Aug 2007
Whisk — Week 3.
August 31, 2007 11:42 PM
This wasn't
particularly enjoyable to draw, but hey, it was a
good challenge. I need to get some new verithin
prismacolor pencils ... the loops were a real
struggle with the softer regular prismacolor pencils.
Other than that and the fact that I was rushing by
the time I got to the shadows, I'm pretty happy with
it.
NEXT?!
NEXT?!
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Watercolor & A Movie.
August 31, 2007 11:40 PM
Slower Than Molasses in January.
August 30, 2007 07:54 PM
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I don't want
to complain too loudly, but I'm absolutely dead in
the design department. The last time I actually
worked was mid-june, although I've had a couple of
leads that looked good and then fell through for one
reason or another. On one hand, it's been nice to be
able to get us settled in here at the new house
without any distractions or interruptions, but on the
other hand, I haven't gotten out of said house in
months. Of course, now that I've said something and
I'm getting ready to get back on the home improvement
wagon, I'll probably be inundated.
I've been taking a break from my home improvement projects to goof off with the family, paint and generally laze about, but as summer rolls to a close I think it's time to get back at it. My goal is to have the living room, dining room, stairs and hall done before R's birthday in November. That's a little over two months away and completely doable. Then after the holidays, we can tackle one of the bathrooms. It'll be tough to choose ... the ugly black one or the one with the ceiling that's thinking about coming down. Hmmmmm.
I've been taking a break from my home improvement projects to goof off with the family, paint and generally laze about, but as summer rolls to a close I think it's time to get back at it. My goal is to have the living room, dining room, stairs and hall done before R's birthday in November. That's a little over two months away and completely doable. Then after the holidays, we can tackle one of the bathrooms. It'll be tough to choose ... the ugly black one or the one with the ceiling that's thinking about coming down. Hmmmmm.
Done With The Thudding.
August 30, 2007 07:50 PM
I skipped this whisk a couple of weeks ago when I was drawing my utensils. The loops are just as tough as I imagined and fit punishment, I think, for my neurotic outburst two days ago. Sometimes I can be such a cliche. Really, I figured I'd give myself something I had to concentrate on in an effort to get the voices in my head to shut up. It worked ... after I told them I'd get the loops right eventually and to just leave me alone.
Bang. Bang. Thud. Thud.
August 28, 2007 08:51 PM
Do not be
alarmed. What you hear is the not so quiet sound of
me banging my head against my desk. Again. I just
spent about an hour rearranging my desk instead of
starting my drawing for the week. On the positive
side, there is more room for me to bang
aforementioned head. Flip side is I'm procrastinating
and obsessing again.
You'd think at the ripe (not so) old age of almost 36, after spending most of my life with a crayon, pencil or paintbrush in my hand, I'd be able to set a creative goal and just do it. Actually, I have. I just had my one year anniversary of daily entries in my sketchbook. So ... you'd think I'd be able to do it again with my "one a week" goal. You'd think.
Instead I can't figure out what to draw. The right side of my brain is yelling at me to DRAW ANYTHING and the other anal retentive side is mumbling that if I'm going to waste time, money and effort on a "real drawing", it better be good. And now the right side is reminding me that I'm not getting much done sitting here typing either.
Am I the only one who does this? I gotta say I think I've asked that question before and no one answered, so maybe.
You'd think at the ripe (not so) old age of almost 36, after spending most of my life with a crayon, pencil or paintbrush in my hand, I'd be able to set a creative goal and just do it. Actually, I have. I just had my one year anniversary of daily entries in my sketchbook. So ... you'd think I'd be able to do it again with my "one a week" goal. You'd think.
Instead I can't figure out what to draw. The right side of my brain is yelling at me to DRAW ANYTHING and the other anal retentive side is mumbling that if I'm going to waste time, money and effort on a "real drawing", it better be good. And now the right side is reminding me that I'm not getting much done sitting here typing either.
Am I the only one who does this? I gotta say I think I've asked that question before and no one answered, so maybe.
EDM 133: Draw a Peach.
August 27, 2007 05:19 PM
My in-laws
have a bumper crop of peaches this year, so we have
quite a few in our refrigerator downstairs. My son,
who loves fresh peaches, has already eaten two today.
I just got done making some peach crisp for dessert
... for whatever reason, I'm not real fond of just
eating them, but I love peach pie, peach jelly, peach
crisp ... anything where you cook the peaches.
Anyway, this one has been a bit of a challenge today. I did it first in watercolor and it just sucked. No two ways about it. Really ugly. This was the second attempt and after laying down some base colors with watercolor, I went back into it with colored pencil. Turned out much better and I really like it. I'll probably like it even better in an hour or two as it's now in the peach crisp. Yum-O!
Anyway, this one has been a bit of a challenge today. I did it first in watercolor and it just sucked. No two ways about it. Really ugly. This was the second attempt and after laying down some base colors with watercolor, I went back into it with colored pencil. Turned out much better and I really like it. I'll probably like it even better in an hour or two as it's now in the peach crisp. Yum-O!
Back to the Real World.
August 26, 2007 08:34 PM
Being on
vacation with two kids isn't much of a vacation, is
it? Actually, it was fun most of the time, even with
the rain. And I got a couple of naps, so that was
very nice. I want to try to get going on a "school
schedule" tomorrow, so I'll have to set my alarm. It
sure has been nice sleeping in until the kids wake up
... even if it is about 7:15 most mornings.
Rocks — Week 2.
August 24, 2007 08:58 PM
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Vacation Time.
August 20, 2007 01:01 PM
New Goal.
August 19, 2007 06:08 AM
On August 21,
I'll have my one year anniversary of keeping a
sketchbook consistently. Hurray for me! I've enjoyed
it quite a bit and I have no intention of stopping,
but I want to do something more. The drawings I do in
the sketchbook are quick ink and watercolor studies.
My favorite medium is pencil and after doing the ear
recently, I'm finding I miss it.
I visit quite a few other artists' blogs and a few are doing a "drawing a day" series. Now I'd love to try that, but I can't picture myself being able to keep it up. I want to continue working in my sketchbook, playing with my kids, taking rides in the cutlass with my husband and still have time to goof off on occasion. I don't think a "drawing a day" would leave me much goof off time.
So I'm going to try for one a week. I can do that. One "more finished" drawing of something each week in pencil, colored pencil or whatever other medium strikes my fancy.
I went to Pat Catan's Friday for paper and promptly freaked out. What was I going to draw? It's more expensive paper, it has to be something "good". After beating my head against a wall several times, I rescued this poor deformed tomato. Not a bad first attempt and it tasted pretty good too.
I visit quite a few other artists' blogs and a few are doing a "drawing a day" series. Now I'd love to try that, but I can't picture myself being able to keep it up. I want to continue working in my sketchbook, playing with my kids, taking rides in the cutlass with my husband and still have time to goof off on occasion. I don't think a "drawing a day" would leave me much goof off time.
So I'm going to try for one a week. I can do that. One "more finished" drawing of something each week in pencil, colored pencil or whatever other medium strikes my fancy.
I went to Pat Catan's Friday for paper and promptly freaked out. What was I going to draw? It's more expensive paper, it has to be something "good". After beating my head against a wall several times, I rescued this poor deformed tomato. Not a bad first attempt and it tasted pretty good too.
Close to a Meltdown.
August 16, 2007 10:00 PM
Is It Winter Yet?
August 16, 2007 07:43 AM
So What?
August 15, 2007 08:52 AM
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I've almost
been keeping a journal for a year and I've been
surprisingly good with making an entry every day. So
I've missed a couple here and there. So what?
I haven't stopped all together, have I? The only time I've missed more than one day was the week we moved. I got right back into the swing once things settled down. And besides, my goal was to draw "almost every day" and I've more than accomplished that. So why do I feel like I have to explain missing Monday? Darned if I know.
I haven't stopped all together, have I? The only time I've missed more than one day was the week we moved. I got right back into the swing once things settled down. And besides, my goal was to draw "almost every day" and I've more than accomplished that. So why do I feel like I have to explain missing Monday? Darned if I know.
Three Weeks.
August 13, 2007 09:00 AM
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Quiet Time.
August 11, 2007 01:06 PM
Still Futzing.
August 10, 2007 09:38 AM
Peanut Butter in my Ears.
August 10, 2007 09:32 AM
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Feeling
better today. Still a little off balance, but at
least I don't feel like I'm going to fall on my butt
every time I move.
I'm off to build a fort in the living room. It's still raining and the kids are BORED out of their little skulls. Good thing we have a party to go to tomorrow. At least they'll be able to work off some nrg showing off for all of their relatives. he he he!
I'm off to build a fort in the living room. It's still raining and the kids are BORED out of their little skulls. Good thing we have a party to go to tomorrow. At least they'll be able to work off some nrg showing off for all of their relatives. he he he!
Tilt-O-Whirl.
August 09, 2007 04:13 PM
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I finally
decided that's what I've been feeling like the last
couple of days — like I'm riding on a
Tilt-O-Whirl at the fair. Have kind of a lightheaded
feeling and the world spins if I stand up, sit down,
roll over, turn my head ... okay, pretty much
anything I do that involves moving my head.
It hasn't got worse, but it hasn't gotten better, so I went to see the doctor today. He seems to think it's an inner ear issue that's causing me to experience symptoms of vertigo and according to him, it should work itself out. There's no infection so he just gave me a prescription for a medication to relieve the symptoms.
Here's hoping he's right, because this is not fun. I like a good roller coaster ride, but I also like to get off eventually.
It hasn't got worse, but it hasn't gotten better, so I went to see the doctor today. He seems to think it's an inner ear issue that's causing me to experience symptoms of vertigo and according to him, it should work itself out. There's no infection so he just gave me a prescription for a medication to relieve the symptoms.
Here's hoping he's right, because this is not fun. I like a good roller coaster ride, but I also like to get off eventually.
Still Recovering.
August 08, 2007 07:52 AM
Vegging Out.
August 05, 2007 07:44 PM
Visited my
parents this weekend with the kids. The drive back
was actually worse than the drive down. In addition
to being repeatedly asked if we were getting off the
highway yet, it poured down rain. Pretty much the
whole way. Tom took the kids over to his parents'
house to visit for a bit and I've been sitting here
catching up on my blog reading and generally being
lazy.
I really do enjoy taking the two of them down to visit with my family, but man, it wears me out. They are both super excited, there are no naps for anyone and they like to get up at 5:30 in the morning for fear they might miss something fun. This trip was just slightly easier on me because once they got settled a little, it was all "grandma this" and grandma that". I got a break from being the center of their conversational universes. Thanks mom! Hope you had a nice nap this afternoon while I was driving the little motor mouths home. Yeah, I know, they come by it naturally and it is the "Mother's Curse" in all it's glory. Did I say thanks or *Thanks A Lot!*?
I really do enjoy taking the two of them down to visit with my family, but man, it wears me out. They are both super excited, there are no naps for anyone and they like to get up at 5:30 in the morning for fear they might miss something fun. This trip was just slightly easier on me because once they got settled a little, it was all "grandma this" and grandma that". I got a break from being the center of their conversational universes. Thanks mom! Hope you had a nice nap this afternoon while I was driving the little motor mouths home. Yeah, I know, they come by it naturally and it is the "Mother's Curse" in all it's glory. Did I say thanks or *Thanks A Lot!*?
Slowly But Surely.
August 02, 2007 02:13 PM
I Think It's Done.
August 02, 2007 02:11 PM
I worked on this yesterday while my youngest napped and my son played on PBS Kids. Then I futzed with it a little more last night. I really like how the first three trees on the left are working. Not so sure about the last three. Good news is the new furniture got delivered and the painting looks really good with it. Am I crazy to be wishing I'd done it a little larger?
