Time to Reflect

Depending on where the moon is, I find there are times to be active with art and times to study what I've done, where I'd like to go and how I'd like to get there. Art has a language that I understand. I try to listen to it and follow it's lead. It's the muse that guides me and I'm okay with that.

Right now, today as I write this, I'm having a low energy day. It's a New Moon, meaning for me, a time to plant metaphorical seeds for art not yet tried, to turn inward for quiet introspection. In other words: it's time to reflect. I get a lot of low energy days around this time in the moon's cycle. Physically I'm struggling a little bit which adds to the energy ebb and flow but within the next few months that should be taken care of and I should find more energy, more often. Cross those fingers. 🤞

Meanwhile, on the days when I am filled with ideas, I try things. And almost always something surprises me. This past week was filled with surprises! Check them out below.

A new art box. 2-1/2 x 1-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches

Inside shows hand drawn cut out doodles, the door has a broken piece of a charm and the deer sticker stays on the outside. Painted papers and scrap book pieces were glued to this.

Love this broken pendant as a topper for the box.

Magazine scraps glued together, coffee stained and Plaster of Paris added.

My favorite coffee stained painted paper at the moment. It dried a softer color but it's still perfectly grungy and awesome.

Alcohol ink is a lot of fun to play with but I have a heavy hand and it requires a light touch. This is medical exam paper that I grabbed to pick up the excess. Gorgeous!

Alcohol ink test pieces. Teal is a bit overly done here but I really love the pink. Can't over do that color! 

Celery leaves from the gel plate using magenta acrylic paint. I'm on a pink kick, I think.

New stamps. These are so cool.

I had to cut the dandelion stamp to fit the mini die cut machine and then didn't use them in the machine anyway. But small additions here and there of these stamps are definitely going to be used.

Another hour spent in the Purple Palace produced another side of the mosaic vase completed.

This is an edited and cropped photo of Gaara from a few years ago. I'm planning on eventually making a collage of him using this photo but I need to work on his eye which is round.

When I picked up my Sidekick journal I found a page that had roll off paint on it. I wish I had taken a photo of it before I drew the eye because right where the eye is, there was a shape that looked a little like a cat eye and I followed it's guidance and created this.

I really love how this turned out and it was good practice. Following the random paint smears turned out to be a great exercise in finding a pattern within it. I said it was a fluke that I found it, but really, there are no accidents during times like this. It was meant to be!

Mindlessly doodling using colored ink pens, alcohol ink markers and a black fineliner pen is probably the best thing I do for my health. Being creative every day is important to me especially with Glaucoma. Precious time spent and never wasted at the art table.

The little piece on the left is a Gelli plate pull that didn't turn out too well (you can sort of see a design on it) but it's perfect for these little die cut wildflowers I made. It looks like they are in front of a pond with grass and storm clouds in the distance. All of that from one paper! And of course next to it is a random sunflower that I drew and put glue on for another piece and then decided not to use it but it had glue on it, so here is where it ended up!

Enjoy your week!

Cindy,  EarthMotherMosaics - Mixed Media Art

Instagram: @artbyearthmothermosaics 

Stay Peaceful and Enjoy the Journey