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.

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!

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!

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!

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

 

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

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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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