Saturday Mornings are the best! plus our first blog giveaway!!!

Ahhhhh...there is nothing like Saturday Mornings! sleeping late, hot coffee, catching up on emails and blogs...can't help but love this!! As I sit here in front of the computer late into the morning, sipping hot coffee sprinkled with cinnamon and listening to my new Joss Stone CD, I am wondering what could be better than this.  If I knew how to add music to this blog...I would let you hear this CD, then you would be moving right along with me. Just like in art, I like many styles of music. This weeks arrivals were a mix of soul, jazz and vintage country (brings back great memories of my dad!).  Nothing like good music to lift our souls up and get us going!  This has been a great week filled with lots of wonderful conversation with friends and fellow artist...so good that we can encourage and lift each other up. Art is filled with fellowship, that is just one of the side benefits to it, but probably one of the best ones.  To be able to talk about art and what it means to be true to your own style, be inspired by other artist but not copy others work.  Every artist is inspired by other art, but it is the true artist that can take that inspiration to the next level and make it their own.  Many of you know first hand the way it feels to see your work copied, how do you address that ? does the person really not get that they should not flat out copy it?  My own personal opinion is that the world is large enough for us all to be artist, but the joy of art is self expression to me, taking materials and experimenting with different results and seeing where that leads me. I think our art is a mirror of our hearts, layered with emotion, giving off "vibes" of this...if I am filled with Joy and start a painting, the colors are joyful, the movement is happy and bold. I am hoping that the viewer can capture this feeling when they view the work. It is my way of trying to share a piece of my heart with you the viewer. I believe that art is very personal. Some artist create out of pain, confusion, to find healing, to make them happy, to move them to a new level. Art is considered as an ever evolving process for some of us. What is art to you? From where does your art come? Please leave your input in a comment on our blog...I will be drawing a name from the comments on this entry for our very

FIRST BLOG GIVEAWAY!!!!!  YES...A GIVEAWAY....BLOG CANDY!!!! JUST FOR YOU!   the artist that responds to this blog entry. The item to be given away is: YOUR VERY OWN COPY OF THE PREMIER ISSUE OF Cloth, Paper, Scissors!  I just happen to have two of these and want to share with you! It is a great issue filled with lots of inspiration and it was so fun to see how each of these artist has progressed from then until now! Many of them are still sharing their art and techniques through the magazine. 

Of course the winner will receive the issue all wrapped up and packed ...with a few little treats and treasures tucked in with it!!! But those will be a surprise!!! Love Surprises!!!  When you comment, make sure there is a link back to your site so I can contact you and get your mailing address for the giveaway.

Have a fabulous Saturday!! fill it with leisure and love!!! -Sandra

Comments

[cari shell]

Sandra~ Wow!! How fun and what a great blog entry! Cant wait to see the response! I am definitly not blogging on top of that!! Have a great Saturday!!!
Love ya~ Cari

[Sydney]

Are we bitter, did someone copy your work? The give away is a cool idea. Have you started creating anything new for me and the apartment??? I need ideas for a speech I have to give. It has to be a process that I can find four resourses on. I don't know what to do. Any ideas?

By the way I don't need a link, I'm your daughter you know where I live! Such a bonus!!! Me as your daughter :)

[Laura]

Hi Sandra,

I have enjoyed reading your blog and looking at all of the great artwork. I am by no means an artist, but I can be "crafty". Your heart picture from August 13th inspired me to make some pictures for my girls.

Laura (Justin's Mom)

[sandra feazel]

Laura,you did a great job on your pieces! That is exactly what I mean by being inspired! I loved seeing them and reading your blog!

[sandra feazel]

Syd, you are so right that it is a bonus to have you as a daughter!! I need to get busy and get some more pieces done for your apartment...will see what I can do. and...no, I am not bitter, I had been having conversations with a few artist about how they had dealt with it and have seen many blogs discussing it too! Glad you like the giveaway idea! Hope everyone else does too!!! Lots of good ideas and techniques in that first issue!!-Sandra/Mom xxoo

[Cheryl Kelly-Van Domelen]

Oh wow!! I would LOVE a copy of that issue!! Very cool!!
Thanks for a chance at it!!
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[kecia]

My art comes from grief. It is a way for my soul to cope with what happened to me in life. Art is an escape for me and i derive much pleasure from it. It takes me away in time to a place where i don't feel sad or have to pay bills! i disappear when i am working and it feels great. it reminds me of when i was a child and i would read Nancy Drew books for hours uninterrupted. aw, what heaven!

[Bejeweled]

"hot coffee sprinkled with cinnamon" and a new CD. Sounds like a divine morning to me!!

Love that rose painting at the start of the post! Is that your work? It's beautiful!

And a giveaway too? What fun!!

I'd need a whole book to define what art means to me. This afternoon it's defined as making colorful, free-spirited toppings on homebaked cupcakes with my two little guys :)