Christal Kelly

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  • April Year of Mary
    Acrylics,  Adventures,  art,  blog,  colored pencils,  dealing with life,  divorce,  Effys's Blogging Challenge,  meanderings,  mixed media,  new life,  Thoughts

    Give in to Joy

    April 29, 2021 / 16 Comments

    I finally finished the painting I started the other day. It is from Effy Wild’s “Year of Mary. There were a number of times where I was feeling frustrated with this girl and wanted to throw it in the bin. I decided to start talking to her lovingly and thinking nice, lovely thoughts towards the painting and this girl. She finally…

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    art,  blog,  Effys's Blogging Challenge,  meanderings,  Thoughts

    Pretty Starts

    April 28, 2021 / 8 Comments

    Yesterday evening, I finally got a chance to do some painting. I started this last night. I love the different colors and the way it sparks joy in my heart. This photo is in the very beginning stages of the piece I’m working on right now. I can’t wait to see the final product. This is a piece where I’m…

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    Acrylics,  Adventures,  art,  blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  Effys's Blogging Challenge,  Grief,  mixed media,  Thoughts,  travel,  watercolor

    The Bird in the Storm

    April 14, 2021 / 13 Comments

    Art I’m in a rut, artistically speaking, right now. I’ve signed up for quite a few things this year and nothing is speaking to me. Yesterday, I continued working on a piece that I started this week-end and I’m very “meh” about it right now. I try to be gentle with myself as a newbie artist, but this is something…

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  • A Year of Mary
    Acrylics,  art,  blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  divorce,  marriage,  mixed media,  new life,  Thoughts,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    Messiness

    April 1, 2021 / 12 Comments

    Today’s picture is from Effy Wild’s “Year of Mary” lesson. Each month she does a painting inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. This was the lesson for March and it created so many challenges for me. In fact, it’s been sitting on my art cart for about two weeks because I could not get her face done right or to what…

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