A friend and I went shopping for Art Books and Magazines this week ...we needed to flee the country side to the city and get some
inspiration! It always works! After pouring through the magazines on journaling ...I don't know exactly why, but I drew this little dress called
"My Favorite Gypsie Dress"...it is not like the one I had that I loved to twirl in, but I like this one better....kind of a "taylored" flair...!? Anyway, I just wrote on it what I felt ....and that was
cherished memories of my Mother who sewed all my clothes...I still have a few of the baby dresses.
Drawing and painting them is even more fun, because they always turn out good and the fit doesn't matter....just the fun imagined wearing it.
I lived in Leon, Spain as a child for three years.....with no other Americans there that we knew of...and
little girls didn't even think of wearing slacks or pants outfits yet! I even rode a donkey with a dress on...at least when no one was watching...otherwise I would put on those
corduroy peddle pushers that Mother ordered from Sears and Roebuck...they were black and white leopard with red cuffs!...and that was in 1957 ! I had two pair and my little Spanish friend Maria Luisa, would sneak them on when she stayed over at my house and we would ride the donkey in the back field. She was from a wealthy family...and we would watch the limousine go down the road disappearing with her Chauffeur and "mean" Governess in the car...her parents allowing her to come to our house for a little taste of Texan Americans. What great memories and how a piece of clothing can refresh old memories.
Thanks Mom and Dad for a cherished childhood in Spain!! I miss you both...
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July has been HOT and DRY, but full of friends, family and fun ..... and a little art..... finally!! The beautiful grapes were given to me by a friend who grows them beside her porch! Aren't they gorgeous???!! They were also delicious, and best taste I've ever had! I have a dozen or more photos... for art... of them! Then my beautiful but small caladiums on my porch that have survived this heat.... they are one fourth the normal size , but beautiful color with the sun (Son)..ha... shining through. Isn't everything? Then a spattering of Art at play.... the three-in-a-row ones are kid's stuff painted on "paint chip" cards you get at the paint store....I have a stack of them.... good for practice....maybe a little booklet for my kids to add stories to.... these were done the way my friend does with smearing on the paint and then letting the picture come out.... anyway a lot of little girls (Peyton, Olivia, Pilar)and their favorite playhouse comes in the background ..... the boy (Eli) or (Tito) with the fish was fun....anyway, then an unfinished zinnia one and then the larger "Where is home?" one with the contemplative half faced woman..... there is a story with this one (painted on the back of a fudgecicle box) .... it represents places lived or living in.... and which memory is home.... I lived in Spain as a child and must say it was one of the true highlights of my young life ..... then I love my present home, but struggle to keep it all it needs to be .... then there is the last home ..... in heaven with our true Father, one I think we can't even imagine how wonderful ......! This art style and some ideas come from a friend and friends I follow on blogs who have a few sharing and teaching videos....they are listed on the left side of my blog....check them out....thanks you guys!!! OH!! Then the Fourth of July with my sweet and cherished church who came, a longhorn, our old (they are not all old!) friends and lots of kids who enjoyed the water slide....Dick who enjoyed spraying them with water from the old firetruck .... stinker! Blessings ......sherry
