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I am not an ARTist-the computer is? | Pad Patter 2.15.2017

I am a creative person... but never really thought of myself as an artist. I have painted and have painted canvas' on my walls. My own creations - not the Paint and party things. I have made numerous scrapbooks, cards, and have created frames, and other things from my paper scrapbooking days. I have also done pottery, and painting of ceramics. I love to doodle and draw. I do have a knack for creative ways.

I like to create. I don't think I ever really worried about what to call myself.
 
I am a creative right brained soul. Love clean lines and pretty photos and fabulous clusters. I stopped drawing when what was in my head wasn't not being created by my hands. Now with photography what I want to capture is captured! Digi scrapping is such a win-win.
 
Im my mind to answer your question of
'I am not an ARTist-the computer is?'

The computer is just a tool correct!? Like a paint brush or a camera or a instrument, isn't it the person using the tool, that is the ARTist!?
 
I'm a creative person...I've done everything from sketching, piano, sewing...and digi scrapping has been my outlet for creativity over the last 10 years. I still pick up the pencil, piano and sewing every once in a while, but digi-scrapping is by far my most favorite and longest lasting.
 
My family is full of artists. My Mom for one could do anything she set her mind to. She would create her own fashions in clothing, make an outfit overnight to wear to school the next day and the day after that half the girls had the same outfit. She was a bit of a trend setter. She also painted and I have some of her wonderful artwork. She could write and even illustrated a book or two. My Dad was the same way. Could do anything he set out to do. And he could draw. He was invited to draw for Disney way back when and turned it down. Us kids are like...Whoa! You turned it down???? My sisters paint and draw. I've always wanted to be that kind of an artist. I did paint Christmas windows on stores with one of my sisters...the little holly and pine borders and Christmasy scenes and such. Did that for about 17 years and loved it. But to put it on paper was a totally different story.

I can sew, love cross stitching, crochet, embroidery and even taught myself how to tat. I write some and play the piano. I found digital scrapbooking thru digital cardmaking. Have totally loved doing that. But this past year my desire to draw and create that way hit hard again. I have wanted to do the doodling type of things and the flowers and such that you see in the adult coloring books. Nothing I ever put on paper ever looked like it was good enough. And then I started looking at Zentangle. And Zentangle Inspired Art. And I'm very excited at what I have found that I can do! It's like I have finally found my place in the art world that I have so wanted to be a part of. Some of my creations have blown me away and even my husband and daughter can't believe how they look and how fast I have grown in this new adventure. I still have to work hard at it and my efforts are not always good. In fact, many of my efforts are very wad it up and throw it in the trash worthy. In Zentangle you aren't supposed to throw anything away. You take your mistake and work it into your artwork. Sigh...I still sometimes use the wad it up and throw it away method. But I can do this!! It has been so satisfying to me.

So! With all that said....all of us are artists in some form or another. We just need to find what our hearts feel and then fly with it. I think I have found that in both my digital scrapbooking and in my Zentangle stuff. And I love all of you ladies and the friendships we have here. Your encouragement and help is a wonderful thing. I love being a part of your group.
 
I missed so many opportunities when I was little because people thought I was NOT good at it after one try. I have to say, yes, I was not a gifted child for any of those opportunities but I would have had fun if I had had the right push.
 
Dalis....I see a lot of talent in you. I was just looking at your gallery and there are so many lovely layouts there. I can't help but feel you have had great abilities in you all along. :) I'm sorry others didn't see them in you long ago.
 
I definitely define myself as an artist. I have a BA in photography and I love to dabble in mixed media art. I love watercolors, art journaling, Pebeo mixed media paint, canvases and all kinds of other painty goodies. I also love to use spray paint on poster board to create gorgeous paintings that most people think are actually real paintings (or oil paintings). I've done glass work using a torch (flameworking) to create jewelry pieces like pendants and beads. I've also done some polymer clay pieces. I also love to do various fairy garden pieces from polymer or found nature bits. Other things I've dabbled with are cross stitch (which I just don't have the patience for), Zentangling (which I love!), drawing, hand lettering, quilting, paper scrapbooking, and now digi scrapbooking!

I recently decided to put my photography and artwork online for sale and created a Facebook page for my art, and I'm so excited about it (which is why I haven't been around as much so far this year)! But I truly believe that everyone is an artist and creative in their own way!
 
I have always wanted to be able to draw or paint. I have dabbled in a little bit - took a class in Watercolours and was doing okay but did not finish the course as it was when my mother was dying and I needed to be with her.
I am presently doing a class with Tangie Baxter - have looked at the videos and tomorrow I will start to dabble with "live" paints instead of digital ones.

I do really enjoy digital scrapbooking and digital artjournaling as I can recolor things - make them small or big - no glue marks or ink smudges where I do not want them etc.

Scrapbooking is a form of art. I like this statement:

ART
noun
  1. 1.
    the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
What we do with our scrapbooking is producing something to be appreciated.
 
I think many of us (women?) are embarrassed to call ourselves artists. We don't have to be ARTIsts! with a gallery or income from what we do. When I talk to people who have no idea what paper scrapbooking is, much less digital, I will often say I do digital art. That is somewhat understandable to the rest of the world. I don't always say I'm an artist but in my soul I know I am. I'm not Georgia O'Keefe or Grandma Moses or Helen Frankenthaler but we are ourselves. btw, look at this image below by Frankenthaler and see if you don't see what a lot of us do when we blend background papers or create them.

I know I wanted to get the images in my head onto paper and found that doing anything by hand did not give me the results I wanted or expected. I also did find out that there is a flow to the creative process that takes you where you didn't expect to go...art having a life of its own which is really amazing when you think of it.

When I have shown some of my pages to friends or they have seen them on line, they definitely think that they are the work of an artist. These women have artistic talents that bring in income from their art so I take their word. We're many and varied but we are artists.
 

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I always think of this as capital "A" Artist versus lowercase "a" artist. I am not an Artist, but I am an artist. I don't get paid, I'm not doing anything grand or prestigious, but I am creating art, just on a smaller scale.
 
I can't draw or paint to save myself but give me a computer and i'm away. I've always said i'm creative rather than artistic much like my mum is. The artist in the family is my grandmother - she can paint, draw, quilt, create fabric art pieces etc to the point she's run out of walls to put anything.
 
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