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Month: October 2018

October 11, 2018June 24, 2019Chrissie Murphy Designs2 Comments on Artist Interview with Shawna N.M. Barnes

Artist Interview with Shawna N.M. Barnes

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I need some help writing my my next blog post. There’s a question in my stories that I’d love to hear your thoughts on... . “How do you know when you’re not having fun?” .

You can respond in my stories or here, whatever works for you. I’m keen to know your answers and I’d love to include some of them in my next post 😊
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Yep, sometimes it feels like you’re drinking a tall glass of green.... I’m using heaps of greens in my next piece. Do you have a favourite way to use green? Mine would have be blending.... with lots of cool blues and yellows. .
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Permission to confess..... .
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I love Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Markers.... .
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just saying...
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When I say the word ‘wisdom’, what do you picture? Do you see wisdom as something that’s given by an old man or woman who’s been around a few years? What do you picture it to be? I believe wisdom is actually a way of life, let me share with you what I mean.... there’s a link in my bio .
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In 2 Chronicles, Chapter 1 we read about how the Lord came to King Solomon 👑 to ask him what he wanted. Solomon told the Lord he sought wisdom, he wanted it more than anything else! He wanted wisdom to lead and govern people, and he wanted it above wealth, fame, riches and even longevity..... .
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As I’ve been contemplating wisdom, I’ve come to believe the Lord wants us to hunger for wisdom just as much as Solomon did. I’ll be blogging some more about wisdom later this week, but for now I thought I’d share my latest piece. .
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Hands up if you reckon gold looks awesome in a piece of art 🙋🏼 Here’s a close up pic that shows a hint of the gold that’s been used in my next piece 🔑 So in love with it 🥰
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“Wise words are more valuable than much gold and many rubies.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ .
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Another day creating.... used all of these goodies in my next piece 🥰
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😺 yep, the cat is out of the bag! 😺
I’ve never offered anything like this before, but Resolve, my original, one of a kind piece of art is actually available for purchase!!! Yessiree, it can be yours!!
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Measuring 10.5cm x 14.8cm, it was created on Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor paper, using watercolors, inks, acrylic paint and coloured pencils. It’s a small piece that can fit comfortably at a workstation or on a bedside table reminding us of the beauty that comes from resolution. If Resolve has really resonated with you, send me a message and I’ll let you know how it can be yours. .
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In tonight’s blog post, I’m sharing about my latest art piece called Resolve. It’s a beautiful product of prayer, journalling and drawing that I’m thrilled to be able to detail through word. I hope it strikes a chord with you. There’s a link in my bio.
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Hi friends, each morning I wake and spend time journalling with the Lord. Recently I felt He gave me some words that I believe I’m to draw, and one of these words was Resolve. As I listened and journaled, I felt He was saying that in everything, He wants us to place a desire to Resolve above the desire to be right. I’ll be sharing more of my journalling on Resolve this week in my blog, but for now I thought I’d share the finished piece with you all. .
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My weapons of choice ✍🏼️
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It’s nice to be getting back into the swing of things with some pretty pink work in progress.... when was the last time you resolved to do something?
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I love learning what motivates the creative expression of other artists. We’re a unique bunch of folks and I love hearing how each piece of art we create is birthed and formed. Today I’m sharing the heart behind Resonate as a means of letting you into more of my Creative Process. .
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This sort of stuff is something I usually hold close to my chest, so opening this up for the world to see is kinda SCARY! But I believe, very strongly, that it adds another dimension to what you see in a finished piece of work. My hope is that after reading it, you see MORE and He resonates. .
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Resonate is defined as, to resound or cause to resound; to reverberate. We have all sorts of things that resonate within us, but I believe the Lord wants to be the one that resounds and reverberates within us the most deeply. .
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Finished piece measures 5” x 8”
Mixed media on Hot pressed Watercolour paper 🖍🖊🎨📓
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Hi friends, my apologies for the online absence. .
I’ve been doing a small training course with Matt Tommey. His course (called Artist’s Rise Up) is about understanding your place in the Kingdom as an artist. God reveals his beauty through His artists, so Matt’s course has been about discovering my place in
the Army of Artists the Lord is building. .
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Over the next few months I will be continuing the training as I work my way into more of Matt’s teaching through his books. I want to give this teaching my full attention and devotion, so I have chosen to sit my normal week to week tangle activities to the side for the time being. .
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I apologise to anyone that might be inconvenienced by me doing so. Many of you know that Creating with the Creator has always been my heart’s focus. Being provided an opportunity to deepen this through spiritual and personal development is something I just couldn’t pass up. .
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I will continue to create and draw during this time (you can see me working on a piece with the Lord in this picture I’m sharing). I hope the fruit of this time ahead is something you are nourished by, and I look forward to sharing parts of this journey with you xx
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Have you ever tried using a real string for your tangle tiles? I did, I soaked one in alcohol ink and used the soggy mess to make myself a colourful string for tangling. Tonight’s Tangle Creative Process Mapping post looks at this idea in greater detail. There’s a link in my bio.
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This is the Nvelope Tile I have created for Week 4️⃣ of the Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). Last week I wasn’t able to create a Colour Techniques Tile, so I’ve combined last week’s work into this week’s tile as well. .
I created this tile by using a string soaked in Alchohol Ink. If you missed the video where I shared about this, you can catch it on my YouTube channel. It was a smelly, messy process but now that the tile is finished, I’m glad I persisted. The results are quite beautiful. .
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Good morning Talking Tanglers. I thought I’d share a short video this morning to run through how I’ve created the background of my next tile, the Nvelope Colour Technique Tile. This background is made using an alchohol inked string. This tile will be finished later this week and I’ll have a post on the blog about it. For now though, I hope you enjoy this short video of this super quick background technique 😊
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Did you catch last nights blog post? I shared about this tile, my Nvelope Enhancer Tile. Earlier in the week I mentioned how I really loved the spiked Nvelope Enhancer I’d come up with for Week 2️⃣ of our Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). But for whatever reason, the beaded Enhancer was the tile I could envisage creating. So here it is! .
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How are you going with your Nvelope Enhancers and Embellishments? Have you been able to decorate Nvelope in a new and interesting way? We’d love to see it! Don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy tangling my friend ✍🏼️
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I love this quote by Socrates because it sums up how I feel about tangling. I’m not focused on what was.... my mistakes, my sub standard work, my failures etc... I’m focused on what will be. .
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When it comes to our tangling we have a choice. We can focus our energy on fighting our old habits, fighting pens that don’t work how we want them too, fighting our lack of ability in an area or we can focus on building the new. The monthly focus on a tangle pattern is based upon this principle - building the new. .

One month intensely studying a pattern, helps you master its possibilities. You understand it like you’ve never understood it before. Before you realise it, you’ve built yourself something entirely new. A new capability..... If we want to change and improve as tangle artists we’ve got to focus on building the new and stop fighting the old. .
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If you haven’t signed up to join our monthly focus as a Talking Tangler then head to the link in my bio and join us. Focus on building yourself something that’s new, your tangly journey will thank you for it. . 📷 @brookemurphyphotography .

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