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painting pallet of ideas

so my mind is swirling with ideas and questions and thoughts and dreams

what if i… set myself a 52 week creative challenge. using different mediums. mhmm oooh yes. like going back to art classes- forcing myself to try something new.
maybe write the ideas (pen &ink, acrylics, collage, still life etc), put them in a jar. and each week work on the prompt.
oooh i like it!

want to recreate a new ‘drawing ideas for kids‘ template and wrangle a few friends of mine with kids- to get them to participate and blog their art here. (oh oh hey ragamuffin youth!)

i want to.. get SUPER messy with paint like i used to. acrylic oh my. i have a few blank canvases and a few i want to paint over.
.buy acrylic
.think of what to paint first
.try claire in ergo on my back- so i can paint that way.

oh oh also! tablet. in case you don’t follow me on facebook i have been posting my progress with learning this little beast. th other day i found a tutorial online to learn how to shade. weee! i have to keep on to myself to keep pushing and learning, or else i’ll just get lazy. here’s what i have been working on on day 5 & 6 of using the tablet-
he’s not finished yet- still a lot left to do. i’ve been working on him during claire’s naps. it’s really hard for me to stop and leave it and pick back up where i left off without getting bored. i like instant gratification. my paintings are generally 30 minutes sketching, 30-45 minutes painting. done. since becoming a mama, i’m having to learn to be creative in shot bursts- and fighting with my bad habit of not finishing things.

another tablet challenge for me- besides trying to learn it. learn a few styles before i really find mine.. make and print a fabric. my gorgeous friend (how are all of my friends so gorgeous?!) came up with a calendar for claire challenge. 12 images. one for each month. smart. ooh. and fun. and freaking hard!

recently i rewatched a video of my painting, while i was pregnant with claire. can barely see the sliver of my heavy belly in the shot. and oh.. watching that. putting myself back in that moment. so sweet. i’m glad i did that. i want to do it again soon!

i’m participating in a ‘pay it forward’ handmade edition. making 5 handmade whatever and sending to five people. each of those five people doing the same and so-on. how amazing… i need to get my butt in gear and make mine! are you doing one?

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nonsense no.7

mhmm.. yep. i’m totally ridiculous.
talking to a friend, and then claire sticks her toe in her mouth for the first time- and i sit there with this face, stunned and excited and nearly tearing up. because she STUCK HER TOE IN HER MOUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME!

wow…

and then.. i was about to fb how dumb i am about it.
because i’ve become that mama.
the one who not only gets overly excited about baby toes and what they do- but who also tells people.

i apologize.

she’s just really cute. and i think it would be mean of me to not share all of her deliciousness with the world.
we all need some delicious baby in our life, right?

ha.
la la la

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nonsense no.6

i moved the mouse and just spilled my half mug of cold tea everywhere.. if i could learn to drink the entire cup- that wouldn’t have happened.

i co-sleep. but it’s not a very good idea. i don’t get much sleep when it happens… you know what? claire sleeps most nights on steven’s lap. true story. since birth… he’s a night owl, so was up anyway. and it meant that i could get a solid block of sleep without that fine tuned hearing for a little whimper.
she’s getting big now. uhm. we need to figure out how to get her to sleep in her bed. it’s not going to be easy. and i’m not going to let her cry either. oh well. in time.

steven’s sick. claire’s teething. so last night we all ‘slept’ together.
it sucked. steven snored. claire whimpered. my body was contorted in such a way so that i wouldn’t fall off the bed/elbow claire in the face/move a muscle.
my eyes are a droopy mess. *yawn*

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i’m fascinated by iphones and their aps. i hate mobile phones. and i don’t get why anyone would spend money on that. but i still want one.

feels like i’m making some progress on the tablet. but i’m also holding myself back because i’m lazy. need to watch more tutorials/follow through with my challenges.

please go fill up your bath tub with hot hot water, and take a really long soak in it for me. damn. i want a tub. way way way more than an iphone and fun apps. is it aps or apps? i’m so far behind. ireallydon’tcare.
a bath, and a brownie. and a book. b&b +b.

heyguesswhat?
i was going to write a post about it, but i couldn’t figure out how to/ got lazy. so, once upon a time i copied some artists work. that’s just what you do to learn a new style. push yourself. overtime take that style and mesh with your own. yadda yadda. totally cool and fine to do. what isn’t cool is to sell it.
i did. oh shit.. i did. i didn’t even think about what i was doing until after i did it.
so that was more than a year ago. i got the balls all of a sudden to e-mail the artist to let her know, and apologize. super heartfelt and apologetic and letting her know how much she inspired me.
it made me sick to my stomach. why was i doing it?
eeeeeeee nerves awaiting reply….
…and then i got an e-mail back from her freaking agency. oh god. oh god. what did i do? why the hell did i e-mail her? shit……
but finally, she e-mailed to say that at first she was upset. but then realised that it was brave of me to contact her.

moral of the story?

i don’t know…

if you realise the error of your ways, pat yourself on the back and don’t do it again? don’t go out of your way to be all moral? i don’t know. it sucked. but it’s over with now. and i’m incredibly embarrassed.

*yawn*

okay. i’m gonna go turn the hot hot shower on and sit on the floor. and possibly sleep in there.

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nonsense no.5

oh learning new things, you are a pain in my butt and a wobbly wobble in my stomach.
i’m horrible. h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e. when it comes to learning new things. switching it up. upgrading. uhm.. change. it’s… dumb. i’d rather not. i’m quite comfy here, i have no problems dialling on a rotary phone, in fact, i quite like the sound it makes and feeling against my finger.
but the world moves on. and i had to learn to text message. (holy crap how old do i sound?!)
anyway. i’m comfortable with what i know.
letting steven upgrade software kills me… especially when i feel like i know it pretty well. or at least, well enough to feel comfortable. don’t fix something that’s not broken.

blah blah blah

so, i got a wacom tablet. that was what all my hem hawwing was all about. i wanted to learn to step it up and go digital, offer my art in another form.
butbutbut… i have to learn.
and it’s hard
and it takes a LOT of practice
and i don’t want to be bad…
and i suck.
and wow i really don’t know what i’m doing..
weee this is fun though
oooh i like it…
how do i do this? hmmm let me go look it up
oh belly ache. when am i going to be good?

i’ve only had the thing for four bloody days!

why is it so scary trying something new? i’m totally out of my comfort zone- and it both thrills me, and scares the crap out of me.

i’m challenging myself to draw once a day on it- saving these little ‘sketches’.. because i hope that in time i will see progress. here goes!
oy vey.

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resolution of love

-mani canaday

how about for the new year ahead, we all make a pact for our resolution to be that of love.

to come from a place of love…
to give more love to ourselves, and those around us.
that instead of finding yourself in a place of disgust and hatred, we send out more and more love.
it doesn’t mean you’re forgiving… it means you’re transferring your energy onto something else.. something better. something greater.
that in time, sure will be felt. be seen. be received.

i don’t know why some people do the things they do… and i can’t control it either. but instead of putting more hatred out into the world- instead of poisoning myself with hatred for certain people and actions and things that should never happen.
i can most definitely send out love. and that’s a more powerful…

love conquers all.

namaste.

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