Good morning lovely ones, it’s Friday and you know what that means don’t you? Every Friday I choose a photo from my friend Lena Schreijenberg‘s album to write a haiku. Today I fell for the photo that she took when she encountered a long row of cows while on her way from work to home. The long row, crossing the road, forced her to stop and wait until they all passed. Lena told me she had to wait for at least 15 minutes… how’s that for a Zen-moment?!
Friday haiku
| In een lange rij sjokken koeien lijdzaam naar de volgende wei |
Cows trudge in a row. Docile, from one meadow to the other meadow. |
I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart.
Some time ago, someone pointed out the online workshop/free event Sketchbook Revival 2019 to me. The event was nearly over when I discovered it (today is the last day that the tutorials are accessible to participants) but I registered anyway because I wanted to see the lesson of Karen Stamper I watched her video and tried some of the techniques she showed in the tutorial. I glued some scrap pieces of paper onto a background, took out the ‘bister’ (pigment powder) and had fun making blobs and stains. Then I drew an urban skyline using a black marker.
This is not my way of making art AT ALL but I kinda like the outcome and I learned some things along the way: mission accomplished!
I made a card out of this sketch and send it to my mum for Mother’s day.
I might integrate some of these techniques into my own art journal work. I like how the underneath scraps of paper in combination with the ink trigger the imagination and makes you see all kinds of shapes: buildings, faces, animals… I might use brighter colours/ink next time though.
Thanks for stopping by today, have a nice weekend y’all!
Je t’embrasse.
Your urban landscape looks wonderful! I watched Karen’s episode (twice), but I still need to start on it. I have played along with some other artists from Sketchbook Revival though, learned a lot of new things and had a lot of fun.
Luv your glued paper sketch Marit and the ‘docile’ in the haiku adds lots to the haiku moment
Thanks for dropping by my sumie Sunday
Much🌻love
Oh lovely haiku about the sweet cows ~ and very creative collage for your Mom ~ you are so talented with your paper creations ~ ^_^
Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
love the cow haiku. here, one has to wait at a raised bridge for a sailing regatta to pass by. makes you late for work sometimes. your urban sketch is awesome!!
dear one,
i love your zen moment! and your dreamscape painting. it is lovely to let go and allow-in life, and in ones art! thank you for inviting us to do the same!