Hello

I do plan to add more art, but I really need to go through it and find my new stuff! As I stated before I have been busy with other things in life, I just got a job on  Wednesday! So I hope to be back later tonight and post some new art!
Have a great day everyone and I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. :)

Ann

I'm coming back...

I am coming back, I just need to go through all my more recent art work and get it on to my pages!
I was very busy for a bit and I blogged a little on one of my other blogs...unrelated to this one!
So I am back, and I am feeling very bad for neglecting all of my blogs but I had a bad obsession with all of them and gave myself more than I could handle all at once. I guess that happens when you have so many interests!

See ya's soon!
Ann

PS-I don't know how soon, but I'll do my best..

I almost forgot...I wont be posting anymore jewelery for a while as I haven't really made anything in that area..I was going to hair school, moving to a new place and lots of other stuff. I'm off to bed now, I just wanted to post so that I can prove I am not dead.

It's been soooo long!!

Well I know I had posted saying I was going to add some new paintings and other creations, but I became busy with starting new life things!

I am adding some new and updated painting on my art pages HERE Hope you enjoy! and please don't forget to follow me and leave a comment so that I can follow you as well :)

I have an update and I want to share a WIP (work in process) with you, for the time being! I couldn't sleep so I figured, I may as well come on here and prove I haven't walked off or vanished off the face of the earth!

Here is something digital I am working on slowly...

So as you can see, it's slowly coming together and I have been saving it each time I add a few new things...So that I could share the process.
Hope you like it!
And for those who may or may not know it is "Kirsten Dunst" from the film Marie Antoinette

New art to be posted soon, thanks for your patience! UPDATE!

Hello everyone;

I know I haven't been around for a VERY LONG TIME! But I have been creating, painting, drawing and thinking up more ideas for new creations! I had a big creative zone and had to use that time and get to creating! 

I actually did a lot of painting and have updated an old painting (with WIP pics to be added later) and (around 4 or 5)new paintings as well. And I will be adding them all later, I just want to take pics/scans first and than add them at the same time to my computer so I can explain a little bit about them.

I've been really busy with my child and this summer really has been a busy one with lots of out door activities as well as planning for our future and getting ready/shopping for school! Who's excited about school starting? 

I am and so is my son, he actually said "I can't wait to go to school", he misses his friends, because he doesn't have many around where we live, actually he had one and they just moved so he is even more impatient to start.

So Hopefully in a few days I will have everything in order and add all my new art :-)

I'm always working on a water color master piece I can't wait to share it when I finally finish it. It has been in my mind and planned for over a year now on how it has been coming together!

I want to Thank You all for your patience (well those who have been wondering if at all) in waiting for at least an update or something!

I do think of you all, just so you know! You are all wonderful people and I always look forward to seeing updates on your blogs and such, I also look forward to any comments if posted!

Have a wonderful Sunday! (((hugs)) To you all and I hope everyone is doing well and in good health and good luck has been on your side lately! 

Much love to all

Ann

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Update on another part of my art

Hello everyone, you'll notice...if you haven't already, that I have a newly added page on my profile page for my hand made jewelry. here is the link http://annshandmadejewels.blogspot.ca/ you can go check it out, I will be adding one for each day.

I don't know if you have been checking my other art blog for just my drawings and paintings, I plan to add more, I am just looking though my old site pages so that I can take out all of my best stuff there and than add what ever I creat after that!

I "thank you all for your patience" and have a wonderful week!

AnnJ

Updates!

Hello everyone, 

I have been enjoying the summer with my son and we have been going to the beach, he just loves the water and playing with the other kids. 

I have been creating when I have the chance and a spare moment to myself. I have been making more jewelry and coming up with ideas on what else to create and I am liking this process! 

The process of having more creative ideas is great, I had a block for quite some time, I hate it when I get like that. I like to write as well, if you have been to my old website you would know that already. I have been drawing off and on, but feeling more drawn to creating jewelry. But I'm also a mom so there isn't much time for creativity, so I do it when I can.

I added a new art post to my other blog, of a painting, and you will have one added tomorrow as well, I'm getting a bit tired now so I just wanted to give some updates I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Good Night

Ann

My new blog for just art

Hello everyone, I am working on a new blog, but we can just call it an artist showcase. Here is the link, http://annsartwork.blogspot.com/ please let me know what you think and I just want to add a little note that...It will not have any worded updates as that is what THIS blog is for!

Have a wonderful day everyone! :-)
AnnJ

New paintings and a better less complicated idea.

Hello everyone,
I have decided that I am going to just add my new art here, instead to my website, because they are going to be deactivating bravehost accounts and switching to a new bravesites and changing their rules and stuff...So I am just going to put my new stuff here and not worry about the HTML of things.

So here are a few new paintings.


 Well I know you are probably wondering why my clock painting, doesn't have any hands! I did that on purpose, I don't feel it needs any hands as it is a different kind of fantasy time travelers clock lol...I like my art to have a fantasy feel to it, and so this clock does not have hands because it is non-winding, and it's time is infinite. I know it looks amateurish, but I don't care, and I just like to share my art with the world :-)


 This is my gears painting, I sketched it out before the clock, but decided to paint the clock first, as to bring in the gears of the clock, so they kind of go together as a pair :-) I may add more to it as I do not feel it is quite finished yet and needs some more shadow and color added.

And this is my new landscape painting, I hadn't painting one in a long time and I have been reading a great landscape painting book which has a lot of good things in there. I'll add a link to it for those who would like to try landscape painting and see that it isn't as hard as it looks :-)
I'd also like to add that some of this painting is not visible, because I scanned it and it's a little too big for the scanner, I will try to take a photo of it later and see if it comes out better and post it here in place of this one.

So here is the link for the book I used for a little bit of a guide, there is just so much in it that you'd have to see for yourself, it shows you different techniques and how to use more than one canvas to make a nice big painting for your wall! (2, 3, or even 4 canvases put together as 1) I hope you all enjoy my art because I enjoy creating it and sharing it!

Have a wonderful week and blessings to all

AnnJ

Thanks for taking the time to read my blogs and feel free to leave a comment!

Here is a big news update!

I will be taking a whole lot of my time this week end trying my best to throw together an artist type thing. Where my website is right now, they are updating and upgrading there rules and services and with all the content I do have on mine I will be having to move it else where.

I'm not happy about this move because I know it will be a lot of time and work. It's worth it, but It is going to be hard to configure and figure all the differences and changes I will be having to make.

So if you come here for a visit now and than, now you know that I will be busy at work with my art website content being moved. Sadly during times like this other things get neglected...I did however have a feeling (as stated in an earlier post) that this was going to be happening!

Thanks for your patience and I hope your weekend at least will be fun filled and wonderful!

AnnJ

PS- The good news and positive to this change? I get to start off fresh somewhere new and use a different look and feel. It is going to be hard and tiring, but also fun and exciting to see what I can come up with.

An update!

Hello everyone,

I would like to say sorry for not being around, and here is an update! I have been very busy, with, no school for me, and time with my child. As well as keep busy with other appointments and trying to find a job.

Summer is coming and I am planning on doing a lot of outdoor activities. I have some new paintings that need scanning as well as a few drawings I have finished as well. But due to me being busy with everything else, sadly my website and blog has been neglected. Sorry about that!

Social outside of my home is becoming a new venture so I may be a while before posting post to post.

I thank you for the patience!

AnnJ

New creations on the go!

Hello again everyone!

Well I just wanted to log in and post a bit of an update.

I have been creating a little but, I finished a small and yet fast painting (which I will post later when other creations are done!), I have been drawing and going a long with the book I mentioned in an earlier post, found HERE. I am really enjoying the book, I have also been reading a Renaissance book of old famous art. It's called The art of the Renaissance Nathaniel Harris, I was looking for a link so I could post it, but I couldn't find one! It's only 80pages long but I really am liking it! Plus it has some of my faves in it! :-)

Well have a great day everyone and I hope your weekend is going great too!

I want to thank you all again for coming to view my updates on my art blog and I also would like to thank those who have viewed my art on my website!

AnnJ
PS-Be Well!

Backgrounds and added information content UPDATES! NEW PHOTO ADDED

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you know I am updating my site a little bit. The site isn't changing too much but it does look as if it has gone through a major change, because I am changing the backgrounds and borders. This means that the look and feel looks way different, as I am changing those things. Nothing else has changed, the layout is exactly the same.

However I am adding a bit of informative content to a couple pages, as I feel that some little explanation needs to be added due to new sites that get added to the "Links/Other" page. It is just an short explanation that some artist pages listed there "may" contain graphic/nude content. I only added it because some people can feel offended by it, because some as non-artist don't understand the concept of nude art to be a beauty and another expression.

I also would like to mention, that I do not place nude on my site, simply because I am a mother and have an 11 year old boy, who enjoys my art and I have found him looking through my books. Knowing this about him I do not have any nude drawings, painting or any form of nude in any of my art, due to his wandering eyes in my work. I'd love to explore, drawing nudes, but knowing he will see it, I do not. He is 11 after all.

So if you take a look at my site and go through the pages(which can also be found on the right side bar) you might slowly see my updated pages.

Have a great week everyone!

Ann J

PS- You'll also find a surprise on this page that I newly added today!

A quick update and another new book!

Hello everyone and I hope your week has been great so far.

Here are some new updates! Not to my site however, but I just got a new book last week! I am loving it and I also took a course that this book was based around.

What's the book you ask?

Drawing on The Right Side of The Brain(newest and revised version) is a great book for beginners who just want a different approach to drawing experiences and a different kind of "seeing" how to draw like an artist! Actually it is designed for people who think they can't draw...I agree with this book because I have had friends tell me the only thing they can draw is stick men. Anyone can draw, and this is a great book for those looking to try their hand at drawing maybe even as just a hobby. 

 This book has instructions as well as photos showing you that with these techniques you can become the artist you never thought you could be. They have photos SHOWING how far others have come in this course and the Authors classes. 

This book also doesn't make you feel as discouraged as you normally would, because it's approach is to just be calm, don't stress out if it isn't perfect and just relax and go with the flow. 

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their artistic skills or just anyone who want to learn how to draw in general. This book is great for everyone, not just beginners, but professionals a like. 

So I have been drawing and trying some of these techniques, and trying to stay calm at this time in my life. Sometimes we must pick a hobby and or activity to keep us going and to look to more positive things while we are feeling negative. 

That is what I have been up to lately as well. I have been keeping busy. I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week and please feel free to comment! I may not respond the same day, but remember I always respond!

Ann J

 

A quick few words with some updates and pictures...Edited and more added to bottom of this post! Thanks!

Hello everyone!
I noticed I have some more followers! Thanks so much!
I also would like to let everyone know I have a new WIP(work in progress) I am adding to one of my art pages. It's just something of a quick sketching practice for me right now until I perfect it. That way I can just improve on my skills and feel more confident in my ability to replicate from photo, still life or live model references. It's an area where I feel most challenged as of right now. Please find edited added info below!

I have also been thinking of losing some of the ads on my site (except the hosting ones added by bravenet of course) and possibly add a donate button. It's in the mind as an idea, but not quite a set on page thing yet.

I will be editing this post later when I finish with my webpages in order to post links to the pages I have worked on today, so with that in mind, please feel free to come back here to my Art Pages blob and see if it has been updated, so you see if I have finished my webpage working today!

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.

Ann J

PS- I am also looking for some great learning links for others to use to better their talents and skills as an artist.

Find these on Page 3 and Page 4:
You can find one new addition here : Titled Salt.

You can find one here also: Angel water color painting:  please scroll down to find her!

You can find another new addition here: Titled Fox WIP on the main page and here is a look for yourself.

You can find a few newly added photography here
I am also adding some more, I just need to locate them and add my CR mark to them so that I can add them!
Only 3 are added right now, please scroll down to find them near the bottom!

Some minor updates to my art page! NEW FORM!

Hello everyone,

If a few of you have been to my site recently and are a repeated viewer, you must have seen some changes I have made. They weren't big changes, but changes none the less.


First I'd like to mention the new form, where you can ask questions, share your links (if you have a banner/code for your site add it..even if you have your site link and a link to your graphic where I can download and add), leave remarks and opinions...Don't worry if you have something private to say, I am the only one who's checking everything! I do everything on the site myself. I'd like to know if you have suggestions, opinions or a newly added feature like a poll or something like that. The new form and links that were on my Home page, have been moved to the links page!

That is why I added the form!

I'd also like to add, that I do not have a mailing list, because I do all the work myself and I don't want to overwhelm myself with too many things to do. I do have a life besides site creation and I have a few other blogs I try to keep up with as well. The website takes the most of my time, because I have to go into editing the code within the HTML format. Sometimes there are so many errors I wonder how they got there.... But I fix them all myself and sometimes little things like that, can take up to 2hrs depending on how many pages I need to check/edit. I'm not complaining though, I really enjoy it, I am just saying it takes some time to get er all done...  ;)

So now I understand why webmasters make so much money lol...

I am liking how things are coming along, I didn't get the chance to add the two pieces yet, I am still doing other things that are taking up the time.

So I please ask you all to bare in mind, that I am working hard to please my viewers, so everyone likes what they see. I am very grateful for everyone coming to check for updates and for viewing a part of my world. THANK YOU!!!

Here is my new quote I came up with the other day.
"My art is a part of me, and if I give you a piece of my art, think of it as me giving you a piece of my heart"

It sounded better the other day, it was worded a little different, but I know you understand it's meaning! :-)

I hope you all enjoy the newly added drawings, which were added a couple weeks ago, and I hope my Art Pages will give you a place to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the scenery.
Hope you all had a great week!

Thanks for visiting
Ann J

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (Win/Mac)

 

NEW UPDATE coming about! SKETCHING, PAINTINGS, DIGITAL and more!

So far I have added 3 new art pages ( art 5, art 6, and art 7)and I have also added some new sketches and some paintings. I have a big sketch and big painting to added as well. I am still working on the organization so that I will have them in order of SKETCHING, PAINTINGS and DIGITAL in their own places (pages), rather than having them all scattered together.

Another UPDATE!

I have been fixing the navigational links and adding them to the tops and the bottoms of the pages so it is a bit easier to get around. So if you are at the top and scroll down to look at the whole page, you now wont have to click back on the browser nor scroll back up to link the next page links# at the top.

I have a page specifically made for advertisements, newly added and I am trying to fix it so it doesn’t look so overwhelming with ads. I have moved those to the sides and left a text area where I will say a few words.

So in the mean time keep checking the site if you wish to see all the new and exciting changes that I am doing with my site!

If you have any concerns and or suggestions, or even an opinion on what you like to see fix or added, please feel free to leave a comment or fill one the NEW -LY ADDED form I placed one the “HOME” page!

I look forward to posting my next update …
Have a great day everyone and I thank you for visiting my links and art pages!

Hey! Mother’s day is coming up, check out this great offer and get her a gift! This offer end May/13/2012!!

I got two new ARTISTS books! Strokes of Genius and Wonderful Landscape s! DRAWING AND PAINTING!

So I was at the books store and got two wonderful new artist books, I've decided to post a little bit of a review of the books in-case anyone else might be interested in buying one or both of them! I got both! I was looking for some inspirational books and wanted something newer and I got these both at a lower cost than their original prices!
The first one is "Fast & Fun Landscape paining by Donna Dewberry"


This books looks great and I took a few glances in it and I just love it! It's FILLED with Landscape paintings as well as some WIP(work in progress) explanations for artist wanting to try it themselves. She makes it looks so easy I think I maybe try a few small paintings and hang them on my walls because honestly my walls could use some pictures to fill up some empty spaces.

The next book I got is "Strokes of Genius the best of drawing Edited By Rachel Rubin Wolf"


This book is FILLED with drawings done by many different artist with a wide verity of drawing mediums and techniques. This is a big books so all the images within are very easy to make out. If an artist was wanting to try to do a copy version for personal skill enhancing the visual is big and clear enough to see every stroke! I can definitely see why it says strokes of genius! These many different artists have been drawn from hundreds of submissions all over the world!

I can't wait to get started on both of them! Seriously looking forward to it, but I am so excited, I am unsure which one I will start with. I was so excited about getting them, I had to share thew NEWS! :)


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An extended Introduction! "Updates and About Me"..

Hello everyone,

If you have gone through my pages, you might see that I have added some new pages recently.

Art pages 5, 6 and 7 are all newly added. They have some really old drawings and paintings and some new sketches.

I have added a links page for some great offers, the heading is "Other Links", but I also have a links section on my "Home" page where I share links to other artists links as well.

Here is a little more about me.

Information about my site

Since this is my first real blog posting with more information about my site. I am just going to tell you the story of how everything came about, in a nutshell!

My website; showcasing my art, has come a very long way! The website itself started as just me playing around with html and creating a website for something to do. I didn't have any topics or any general idea of what the website would be about. But now that I have put more focus on my creativity, it has become so much more than just a regular website!

Over the years I have entered free HTML courses online; to learn more about website creation, for personal knowledge, of course! I had also join groups online for graphics programs, I gained knowledge and bettered my creativity in the process. These all being FREELY learned online, as a personal hobby. With these courses I took, I gained certification of completion! Even though those certifications were small, they gave me a sense of pleasure, knowing I had finished something I wanted for myself. Just simple things like that can give someone confidence to want to do more and better things for themselves!

I am going through my pages on my website and than when I am finally done that I will post what is new, my next blog posting with be a bit of an introduction.

Happy Easter!

Ann

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The reason for this blog!

You are probably here because you followed a link from my website! Thanks for viewing my art pages! I have been working on it so much off and on lately, that I decided to create a  blog, in order to show my progress while working on it. I can keep this blog for posting the what's newly added for the new Art and the new pages I might need to add as well.