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Well, after my loudly trumpeted start to the ‘Journaling for a Cause project, sadly, I am going to have to bow out. Three days in and I am struggling.
It’s not just trying to do the prompts, play with Orla, answer emails, work on new art, get to the post office etc. I then have to photograph the journal entries, get them onto Flickr, blog about it etc. It’s not doable. First day I was working on my Day I entry at 11.30 p.m. Day II, I was working on it whilst Orla was playing and she kept asking me to play with her. Today…just not doable and tomorrow we are out for the day. So…
I really looked forward to doing it, but I need to look after my little girl and keep up with my commission work and paint. I will do the next one when term starts in September.
Aaahhh well.
So, our project kicks off today, (see post) and here is our first prompt for the new ‘Journaling for a Cause’ class being run by the lovely Janel. The prompt was to commence with a “Welcome” page which was to include a little blurb with five adjectives explaining our lives right now. Ergo: Welcome to my ______,______,_______,_______, ______ life.
So, what can I say?! I am arty, a Mum, laughing most of the time (I hope), definitely striving and most importantly loving Luke and Orla.
The little illustrations are symbolic (though not hidden). Pencil, paintbrush, a pot of paintbrushes, a winged heart, the stormy sea and I am the little boat, my crown because I am the Queen of my own little soap opera, and the sun. The adjectives are in my own long hand, which I don’t use often anymore.
 'Welcome to my arty, mumsy, striving, laughing and loving life' I wont post the journal prompts every day here, but will summarise at the end of the week. If you want to see them every day, then check my personal blog Illusio.net.
ETA:
Have come to decision. This is just not working out with the holidays and my comission commitments, so am having to bow out. I will do the next challenge when the new term starts in September.
 Timely Flower - Original Aceo illustration So, trying to break myself of my listing apathy, I have shot and listed some new work (an aceo and postcard illustration) , and some aceo prints.
I have lots of new stuff, drawings, paintings etc, but as most of you know, photographing and or scanning is a tedious business. It’s a lot more fun to be drawing and painting, than photographing and listing. However, needs must.
So, I have three new Aceo prints listed in my Etsy shop and an original illustration and Aceo completed and listed there too.
I will be listing the new Aceo prints in my DaWanda and personal shop Art4Sale in the next few days.
Good news to report, I sold my Jacobean painting and some prints this weekend. This is very good news, and though I part with my painting with a pang, I know it’s going to a good home, as it was bought by my friends Jeanette House, who has quite a collection of my artwork now.
 Original illustration on textured card stock (postcard sized)
 Sea theme I - Aceo print |
 Ocean Whimsy - Aceo print |
 Sea Theme II - Aceo print |
I want to tell you about a new project I am participating in that starts on Monday 26th. It’s called ‘Journaling for a Cause‘ and is being run by the lovely Janel of ‘Runs with Scissors‘ as a ‘journal class, with new prompts, new challenges, giveaways, chats, and a fun community of online friends to share it with’.
Some of you may be familiar with Janel and her last fabulous project, ‘The 30 Day Journal Challenge. Janel posted journal ‘prompts’ every day for 30 days, and people posted their journal/sketchbook pages in the Flickr group. It was hugely popular and created a veritable cornucopia of creativity.
I can’t wait to get started. I just need to decide which pretty sketchbook, or even…buy a new/another one especially for the project. Go read all about it, there are still some ‘class’ spots left on her Etsy Shop to be purchased. The money that Janel makes from running the class (and it’s only $10 to buy a spot) is going towards her and her husband adopting a child of their own.
My entry for Monday Mark Makers Flickr group.
‘Deep Summer is when laziness finds respectibility’ – Edward Keen
July has always been one of my favourite months. It’s sort of the midway point of summer, when the weather finally settles down and decides what it wants to do with itself, so is usually hot, but isn’t quite as sultry as August.
Exams had finished, we had all started the long vacation from University, got ourselves jobs or just decided to bum around. For me, it was about the seaside, ice creams, getting stoned, festivals, outdoor gigs, beer, picnics, and the leisurely reading of books, because I wanted to, not because I had to.
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I should mention, that this was drawn in one or Renate‘s beautiful journals I purchased last year.
The Creators Project is a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media and it’s coming to London and bringing with it a celebratory assemblage of musicians, artists, designers, panelists, filmmakers, food, and drink. The festivities take place on July 17th and will include a dizzying array of eclectic exhibitions and musical acts in the vein of the inaugural Creators Project event in NYC.
Beginning at 10AM and running through 3AM, The Creators Project London event will become a technological and artistic promise land, with a vast selection of installations by some of the very best digital artists working today. In addition to live performances by Kele Okereke, Mark Ronson, Filthy Dukes, Trevor Jackson, Mumdance, Flats and Yuck, attendees will also get to experience exhibitions, attend film screenings, and interact with multimedia installations from the following:
Radical Friend, Karl Sadler, Felix’s Machines, MOS Architects, United Visual Artists, Spike Jonze, Nick Zinner, Takeshi Murata, Mark Essen, Muti Randolph, Danny Perez, Peng Lei, Ray Lei, Patrick Jean, Ladj Ly and Sun Haipeng.
For more information go to: www.thecreatorsproject.com
Hey there…
Here is my Monday entry for Monday Mark Makers on Flickr.
 Melancholy - Monday Mark Makers
 Yesterday on my Facebook ‘Page I reached over 1000 followers. So, to celebrate, I am running a special ‘Facebook Giveaway’, and this is special. I will be offering a:
1. FREE ORIGINAL DRAWING (NOT a print), yet to be completed (it might be leaves, it might be swirls, it might be flowers, the winner can state a preference). It will be in black and white ink on A5 heavy weight premium paper, and will be signed and dated on the reverse.
And a set of ART POSTCARDS.
2. I will also be offering as Second and Third prizes two A4 prints each, to be chosen by the winners.
To enter you must do the following (and extra entries for each one).
1. Follow my Facebook page if you aren’t already.
2. Follow this blog
3. Blog about this ‘Giveaway’.
4. Twitter this ‘Giveaway’.
5. Facebook this ‘Giveaway’
6. Most importantly, REPLY HERE to THIS post stating which of the above you have done.
The reason I am running it here on my blog and not on my Facebook page is for two reasons, comments have a habit of disappearing on Facebook, and also it’s easier to keep track here.
I will draw the winners using a random number selector on July 31st.
So, thank you and good luck!
Lorrie
xx
ETA:If you want to be entered, then PLEASE you must do one of the conditions above, and state which you have done. Just leaving a nice comment telling me you ‘like my art’ is very sweet, but doesn’t get an entry. Sorry loveys.
I am a lazy artist, and have a backlog of new work which needs scanning. Some illustrations, aceo etc. So, I decided to tget on with it. However, I hate scanning and (and subsuquently cleaning for prints), but…forced myself to get on with it. Here are a couple of offerings. One is a hybrid of ink and prismacolor markers on A4 heavy weight smooth paper. The original is not for sale, but I will be releasing as a print. The black and white one is in ink on A5 paper, and is for sale.
 Psychedelic Splat 
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