Still no sun! bummer. But i was poking around on gelaskin.com and you can download your own artwork and make a phone cover. I CANT WAIT till it gets here. Ive made it from my favorite painting that i call tree in motion. I love how the branches and bark seem to move. What i love even more is the tree appears to be out of focus. It totally works and i didn't plan for it to be that way. I love that i can sit down and create something, not even really think about it and make it all work out. My sister in law is insistent that i take a few art classes. I haven't taken a class since my junior year in high school. trust me its been a while. My worry is, its just so easy, no thought, just joy and no stressing about technique or if i make a mistake. When i sit down to paint i am truly who i want to be. I am me, and thats all i want to be.
Okay, that was totally rambling, but I'm at a friends house and with kids and what not, its kind of distracting. I have to admit i love blogging. Ive never done it before. And even though no one reads this, its rewarding for me. Heres to hoping for sunny skies.
First off i want to thank Megan Duncanson and my bestie Jolene Perry (who is a fantastic author) and her wonderful friend for the wonderful photography tips. So what's the problem, why aren't my pics up? The sun! You should have natural light when doing this kind of thing. Sadly I don't have any. Even though we have lots of daylight right now, blue clear sky's are not around. OFCOURSE not, because I need them right now! Sigh
So that was a fun complaint:) this time of year is especially hard for me. I find that I am inspired and do my best work when I am warm and can truly enjoy the outdoors. Does anyone else have this kind of problem? When their talent has highs and lows? Is there such a thing as painters block? If so, what do you do to beat it? I have my ideas, but I'm not feeling inspired to put them down. Maybe if I could actually get my photos in order I'd have a jump start. If only the grey sky's would part and grant my little house a few hours of blue sky's....from 10-3 would be great. Can someone get on that? ;)
Last night i couldn't sleep. It seemed like i rolled around for hours, which i did. In that time I thought about more things than i should and a lot that I shouldn't, because my mind wouldn't shut down. I hate that. In that horrible, agonizing 4 hours I tried to let my exhausted mind wonder to come up with a new idea. I failed of course. I want to know how people come up with their ideas. Do they start with a spark of a tiny minuscule idea, then twist, flatten, mold, beat down, build up and then repeat until its exactly what they want....or do they just wake up and automatically know what they are doing? I wish i was the second. Im the first. Normally its a phrase that has caught my interest. One of my favorite songs has a phrase about hiding their heart in a willow tree. I adore the imagery. thats wrong. ILOVEIT! I have several painting that I've created just from that. Another one (and the one that kept my mind running in circles from last night) is she dreams in colors, she dreams in reds. Can you name that song? I have to come up with something. Im stuck. I think ill wallow in my paint playlist, and ponder some more. How do you come up with your ideas?
So I have no art work shown. I'm trying hard. Sadly, I cannot seem to get photos of my art sharp or clear enouph. It is extremely frustrating and almost, ALMOST, makes me want to give up. But I won't. I can't. Eventually I will find that special someone that knows how to take photos and make them look like the real deal. So far, I have had three friends do the deed for me. I realize that this is just complaining that no one will ever read. Just makes me feel like im being somehow productive.
So that is enouph of that. Does anyone have any tips for making your paintings pop out of a photo? I could use all the help i can get. Meanwhile, I will continue to paint and think outside the box. ;)
