Super Soul Flow ~ April Canvas #2 - ABUNDANCE ~ Rabbit

"We are going to explore THREE types of abundance that are available to us at any time:

#1 INNER abundance

#2 CREATIVE abundance

#3 RADIANT abundance

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Symbols of ABUNDANCE are:

Rabbit

Buffalo

Ankh

Fish

Turkey(!!) LOL

Waterfalls

The Empress card in the Tarot deck

Lotus Flower

The planet Jupiter

There are an abundance of symbols to create the energy of abundance!

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To connect to the energy of abundance, we are going to begin with exploring the magnificent color wheel. You are going to explore the infinite, and most abundant, shades of color that you can create yourself!

One of the statements I have heard new painters make throughout my career is, “It is getting muddy,” or “I don’t have the right color.” Therefore, becoming comfortable mixing colors is a valuable practice and one that will illustrate, symbolically, the abundance all around us!

In the ABUNDANCE video I take you through the color wheel. I encourage you to spend some time during your Painting Practice this month playing with the colors. Mix many different shades of your favorite color, for example. There is no end to the shades of color you can create!

You can mix infinite shades of red and blue, starting with red and adding a little bit of blue, then a little more, and more…and then you get to PURPLE!

You can also mix OPPOSITE COLORS. These are my favorite. If you look at this color mandala, you can see that the opposite colors are RED & GREEN, PURPLE & YELLOW,ORANGE & BLUE. When you add just a bit of the opposite color into a color, i.e. a bit of orange into blue, you get an “earthy” shade of that color. "

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Was pulled to create a 2nd canvas this month... 

Started with a partially finished canvas from a class I no longer have access too. Then used up ALL of the mis-matched, partially used tubes of paint from replaced sets.

A bit of physical ABUNDANCE here... Using up the excess... 

An exercise in cleaning and clearing: ART STYLE

Canvas... re-using... 

ALL the paint... used for the background. 

Layers...

...and Layers...

...and Layers...

Background DONE...

So Much YUMMY Texxxxxxxxture!

End of Day 1... 

Day 2:

Starting to Layer... 

DONE

A few porno-close Texxxture pictures... lol 

Super Soul Flow ~ April Canvas #1 - ABUNDANCE ~ Meditation Canvas

"We are going to explore THREE types of abundance that are available to us at any time:

#1 INNER abundance

#2 CREATIVE abundance

#3 RADIANT abundance

To connect to the energy of abundance, we are going to begin with exploring the magnificent color wheel. You are going to explore the infinite, and most abundant, shades of color that you can create yourself!

One of the statements I have heard new painters make throughout my career is, “It is getting muddy,” or “I don’t have the right color.” Therefore, becoming comfortable mixing colors is a valuable practice and one that will illustrate, symbolically, the abundance all around us!

In the ABUNDANCE video I take you through the color wheel. I encourage you to spend some time during your Painting Practice this month playing with the colors. Mix many different shades of your favorite color, for example. There is no end to the shades of color you can create!

You can mix infinite shades of red and blue, starting with red and adding a little bit of blue, then a little more, and more…and then you get to PURPLE!

You can also mix OPPOSITE COLORS. These are my favorite. If you look at this color mandala, you can see that the opposite colors are RED & GREEN, PURPLE & YELLOW,ORANGE & BLUE. When you add just a bit of the opposite color into a color, i.e. a bit of orange into blue, you get an “earthy” shade of that color. "

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So this is where I started, with SELF LOVE.

White Wash... so the colours would take better.

Starting to Colour Play... 

Moooooar Colour Play... 

Finished Background...

Missed a few photos... 

Working on the LOTUS FLOWER for this month. 

DONE!

Super Soul Flow ~ March Canvas - PRESENCE ~ Mandala

March Super Soul Flow was all about:

PRESENCE

For a book being co-authored with Whitney Frya: 

http://whitneyfreya.com/super-soul-flow/#sthash.0iOzSYAT.dpbs

We created a mandala for this chapter.

 "Mandala in Sanskrit means sacred container. 

Mandalas have been created by almost every culture that has ever existed. 

It has ALWAYS been a ritual, an “Artual,” designed to bring us to our center and connect us to the divine."

"Becoming present is all about cultivating awareness. Awareness happens when we learn to be our own witness. For example, right now, look within. Then take a step back and observe how you are feeling at this particular moment. Are you feeling tired, happy, hopeful, frustrated, stressed, or excited? Now, ask yourself, “Am I this feeling? Is this who I am?” 

The answer would be NO. 

You are the you that is experiencing that feeling—you are not your feeling. 

In fact, at any given point in time, your focus, and the feeling being generated, is either on, or stemming from, the past, the future, or the present.

From the past, we can learn from our mistakes, recall valuable information, memories, or facts that we have learned or experienced and access our own personal set of baggage.

From the future, we get the opportunity to plan ahead, envision the future we desire, or worry about what might, possibly, maybe happen if this situation, desire, or goal of ours does not work out."

Soundtrack:

Amas Verita -Alan Silvestri ~Practical Magic Soundtrack

Practical Magic  -Alan Silvestri ~Practical Magic Soundtrack

Sacred Spirit Drums (whole album) -David and Steve Gordon

Process: 

Re-Decorating a $2 2nd hand store pre-print canvas.

Black Gesso to start and then into the NEON Paints.

Followed the ideas laid out in this months video and delved into PRESENCE.

Took time in 2 parts to complete this months painting. 

Both times I left the Studio Table feeling softly content and very focused. 

1st Session:

2nd Session:

  

Super Soul Flow ~ Meditation Canvas -FREEDOM ~

Posted all the course sh-tuff underneath my work...

#SuperSoulFlow is a Project I'm involved with. 

Helping co-author a book over 2015.

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So one of the things we're doing is to have an on-going Meditation Canvas. 

A place to just PLAY and GO WITH THE FLOW on set topics... 

This round it's FREEDOM

So space cleared, candle lit, incense going, paint, water, brushes amd music ready I sunk in this morning. 

Used my own music instead of the suggested tracks... 

MY Soundtrack:

Albannach

-Rout of Moy

-Claymores

-Burlin

-Scotland is her Name

-Unleash the Albannach

DONE:

Decided to use a canvas that has been sitting around, driving me crazy... started a project on it then it got torn. White washed and patched it can now be put to goods use. 

There is a certain FREEDOM in that!

White-washed:

 Patched:

Ready to start: 

In Progress... 

DONE + Journal:

DONE and on the wall in the Studio Area:

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THE DEETS: 

When we come into alignment with that which makes our heART sing, that which makes us vibrate with joy, that which we want to shout from the rooftops and share with everyone we know, that is when we experience SUPER SOUL FLOW.

In the Super Soul Flow: The Project 2015, Whitney Freya is going to guide you into the space where you can FEEL this energy of Super Soul Flow. Once you FEEL it, you can continue to create and expand this energy into more and more of your life.

We have experienced smallness, hesitation, self-doubt, self-criticism, and fear. We have experienced this in perfect timing so that NOW we can KNOW that we can also choose bigness, boldness, confidence, optimism and joy!

Does it sound too big? Too dreamy?

Let Whitney Freya bring it back down for you, back down into a manageable, learnable, arena. Whitney Freya is about to take you up to and, then, BEYOND the canvas into the art that is your life!