Day five

So here is the latest....and boy do I like her MUCH better!  It pays to push through the block :)

I am really excited about the way that the drawings are progressing...I just have to remember that it will only continue to get better.....and doing art makes me happy :)  I have been much happier this week since I have been committed to doing this every day!!!  Oh, and I got my first commission of the New Year today as well!!!!  INTENTIONAL....that is what I am choosing this year!

The good, the bad and the ugly...

Ok, so I must confess that my art is not always successful :{  But surely I cannot be the only one who has this problem......can I?  Today's submission for Creative Everyday is less than successful.  But, being true to the nature of what I am trying to do, I will nonetheless share it.

So, I think that the right eye is a little wonky.  On a plus, the mouth is pretty good for being an open, smiling mouth.  The hair is a little off as well.  I don't want to scrap it, so I will date it and continue on tomorrow...who knows, I might be able to use part of it in another project :)  Day Four .... CHECK!  I think that I am well on my way to creating a habit!

Creative Everyday - Day 3 :)

Here is the before:

And here it is done:

This was such a fun painting to do :)
Lesson learned....paint the background first!  I struggled a little trying to put it in after I had the girl done, but luckily the texture on the hair worked as a dam to hold back the paint.  Next time I will do all of the background first, and then add the girl.  I also think that it will add a little dimension as well.  Please leave a comment and tell me what you think :)

Happy New Year!

 So I have decided to go for it this year and state my artistic goals publicly in order to try and be held accountable to them!  So, here goes:

     1.  I am an artist and I need to start living it!  I have decided to join the Creative Everyday Movement and do something creative each and every day!!!!  Yes, time is of a premium...Yes, I am still working full time and helping to run a consignment shop...Yes, I am a mom and wife....but YES I AM AN ARTIST!
     2.  I was ever so graciously given the gift of an online class over the Holidays.  I will be participating in Soul Restoration http://bravegirlsclub.com/onlineclasses.html starting January 11...the day after my Birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME :)  There is still time to sign up...take a look at it, it sounds really amazing!!!!!
     3.  By the end of this year I hope to have a little stockpile of artsy goodness on hand that I can show somewhere....no, I will have a portfolio of items that I can use to represent my work :)
These are my resolutions...or "projects" as Suzi Blu calls them.  They are intentional and will happen!
     A lot of the artists that I most admire lately have chosen words to represent them this year...mine is INTENTION!

Red :)

So here is my latest painting....I am not sure about the nose, but I will continue working through it :)

After showing my hubby, he wasn't impressed with the background...he thought it looked too violent.  I think his exact words were : "It looks like something that should be hanging in an abused woman's shelter"...ah well, to each their own.  It is also going to have some words...I am thinking "Listen to your heart's whispers".  If you look closely you will see vintage sheet music in the background...I LOVE IT!

I have been addicted to doing faces since I took a couple of  Suzi Blu's classes.  http://suziblu.ning.com/ They are awesome!  She is so quirky, it is a blast to watch the videos!  I have actually been caught giggling, no, flat out guffawing while watching :)

I have also been working through the book "Taking Flight" by Kelly Rae Roberts with a friend, and have made the journal from chapter one.  I love the way the pages turned out, and have been digging pretty deep for the content.  My creative wings include selling my work and using it to fund Mission Trips.  Today, I met with a woman who is interested in opening a consignment shop with me and using some of the proceeds for Mission work!!!!!  Is that not God speaking or what!?  Although we are in talking stages, September is when she wants to open.  There is A LOT of work to be done, but I have told her I have nothing financial to bring to the table, only my time and talent and she seemed VERY interested still!  Please say a few prayers that God will make His plan known to me....this might be the FIRST STEP that I have been waiting for.

Here are the latest and greatest creations...it was a productive day :)

These are all for sale in my Etsy store....and I just opened a Zibbet account to try and sell there as well.  I am trying to use the talents that God gave me to fund the Missions that I am feeling called to go on.  We shall see if it is meant to be.

Latest and Greatest

So I have been pretty creative lately, this past weekend at the Mega Meet only fueled me on more! I had such an amazing time hanging out with the girls, helping out in the classrooms, seeing (and touching) all of the new products out there...oh yeah, and MEETING TIM HOLTZ!

I was pretty bummed out when I found out I didn't get into any of his classes because I was waiting to see if I had been accepted as a volunteer for the show. Then I found out I would be a floater...which meant I wasn't assigned to any particular room, just going where needed. Well, on the first day, I was LUCKY enough to get to to into HIS class and help out for the first hour....nothing else mattered!

I am happy to say that he is a truly great guy...down to earth, EXTREMELY talented (like I didn't know that already), and FUNNY! It really was awesome. Anyway, here is what I have been playing around with lately: