9 Moons Ago

Well, I apologize for the lack of art and less-then-scintillating writing lately.
Yesterday we got the car back from the shop and that was an adventure and a half. Because we know the mechanic is trustworthy, we take the car to a shop that’s half an hour away from our place. We got there and they had just discovered another problem with the car.. so we waited around for 15 minutes and they finished up. Then they discovered the radiator had a leak, so we drove back with Dad to Mum & Dad’s so he could do some work and pick up Ebony from school. We waited around very sleepily after picking up lunch and then I walked to the local shop to pick up a paper..but it decided to pour down rain…luckily the shop is a 2 minute walk away! Ebony came home and made a racket and we finally went back..another half hour to the shop and picked up the car. It was cold and miserable so we picked up fish and chips for dinner, watched a little TV and fell asleep early. Today we did some grocery shopping and went to the local orchard to get our fruit and some honey.
We’ve been riding and driving around a lot, so I’ve not yet done any artwork. And now we’re back over to Mum & Dad’s for the night to have a belated birthday celebration for Cam tomorrow. Should be fun though! So can’t promise when the art WILL appear, but I’ll send out an email to the people on the update list. Gotta run!

Mom and Dad, I’ll try calling soon..maybe your Sat. night?

Not posting an image tonight, as the art I did was painting a plain background for an oil painting I’m doing. (Just keeping in the habit of posting everyday.) Be back tomorrow with something more substantial!

p.s. If you’ve been having trouble posting comments, it should be all fixed up now. I was even being locked out of commenting!

Here’s a piece I constructed from my finds on the walks that I take:

I was also working on another project tonight, but I’ll post that one another time.

Got some cleaning done in my studio, and some paperwork for immigration, and took a walk up to the shop for some grapefruit soda and a candy bar. I know, it cancels out the benefits of walking, but a walk to the shop is ten minutes longer than the usual one, so I figure that helps! One of these days we’ll have to start taking hour long walks again. Good for the body and soul, and I’ve been itchin to… so sometime soon.

It was kind of strange taking a break from drawing for my art tonight…but I felt I needed to do some different things to shake it up a little. Even though the piece I did is very square, I enjoyed playing with the different subjects, selecting which ones to include, and where to place them. I also thought a bit about colour and what would work best for the piece. The other piece I worked on was not square, and it was also messy and three dimensional. But it’s not finished yet…so you’ll just have to wait!

Now I’m off to dreamland! Hope everyone out there is doing well! I’ve been enjoying the AEM work from so many sites, even though I don’t comment on all of them. Keep up the good work, everyone!

Well, tonight was NOT the night for drawing! I started off pleasantly, sketching a pewter angel that my brother’s girlfriend bought for me as a going away gift:

Hrmm..proportion is way off and everything is turning into one value. Start again:

No, details are getting too sketchy. Let’s try once more:

O.K. Now she just looks plain goofy! On to new subject matter!:

After a good deal of time I’m satisfied with the basic shapes of the tools. Then I try to add colour by watercolour and realise I’m in over my head. I start to get really frustrated. The whites are being lost, I’m over-working it and there’s much to be done before it’s going to look somewhat finished. I’m growing tired at this point, so I call it a night.

I don’t mind putting up some of my mistakes on here, and have done so in the past. I think it’s good to just keep trying and practicing. After all, I’m kind of rusty at this and it’s not going to happen overnight. For the most part, I’m satisfied with my progress after my bipolar episode earlier this year. It took a hellova lot out of me and in some ways I feel as if I’m starting from square one. My computer drawings were not the best kind of practice, as it’s totally different to drawing on paper. And painting is a whole different animal. For now, I’ll continue making “bad” art, till “bad” becomes “better” and “better” becomes “good”. But, maybe this was just an off night. I think I’ll try playing more tomorrow, instead of taking it too seriously. Try to become more free in what I’m doing. And be less judgemental of what I’m doing, for a change!