Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Sketchbook » Size Acceptance http://elizabethpatch.com positive art for the plus size majority! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 A Big Healthy Girl http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/06/a-big-healthy-girl.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/06/a-big-healthy-girl.html#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:05:06 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=1950

This is an unpublished painting for a new book I am working on. The theme of this book is “big girls” defying stereotypes.

A common stereotype is that all women with full figures eat nothing but junk food, and never touch fresh fruits or vegetables.

A quick snap judgement based on size: she

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Priorities

I use my time,

I spend my money,

I focus my energy

on more important things than diets.

excerpt from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

We all need to take in account the limits of time, money and energy.

No matter how much you try to cram into one day, we all get the

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Love Story

Love knows all sizes.

from More to Love, written and illustrated by Elizabeth Patch

Oh romance!

It is so much fun to get swept up in stories filled with passion and drama, gowns and glamour, star-crossed destiny and tragic desire…

Since childhood we’ve learned from fairy tales that the most beautiful Princess wins the heart

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Ladies!

Its time to panic about getting into all those revealing summer clothes!

Let’s Count Calories and/or Carbs and/or Points and/or Something! Work on Those Abs! Just 30 Minutes a Day! Banish Cellulite!

And while you are at it: Why Aren’t Your Children Perfect? Your House is So Cluttered and

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from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

“A woman can never be too rich or too thin”. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Is that so?

Maybe this famous line is just another cheeky witticism from a member

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Swimming…

Riding a bike…

Picnics and hikes…

The backyard and the beach…

Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…

No bikini required!

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

I was hopefully, happily unpacking a few Spring things this week. Short-sleeve tops! Capris! Sandals! Light colors! Sun dresses! And then I found my bathing

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/bathing-suit-season.html/feed 41 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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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

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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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