Mahalo, Jewel! I am enjoying Catās exercises. Just what I needed to get me back into my studio! I might just do some re-arranging/re-organizing after the workshop ends; as it is now, my papers are everywhere!
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Lessons 1 and 2 (combined)- It seems to me that I took my ācreative licenseā and drove all the way into lesson 2 inadvertently. 
Iām happy with my values and contrast, and I donāt really care about ābreaking the rulesā as long as Iām having fun and following my joy (gonna hang this one in my bathroom to go along with the ocean theme I have there already).
P.S. I feel like I got carried away with one too many circles and hoops, but live & learn. 
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Good job! Iām glad youāre having so much fun! I tend to agree with you about the circlesā¦the one in the middle of the middle row makes it look like a target. Maybe you could use another piece of paper to cover up part of the circle?
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Thanks Norene. Actually I was able to peel off the middle circle for the most part, since it was shiny paper. Iām going to try putting maybe fish and seashells in that block instead, to make things more āocean-yā. 
P.S. Here is my 2nd attempt - I like this one betterā¦
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Did you do anymore collages Norene? I couldnāt really get into doing any more squares, but got inspired to fool around with some torn paper landscape collage. This is not even a serious attempt - I was just playing, but I like the way the mountains and trees turned out (not the sky though - that seems abit odd and overly busy). Still, it was fun and playful , so I thought Iād share my āexperimentāā¦
P.S. Here is my 2nd attempt - I changed the sky and played around with a gold gel pen, too. Itās still too busy, but seems somewhat better anyways.
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Good job! Looks a lot better!!
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Good things come from play! Your landscape is great! (The blue rectangle in between the moon and the sun doesnāt add to the āskynessā, imho.)
Yes, I did the last two squares just waiting for everything to dry; Iāll post them soon.
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Lovely!
The yellow one speaks to meā¦.i see the wilderness, the beach, and a guitar with music and foodā¦. going from top left in an anti clockwise direction.
does your creations say anything to you? you dont have to share though if you dont want
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Mahalo, Nicole ~ The upper left one is my favorite because of its simplicity; the lower right is # 2 fav. What they all are saying to me is āgood job on getting back into the studio, youāve been missed!ā
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Definitely good job!! Even more than good from my perspective.
And on that note. You and Jewel set more of an inner something in me doing this course. Even though I still havenāt been able to do any art at all.
And then today, something popped up in my junk mail that caught my eye randomly and I looked at it and was amazed to find what I was more looking for course wise for where Iām at.
So I have joined my first art course and came on here to share it with you all as it too is free! And I really like the energy of how things are worded and the man running in it. At this stage no idea if I will actually do any of it other than watch the videos once a week. But yeah. We shall see!
Itās called The Creative Awakening Challenge offered by Nicholas Winton at Art2Life.
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You could not have chosen a better art course! I have taken several courses (free and paid) from Nick Wilton; he is a great teacher. Up until a few months ago I was part of the Art2Life community since about 2019. I have found that it is always easier to do something like this with a friend. If you would like, Iāll do it too and we can post in Art with Friends. Let me know ā¦
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Yes! If you would like to join and do it with me that would be great! A very new experience for me.
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Great! Now to figure out a time to meet!
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Iāve been having trouble with the site; hopefully itās fixed now. When I paint with friends, we do it over FaceTime; my phone number is 1-805-441-1126 (assuming you have an iPhone.) Time-wise I am on Honolulu time, 3 hours earlier than Pacific Time. I think you are 21 hours ahead of me. What day/time do you think will work?? Let me knowā¦
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Love your collages, Norene. Really good. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, Nicole, for sharing the link to the Creative Awakening Challenge. I signed up. Not sure how much Iāll do - but if I manage to create any art - Iāll share it here. If not, then Iād be delighted to see anything you guys want to post. Hope it sparks some inspiration and creative flowā¦ 
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So here is what I did for Day 1. Was too tired to use anything other than the pens, pencils and textas on hand.
Itās similar to what I have used in the past with my daughter to express her fears or worries in drawing for the Kinesiologist. And sometimes for myself. Havenāt done it for years. No real idea what parts of me and my emotions each element represents but can guess. Iād be interested to see what would come up if a Kinesiologist explored it with me.
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Oh! That speaks to meā¦
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