I can’t believe the year has come to an end. We are waiting for the New Year with a grateful heart, contentment, excitement and optimism. 2020 has certainly been a year like no other. My family, along with my mother, my sister, my beautiful niece, my brother-in-law, his parents and his sister started this year happy and enjoying time together. We took an unforgettable road trip to Washington DC, we shared days full of excitement while seeing new places. Washington DC was on my bucket list, but I never imagined it would visit it this year. Last year my sister out of the blue asked if we would be willing to make the trip, as we had already planned to visit them. I like spontaneity, but programmed to some extent Emoji but this time I entrusted us to God. I took a look at the savings account, and asked Mark…

Last year I had a little glimpse of this Christmas. As we were getting ready to celebrate at Mark’s parents my little one started to feel sick. I thought that maybe it was something minor as he had been perfectly fine before that. As we were getting ready to leave the house he got worse and things went bad pretty fast. So I immediately decided to stay at home with him and Mark left with my older son to have supper. I sat with beside my sweet son to watch tv and talk, as that kept him distracted. We were watching together as he had his head rested on me. Then suddenly he looked at me and I saw his eyes filled with emotion, I knew that he was sad. I thought that it was because he was sick. When I asked if that was the reason why, he said…

I have noticed for a while that when I create I tend to use the same color pallet. Blues are my weakness and I’m just not strong enough to resist. So I have been looking for ways to find inspiration that allows me to expand the range of colors that I use. The only issue is that sometimes it is not very easy and trying to find the perfect way to produce a pleasing visual combination can interrupt my creative stream.  The internet has been my friend on many occasions as I go and lose myself in the many number of posts out there, it has happened that by the time I’m done  and have chosen the perfect color combo it is almost time to go to bed.  So I have been searching a way to compile different color combinations, but my search ended when I found Colorflow, an Artistic…

During the month of  January I came across Studioworks Creative Academy through a dear friend that recommended it to me. Her excitement was so contagious that I went to check it for myself. She was right! Ivy Newport has put together a great opportunity. For $19 USD per month you receive a creative membership with  unlimited access to all the classes Ivy has on her website, the new classes to come and also a  beautiful magazine with amazing content. As an introduction to her new magazine “Studioworks Journal” Ivy provided a preview. Well I was so excited to take a peek and she did not disappoint me with the amount of visual content that she had included. Every article has been crafted with care and in a way that  sparks your own creativity from the beginning. The richness of articles, videos and the creative prompts offered is what propels you to learn…

How are you doing with your New Year Resolution? I have always been curious about this trend. I think is a great idea to start the new year with a vision, with desire and with the intention to guide you through out the year. I would like to see statistics of how many keep up until the end of the year. I surely think they deserve a medal. Thinking about those types of resolution knowing myself I think that I’ll tend to get very excited at first and as time moves on my focus would fade away.    So I guess I’m  at the other end of the spectrum I haven’t even considered to start my year with a resolution. Alternatively, in my life words and bible verses have been what has come to my mind and not necessary at the beginning of the year. Sometimes they have come after a…

I was thinking about the days I have spent learning to paint and draw, thinking about what brought me to start. I am aware that I still do not know a lot, even when I have invested in growing my skills, but I am also able to see that I know more than before. I have always had this passion for art even though in the past I never took the time to sit and learn more about it. I just kept day dreaming about how awesome would be to learn how to paint and then seconds later I got busy with my life again. I have had these sporadic moments when I regretted not being proactive in that regard, but then again something else came up and I got entangled in life again. When I was little I was fortunate to have a mom that cared about the things…

I’m so excited to have been able to interview my mentor in art Paivi Eerola creator of Peony and Parakeet.  She is from Finland and worked as a software engineer and industrial designer in the past. Her passion for art has driven her to become a full-time artist. She has developed many classes and I will be forever grateful for encountering her through the internet. I  took my first class in April 2017, and since then I have signed up for many more. She is an amazing teacher always innovating as she looks for ways to boost creativity and imagination. Her classes are easy to follow and she finds ways to connect with you and share different processes that lead a beginner like me to create art. She allows each student to express and communicate through painting and we are not tied up to her personal style. On the contrary, she inspires…

I participated in a free online workshop named “Sketchbook Revival” hosted by Karen Abend and sponsored by Sketchbook Skool. The classes were easy to follow and the videos were filled with a friendly approach. I really appreciated all the effort and care provided by Karen Abend and each instructor during this workshop. I loved the way each  of them gave us a little peek to their work and also allowed us to see what inspired them to create their art. In addition to that they also provided tips on how to motivate our artistic soul to keep creating in the middle of our busy life or in those days when we think that our creativity is not sparking as fast as we would like.   I wanted to share with you my “Sketchbook” journal because I think this is a way to show you how much fun I had during this time. I definitely recommend…

Life happens and it does not stop, it gets involved, it gets tangled up without waiting for anyone. What can I say … I am happy that I had the chance to love, to love deeply and intensely. What beauty it is to be able to surrender completely without expecting anything in return. I have been able to love as a mother and I can say that being a mother has been a wonderful and satisfying adventure. I never knew what kind of mother I would become, and well, I have to confess that maybe I’m a bit overprotective, that I love kissing and hugging my little ones as if there was no tomorrow and like every day is a new beginning. My life matters more now than ever because my children depend on me. The days are brighter since I have them, my heart broadens thinking about them and is…

Well if I describe myself, I will not finish today but I can tell you I like the way I am. I am happy with myself, yes I try to change from time to time and sometimes I have succeeded and in other times I didn’t even start trying. What I know is that this is not the only time I will start something and not finish it, but I’m certain that God is going to finish His master plan in me and I do want to be part of that and I do not want to lose time. I want to see myself in a mirror later on and know that I am better and not just for others to see, but for my own enjoyment. At the end of my days, I wish I could see myself and find out that I’m still me and that I am…