Elizabeth Patch's SketchBook Blog http://elizabethpatch.com positive art for the plus size majority! Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:01:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Adoration & Exhaustion http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/adoration-exhaustion.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/adoration-exhaustion.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:57:04 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=1069

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a rough sketch here on my sketchbook blog. . . When my children were babies, mother & child sketches showed up a lot in my sketchbooks, but my children are grown now, so my next babies will someday ( I hope!) be grandchildren…

Being a

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/adoration-exhaustion.html/feed 10 *blush* http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:23 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html Three people gave me the “Beautiful Blogger” award this week!

Many thanks to Julie Parker at Beautiful You and Andrea Owen at Live Your Ideal Life and Revolution of Real Women I am so honored!

The rules of this award are to list 15 blogs that I also consider beautiful. Any and all of the

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html/feed 4 A New Point of View http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/02/a-new-point-of-view-2.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/02/a-new-point-of-view-2.html#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:04:48 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=994 Its not my shape that needs to change. Its how I see myself.

excerpt from More to Love, ©elizabeth patch

We all have doubts about our body. We all find fault with our looks.

Inspecting our flaws in the mirror is an intensely hurtful behavior that many of us do automatically, without thinking.

The

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It was an amazing bit of fate that my featured day happened this week, as it came along at a point

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SITS is a super-supportive, fun, friendly and just plain wonderful group that I suggest you join too!

I know that most women have, at some point in our lives, despaired over weight or size,

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Dream On

I never let my size

determine the shape of my dreams!

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Go get a piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you grew up.

(Yes, even rockstar)

Get another piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing that you

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More of Soul.

More of Mind.

More of Me.

More to Love.

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

Heart, Soul, Mind, Me! There is so very much more to love about who you are.

Wishing you a life filled with love! (and chocolate & flowers too, of course!)

A Valentine from Elizabeth

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Determined

Inspired

Empowered

Whatever your life path, whatever your dreams, whatever your goals: focusing, practicing, failing, repeating seems to be the only way to achieve them.

So whatever your size, whatever your shape, your age, your income, or your position in life: Defy all stereotypes and remain focused.

You just might become the woman of your dreams!

This illustration is for

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Perfection The Curve of my hip is just right for resting a child in my arms.

©Elizabeth Patch, excerpt from More to Love

We have the bodies of women, whether we give birth or not. And isn’t that a wonderful thing?

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Silly Question Should I really hate myself because of the size of my jeans?

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Many deep questions may haunt you in the middle of the night:

What is the meaning of life? Who is my soul mate? What happens when

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