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Year in Review

01 Tuesday Jan 2019

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art, Gratitude Journal

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Art, Art Journal, Art Journal Every Day, Art therapy, illustration, Journal, lettering, New year, Text

It has been quite a year. I have not made as much art as I would have liked and I have had a lot of problems with my blog, but looking at my year in review I feel excited about what I have learned. I also feel a whole lot better after 207 medical appointments/procedures in 2018, including 5 hours in surgery. I hope next year is more productive and healthier, but here are my journal pages from 2018.

geography gratitude
2018 beginning
imagine create explore play
dahlia dalliance

These are the pages I have already blogged about. And here is the rest of the year.

August 2018
January 2018
March 2018
October 2018
September 2018
November 2018

Thank you for stopping by. May your new year be full of peace and beauty.

 

Mandala 60/100

01 Saturday Dec 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art, Zentangle Inspired Art

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Art, collage, CZT, CZT NJ, MCAA, mixed-media, Morris County Art Association, New Jersey, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA

I was asked to donate a piece of art to the Morris County Art Association for a fundraiser so I made this little cutie. It measure 4″ x 4″ and comes with a tiny easel for display. Here are the pieces:

mandala 60 collaged base
Mandala 60 tissue

Here is the completed piece:

mandala 60

I hope you find some beauty in your day.

New Altered Art Book

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art, art class, Art on Exhibit

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altered book, Altered Book Art, Art, art class, Art Journal, Zendala, Zentangle

Zendala cover

I’m going to be teaching at the Morris County Art Association Studio again this year. We were asked to bring 2-3 pieces to hang in the studio so people from other classes can see our work. I have not done an altered book to hang on the wall since I moved to New Jersey! I found the book in an antique shop and when I saw it I knew it was perfect to showcase my Zendalas. I collaged over the text pages and used the illustrations as a background for my Zendalas.

zendala blue

zendala gold lace
zendala flower
Zendala hearts
zendala spoken
zendala fabric
zendala gladiolus

I hope you have some beauty in your day.

Fall Classes 2018: Morris County Art Association

22 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in art class, Zentangle Method Class

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Art, art class, Art Journal, Artist Trading Cards, Doodle, Gratitude, Journal, Zentangle, Zentangle Class, Zentangle Inspired Art, Zentangle Method

Zentangle journalsThe Zentangle® Method: This meditative art form uses quality art supplies and simple instructions to create patterns to explore non-representational art. Create your own Zentangle® reference book in a lovely Pre-Strung Journal or your own art journal. This class is an exploration of increasingly complex Zentangle® patterns and techniques. This class will help you develop a Zentangle® practice and provide the tools for creating a beautiful Zentangle® Journal.

Class # M424 $230/200 members per session
Meets: Thursdays 4-6:30 pm Dates: September 13- November 1, 2018

January 10- February 28, 2019

altered books I have madeAltered Book Art Journaling: Monthly Workshop: An art journal is a place to express yourself and experiment with new media and techniques. In this 3-hour workshop we will take an old book and give it new life. This is an art class about working with what you have. Gratitude is one of the key components in living a happy life. Learn how to re-purpose a hardcover book, assemble an assortment of papers to use, and construct your very own altered book with pockets and collaged pages. We will explore using what you find in the book for inspiration and gathering materials from your everyday life that are meaningful to you to use in the journal. Take one or more workshop. We will combine acrylic paints and media with found papers and ephemera to create beautiful art journals.

Class # M7JC0 $65/60 members per session
Meets: Sundays 1-4 pm Dates: September 9, October 7, November 4, and December 2, 2018

artist trading cards

Artist Trading Cards Workshop. This workshop will teach how to create Artist Trading Cards. We start with upcycled cardboard and collage and paint a large surface to be divided into trading cards for artists. They can be embellished in many ways.

Class # M6JC0 $65/60 members per session
Meets: Saturdays 1-4pm Dates: October 6, 2018 and March 2, 2019

MCAA studio, 10 Catherine Lane, Morristown, NJ. To register use the Contact page above. Classes must be paid in full with a completed registration form to complete registration.

Brooklyn Art Library Mandala

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art on Exhibit, Zentangle Inspired Art

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100 Mandalas, Art, Brookly Art Library, Mandala, mixed-media, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, Zentangle Method, ZIA

I created this mandala with the prompt “Homer” for the Canvas Project at the Brooklyn Art Library. This year I plan to participate in the Sketchbook Project as well.

Homer in pieces

I went with Homer Simpson, rather than the classical interpretation. The mandala is inspired by Homer’s yellow head with black curls of hair. This photo shows the collaged canvas and the tissue paper Zentangled mandala.

Homer mandala 58

This is mandala 58 out of 100.

Zendala & Coloring page

05 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Zendala

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100 Mandalas, 100 Zendala Challenge, Art, Coloring Page, Coloring Page for Sale, Etsy, Zendala, Zentangle, Zentangle Method, Zentangle Tile

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Colored coloring page available in my Etsy shop.

Zendala 6

Zendala 6 of 100, Mandala 57 of 100.

I wish you beauty in your day.

Another Art Journaling Class

12 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in art class, Gratitude Journal

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altered book, Altered Book Art, Art, Art Journal, Art Journal Every Day, collage

I was asked to fill in for an altered book workshop this past Sunday and it was delightful!

Sally
Janet
Sally2

One of the women selected a chapter book rather than a picture book and spent a lot of time removing pages and specific words from pages. I love how she made a space for color to peek through. Her book is in the top right of the mosaic.

Nina

One of my students really loved this picture book and took it in some interesting directions. She started by cutting out the elephant and filling the negative space with print from a dictionary page. In the photo above you can see how she worked off of a phrase on the page about hearing and included some ear related images and words. Below is a photo earlier in the process.

Nina1

Another student was an avid art journaler and created two of the two horizontal photos in the mosaic at the top of the page and this one below. I particularly love how this one came out.

Sally1

This class was so energizing and fun. We talked about having a monthly art journaling workshop starting in the fall and I am looking forward to teaching that.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

 

3 Diva Challenges

05 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Diva Challenge, Zendala

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100 Mandalas, 100 Zendala Challenge, Art, DC352, DC354, DC535, Diva Challenge, Zendala, Zentangle

DC354

This is the most current Diva Challenge. The challenge was to use the tangle pattern called Siri that was created by Simone Menzel.

I have been working on the Zentangle challenges hosted by Laura Harms, aka The Diva, but I haven’t managed to blog about them. In February all of her challenges were to uses hearts as strings and on one of mine you can see that and the other one the string mostly disappeared. Can you see where the heart strings were on my Zendala? This is Zendala 7 of 100 and mandala 56 of 100.

DC352

DC 353

I hope you have a beautiful day.

 

Flower of the Day: Dahlia Dalliance

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art on Exhibit, Zentangle Inspired Art

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acrylic paint, Art, collage, dahlia, Flower of the Day, flower painting, flowers, mixed-media, rhodendron, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA

dahlia dalliance painting finished

Here is the completed piece. I created the dahlia stencil from a photograph provided by Cee from her photography blog. I took some pictures along the way so you can see the work in progress. It will be part of an exhibit that will run all of March at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morris Township, NJ.

dahlia dalliance painting starting
dahlia dalliance painting collage
dahlia dalliance painting tangled

I will also be exhibiting my Mandala with Rhododendrons in this show.mandala 41

I hope you have a beautiful day.

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