Mermaid Warriors Rock!

I've completed week one of my Mermaid Warrior 6 week course - and off to a great start. I still love that theme song by Joshua Radin - so so catchy. If you have a minute - go here for a short interview with McCabe about the whole mermaid thing! It just really resontates with me - the marriage of art and crafts and self empowerment and self esteem. And healing a heart wound with art is a really special journey - a great remedy indeed! Anyway - I've been playing with my blog tonight - rather than art journalling myself, trying to get it back to normal again. Getting there! Thanks for stopping by,

Jam anyone?

Here are a few snaps of the kids taken this morning. I just couldn't resist those jammy faces. Mr Happy Jack sucks it all off the toast prior to eating the bread which is very cute to watch, but not to clean up! I'm still mourning the loss of all my blog bits and pieces. I have even lost my blog header photo - so perhaps it's time for a complete spring clean! Will have a few scraps to share shortly too. Thanks for stopping by, X Me...

Oh No!!!

Oh no - what have I done!!! I've lost all my widgets!!!!! Arrrgh! I was trying to go simple - I was getting bored of the previous layout and thought I was getting this you-beut new template... Grrr - and I've lost my followers and my blog-roll and my counter to!!! HELP!

Sorry - will try and remedy this soon but have to go as it's nearly earth hour...

X Me

Go Lightly... EARTH HOUR

Have you ever thought about global warming and found yourself saying the words "I just feel so helpless - I wish there was something I could do about it - but it's such a big problem - so much bigger than anything I can do" Well now you CAN make a difference.

I can't manage to get this video into the body of this post - so please please go here and have a look... And you can go here to find out all the details on how to make a difference in your part of the world.

28th March 2009

8:30 pm your local time - lights out. Candles on.

Let's try and do our bit - it's such dead simple way to lighten our imprint...

Tread lightly.

Teaching the class I needed at 10

I'm very excited and it's all about this! Sometimes the universe just puts something in your path - and it's just the thing you need - the next thing. I would love to be able to run one of these in my town during school holidays. Sometimes I dream big though, I aim for stars and don't always reach... So - I'm gonna try - really hard to continue through with this. I love art. I love to teach (if you want to learn) and I especially enjoy teaching the upper primary aged girls. So hopefully, all of this will come together and be the first Mermaid Warrior Camp here in our town. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for stopping by, X Me

ps: check out the video on the side bar - how catchy is the song!

WIllowing Whimsy's Week Three

This week the theme for the Whimsy class is shading. It's only the second time I've tried using the watercolour pencils and water-soluble crayons for a face. This painting is by no means finished yet - the hair needs work, and the dress needs a few more layers, and the background obviously not ready. But htought you may like to see the progression.
Thanks for stopping by, X Me

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Another doodle! I don't quite like the eyes - lids too big? But think in paint it would look better... I usually just start painting and see what emerges as I go - but I may try a few more sketches and see if I find a favourite to paint. This weeks lesson in Whimsy is shading - so am looking forward to learning some new tips and techniques.

Hope you have a wonderful week.

X Me