Blissful Art

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Daybook: The 1st of May, 2012



Date... 
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.

Mood…
Calm.

Outside my window...
The trees are swaying in the wind.

I'm thinking...
That today  is the anniversary of my 1st Holy Communion. Here is a picture of me in...2005? I think so... I was 7. Ain't I adorable?

I'm reading...  
I just started Gone With The Wind, yesterday. :)

I'm listening to... 
The keyboard. And my little brother eating a waffle. He likes waffles.

Yesterday, I...
Did school and ran errands with my Mutter (mother, in german).

I'm excited for... 
Dance class tonight.

I want... 
to be done with school.

I love... 
Biology. Which I'm not even doing till next year. But I love it.


A picture thought...

Butterfly on the flowers. :)

Monday, April 23, 2012

Colorful Eggs

I've always loved decorating eggs. I mean, who doesn't? Normally I just decorate them the "normal" way by dying them. This year, however I tried something new: Drawing with sharpies on eggs.

Shaylynn gave me the idea (check out her eggs, they are gorgeous!!). So, Easter Sunday I blew some eggs and grabbed some sharpies. Let me tell you, it is addicting.

The eggs I decorated are mixed in with our Ukrainian eggs.

Be careful though...They are delicate. As I was drawing on this one I dropped it and I grabbed it so hard I smashed it. Ain't I smart?













This one is my favorite. It took me over an hour. I smeared the marker a lot to create a marbled look. Here are some work in progress shots:









Well, that's all folks!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Three Crosses

Happy Easter! I hope everyone's Easter was amazing! Mine was great. Part of me can't believe it's Easter already but it also feels like Lent lasted forever. Anyhow, I digress.

Ever since I was little I loved drawing. When I was around 6, I started drawing a picture for my dad everyday which I would give to him when he came home for work. I use to drew all the time. But alas, through the years when one gets busy certain things are dropped. Sadly, I just didn't draw as much as I got older. I wouldn't draw for fun or anything. However, I got interested in starting to sketch again, late last year. So finally, last month when I was at the craft store I found my way to the art section but a sketchbook and some drawing pencils. And there we have it. I've been drawing none stop since.

On Good Friday, after getting back from Church, I got out my sketchbook and colored pencils and I drew the three crosses.

"Three crosses stand on top of Calvary, the tragic hill, and remind us of a detail of the great drama related by St. John: "There they crucified him and with him two others, one on each side and Jesus in the Middle.~John: 18/19

I'm fairly happy with my drawing. I only spent about an hour on it, so it's not perfect. I am not happy with my grass, I started out nicely but I kinda lost patience and got lazy. You HAVE to have much patience to draw grass, let me tell you. I also tried lettering! And a Celtic knotwork-ish border. My words seem to close together on the bible quote...:P Oh well. Like I said, fairly happy. :)

Well that's all for today, folks! Happy Easter Monday and have a chocolate egg on me.

 God bless!
~Mary Grace

P.S. Got some awesome posts coming up for you! I tried drawing on eggs with sharpies and I am now addicted! You'll see a post on that soon. I also decorated my bulletin board. And made some new jewelry! Lots of stuff coming out. Watch for it. :)




Friday, April 6, 2012

Good Friday








"For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting."  -- John 3:16

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Of Springtime and Regularity

Hi there. Remember me? Yes, no? Well if your answer was negative, can't say I blame you. I haven't posted for a month (!).

I don't really have an excuse. Well, I have been busy with school and dance.  I really am gonna try to post more regularly. I have several things to post about, I just need to phototograph them.

Anyhow, today is apparently the first day of spring! Happy Springtime... Of course, today of all days it is actually cold here instead of being warm as it has been for the past several days.