Day 2 of 31 days of blogging with Effy
Part of my art anxiety was actually doing paint to canvas. That whole, who the crap do I think I am, an artist? Yes, I have always thought of myself as an artist. No I am not van Gogh but I enjoy working in paint, I enjoy the art I do. Honestly, I don't care if I ever sell a thing, it IS the process of creating art that fills my soul up!
Part of my frustration has been not having a studio. When we moved into our forever house, I compromised with not having an out building, and a smaller home to stay within our budget, I don't want my studio IN my house. I create a mess and like to leave it...too long. Also, I want to keep our guest room a place for people to come and visit us. In our last place my studio/family room got way out of hand, I lost 3 girl friends and inherited some of their supplies plus mine and I was completely overwhelmed until we moved. I stopped having people over because the house was old, and it looked like a hoarder lived there. Plus, inside our house, they put new carpet before we moved in...so I didn't think of painting inside the house. But I have been here over a year, and I am no closer to getting my She-shed studio, 90% of my stuff is still in the storage pod.
This will be my view when I get the She-shed up. They are more expensive than I thought they were, and I am going to look into them building it on a trailer frame. For 2 reasons: 1 if we move I can take it with me, and 2nd, if it is on a trailer frame it won't be attached to my house taxes being raised.
For the last two years I have only been doing watercolors since it is so portable. I did get my portable art table up near my window, to the incredible view I am SO grateful for! And I have started to paint! On canvas! I have been working in my 2019 Journal as well. So my living room now looks like an artist lives here who is messy! gah...but I can't NOT do extensive art anymore...my soul needs this work.
The finished paintings were inspired by Sara Trumpp and Micki Wild.
After finally painting ON canvas, I enjoyed it! And I made it too big a thing in my head! Accomplishment!
The horse I am currently working on for my G-girl who will be turning 5 in May, she is obsessed with horses and her new favorite color is Blue. I thought she might get a kick out of having some thing Gamma made in her room. I envision that she stares at it and notices all the little details to make her feel good that I think of her. I am currently in denial that she is turning 5! My life is speeding up and going so fast!
Today was Day 1 of the 100 Day Project. I really made the decision to do simple since last year was a fight every single day to get through it in a horrible book I should have left behind but kept going. I totally grew as an artist and don't regret it. But last year was HARD. This year to fit in with my life and my art goals I am doing SIMPLE, just watercolor washes with a quote. No pressure! And I refuse to judge myself harshly for the end results.
I'm blogging along with Effy Wild in April. If you'd like to join the Facebook group to read the rules, go here!
Your canvases look awesome! Well done! I had a fear of rating in a journal or book because I felt like if I did it would be ruined, what if I didn't like a page....now all my art is in journals...I ran out of room for canvases and sheets of paper!
Posted by: Rachel | Wednesday, April 03, 2019 at 04:27 AM
Rachel,
Thank you SO much! I know just as in journal books or altered books we can gesso over it and start again, but the fear! Rolling eyes, I always feel silly for feeling it!
Most of my art is in books so for me this is breaking out of my self inflicted prison!
Posted by: Gypsy | Wednesday, April 03, 2019 at 09:48 AM