Joyful Purpose

A Day of Books

A day of books - Oh how I love books ~ the feel of them, the way they smell, the weight of them in my hands  - I could never have enough - yesterday was a day of new finds

essays on the likes of Cindy Sherman, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns

Random Shots - Studio

Finding your creative voice class sample

Class Sample for Finding Your Creative Voice

Paintings of the Pups

These paintings that I did for my father for Christmas were finally finished and shipped yesterday - yeah I know Christmas is in December - better late than never ;)  They are of his beloved pups Bon Bon and LuLu Belle

Letting go of struggle

"You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."

                                                    ~Mary Oliver

The weight of words

"The Mightiest word is  ... LOVE"

Inspired by the inaugaraul poem I went into the studio today and created this piece as well as a bunch of others now in my Etsy Shop

new self portraits and some photoshop

Working with new self portraits and some new photoshop actions.  

And speaking of new photos I have updated my

ETSY SHOP

so check it out

New Class at Zinnia March 14th

UPDATE: The class details are not up on the Zinnia site yet but you can call them directly at 626 441 2181 to register.  It is a small class so sign up soon if you are interested.

Time: 11 - 5

Cost: $70

Supply List: email me at armfield@att.net

details below:

I will be teaching what I think (in my humble opinion) is a really exciting class at Zinnia in Pasadena on March 14th -

Class – Finding Your Creative Voice


This class is constructed for you to learn how to access that unique voice within yourself so that you can express your creative spirit in an introspective and honest way while learning a plethora of computer, photographic, and drawing skills.

This class will explore the use of computer self-portraiture, paint, pastel and pen techniques to create a journal that will excavate our creative voice.

I will provide the computers and printer so that we will be able to learn a variety of techniques using iphoto, photoshop  and photobooth to capture our image in a unique way.  We will then print out these and use them to create meaningful journal pages.  You will learn quick and easy background pages and several fast journal-binding techniques.

The ideas taught in this class will provide a springboard for you to use as an inspiration for all of your work.

To sign up or for more info visit:

Zinnia

Orange you gonna be joyful today?

Orange Journal Page ~ Be Joyful

Orange Images for the Day ~

The Blue of Sweet Slumber

The Blue of Sweet Slumber

Today's Daily Journal via Misty's prompt on the color blue ~