Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The Butterfly Bush and Rick Astley
Well the summer heat is back. It feels nice though. I stepped outside to take some pictures today while my sister was out mowing our gigantic and overgrown lawn. It's always nice to stretch my legs and feel the sunshine after sitting inside crocheting or drawing all day.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Nice Day
Well it sure was a nice day out here today in Kentucky. I can't believe how cool the temperature was today. Almost sweatshirt weather out there. I'm feeling pretty good right now. Things have really been busy though. I worked on a brand new happy banner for this blog... not totally satisfied with it though. It's looking pixelated for some reason. I sure don't feel like fixing it right now... will have to come back to it later.
I'm trying to make myself sit down and write some serious goals for my art and craft. Otherwise I get this floating feeling like I know I need to be doing something but there's so much to do I don't know where to start. Definitely gotta get those goals down on paper soon. Probably need to tack them right to the wall here by my desk so I can feel like a clear focus is coming back.
Lately I've been helping my neighbor Dawn get her Etsy shop set up. She takes really pretty sunset and nature pictures. She's yet to have her first sale. I remember the raw anticipation before I had my first online sale...and I also remember the sheer joy and pride after achieving it. It's an awesome feeling to know that somewhere out there, someone liked your stuff enough to pay for it! I think I actually squealed out lout as I sat at my dingy little desk at the temp job where I was working as a switchboard operator at a hospital in 2009. What a crazy stressful job that was.
I remember the first sale was this painting called Blue Dots.
I remember I was going through a pretty difficult mental and emotional journey during that time. It's strange to look back on the art I was making then. I can definitely tell I'm still finding myself as an artist. Looking at this painting does make me excited to create some new art work though. I really feel like I've been neglecting that side of myself. Sometimes that part of my brain just isn't able to be accessed though. The fiber artist part of me is really churning out the cool ideas but the drawing/illustrator artist part of me seems to be a little bit dormant right now. Sometimes I do have to scramble for a scrap piece of paper really quick and jot down a sketch or an idea that pops into my head for a drawing though. I think I need to go back through those little pieces of paper and see if I can get inspired again.
I am having a lot of fun making these baby sweaters. People seem to really like them. I kind of wish I had one in my own size to wear! Hmmm... might have to work on inventing a pattern for that.
Well I hope everyone else is getting to take some nature walks and enjoy the weather out there. Me and my dog Gilbert sure have. For now it's back to work here in the studio...
I'm trying to make myself sit down and write some serious goals for my art and craft. Otherwise I get this floating feeling like I know I need to be doing something but there's so much to do I don't know where to start. Definitely gotta get those goals down on paper soon. Probably need to tack them right to the wall here by my desk so I can feel like a clear focus is coming back.
Lately I've been helping my neighbor Dawn get her Etsy shop set up. She takes really pretty sunset and nature pictures. She's yet to have her first sale. I remember the raw anticipation before I had my first online sale...and I also remember the sheer joy and pride after achieving it. It's an awesome feeling to know that somewhere out there, someone liked your stuff enough to pay for it! I think I actually squealed out lout as I sat at my dingy little desk at the temp job where I was working as a switchboard operator at a hospital in 2009. What a crazy stressful job that was.
I remember the first sale was this painting called Blue Dots.
I remember I was going through a pretty difficult mental and emotional journey during that time. It's strange to look back on the art I was making then. I can definitely tell I'm still finding myself as an artist. Looking at this painting does make me excited to create some new art work though. I really feel like I've been neglecting that side of myself. Sometimes that part of my brain just isn't able to be accessed though. The fiber artist part of me is really churning out the cool ideas but the drawing/illustrator artist part of me seems to be a little bit dormant right now. Sometimes I do have to scramble for a scrap piece of paper really quick and jot down a sketch or an idea that pops into my head for a drawing though. I think I need to go back through those little pieces of paper and see if I can get inspired again.
I am having a lot of fun making these baby sweaters. People seem to really like them. I kind of wish I had one in my own size to wear! Hmmm... might have to work on inventing a pattern for that.
Well I hope everyone else is getting to take some nature walks and enjoy the weather out there. Me and my dog Gilbert sure have. For now it's back to work here in the studio...
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