Plain Randomness

So far i’ve only posted old art. On my last vacation i grabbed a $3 set of oil pastels and then found a perfume add in Architectural Design and it turned out pretty good.

As an artist i still have to critique my work.  The mouth on this one is a bit off and the right check and eye bone look wrong.  I had to guess it because the photo cut that part off.  If i had been drawing the face more consistently perhaps i would have guessed better.  I could try to work on it and fix it, but i’m going to leave it as is and learn on the next one.

One of my good friends has just started a new jewelry biz Designs By Mikel, and has some great bracelets available. Please check it out. She is a great designer and has excellent taste.

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Here are a sample of my two favorites. These would both go with anything. Dressed up or with your jeans and favorite T-shirt.

Feel free to comment with any opinions you have. She would love any feedback she can get.

I was known for my dirty room growing up, and now I’m still pretty messy but I love a nice clean room. I was doing an assignment with specific size requirements and looked around my room and got this idea. We had a trash bag with torn shoes and jeans, and I made this. I remember putting three text book on top of it then standing on it for 15min wile some of the glue set. I was sharing a room with my little sister and she thought I was crazy. It was one of the my favorite projects.These are real jeans and real shoes and socks, all cut and glued to be less then 1 cm thick. You should have seen the look I got when I went to photo copy it for a portfolio =)

I just looked thru some old art and decided to post this one because it’s how i feel today. I love doing art based on emotions. Some of my most random, but new stuff comes from doing that. Sometimes there’s no image at all and others it’s a close up of someones eyes. Just what ever i feel.

Going thru old art really helps me remember how i use to create. I’ve changed quite a bit, so it will be fun to see what comes out when i start creating more.

I’ve just recently been re inspired to get my creativity up to speed.  I’ve recently talked about using this site as an outlet for my creativity.  Well, time to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.

When i don’t do anything artistic for a long time it’s not just like ridding a bike.  Jumping back on a bike and creating something is totally different. Like any skill or talent it can get really rusty.  Like playing an instrument.  I played the flute in Jr. High (Middle School) and if i picked it up now i could finger a few of the memorized cords but the way i fingered and the muscles in the mouth would be completely off…or out of shape.

I’m artistically out of shape =)

I’ve been very focused on my physical health which includes my over all health.  Finding a creative outlet and steping away from all of the logic now and then is just what i need to help my mental health and to be  more myslef.  I’m good at all the logic but it stresses me out.  I’m good at (creativity when i get going) and it feels great.  “There’s your sign” or my sign.  That’s what i need to be doing more of.

For now I have some old High School and one or two College pieces of art already on a CD.  Their blurry, but I can get them up and start taking pictures of my other stuff, and start practicing some of the basic art skills.  Gesture 1, Gesture 2, blocking out, proportion, visual perspective, lines, contours, composition….on and on.  And, so that doesn’t get boring I’ll do some random new things here and there to make it fun.

Here’s one of my High School pencil drawings….ok never mind…the CD from 10 years ago can’t be read my my new lap top.  I’ll try my old computer…and if all else fails take some new pictures =) I figured it out.  Enjoy

Just a little creativity this weekend. I asked my son what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday.

  He said, “…umm…pan cakes.” That’s what we had.

This year we also had family over, and another “cake” for that party. I had fun making it. I wanted it to be fun for him, but simple, because it was going to be a busy weekend, and I wouldn’t have time to do get complicated.

It was a spice cake with cream cheese/cinnamon frosting. Very yummy and fun.

Weather its bread, sandwich, new web page, art, or dinner. Find a way to add something new to the world, even in some small way on a daily basis.

I’ll be focusing on this for a while, any time I’ve completed something I’ll take a pict and post it. It will be interesting to see what types of things end up in this blog.

For now I’m doodling on a daily basis, and I have a lot of past art I’ll be posting as well. I may even sell prints and originals on a case-by-case basis.

We went to Idaho for Labor Day weekend. My husband and I both have relatives in Idaho, and there was plenty for us to do, and plenty of good food. I just wish we had more time to spend with everyone. I love how quiet it is out there. I love the freshness of the air, and I love that every one is not in a hurry, but that they stay in the right lane unless they’re passing. It makes it easy to drive. They had a state farm going on, that we missed, but we still got to see some chickens, and ducks. My son even got to look for some eggs.

My aunt that lives in Idaho is very fun to talk to. She’s very open-minded and doesn’t put labels on things or people. She’s good at seeing things for what they are. Their kids are all wonderful and I love talking to them about their lives. They all love playing with children, making it even more fun for my two boys.

We also got to visit my hubby’s aunt. We had a nice chat and she gave me some good perspective on raising children. Her oldest is leaving for college this week and she’s done a great job at encouraging independence in her children. I hope I can have the courage to take the necessary steps to let my kids be independent.

I love swing dancing. That was how I got to know my husband. We would go to the college in town and take their free class on Tuesday nights and learn for an hour then after it was a free for all. It was so much fun.

We were pretty good too. We did the can opener, this cool back flip thing, and “The crazy monkey”. We use to do this one where he would spin me around on my back on the floor and then fly me up and I’d wrap my legs around and he’d spin me around that way.

If i ever get the chance….no I’ll make it happen, we will get swing dancing again.

We have a new splash park at our complex. Instead of a pool it’s just like the splash zones they have at water parks or at YMCA’s that I’ve hear off back east. Buckets and shower heads that drench you from above, and all sorts of strange patterns of water spays up from the ground. My son runs and runs threw all the water. When it’s windy he just runs around the water. Even then he eventually warms up and goes straight threw head-on or I should say face-on.

It’s not only for the kids. I’m sure I could just bring a nice peaceful book and read as my son plays but frankly it’s hot and it’s quite fun to cool off and enjoy playing with my boy in the water. I’ve even taken a bucket or two.