Studio and Life

Last week, I started making mini mandalas for the #100DayProject.

My hope is to complete 100 of them, but being so small, there are only so many designs my brain can come up with. Each one is on a 3.5" square piece of bristol card stock.

Here are this week's mandalas:

This week I was also lucky enough have my niece and great nephew visit from North Carolina. I haven't seen them since Liam was born, so you can imagine how excited I was.

 They arrived on Monday afternoon and I took them back to Orlando airport on Friday morning.

We had a couple family dinners, managed to get in some swimming in the pool. 

Liam loved the pool!

We watched for dolphins in the Indian River...

At Pineapple Park looking for Dolphins on the dock.

Went to the beach for an afternoon...

Beach Day

We even got to see the Falcon Rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral (from my back yard.)

Sorry, no pictures of that because we got outside just in time and I was unprepared for class... no phone or camera.

For me, the best time was just hanging with my family and watching Liam play. He and Sully really got along well.

Liam and Sully playing

Tonight, Kirk arrives for his annual visit. I pick him up at 11:30 pm at the Melbourne Airport.

This week, I hope to catch up on a couple art classes that I neglected while Molly and Liam were here and also relax with Kirk.

Thank you, as always for following my art and life journeys.

The100DayProject: #100daysofminimandalas

As you know, a lot of changes have taken place here at Byrd Street Studio. One of them being my desire to be more present in my art; my desire to let it be a priority ( instead of what I can do when I am finished with housework and such. )

With that said, I have joined thousands of other creatives in The100DayProject. This began on April 2nd and everyone is trying to be committed to 100 days of creativity.

There are stitchers, painters, poets, jewelry makers, illustrators and more. There is a plethora of creative endeavors happening each day in this group. It's exciting to see the inspired works posted daily.

I decided to try : #100daysofminimandalas   In other words, 100  Days  of  Mini  Mandalas

These are the minis I have completed to date. They are drawn  on 3.5" squares of Bristol card stock with Copic Multiliners and colored with Copic Markers. Hand drawn, they are far from perfect, but I really like them.

My niece and great nephew are coming for a visit on Monday. Because they are only staying a few days, I will try to draw a couple more minis over the weekend to make sure I don't fall far behind in posting. I realize that's a wee bit cheating, but I'd feel better posting everyday than to have to try and catch up later. I guess cheating could also be interpreted as committed.

Today I have to finish painting the main bathroom and get it cleaned up and ready for my guests. I am so excited to see them. 

I have to give the puppy a bath also. He needs to be 'guest ready'. My grand kids will laugh at that as I always told them their bathroom needed to be in that condition everyday; guest ready! ha ha

Last , but not least, my grandson moved out of the studio yesterday. He moved beach side taking the step to be on his own. Once I clean up what's left in the space he occupied, I can start hosting classes again. Most importantly, I don't have to art from my dining table anymore. 

Thank you, as always for following my art and life journeys.