I went through a few older sketchbooks for this post. Some are from years ago and some are from this year. I’m still working on my sketches from Holland and Paris.
Sketchbook
Sometimes it takes a year...
Dating: My Artist’s Way.
I started a podcast awhile back. Here's the latest episode.
Bridget Riley Podcast Episode
The weather is absurd. It’s so windy I rescheduled lunch plans and refuse to leave my house. Gusts up to 50mph. I feel like I’m back in New Mexico. With my newly freed afternoon, I thought I’d scan in some sketches. I bought a very nice leather sketchbook on my […]
Sunday Sketches
I am obsessed. I went to see the Kehinde Wiley: St. Louis exhibit 3 times in 5 days. It is a once in a life time show.
Kehinde Wiley At SLAM
I was invited to teach a 3 day workshop in Holland on April 5th-7th.
The Weird And Wacky Way I Was Invited To Holland.
This is the beginning of a new series titled That Face When...
The moment I saw Ms. Clinton make this face, I knew I wanted to do a series of powerful women with "that face." The face women make when they just have to sit there and let a man get it out of his system.
New Work
"Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.”
Don’t Let Monday Suck
“Self-care is how you take your power back.”
– Lalah Delia
Self-Care Saturday
I have thought about just using it as a way to finish up paintings I've already started since that's allowed. However, I only have 7 of those. I do have at least 3 paintings to start next, but there's no way I will finish them in one day a piece.
To 30 in 30 or Not?
Here are some links to interesting things I've seen over the week.
Curated Content Friday
Take care of something that's been bothering you for awhile or that you never seem to have time for. Alyson Stanfield calls these "tolerations." The things like fixing a loose drawer. It bothers you, but you probably won't do it until you're trying to sell your house.
Self-Care Saturday
I know, it’s not art related, but it kind of is. As a creative person, it’s easy to get bogged down and forget to take a minute to make sure I’m doing ok. This topic has been on my mind for quite a while and it has definitely picked up […]
Self-Care Saturday
TRACE. Allow me to explain, please. Every time I go on a social media platform and look at the art pages/subs/groups, inevitably someone asks about projectors and people lose their freaking minds. It’s absurd. They never answer the question. All they do is gang up on the poor soul who […]
To Trace Or Not To Trace?
I know it’s cold and you just want 5 more minutes, but I believe in you. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller Monday Joke: To whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find you. […]
Don’t Let Monday Suck!
3 I can’t believe it’s the end of the year already. That makes sense considering I slept through the first 8 months. To date, besides a few measly paintings for 30 in 30 back in January, I have not completed one painting this year. It’s so easy to beat myself up […]
2018, I hardly knew you!
I finally decided to commit to this book several months ago. I started by just doing the morning pages (3 pages hand-written every morning, conscious thought) for a month or two, then I decided to dive in to the rest. Tomorrow is the start of week 12 and it is […]
The Artist’s Way
I have long held a belief about how to learn art. I feel like it’s an obvious belief and I know many of my artist friends feel the same so it’s not revolutionary, yet, many art schools seem to miss it entirely. Technical skill is super freaking important. Concept is […]
Vindication
That’s what I’ve been up to. There have been some major changes, most of which would be boring to anyone but me. There are some fun things I’ve been working on though. One, I have a new set up for speed painting videos and since I’m currently doing a 30 […]
A Little Bit of Everything
I’m putting in effort to do more art related activity. So far, it’s working out. Mostly because I usually have company. A few weeks in a row I went to the St. Louis art museum to listen to lectures. I had never thought to do this, but in an art business […]