tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post566071860034037721..comments2024-01-03T00:35:58.752-08:00Comments on Nature Drawing and Journaling Trips : It Started Two Days Ago...Irene Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062009689184090431noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-11208070894066794622017-12-10T17:18:02.261-08:002017-12-10T17:18:02.261-08:00Yes, please keep sketching! I am so inspired by y...Yes, please keep sketching! I am so inspired by your work. It is so beautiful, and makes me want to keep up with my nature journal. I struggle with a similar resistance. But you showed that pushing through it got you results! I hear having a regular time of day and days of the week and special space to work is key to overcoming the resistance. I am also intrigued to hear about your new life in Belize! WoldPeace2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/10216967913232762808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-86082574840162091782017-11-20T07:00:00.986-08:002017-11-20T07:00:00.986-08:00It is so, so wonderful, and I feel so humble, to s...It is so, so wonderful, and I feel so humble, to sense you all reaching out to help me through the baby steps here. I can't let you down. You recognized my self-help technique, Theresa: if I tell everyone my big plans, how can I duck out? No way! <br /><br />Theresa, it took about four hours to draw the cecropia trunks. I still haven't gotten up the gumption to add color, which would be quite a bit faster -- you can smear on a shadow in seconds, whereas the ink has to be applied stroke by stroke. But I'll get to it.<br /><br />Jayme, I'm using a Samsung S5 camera. I don't phone with it, just snap photos. You can go to Settings and adjust the size of the photos it takes, but I'm no expert on that.<br /><br />Winna, I am astounded that YOU have hesitations about your marvelous artwork! I have been envying you your prolific output and your steadfast application to your art for years! I guess maybe such hesitations and need for back-and-forth and appreciation is a lot more common than we know.<br /><br />So I thank you, every one, from the depths of my being, for being the wind beneath my wings as I leap off this scary forest canopy tree of creativity again. Thanks for telling me, by being here for me, that you are gathered all around with love (although invisible from this rainforest in Belize) and are cheering me on as I take these first laborious wing-flaps (sorry! I got carried away by the imagery ;^}. <br /><br />Because of you, I shall carry on with my love letters to nature -- and to you. I love you, one and all! Reniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848379407668464054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-60163496351127529662017-11-19T21:22:25.703-08:002017-11-19T21:22:25.703-08:00I am in awe that you could do that with a ball poi...I am in awe that you could do that with a ball point pen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06295206597770964131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-39167279565881402132017-11-19T13:46:56.359-08:002017-11-19T13:46:56.359-08:00I just uploaded your awesome Belize Jungle & B...I just uploaded your awesome Belize Jungle & Beach Adventures....and was thinking about asking you how you manage to do all that marvelous work all alone and how you hang on without some sort of back and forth with other sketchbook artist and not posting on the sites etc...then I see this email and am now doubly amazed...that you would have any hesitation in sketching..oh lady of probably thousands of excellent works...I sure hope to see all you come back with...and write about. I just finished a Skectbook Skool class where there are so many students there is no teacher reaction for me..and not much interaction with others...a few but I might as well just do it all from a book I buy as to be in classes like that. I am so ultra sensitive to weather people like what I do or not...shouldn't be., but am...like what's her name in Streetcar Named Desire, as I have sort of always depended on the kindness of strangers. :-) taking live classes sometimes is a blast when they are not so large. I will alays loolk forward to what you post...keep on keeping on ! winnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855761611456521141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-64904091030897770322017-11-19T09:56:40.724-08:002017-11-19T09:56:40.724-08:00Back in the saddle again! Love that you share the...Back in the saddle again! Love that you share the process with us and as always your connection with nature reverberates outward in hope and rejoicing that yes...mindfulness can save the tiny moments, the small creatures and plant life and yes in the hearts and minds of the collective us...save the planet. By all means "carry on sista". You make my heart sing!<br />Diana Rasmussennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-39061558247185412362017-11-19T09:01:13.051-08:002017-11-19T09:01:13.051-08:00I LOVE this! So happy to have your words, images ...I LOVE this! So happy to have your words, images and art to help me feel like home when I am away, and to connect to your nature spirit. It's amazing how life in Belize can sometimes get so busy, when the goal was to be less busy! We are all richer for you sharing this, and your art, with the world. Annabananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291866848267712145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-46972199992990389432017-11-19T08:53:29.160-08:002017-11-19T08:53:29.160-08:00So wonderful to see you sketching again and hear m...So wonderful to see you sketching again and hear more of your personal journey. It really resonated with me as I too have been getting back into a creative modality that I put on the back shelf for a few years. Yet coming back to it feels so good, so natural....like coming home. xo Marlomarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238522460734166910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-7043490646023058642017-11-19T08:29:12.772-08:002017-11-19T08:29:12.772-08:00Hello Sister Renie!
I loved your email invite and...Hello Sister Renie!<br /><br />I loved your email invite and here I am!! <br /><br />Wow! I can so relate to the way you captured your self-talk, your hesitation, breaking through the barrier bit by bit by bit. And, as always, I absolutely love your creation. I'm in awe, actually. Love seeing the evolution of the drawing: the first lines, then more, then all the glorious detail. Then seeing the photo, of what you saw. I'm curious about how long the drawing process itself took. I'm thinking, looking at all the intricate tiny lines, dots which make up the detail, that it's actually substantial time. <br /><br />And the first blog was clearly, articulating your intention, putting it out to the world. So that's the pathway forward: Creating a clear intention, putting it out to the world, then following through with encouraging, directive (at time) self-talk....noticing the negative responses/all the feelings, and still moving forward, one millimeter at a time. Love it!<br /><br />Waiting for more, Renie. You go girl!<br /><br />Much love,<br /><br />TheresaTheresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807735831139968842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-29841477600389324222017-11-19T07:40:47.988-08:002017-11-19T07:40:47.988-08:00What a joy! I've missed your loveletters and p...What a joy! I've missed your loveletters and pictures to the natural world. It's a great delight that you're leaping back in! <3misternoblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251888006914894883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-47675858167421619632017-11-19T06:34:21.865-08:002017-11-19T06:34:21.865-08:00Your writing engages as much as your sketches! Hap...Your writing engages as much as your sketches! Happy you've found time to return to blogging; I look forward to your next entry!<br /> Meanwhile, I'm curious about your computer and camera. I'm looking for a new computer that I can upload pictures and do some writing, and photo editing. You mentioned the jpg file was too big for one of the pieces you did while at Dan's cabin. But the others were small enough to be loaded and shared. Any suggestions on what I should look for? I've been taking pics with my Samsung 6 phone and want to get a camera that I can zoom in on in focus of those tiny little critters in the garden. What camera do you use? Thanks for any tips. hugs and love, jaymie<br /> Jaymie (aka lorena)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022158959043622875.post-10555306131738573972017-11-18T16:56:09.004-08:002017-11-18T16:56:09.004-08:00Enjoyed reading your page. Have missed this. You d...Enjoyed reading your page. Have missed this. You do such wonderful sketches and great information. Hang in there! Your audience awaits. LolNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586908029477911884noreply@blogger.com