UPDATE One old/new painting added

Hello everyone,
I'm off to bed, but I wanted to post a little bit here saying that I added a new post to my Art Pages. I will be adding more when I get some more time to do so, this week!
I hope you all had a great weekend, it's snowing again where I am (New Brunswick Canada), and I myself believe we have had enough of it, we have had so much snow fall that we don't know where to put it!

The walk ways in between where our lawn use to be looks like a little gully, it looks to be about 2 to 2 and a half inches high (and that's not even where the huge snow banks are), and well the snow banks are all above my head and than some, here is a photo I took when I was walking to a friends house last weekend.

Have a good day ahead and good night.

Ann

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

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

Just a little post before I go to bed! I have been BLOGGED!

I got blogged about the other day! Check it out!


This is a great blogger, I have been sharing some chats with. They have a wide range of things to read about and some very funny posts too. They are very intelligent, and well worth the visit.
I hadn't been doing much on blogger lately, so I hadn't noticed it until now!
Sorry I hadn't checked it sooner, perhaps I was a bit self absorbed at the time?


 

I'm so shocked I don't really know how to express my gratitude, I feel honored to be mentioned on someone's blog! I really don't know what to say...
Thanks so much, I am happy to be considered as a friend.

AnnJ

PS - Hope all is well with you, You have been in my thoughts!

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

 

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!

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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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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.