to be continued..

here’s the journal featured in my previous post…

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love.

art every day. day 19

well again, all kinds of art and creative things happened in my life today but nothing specific that i created from scratch. a painting, drawing, etc. my little one was home sick, my hubby had work stuff, rehearsal, errands, etc…. needless to say, it’s past 11:30pm.. almost a new day, and time just got away from me.

although i will say i am encouraged by the new followers (welcome!!) and new likes so i keep blogging in hopes of accomplishing at least part of my original goal.

so today my creative things include a great rehearsal. in case you just joined i teacher theatre full time. middle school to be exact. i know what you’re thinking.. rough age. and you would be right.. but i don’t know that i would teach any other. anyhow, rehearsal was good. love working with my new asst and the kids to create such a great piece of art. it is why i do what i do.

next i got home and started working on my side business which is mostly pairing and embroidery projects. today was lots of sewing. tomorrow my son celebrates his birthday at school so he needed a special shirt to wake up to. 🙂

next i filled an order for a group of triplets. love these pjs! they are going to be so cute on christmas!

art every day. day 18

does dreaming count as creating?

I had ideas of art dancing around in my head all day… Oh the things i would make! but now that it is down to the hour I am blocked. unmotivated. undecided.

so this post isn’t exactly what i intended.. of course this challenge hasn’t been what i intended either but life is what it is. it is what you make of it and today i haven’t ‘made’ anything. but that is what tomorrow is for.. to do better, to accomplish more, to dream.

which brings me to my beginning statement. dreaming. i have been doing a lot of that. thinking of the future. my creative plans and dreams.

what will i do? what impact will i make on the world? what does the future hold?

but i guess that’s what life is all about.. the journey. the ride. the unknown.

here’s to tomorrow!

art every day. day 17

i suppose i have altered the challenge a bit. i needed to focus on some household and school things today so instead of painting, drawing, etc. i read some pages from an inspirational book! i’ve had the book for a few years but as they say sometimes you just don’t get the message until you’re ready to receive it.

i had forgotten how much i liked the book, what it had to offer and how much i needed it. Christine Mason Miller is one of my favorite artists. i’ve been following her work for a few years now and this book is great. it’s a collection of artists inspirations and exercises… a great gathering of the creative minds. i plan on diving back into it this week.

another item i plan to dive back into is my other ‘life book.’ i took a course through the brave girls club. the course was titled life restoration 2. it was an amazing course that was all about living the life you want to live. well i made my book but never continued to work on it, so it’s yet another thing to add to my ‘to-do’ list. but it is however a fun and necessary thing that should be there.

art every day. day 16 (a day late)

i meant to post these yesterday but i waited too long and then went to visit my family.

i finally finished these crosses, just in time to take them to the shop. after that it was family visits and birthday celebrations!

art every day. day 15

morning started out with some super cute snack bags. they’re based on the elephant and pig books. my boys love them!

so at school today i did a few sketches for our upcoming show but of course forgot to get pictures. not that I really wanted to take any, they were very rough sketches to say the least.

then at home i am still working on the art for the boutique. here’s a sneak peek of my birds. (i learned them in my life book 2013 class).

I also have some crosses to finish up in the morning. so i guess i’ll be sharing those pics tomorrow.

… you know, this challenge hasn’t turned out exactly like i planned. i planned on making so much and really making progress visually. but instead i have accomplished smaller goals like blogging more and i have actually made an effort to create every day (or close to) even if it’s in a tiny way. sometimes just putting that thought or idea into your normal mindset is a huge thing. awareness… if you will. instead of thinking i don’t have the time to be creative, i’ve changed my way of life to at least include creativity in my daily activities.

and that’s pretty big.

art every day. days 4-10

i am a part of so many art communities and follow so many art teachers and i often see people who fall behind on their artwork/ assignments. sometimes i unfairly judge and think to myself, “they should make the time.” and sometimes i think, “be easy on yourself, there is time, you’ll catch up. let it be fun, enjoy your art.”

in case you follow this blog, which i don’t think is very many (if any), i constantly fall behind and give up on challenges i’ve given myself. this time i almost deleted this blog altogether. but then i thought better. i thought that maybe just maybe someone out there was just like me (the reason i started this in the first place) that needed someone to just keep trying. so here i am… trying.

it’s been a busy week but I made time on this ‘lazy sunday’ to catch up on some art classes, and make the little moments creative.

from my art class, life book 2013, i finished a previous lesson and started a new one.

i was feeling pretty down today, mad at myself i guess. so I went for a walk. instead of stopping to smell the roses, i took done pictures of the beauty around me.