- Hi, I’m Renata. I’m a mom, a wife, and a teacher. I am also a writer, a painter, and a general creative soul. I love to write stories for children and poetry for adults. My favourite painting medium is acrylics. As well, I love to craft with my kids. While the goal is to have focused, daily creative time, that is not always possible with a five year old, three year old, and a one year old. That is why post it notes with sentence fragments, story ideas, and sketch ideas can be found on most surfaces in my home. This blog is a record of my attempts at sanity and at making me time for creativity while being a mommy of three.
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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Creative Life Project: June’s Progress
I enjoyed this month’s focus. The one technical “fail” (I’ll go into details of that in my Andy Warhol post next week) was still comprised of fun attempts. Monthly goals: Remember birthdays. Check! Again some are sent off late but … Continue reading
Where Has My Baby Gone?
My darling baby, Knowing you are my last baby, I have tried to be especially mindful of every day with you. I have tried to embrace the newborn stage through the fatigue and postpartum battles. Yet even with all … Continue reading
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Creative Kids: Birthday Cards
My grandmother was the family glue. Most families have someone who fills this role. The person who knows when everyone’s birthday is and shares everyone’s news so that the family remains connected even if they don’t all talk or see … Continue reading
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Artist of the Week: Picasso
Alive from 1881 to 1973, Picasso’s life, like Chagall’s, spanned such an interesting time period. He was Spanish but lived mostly in France. He was co-founder of the cubist movement and is also credited with getting collage recognized as an … Continue reading
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Artist of the Week: Chagall
This week I read up on Marc Chagall and perused his paintings-not a bad way to pass time, to be honest. Here are some things I learned about Chagall: Chagall was a Russian-French Jewish artist who lived from 1887 to … Continue reading
Creative Life Project: June
I am so excited this month to get my hands dirty while experimenting with styles. The painters I am choosing to study over this month have works that touch something in my heart. There are many, however, that could fall into … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, collage, Gustav Klimt, Marc Chagall, Picasso
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keeping the me in mommy 