I recently found the sweetest deck of daily devotions by Mary Oliver. It sits in a holder on my desk and it is excepts from Mary’s poetry and writing. It immediately made me feel calm, and I love the small illustrations on each card. I share it in the video.

Mary Oliver writes often about being present and finding the beauty of what’s all around her, and she’s one of my favorites.

One Sunday a month or so I will use this little deck of inspiration to inspire what I create.

I can’t wait to share how this piece came together and my thoughts on Paying attention. Being astonished. And then telling you about it. Enjoy the process and always know that you are loved!

Get the original HERE and the print HERE

Supplies used:

• 12×12 canvas
• Liquitex fluid matte medium & Liquitex matte gel
• Liquitex gesso black and white
• Liquitex acrylic ink – prussian blue, Muted green, vivid lime green, titanium white, muted turquoise
• Daler & Rowney acylic ink – sepia
• Acrylic paint – prism violet, olive green, green gold, quin magenta.
• Golden So Flat – raw umber
• Soft pastel pencils(Koh-i-noor pastel pencil set) and soft pastel sticks(Soho urban artist soft pastels)
• Generals charcoal pencil (ex. soft)
• 1″flat brush, Small detailed brush

Stencils used:

• Snapdragon 9×12, 8×10, 5×8
• Wild Petunas 8×10, 5×8

These are the free collage papers available in the Subscriber Library