Holst's The Planets 4

And, this was done over original painting # 11 during that same painting session in my backyard.

Holst's The Planets - 3

The base for this painting was an acrylic painting (# 9 from the original paintings that I posted), and over the course of several hours, it kept changing. I had 10 or so paintings spread out on the grass in my backyard, and kept going back and forth between the 10 paintings.

Holst's The Planets - Mercury

 Watery acrylic on canvas, painted while listening to Holst's The Planets - Mercury.

Holst's The Planets - Mars

Per Helen's suggestion, I took a watercolor painting that I had started (and gave up on) and used it as the base for an oil pastel. I was listening to Holst's The Planets while I did this one - Mars, if I remember correctly.

Creativity Coaching - notes from 5/27/16 conversation

Values:

• List the values I wish I had (and those are probably my values)

Art:

• oil pastels OVER watercolor backgrounds
• series of more painting to music - outside, big (holst, mussorsky)
• Read Kandinsky book
• Establish an art-making time as a habit (every morning?)
• Links to images:
• https://www.tarabrach.com/absolute-cooperation-with-the-inevitable/
• https://www.tarabrach.com/ten-minute-basic-guided-meditation-practice/

Organization:

• Check out Evernote
• Organize Blog:
• creativity coaching (private)
• Art and comments
• Momkin (private)
• My to do list (private)
• Intentional living community

Intentional Living Community with creative/arts focus:

• aging in place/shared services & care/community
• variety of ages
• studio space for classes, individual work
• affordable/funding
• research Troy Gardens co-housing, Madison
• Links:
• http://plancharlotte.org/story/cohousing-podcast-robert-boyer-uncc
• http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/may/11/communal-living-projects-moving-from-hippie-to-mainstream
• http://www.shareable.net/blog/one-family%E2%80%99s-move-from-cohousing-to-a-smaller-tighter-community
• http://www.nextavenue.org/pros-cons-living-with-friends-older-age/?utm_content=buffer8a01d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
• https://www.facebook.com/cohousingUS/?fref=nf
• http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/85-year-old-navy-vet-takes-up-tap-dancing/119051003
• http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/04/472186457/just-turned-40-an-architect-says-its-time-to-design-for-aging?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160405
• http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/the-elderly-dancers-bringing-1-800-years-of-life-to-the-stage-1-3905979?platform=hootsuite
• http://isthmus.com/arts/emphasis/east-madison-the-bodgery-makerspace/

Helen

• invite to Chicago
• art workshops/travel
• fb site to share and comment on art: monitize?

Oil Pastel while listening to Mussorsky

5/26/16- Last night, I took your suggestion and did this while listening to Pictures at an Exhibition. It was fun - I love working with oil pastels because they're so physical. It's on the biggest piece of paper I have - about 20" x 30".

While I was listening to the music, I wished that I had the space and materials to work REALLY big - like 20x30 feet! At points in the music, I would have loved to be able to be able to spread paint with my feet, and really throw paint around.

Update of Painting #2

5/26/16 - This is an updated version of painting # 2. I actually like where this is. Any suggestions?