ABC Wednesday - W and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, W is our letter to work with.

W is for watercolours.

I took a break from writing out my Christmas cards (I'm late this year for sure!) and decided to play with my watercolours. I created a few simple pictures.

Be sure to check here for what others around the world did for W.




WOYWW

IT's time for that fun weekly meme  hosted by Julia Dunnit at "Stamping Ground" - where we share our work spaces and what we are working on this week.

Here is my work space on my dining room table after completing my watercolour pictures. You can see the pile of Christmas cards to the right - just waiting for my husband to sign.

ABC Wednesday - W and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, W gets centre stage.

W is for watercolour - one of my favourite mediums. I have taken several courses and seek to improve. I collect watercolours as well.

This evening, I was looking for some inspiration and then saw the photo of our cat Fluffy, who we had for 21 years, hanging just a few feet away.(She has been gone now for almost 3 years - still miss her)

I attempted to paint her in watercolour, although the colours are a tad darker and not as varied as Fluffy who was a maine coon cat.

W is also for WOYWW, which stands for "What's on Your Workspace Wednesday", a fun weekly gathering where artists from around the world share what and where they have been working the past week.

 I needed to see the photo hanging, so today I worked at my dining room table, where I tend to do small collages and watercolour.


Be sure to check here for ABC Wednesday

and here for "Stamping Ground" for WOYWW.

December Challenges - Days 9 and 10

Jamie and Shannon posted these prompts for Days 9 and 10:

Day 9     Share some favourite movies:

Since it is the Christmas season, I'll start with my 3 favourite Christmas ones:

One Magic Christmas
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (with Burl Ives)
It's a Wonderful Life

I'll be watching most of the other wones as well - it isn't Christmas with all those wonderful movies.

Some of my other favourite movies  (which I've watched several times!):
Mrs. Doubtfire
It Could Happen to You
When Harry Met Sally
Sleepless in Seattle
The Green Mile
The magnificent Seven
Some Like it Hot
Star Wars - original
Hunger Games


Day 10 Show and Tell

I've taken several courses this past year and here are three pieces I am proud of:

Waterolours:

(first time I tried layering)

 (using India ink with watercolours)


Acrylic painting

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Kat has given us these prompts for Days 9 and 10:


Day 9   

Who inspired you in 2013? And why?

What gifts did they give you? And how will you carry these forward in to 2014?

It was the inspiration of Joanne who inspired me to retire. She was the sister of a dear friend and it was her death and funeral that made me realize time was so very precious and I needed to be doing what I really needed and wanted to do. Leaving teaching was one of the most difficult decisions I have made for a number of reasons, but it was Joanne's death and how she lived life that inspired me to re- evaluate what it was I wanted to do with my life.
As I head into 2014, I want to be more focused on using my skills and really go after my dreams.



Day 10
Meredith writes:

Living life on auto-pilot can feel disorienting and dull. How did you cultivate a life worth loving during 2013?

How can you turn off your auto-pilot button in 2014?

It was retiring that forced me to look at what I was and wasn't doing and to be more determined to fulfill my dreams.