Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Poppies on Yupo
I'm taking a few Zoom classes from Sandy Sandy and also have been sketching/painting on her Drawing Everyday group challenge for June. At the end of June, I'll post some of the daily pieces. Here are some of the Zoom lessons and practices, all done on Yupo.
Friday, June 19, 2020
The End of a Very Long Dryspell
Eight years. . . I haven't held a paintbrush in 8 years! Some people work through emotional trials by delving into their art more, it's an outlet for them. I was the opposite. I instantly had no desire to paint. I waited 2 years before I felt like I wasn't going to ever paint again, but wasn't ready to get rid of my supplies, so I packed them up into storage boxes. A couple of weeks ago, I unpacked the watercolor supplies after experiencing strong urges to paint again.
February 15, 2012, my 4-year old granddaughter was diagnosed with kidney cancer (Wilm's Tumor). The next morning she had surgery to remove the tumor, there weren't even kidney cells present, the tumor had completely consumed one kidney. Katie weighed 32 lbs and the tumor weighed 2 lbs!! It was stage 3. The biopsies of surrounding tissue and lymph nodes came back negative, otherwise it would have been stage 4. Two days after surgery, she started aggressive chemo.
I am a Christian with a large network of praying believers. What I experienced over the next several months was nothing short of miraculous. The Lord held us all up and filled us with a grace and peace that truly surpassed all understanding.
Six weeks after Katie's diagnosis and surgery, while she was still undergoing chemo, my mother was hospitalized and subsequently passed away. To say that I've lost a lot of memory from Spring 2012 until Spring of 2013 is an understatement. And with all the good news of Katie's recovery and defeat of cancer, I still didn't have desire for art.
Six months after aggressive chemo, Katie was finished with her treatments. After her post-treatment physical, her doctor said, "There is no scientific explanation for the lack of side effects from this type of chemo, this is a God miracle." Katie is now 12 years old, only has to go in for cancer screens every other year now and the results have consistently been the same, "no cancer cells."
Today marks about 3 weeks since I unpacked my watercolor supplies (the oil supplies are still in storage). I dug out some of my art books, viewed some video instruction on Artist Network, and found a couple of good art groups on Facebook. It was through one of those groups that I found Sandy Sandy and her online Zoom classes! I am obsessed with art again!! I'm so thankful!!
In the past I had a tendency to paint too tight, I don't want to repeat those same mistakes and so I decided to start back up working primarily with watercolor on Yupo. I used one of Terry Harrison's books to paint a blue door on watercolor paper, and then followed up by painting the same exercise on Yupo, here it is.
February 15, 2012, my 4-year old granddaughter was diagnosed with kidney cancer (Wilm's Tumor). The next morning she had surgery to remove the tumor, there weren't even kidney cells present, the tumor had completely consumed one kidney. Katie weighed 32 lbs and the tumor weighed 2 lbs!! It was stage 3. The biopsies of surrounding tissue and lymph nodes came back negative, otherwise it would have been stage 4. Two days after surgery, she started aggressive chemo.
I am a Christian with a large network of praying believers. What I experienced over the next several months was nothing short of miraculous. The Lord held us all up and filled us with a grace and peace that truly surpassed all understanding.
Six weeks after Katie's diagnosis and surgery, while she was still undergoing chemo, my mother was hospitalized and subsequently passed away. To say that I've lost a lot of memory from Spring 2012 until Spring of 2013 is an understatement. And with all the good news of Katie's recovery and defeat of cancer, I still didn't have desire for art.
Six months after aggressive chemo, Katie was finished with her treatments. After her post-treatment physical, her doctor said, "There is no scientific explanation for the lack of side effects from this type of chemo, this is a God miracle." Katie is now 12 years old, only has to go in for cancer screens every other year now and the results have consistently been the same, "no cancer cells."
Today marks about 3 weeks since I unpacked my watercolor supplies (the oil supplies are still in storage). I dug out some of my art books, viewed some video instruction on Artist Network, and found a couple of good art groups on Facebook. It was through one of those groups that I found Sandy Sandy and her online Zoom classes! I am obsessed with art again!! I'm so thankful!!
In the past I had a tendency to paint too tight, I don't want to repeat those same mistakes and so I decided to start back up working primarily with watercolor on Yupo. I used one of Terry Harrison's books to paint a blue door on watercolor paper, and then followed up by painting the same exercise on Yupo, here it is.
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