Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day and a great big thank you to all you Dads and all you Uncle's doing a great job raising the kids in our community

 I'm sharing with you today the demo I did for the kids in my zoom classs so that they would have fabulous artwork to give their dads today.... we chose the image of the seahorse because seahorse the fathers look after the young; an appropriate image to share with the kids in honour of Father's Day..  and seahorses are just super fun to draw...

My Dad will be 90 years old in July,  and he is working with some health challenges. But he has a lot of courage and grit. So I am very grateful that I still have my Dad and I will be giving my seahorse drawing to my Dad for Father's Day too.

My Dad has a sweet tooth and he loves icecream... 

Have a joyous day! 

Peaceful Happiness Ms. Judith 

The Purpose of Art

Well... 

The purpose of Art it's not anything that somebody else can tell you... phew... I'm off the hook for that blog title...

It  is a big job to figure out the purpose of your own art... and there is no one defining purpose either... change is the constant that we can count on... 

Here's some possibilities and motivations that have informed my art process over the years..

Learning to Draw...

Becoming more observant...

Curiosity and learning about the world...

Learning about myself... and my values...

Developing courage...

Slowing down... calmness...

Developing the capacity to maintain deep focus...

Developing my own sense of aesthetics and beauty....

Developing and understanding visual symbols...

Exploring intuition,  dreams & the subconscious...

Learning how other people see see things...

Sharing,  community and friends....

Teaching and the privilege of sharing and encouraging others...

Becoming more open to Beauty...

Pleasure and joy... happiness...

Making decorations and a beautiful home...

Remembering experience and events...

Making gifts...

It has truly been a fabulous adventure and I have been blessed with the opportunity to share it with my family,  friends and students...

 

All of us are blessed with the spirit of creativity and deserve the space, time, freedom,  resources, safety, and encouragement to express it in whatever way fits each of us...

God bless us... everyone...