The Flower is...the eternal seductiveness of life.
Galia Alena Galia Alena

The Flower is...the eternal seductiveness of life.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction.

It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

— Giraudoux

Producing this class has been a love affair- a love affair with each of the artists as I fell more and more in love with their work, a love affair with my garden in all it's winter glory, and a love affair with creating, with painting, with sketching, with pastels, with watercolours, with drawing- with the act of making art.

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Reflections on the Sketchbook Challenge- Days 11- 20
Galia Alena Galia Alena

Reflections on the Sketchbook Challenge- Days 11- 20

I'm 20 days into this challenge, and the craziest thing- I'm already contemplating my next challenge (more on that later)- I think I might need an intervention. What do you think? Meanwhile the yoga mat is somewhat neglected ;)

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Reflections on the Sketchbook Challenge- first 10 days
Galia Alena Galia Alena

Reflections on the Sketchbook Challenge- first 10 days

When I start these challenges I wonder about my sanity- committing to add something else to my already overflowing plate. Yet there is this way that the challenges push me to do a daily practice which I can not maintain daily except for these short stints. And with daily practice come growth, just a little, bit by bit growth, but it adds up; I don't see it daily but at the end of the 30 days there's a small body of work that stretched the muscles, found new ways and explored the edges.

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