It wasn't my most productive week, but I did make a few artistic attempts, along with some progress in other areas. Here's my first weekly art update. Peacock feather doodle Inspired by this amazing piece of art, I made a doodle. I worked on it for about 45 minutes each evening this week, and I decided to stop before it was completely saturated with doodles. Although I want to, I haven't added color, because I feel that my watercolor skills are vastly inferior to my doodling skills, and I ... continue reading...
Step Away From the Blog
I’ve been in full-on blog creation mode since before September started. For me, that means gathering every possible bit and piece of information related to blogging that I possibly can. When I undertake to learn something new, I don’t do it just a little. I make it my life’s mission to become an expert who could stand up and give a speech on the topic to an audience full of newbies. Sometimes, this is a good way of doing things. In this case, it was bad. Art vs Art Blog I wanted to ... continue reading...
A Pep Talk for Stalled Artists
I've been in a bit of a creative slump lately. I'm pretty sure it comes from spending all my energy getting this blog up and running, and looking at all the incredible artists and bloggers out there who are light-years ahead of where I am (and where I feel I'll ever get). Plus, the onset of fall always brings me down. Pep Talk, With Visuals So today I’m going to share some of my past completed projects to remind myself (and you) of a few important facts that I have a hard time remembering ... continue reading...
Welcome to my new blog!
Hello! Thank you for reading the inaugural post of my brand spanking new blog. Enjoy looking around at all the blank spaces just waiting to be filled with awesomeness. Things will get more interesting as the posts go on, I swear. But I can’t just jump straight into all this amazing and meaningful content without some prefacing. Well, I could, I suppose. But I haven’t yet written all that amazing and meaningful content yet... And I do feel like some background and explanation is in ... continue reading...