Starting to add color… #workinprogress #wip #originalart #abstract #creativesandbox #mixedmedia #dailypainting #creative365 #dailypainter #livingacreativelife
Insight
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You know how that moment of insight always comes when you’re in the shower, or driving, or walking, or just doing something not related to what you’re looking for an insight around?
Yeah, that.
Snapshot from My Studio: May 25, 2015 at 09:26AM
New work in progress. 6″ x 6″ ink in wet watercolor ground on canvas panel. #workinprogress #wip #originalart #dailypainter #creative365 #dailypainting #mixedmedia #abstract #creativesandbox
Tendrillium
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How many little girls wanted to be mermaids after seeing Disney’s The Little Mermaid? Who wouldn’t, after seeing the magical undersea world Ariel lives in?
In reality, I’m kind of scared of the ocean (perhaps because Jaws came out at a very formative time in my life). I went on a trip to Hawaii in 2003, and got to swim with wild dolphins for several days, plus do a night snorkle with manta rays, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t mildly anxious the whole time.
If the sea were like Ariel’s kingdom, though… And if I could swim like Ariel… Ah, what a lovely dream.
Time Management Is a Lie – Here’s the Truth (and You’re Not Going to Like It… But It Could Change Your Life)
Prelude: a Story
Once upon a time there was an artist whose marriage fell apart, forcing her to move from a two-bedroom house with a yard, dining room, laundry room and small office/breakfast nook to a small one-bedroom apartment. Her entire studio — industrial drafting table, flat files, file cabinet, light table, computer desk, etc., all lived in her living room.
The artist loved that little apartment, but it was a tight squeeze, and always a chaotic mess, and she wanted so much to be surrounded by order! So in a desperate attempt to cool the overwhelm, she bought every organizing container, tool and book she could get her hands on. [Read more…]