So the stag came home with me along with all my materials and the creations of the last month. I decided to use a room at home which I adapted to work as a studio space for the time being. I don’t have as much room as I had before and because it has a … More The Cosmic Egg and the Bluebird of Happiness
This was the scene that I was met with first thing, orange Montbretia against a blue sky. A great combination. Today was my last day in the studio. Not an ending, just a conclusion and a new chapter beginning. I trusted my gut in deciding to take the month to focus on my art and … More Day 16 – Not An Ending
The day started badly. I had a small box containing tiny pieces of gold leaf. I wanted to bring it down to the studio but I was worried about the box opening on route so I got a sturdy elastic band and started to wrap it around the box. The box slipped in my hand … More Day 15 – A Departure
Some mornings I consider skipping my Touch Drawing practice but I feel like it’s become such an integral part of my day and sets me up for the rest of the creative session that I don’t want to skip it in case I have a really unproductive day. Have I become like a footballer with … More Day 14 – Looking From A Different Angle
My Touch Drawing this morning was powerful. I’ll let the images speak for themselves. The board was really beautiful towards the end with iridescent colours and lovely textures. I feel very lucky to have been able to spend a month in this studio in Dowra Courthouse in County Cavan. The old Courthouse was renovated about … More Day 13 – Am I An Artist?
Each morning I pick three cards from my current favourite deck – Kyle Gray’s Angels & Ancestors. This morning this passage from the accompanying book jumped out at me. You are not here to cower away or live in the shadows, you are here to realise your fullest potential, but this can only occur when … More Day 12 – Retreat
I began the day with my usual Touch Drawing practice. This has many benefits that I have talked about in previous posts but it occurred to me today that while drawing instinctively and subconsciously I am imprinting muscle memory which can be useful when I move on to intentional mark making. The images created and … More Day 11 – Bridges
Each day in the studio I pick three cards from Kyle Gray’s Angels and Ancestors deck. Today I got messages about the seeds I have sown coming to fruition. Harvest. Seeing the fruit of my labours and that was exactly how it felt today. I finished the Newgrange painting and am really happy with how … More Day 10 – Harvest
I’ve always been a bit scared of painting. My lovely Art teacher Farquhar Macintosh Frazer used to creep up behind me, take the pencil out of my hand and insert a paintbrush. I would put it down, get out another pencil and carry on. So I have successfully avoided painting for most of my life … More Day 9 – Progress
I returned to the studio after a couple of days break and had left lots of leaves I had used for printing, drying between kitchen roll under lots of books. They are ready to be attached to the prints and framed now. This print was made on pre-painted watercolour paper, with the gelli plate using … More Day 8 – In The Flow
Morag Donald Creating Healing 