feel free to print and color! you can share too!!
I haven't forgotten about my ABC's of Beeing
hope you enjoy this coloring page with a friendly ermine enthusiastically saying hi!!
And remember that coloring is proven to help relieve stress and anxiety!! happy coloring!
peace & be well.
Please feel free to print and use as you wish!
Once again I have taken inspiration from the words of Max Ehrmann, the words from his Desiderata resonates with me during this challenging pandemic time in our lives.
Peace & stay well
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
feel free to print and color for your personal enjoyment
Bringing back the daring dodo for your coloring pleasure!
For all of us who don’t have white eggs 🥚 or food coloring in their homes - here are 2 coloring pages of eggs to color 🖍 - one with pattens & one with blank eggs 🥚 I will post them on my website blog so you can download them and celebrate 🥳 Easter 🐣 Spring 🌸 or just a happy Sunday 💫
Feel free to download and color for your personal enjoyment!!
peace & be well 😘
c from my ‘abc’s of beeing … enjoy and feel free to share and stay safe.
Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein
Here is your April calendar, for you to use for your personal enjoyment. And again, like all the past months of 2020, i was inspired by the wonderful; and quite timely poem, Desiderata by Max Ehrmann. To see the entire poem, click here to my dailydress inspirations blog as I have shared it many times.
stay safe & be well … virginia
... and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata
introducing a quarantine activity for all, the fairylandproject!! My neighbor Michele and I dreamt up this idea while walking in the woods.
As moms we really feel for all those parents with small children that don't have playgrounds or playdates to help fill these quarantine days. We thought that the chance to spot a fairy might help get young ones excited to go on a walk in the woods.
It is a project for all and a 'social distance' project. And it is important to remember that there is no right or wrong way to participate, although we hope that everyone will be mindful about what materials they are placing in the wildness. Be considerate of materials that might harm local wildlife!!
The idea of the fairylandproject is that anyone can make a fairy (any kind of fairy you want) and then go place it in your local woods or an area that a small child (or anyone) could spy it. This is not a location specific project!! anyone can make a fairy and place it in a wooded area! We have started it here, in the Natick woods, but anyone can do it anywhere!! WE also gave them names but that is not necessary - though if you want, we just wrote on white peddles with a sharpie!
We have started a FB group just so that there would a place where people could learn about the project. Also people can share the project and post, if they want, a picture of their fairy and their fairy's location, and/or share any fairy-making ideas or suggestions, and/or post pictures of found fairies.
This project is about spreading some magic and wonder during this extraordinary chapter in our global history.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2563887347167567/
Our wish that this project will bring a bit of magic and wonder to us all!!!
peace & be well!
B from my ‘ABC’s of Beeing … Enjoy and feel free to share.
be brilliant
Peace and be well.
In light of our new normal and our need to stay home and be social distance for the foreseeable future, I decided this is a perfect time to work on one of my projects that has been percolating in my brain for YEARS!
Introducing my first go at a coloring book (drum roll please …)
This coloring book will feature positive and inspiring states of being as well as celebrating the nature and the wonders and importance of bees. My plan had been to publish the book and donate a percentage of the sales to help the survival of bees, however with the current state of the world, I want to offer the pages to any and all who would enjoy them. Coloring is a good 'social distancing' activity AND coloring is a proven activity that can lessen our stress and anxiety!
A - be AUTHENTIC
And as creating coloring pages is a new endeavor for me I would SO appreciate any feedback -such as: black lines are too thick, needs more smaller areas to color or more larger areas?!? I would SO appreciate any feedback -I’m open for all suggestions ~ thank you!
Here is my monthly calendar that I post for my followers to download and use for their personal enjoyment. Since the new year I have been highly inspired by Max Ehrmann’s poem Desiderata. Hence the past months’ calendars have been inspired by a line from this text, and March is no difference.
So please feel free to download and enjoy this printable calendar.
Happy March and peace, Virginia
As we head into 2019 I am excited to be part of a creative community called IlloStories put together by two lovely and talented illustrators - Deborah Stein & Erica Root . For the entire year IlloStories will present themes and prompts to help us inspiring illustrators create exciting and new work for our portfolios.
If you are interested in joining the fun join the IlloStories facebook group, and keep an eye out for all the work with the tags @illostories #IlloStories on FB and instagram.
I tend to do well with challenges and prompts (it is my love for being a student :) Below are my #topnine from my instagram feed and 3 come from Creativebug’s class, Daily Painting Challenge: 31 Painted Patterns with Lisa Congdon and one of my illustrations that I did in Lilla Rogers’ Make Art That Sells Bootcamp. So it will be fun to see what will come from IlloStories .
Thank you & peace,
Virginia
this is my ‘top-nine’ from my instagram …
This is my final submission, created with a technique that I love, watercolor and resist to create a batik outlines. I then add color with watercolors, inks and metallic pens. After that I scanned the painting and did some editing in photoshop.
This year I have joined a most talented group of illustrators and artists in one of Lilla Roger's Make Art That Sells classes. Lilla leads a number of online classes to help illustrators find their niche and improve their portfolios, two things that I need to do.
The bootcamp is a 5 month program with one big assignment each month with a mini assignment to get the juices flowing. This month the mini was to draw anything 'tea' related which prepped us all for the big assignment:
“Create a journal cover around the theme of reading tea leaves. Feel free to use your art from the mini or make new art. ”
below are some of sketches and paintings that I did working up to my final piece ...
