The Art Box Evolves – Dark and Light

Posted on September 13, 2011 by MSatterfield

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A Shared Project

My friend and I are each working in our own journal and sharing the results at our weekly lunch therapy (where we eat at the same restaurant and take up way too much time at the table but they know us so it’s okay.) Continue reading →

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Raw Art – Come Journaling Along

Posted on August 30, 2011 by MSatterfield

Administrivia!

If you’re reading this in an email, thank you! As I’ve been sorting through my creative selves, it’s become obvious that my art and pattern design needs its own separate home here at MonetteSattefield.com. If you’re subscribed to receive email notices of posts about art and the creative life, that’s exactly what you’ll get on the same semi infrequent basis as always.

For those of you who signed up for business writing, that’s now over at Shiny Designs.com (with an all new eye-popping design with a pink rabbit) so please head on over there and sign up. I hope you’ll stay with me here too because it all comes from the same creative well.

Create for Yourself

How long has it been since you made art just for yourself? For some of us, the answer is too long. My friend from Wholly Piecemeal mentioned this book: Raw Art Journaling. Continue reading →

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Magic Stuff, Silly Stuff, and Shiny Stuff!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by MSatterfield

Three Jars May 2011

This is the first sketch of an idea and it turned out the best. That seems to happen a lot for me. The sketch, even if it’s very rough, is often more interesting than a more refined version. Continue reading →

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Flowers and Food – A Day in May

Posted on May 17, 2011 by MSatterfield

Here’s what caught my eye this morning in the yard and garden (the yard-en, perhaps?)

Red Geranium
These geraniums are from a day or two ago but they’re so enthusiastic, I had to include them. The plant is several years old and is in a worn-out galvanized metal bucket that I drilled a few holes in to use as a planter. It’s time to repot.
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