Sunday, September 19, 2010

Overcoming Obstacles

This is one of those weeks where life interferes with your plans and your art goals. Last Monday I had to cancel my art demonstration because I got lost on the way to Nampa. I have NO sense of direction sometimes. Next time I will take my GPS with me--my husband. It's cheaper than buy a GPS device. But everything worked out. This art demo is rescheduled for February or March of next year. I was so mad at myself for getting lost. Oh well.....

Then this weekend, I caught a cold. It's hard to work on art when you are sick. You only have half a brain the then you keep sneezing on the art work.

And now for some good news....I have a few more people interested in art lessons, so hopefully I may be able to "squeeze" in some art workshops before the holiday season gets here. One of the problems I have had since the bad recession started, is lots of people want lessons, but when it comes down to scheduling them, they either don't have the time or they don't have the money. DAMN RECESSION! Okay, I vented. Now I feel better.

Just for fun, I started another portrait of Vincent (Ron Perlman) from Beauty & The Beast. It is about 70% done. I wanted to do it first because I knew it would cheer me up; and secondly, because it has really strong contrasts of light and dark that add drama to the portrait. I wanted to capture that light pattern with colored pencil & Turpenoid.

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