http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog embracing the child within Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:51:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1st January. Early in the morning, the sky is gloomy and gray with rain. As  I drink my tea, I find myself trying to ignore the chaos of boxes stacked behind my chair as I write this post. Over the holidays, I finally unpacked most of my art supplies. I'm ... http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog/2010/01/01/happy-new-year/ I love this video by Andrea Dorfman, inspired by the the song "Art" by Tanya Davis. Andrea is one of Canada's most promising and truly gifted independent young filmmakers. It's all about Art! thought for the day; "In order for my work to continue to evolve, I become involved in playfulness and take the ... http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog/2009/08/17/art/ A great video  of a live painting session by Tali Farch to the music of one of Brubeck's jazz standards. It's not so much the painting that attracted me as it was the idea of painting to music. The total experience of getting lost in the rhythm, brush strokes, colors, mood and ... http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog/2009/08/10/dancing-paint-brushes/ Here is another digital morning warm up exercise. This time I used digital liquid ink on hot press paper. I did several 4 x 5  inch paintings, and each one turned out a little different. I sometimes use these as a point of reference for traditional paintings. This way I can experiment ... http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog/2009/08/05/raining-blue/ I started out my morning with my usual daily warm up exercises. Instead of working with traditional mediums today, I did my morning warm ups using Corel Painter IX. 5. My inspiration for the day came from the word "Lughnasa," which is one of the four main festivals of the Medieval ... http://www.rosearizmendi.com/blog/2009/08/03/lughnasa/