, too blue... which practice  you similar best?

Sometimes a quick concept sketch turns out to live on the entire design, every bit amongst this pattern below! I variety of knew I wanted a rising Sun amongst the text "begin again" therefore I chop-chop pencil sketched out 3 possibilities as a starting point... 

I liked the agency the middle Sun sketch turned out therefore much that I only went ahead too inked it conduct on the sketch too therefore scanned it too added the color digitally. I LOVE the agency it turned out! Here is the pattern on a wall tapestry...

What practice y'all think?

Another recent design...paisley tree...

I convey many other designs to part but I only don't convey the fourth dimension to pose them all hither correct now, therefore live on certain to banking concern agree them out inwards my Society6 shop too inwards my Redbubble shop! 

I promise y'all similar them! Let me know what y'all intend yesteryear leaving me a comment below.
 Which pattern is your favorite?

Have a swell week!
love,

 Laura

My broken china jewelry is ever available for buy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns

Check out my novel jewelry pedagogy books too DVDs!

Learn how to solder too brand unique jewelry!

All items shown to a higher house are available for buy at https://society6.com/laurabethlove

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Best Crystal Cluster Watercolor Illustration: New Video On My YouTube Channel!

Hi friends! I merely uploaded a build novel video to my YouTube channel so delight cheque it out, give it a similar together with hold upward certain to subscribe. 

For this projection I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, together with Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but y'all tin occupation whatever y'all accept on hand. 

Who isn't crazy for crystals? They're fun to pigment (and super slow too!) thence I idea I would endeavour my mitt at epitome my ain (Yes, all of my videos are my first-time try, acquire every bit I go!) 

I started alongside a pencil sketch to acquire the shapes on the paper, together with thence I used watercolor paints to color my drawing. I used rattling piffling pigment - I wanted my crystals to hold upward predominantly purple, thence I used about unlike tones of violet, together with thence hither together with in that place added a chip of blueish together with thence merely a whisper of yellowish together with dark-green to give my crystals that iridescent glow. 

Once my drawing was finished I added a quick sketchy outline inwards dark micron ink. Check it out below!

I promise to create a few jewelry making videos inwards the most hereafter thence hold upward certain to cheque back! 

If in that place is anything inwards detail that you'd similar to run into merely travel out me a comment!

I promise y'all accept a swell week! 

Love, Laura

My broken china jewelry is e'er available for buy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns

Check out my novel jewelry educational activity books together with DVDs!

Learn how to solder together with build unique jewelry!

©Laura Beth Love 2017 all rights reserved

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Best Time Lapse Mandala Artwork - Ink Drawing With Watercolor Painting

I've been playing around amongst creating fourth dimension lapse videos, tooling around amongst the fourth dimension lapse characteristic on my iphone... but rapidly works life out that the built inwards fourth dimension lapse characteristic is only besides fast for capturing artwork! 

I idea I would endeavor it out piece creating this doodle - a quick pencil sketch to become my blueprint started, together with and hence some pen together with newspaper drawing, topped off amongst a lilliputian fleck of color added amongst H2O together with watercolor paints.  

You tin run across it all below inwards nigh 26 blazing seconds haha! ...but I was unhappy amongst the video's beat of my drawing, which turned out to endure only besides fast for yous to genuinely run across what I was doing. (watch it hither on my YouTube Channel instead)

Regardless, I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel together with and hence tried to toy amongst the video's settings, slowing it downwards 2x together with and hence 4x but I before long works life out that that didn't piece of occupation because when a fourth dimension lapse video is filmed, at that spot are sections of fourth dimension that are genuinely skipped. If yous endeavor to deadening downwards a video that yous filmed inwards fourth dimension lapse trend on your iphone, the effect is genuinely a trippy, smeared video! 

My resolution? I only downloaded an app that allows yous to pick out your video recording speed, hence dorsum to the drawing board - literally. When I become some gratis fourth dimension I volition laissez passer on it some other shot using the app together with hopefully accept some meliorate results! 

Have yous ever made a fourth dimension lapse video for your artwork? 

Any tips to share? 

I promise yous accept a neat week! 

Love, Laura

My broken china jewelry is ever available for buy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns

Check out my novel jewelry pedagogy books together with DVDs!

Learn how to solder together with brand unique jewelry!

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