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...Painting my little women; starting with a black canvas and letting them come to life with out drawing or planning, like my Aura Angels in the past, is as comforting as a hot bowl of Chickin' & Dumplin's and a lot less calories & carbs. I almost felt like my old self today painting these, then felt a little lost. Since I haven't been able to paint much the past 2 years, maybe I've been forcing it when I sit down to paint, maybe I've been drawing too much, maybe thinking too much, maybe getting too squirreled by new things.... I look at the pieces I did today and they make me feel good. It looks like they are doing all the thinking for me. hahaha They are a little wonky, scratchily scrubbed, rough brushed (my brushes are in desperate shape & calling me all kinds of names). They were soothing yet exciting, in an unwrapping a present really slow kind of way. Well not too slowly because I didn't spend a lot of time on them or fret over them. They are all small. 2 ACEOs, 4 x 4" & 6 x 5". A few I like better than others but each one was a journey. I actually started a few more with different colored backgrounds who knows how many I will do.
Actually all my drawing/doodling wasn't in vain because I came up with an easy method of drawing/painting faces using circles. It fires up my right brain and I start seeing people's faces in circles, ovals, oblongs, soft squares, etc... hahaha I think it's might be good for a beginner portrait artist or experienced artist who just want to have fun and try something new. I plan to start working on a tutorial for that as soon as I find out how to properly do a tutorial. I have seen many Artist selling their tutorials or classes, however, I have never purchased a tutorial from anyone so I don't know if they use pictures or videos.
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...that was my day. I rarely vent or complain publically but this is my place, sort of my diary... Today I was told my best friend is no longer able to speak, she is nearly non-responsive and her days are very few. She has suffered so much as well as those who love her. As if my life wasn't changed already, it really is changed now. I realized that day before yesterday was the last time I would talk to her and if I had known that would I have said other things? I wasn't sure she really understood everything I said but she knew it was me and didn't want me to get off the phone when I tried. She said very little. The last thing I said to her & she to me was I love you, so that is comforting. Today they put her on a morphine pump. I already miss her and she isn't really gone. I'm sick right now too, a horrible sore throat, body aches, so the news & realization that I can't talk to her anymore just added to my ailments, my chest literally hurt and I would find tears falling off my cheeks when I didn't realize I was crying. Unless we were on vacation or out of the country there has hardly been a day without either being with her or talking to her in 30 years. She is a sister to me, one of the longest relationships of my life and I can't imagine it without her right now. So instead of yarn, I consoled myself with paint and paper. Painting one after another. Then pictures, scanning... blogging. I'm still going but I'm ready to crash.
... I've had this drawn out for some time. He looks like my little Bubbie. I kept the piece at the front of the pile, often picking it up, then putting it down. (I say front of the pile because it was a stack, then the stack fell over and now they are all in a row like a library drawer- yes I have work to do!) Feeling afraid to "ruin" it because I liked the drawing & planned to paint on white, using a built up of lots of thin layers, which is something a little new for me. This is the first layer.
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... is so welcomed! Last year wasn't great for me physically or mentally. I lost a lot of people that I love. So I'm glad to let last year go. I can feel it, this year is gonna be great! I'm ready to get back to work! After a long recouperation, it feels so good to be able to sit, lift my arm (for hours) and paint. Every morning before my feet hit the floor I praise God. It's been a year & 1/2 since I re-injured my back. Not only did I suffer from so much pain, my painting also suffered, and this blog, not to mention my housework, however, there was enormous good that came from this terrible time, so God is really great. It's like waking up from a fog.
I finished a portrait commission early in December, then had fun with the Freeform figures, did some collage, and while my creative juices were flowing I came up with my next series. I didn't have anything new last year at all. I mostly painted commissioned pieces & sold a lot of prints, & things on Zazzle, which I was so grateful for. If I went in the studio to paint it would be for very short periods of time. Now I'm losing track of time in there! I can paint for hours! It's wonderful!
My new series is Big Bears, Big Circus Bears! I have been having so much fun drawing them in different scenarios. I painted a ballerina bear for my niece several years ago. I love bears. I have a few black bears in my kitchen. I started drawing them and couldn't stop. I have 30 so far but can think of some more. I want them to look old timey, so back to my roots & hand me the antique solution. Oh man do I get nervous to antique a piece. I am always afraid I am going to ruin the painting which looks perfectly fine. I have 2 paintings on canvas done & they are antiqued. I was thinking I really should have had them scanned first for the sake of prints before I antiqued them. Oh well it is what it is. First I drew them out... (example using "The Tourist")
I'm off to meet up with my best friends in San Simeon in just a few days. Going to the beach! Splash! We are going to tour Hearst Castle and spend some quality time together, spending the whole week down there. We are spending 2 days at the Castle. They have been very ill & Praises to God for their current health & us being able to get together. I am so excited to see them. I am hoping to get lots of inspiration at the beach, lungs full of salt air & sandy toes.
She is bringing me an attachment to my embroidery sewing machine that will enable me to download thousands of free embroidery designs and if that wasn't enough she embroidered me a tapestry! I can't wait to see it! Here is a picture of it, although I don't know what colors she used yet, that's a surprise. She did say that the thread looks like silk so it's gotta be gorgeous no matter what color it is. It was fashioned after a tapestry in the Palace of Versailles by Anitagoodesign. It's going to look so good in my woodsy home and it will be treasured most of all because it was made with lots of love for me.
