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Melissa Enns (Stinson) Fine Art

Melissa Enns (Stinson) Fine Art

Category Archives: Pencil

10 Quotes to Inspire Your Art

01 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by mgstinson in Acrylic, Art, Mixed Media, Pencil, Watercolour

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Art Quotes, Creativity

This is a lovely compilation of quotes that I think all artists should print off and keep beside their work space… It is hard sometimes to remember that what we do has a small impact on other people. We do this for ourselves, we do this for our inner child, our souls, if you will. Sometimes we do it for the muses (I am sure many artists from many walks of life have wondered where certain ideas came from, I know I do). Do art for the love of art and your “Self”. ❤ Have a great day!

Epic Theology

I want to start off this week with some quotes that I’ve found to inspire your art. No matter what your discipline is, spend some time this week making art. Make good art, make bad art, just make it with all you’ve got.

I haven’t been able to confirm that all of the quotes are attributed to the correct people, but the research so far seems pretty good. I hope you enjoy!

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“None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands.”
– Pope John Paul II, Letter to Artists

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which gives value to survival.”
– C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Don’t think about making…

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Addictions

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Addictions, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV, TV series

About 4 years ago my hubby tried and tried to get me to watch “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” after having been introduced to it himself by a fellow cast member who was a big fan.  I had NEVER been interested in watching such a show.  I grew up with it on the TV while I was in my late teens, and I loved shows like “Charmed” and “Roswell”, but for some reason I never, ever, ever wanted to watch Buffy.  I had seen glimpses while channel surfing and thought it looked really stupid.  Not my cup of tea.  So, when hubby brought home the entire series and begged me to give it a try, the hard-headed person that I can sometimes be (always actually, but whatever 😛 ) told him to return them to his friend… I was NOT going to watch it.  He didn’t return it right away so it sat beside the TV taunting me for weeks, begging me to watch, pleading… It was ridiculous.  Well, one evening while my husband was at work and I had nothing to do (believe me, I tried to find something, ANYTHING to do, but alas it wasn’t happening) I stared down the seven seasons of Buffy with great contempt.  I started thinking that maaaaybeeee I could watch one episode, just to kill time, what could it hurt?  Suffice it to say, one episode turned into two episodes and then three and then I ended up watching the ENTIRE series in less than a month.  SICK!  I then proceeded to watch the entire series of “Angel” because, well, it was “Angel” and the “Buffy” series didn’t feel complete without “Angel”.  Talk about severe addiction to television shows!  The reason I am writing about this right now is because the bright person that I am recently went out and bought the “Buffy” series so that I could re-watch it with my mom who had never seen it, she had watched all of “Angel” so I knew she would love it.  Now I am re-addicted.  Like, REALLY re-addicted.  Like the “I have been dreaming nightly about the characters” addicted.  I am starting to feel like I should get a life… Except, I love being addicted to TV series.  Don’t you?  How wonderful is it to buy a new TV series and get into it hardcore for a while?  Especially when you know that you have AT LEAST 3 seasons to watch right away so that you don’t have to wait for stupid cliffhangers?  Ya, I know what you are thinking… It IS great!  😛  Addictions are such a weird thing, I really have too many to name, and I sit here sometimes wondering what inner workings in our SELF allow addictions to happen?  Addictions to food, TV, music, travel, Facebook, art (I do have an addiction to my art so that’s good I guess)… Addictions to love, and hope, and sometimes even addictions to despair…. What is that all about anyway!?  Why do we get addicted!?  So weird.  We are weird beings people… Face it.  At least we are also pretty cool for the most part!  🙂

Now, maybe I will go do a pencil sketch of Spike… (If you watch Buffy, you will know, how can you not?)

Riches

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Acting, Plays, Promotions, Riches, Theater

A couple of months ago, a dear friend of mine asked me to create a poster design for a show that he is directing in Calgary, Alberta.  Of course, I decided that, since he is such a wonderful person and since it is his directorial debut and since he is dating my sister-in-law (therefore, he is mostly family), that I would help him out.  After reading the script, I decided to go with a mixed media approach, combining pencil, pen, collage, and the computer.  I felt that it would be a really good way to portray the angst, and sadness of the story.  Today they released the postcard design (I did the art, and the graphics guy/gal put the words on) and I am releasing a step by step of the process!  Here she is:

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If anyone in the Calgary area is interested in checking out the show here is a little info… I will also add the completed poster once they have it ready next week.

Ticket prices are: April 9 at 8pm are $10 Preview, April 10-12 at 8pm and April 13 at 2pm & 8pm are $20 Adult, $15 Student/Senior. Doors will open at 7:45pm for Festival Seating
Website: http://www.urbanstoriestheatre.org/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-Stories-Theatre/337274152971992
If you have anymore questions or need to reserve tickets, please contact info@urbanstoriestheatre.org!

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