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JoeGirl Artwork Fireflies

JoeGirl Artwork Fireflies

“Fireflies”

$75.00

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Fireflies at dusk… and the magic they sprinkle everywhere.

6 x 6″
Acrylic
1.5″ birch canvas, black edges
High gloss resin finish

Out of stock

SKU: FIREFLIES920 Category: Acrylic Art

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Additional information

Weight	.25 kg
Dimensions	15.24 × 15.24 × 5 cm

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Joanne T. Lauzon
Artist + Creative Play Coach

FROM INSTAGRAM…

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: Ottawa Friends!

Join me weekly to explore the mindful, creative practice of art journaling.
📒 🎨 🖌 ✨

Over five weeks, we will use a variety of paints and other mark making tools, collage textures, and embellishments to document our days, memories, dreams—or simply to freely create + express ourselves in our mixed media journals. Each week a new approach for tackling the blank page will be shared, and participants can choose to give it a try or do their own thing. The beauty of art journaling is, there are no rules and unlimited do-overs!

Every Wednesday evening for 5 weeks
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 7–8:30pm
$225 per person + HST added at checkout

All supplies are included, though you may wish to incorporate things from home
Water, tea + coffee will be available.
Participants are welcome to bring their own snacks.

Limit of six (6) participants—Bring a friend or come on your own! All experience levels welcome.

Info + Registration: https://www.joegirl.com/eventscalendar or link in bio

#creativeplay #ottawa #ottawaevents #artworkshops #ottawaworkshops

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: This piece went through an ugly phase… And I mean ugly as in “Ew, David!”

I was filming the process for a mixed media class at CAMP, and at the halfway point I was ready to toss it in the bin. Not gonna lie… there were tears.

After taking a break and coming back to it with fresh eyes, I was able to push through the discomfort and take a new approach. I added a bold colour—the sky blue—and took the piece in a more vibrant direction that the one I originally intended.

Game changer.

It is now one of my favourite pieces, and my friend Marie is the proud owner. It’s also one of the most popular classes at CAMP, and the blog post I wrote about the process continues to score new readers (read it here: https://www.joegirl.com/artwork/thediscomfortofugly/).

When is the last time you pushed through discomfort to be met with surprise success on the other side? ✨ 🦄 ⭐️

#creativeplay #campwithjoegirl #personalgrowth #discomfortzone

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: Ever find yourself in a funk?

It’s safe to say we have all woken up on the wrong side of the bed at some point. Or experienced an interaction throughout the day that left us feeling down. Or maybe we can’t quite explain it, but we just feel blah all over.

We know we don’t want to feel this way, but the mood fairy with their magic wand and pixie dust didn’t get the memo, and you’re left trying to snap out of your funk on your own.

Here’s a little trick you can try the next time you feel that sense of sluggishness, and you wanna shake it off.

Set a timer ⏰

5 minutes… 10 minutes…
No more than 15 minutes. You don’t want this feeling like a chore, or yet another time-consuming obligation. It’s a reset technique, so the quicker the better.

While it’s important to not deny our emotions, and to allow ourselves time to feel them, ruminating and wallowing isn’t healthy either. Sometimes we feel the urge to switch mental gears, we are just missing the technique we need to do so quickly, while having a bit of fun at the same time.

TRY THIS: Grab any mark-making tool and—following the cadence of your breath—draw lines in your art journal… up and down, side to side, diagonal.

Read my full blog post for more ideas > https://www.joegirl.com/coaching/setatimer/

How do YOU reset your energy? Leave a comment and let me know what works for you… I am always looking for fresh ideas to try + to share!

#creativeplay #inafunk #moodchanger #shiftyourmindset #setatimer

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: Kisses + Hugs, Anyone? ❤️
These beauties are ready to tell someone you love them!

8x8" acrylic mixed media collage on 1.5" birch panels
High gloss resin finish

Product links in photos

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: Shake it off 💃🏼🪩🕺🏻

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: Tag your Valentine ❤️

The Love Letters Collection will be released + available at 10am Eastern TODAY—Wednesday, February 1, 2023! ❤️

Grab your fave(s) and send them to your loved ones… or keep them for yourself!

Which one is your fave?

Shop at https://www.joegirl.com/artwork
Link in bio ❤️

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: “Gazing Outward”
🌊🐠🐬☀️✨

Where are you, and what do you see?

Acrylic 24 x 30” on gallery canvas.

Available now at https://www.joegirl.com/artwork or at the link in my bio.

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: Let’s go deep diving Under the Sea 🌊🐠🐬🧜🏻‍♀️

These two fresh 8 x 8” works are available now.

Acrylic mixed media on 1.5” birch panel, with high gloss resin finish ✨

Link in bio at @heyjoegirl or visit https://www.joegirl.com/artwork 🎨

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: 🖌️🎨✨Studio walkthrough of my available artwork + new pieces being released at 10am Wednesday, February 1, 2023!

Set your alarms + bookmark 👉🏻 https://www.joegirl.com/artwork

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: Ooey gooey pouring medium to finish off the last four art hearts 💖✨🎨🖌️❤️

My Love Letters collection (10 4x4” art hearts) is being released at 10am Wednesday, February 1st—just in time for your Valentine, or yourself!

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: Set your alarms! ⏰
The Love Letters Collection coming Feb 1st!

Six sweet 4x4” acrylic mixed media collage art hearts, featuring sentiments from love letters written to and from great women + men from centuries ago (think Mozart, Bonaparte, Browning, and more).

These will be available in my shop Wednesday, February 1st at 10am Eastern.
Grab your faves in time to send it to your Valentine!

Other artwork will be released at the same time, and maybe even a few surprises 💖

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: It’s my FAVOURITE day of the week! 🗓

Every Thursday at noon, a bunch of my CAMP members join me from around the world on a live Zoom call for This Week’s Picnic—a gathering for announcements, welcomes, show + tell, sharing + caring, and often silly and/or creative games + activities.

Here’s a frame from just over a year ago, when I first introduced the Blind Contour drawing game. So. Many. Laughs. 🤣 I think it’s time for another round today 😉

Not a Camper?
Join the fun with a 3-Day Pass, Monthly, or Annual membership for exclusive, unlimited access to creative classes, live events, guest artists + instructors, and so much more! Link in bio ⬆️

[ Fun Fact… My two sons + I were all born on a Thursday! 👩‍👦‍👦 ]

#campwithjoegirl #happyplace #campcommunity #creative #awakenings #mindfulness #play #creativeplay #creativeplaycoach #creativitycoach #cometocamp #creativityclub #membership #embraceyourcreativeenergy #doitfortheprocess #onlinelearning #joegirl

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: Six art hearts for your love—or yourself!
Which one is your fave? ❤️ 🎨 🖌 ✨

[ I’m putting the finishing touches on these over the next day or two, and will have them in my shop soon! ]

#valentinehearts #valentineart #foryourvalentine #loveyourself

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: Local Ottawa 5-week classes to ignite your creative spark! ✨

• Joyful Journaling 📒 🎨 💖
Starting Wednesday, March 1, for five weeks, 7–8:30pm
Learn a variety of ways to freely express yourself in an art journal
Explore new media + techniques
All supplies included, with tea + coffee

• Magical Mixed Media 🎨 🖌 ✨
Starting Tuesday, May 2, for five weeks, 7–8:30pm
Create a 16x16" piece
Explore new media + techniques
All supplies included, with tea + coffee

Grab a gal pal + sign up today!
Info + Registration at the link in my bio ⬆️

#ottawa #artworkshops #ottawaworkshops #creativeplay #ottawaevents613

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: A thousand tender kisses… 💋

Words by Mozart, music by Paul Simon, combined on this 4x4” mixed media heart—one of six hearts I’m working on for a wee collection to be released in time for Valentine’s Day.

Stay tuned for more ✨

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: Dreaming of the ocean + warm breezes 🌊 🏖 ☀️

These acrylic + resin pieces are calling you from the seaside. Perfect to hang in your ensuite or powder room, or nestled on a bookshelf among your collection of seashells and beach fiction. 🐚 📚

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: This is my first ever acrylic painting, made in January 2015—exactly eight years ago! 😳

I had taken a six-week mixed media painting class with a local artist (where I started a piece I never liked or finished), which taught me the basics of acrylic paints, brushes, gels, mediums, pastes, and various techniques to create textured, whimsical pieces of art.

Going into the class, I had 23 years of graphic design and publishing experience under my belt, and considered myself pretty creative. But publication design is all about grids and guides, precision and edits, and finally… client approval.

I warned the artist instructor I might have a hard time letting go and tapping into my abstract mind. She gently guided me to try explore the materials, try new things, close my eyes and go for it, and connect with what was happening on the canvas—and in my body and mind—while I pushed paint and other mediums around.

She created a space free from judgement, criticism, or approval for me to truly play with wonder, curiosity, and enthusiasm.

It was only a few weeks after completing this painting, when I began hosting my own creative play events. It started with teaching modern calligraphy, watercolours, brush pen calligraphy, illustrative hand lettering, then went on to include doodling, chalkboard art, and eventually acrylic mixed media.

Whether sitting around my studio table, or gathering on a Zoom call… My offering to you is this: Let me guide you, with compassion, ease, playfulness + fun, to connect with and nurture your innate creative energy.

For event information + schedule, visit the link in my bio 👆🏼

PS: This painting hangs proudly in my front entryway, reminding me of those nervous first strokes, and the joy I experienced while creating it ✨

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: When is the last time you picked up a paintbrush?
Kindergarten? Summer camp when you were a kid? Paint night?

Do you remember how you felt?
Free? Playful? Joyous? Silly?
or nervous, scared, inhibited, shy?

When you spend time with me in my studio, I am not your art teacher. I am your creative guide—helping you tap into the natural creative energy I guarantee you have inside, and gently inviting it to come out to play.

What you learn with me is less about techniques and rules and processes, and sooo much more about freedom, and intuition, and letting go, and trying new things, and connecting to self.

Come paint with me 🎨 🖌✨

Local Ottawa event info + registration: Link in bio 👆🏼

#ottawa #creativeplay #artworkshops #ottawaevents #ottawaworkshops

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: What’s it like attending a full-day Joyful Flow art retreat with me?

Upon arrival, you are offered tea or coffee, as you find a cozy spot in my living room for hellos and welcome circle.

We chat about how the day will unfold, I invite you to choose one of my “Today I Am” intention cards, and we call in our creative energy through gentle, guided meditation.

Once in the studio, supplies, materials, and techniques are explained, ideas are shared and discussed, and your creative intuition is unleashed, all while being guided—and supported—by myself and others.

We break for a nutrilicious lunch, with wine if you desire, and return to the studio to put the finishing touches on your paintings before the day wraps up at 4pm.

Throughout the day, there is an abundance of laughter, much exploration, plenty of curiosity, and the quieting of hesitation and fear.

Joyful Flow retreat days are creative play + connection at the core. While some attendees arrive with a plan, others choose to allow their intuition to guide them, with assistance as needed.

The next Joyful Flow days are scheduled for:
Saturday, February 4
Friday, March 3

Info + registration:
https://www.joegirl.com/eventscalendar
(Link also in bio)

I’d love to have you here for the day ✨🎨🖌️

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: This month’s activity in my CAMP membership is a 5-day lettering challenge, with a different phrase to letter each day.

Today is Day 5 of 5, and the prompt is “Today is a sparkly new day” ✨

Here I used a black Tombow Fudenosuke hard tip brush pen, grey Tombow ABT brush marker in N89, and Tombow TwinTone marker in yellow ✨

💬 What will you do with this new day? Tell us in the comments👇🏻

. . . . . . . . . .
Not a Camper? Sign up with a 3-Day Pass, Monthly, or Annual membership for exclusive, unlimited access to creative classes, live events, guest artists + instructors, and so much more! Link in bio or visit https://camp.joegirl.com

© Copyright 2006– | Joanne T. Lauzon + inDetail + JoeGirl® | All Rights Reserved

© Copyright 2006– | Joanne T. Lauzon + inDetail + JoeGirl® | All Rights Reserved