![]() CED #332... November 27 Had a great evening with friends, supporting a local restaurant (Howley's in West Palm Beach), promoting a local art magazine (ummmm...maybe you have seen me blog about it...Art Hive!) and supporting the local artists that were set up for the monthly art show. Between the awesome diner-style food, the talented artists and the good company...it was a pretty awesome night! And CED #332 is all done...had to give that gal some eyebrows! And now...it is 11:00 on the dot, and I am going to actually get some sleep! ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................
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![]() I know, it's actually Tuesday...I got...well... a little distracted. Yesterday (Monday) was busy, woke up and was a little sad that my Thanksgiving break was over...then... I remembered that I had a full day of art planned, even after work...and that cheered me right up! So here it is, well, what happened after teaching and my daily nap...I was live artin' at a really cool event in West Palm Beach...can't wait to do that again! ...'bout to head out for another art event, and dinner...still working on the piece for today, will post later on!
![]() That girl is cra'y. Okay...so haven't posted but here is what went down on Thanksgiving...please know that I did not actually wear this AMAZING crocheted turkey...but if I had it in my possession, and it was beaded and sequined to the max...it would have been on my head. For sure. Also, THANK YOU to Krista, Nancy and Dori for the awesome food! Today I woke up early and knew that I did NOT want to deal with any kind of Black Friday craziness, so I stayed around. One thing that I have kind of started as a tradition is putting up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. I like to put them up so that I will have time to look at them...it makes me happy to see the lights and the sparkle. (go figure, right?) Since we have been living in Florida my decorations have taken on a kind of 'beachy theme'...it's just my little ritual, it's calming...John is sleeping and I am awake, putting up the decorations, ready to surprise him with holiday cheer. Side note...cats DO NOT like to wear holiday frocks. Nope, not at all. Folks...it's beginning to look alot like Christmas. For real.![]() Scooter has the best ideas. And then...time to nap. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it's how I spend my free days...getting up early, working frantically on one project or another, eating lunch and then, napping. Scooter likes my schedule, so I guess I will keep it. After an awesome nap it was time to venture out and try to soak in some sun, so I packed my art bag and headed over to the pool to work on CED #328...here are some work pics... 12:15. The final school bell rings. Packed my bag...straightened up my room and my carpool buddy and I are heading down Beeline highway, back towards home. I had an awesome 'art date' planned with my gal Jess. I still need to make my daily piece...but here are some pics from today. I definitely want to spend a little more time blogging, specifically about the visit to Reflective Collections...wow. But for now, check out these pics!
And here is how I spent it......typical day...two more fashion illustrations...in-progress and finished daily piece, #325...and random obese cat lying on our floor, wait- that is my cat, Mackie. Sheesh.
This year I decided to be smart and post ahead of time that...well...I can make art if you want art for your holiday gift-giving. I usually forget, or wait too late...but just putting it out there.
Yep, I make stuff if you want to give art for the holidays, or if you want custom holiday décor. Some things that folks have ordered in the past include custom-order whimsical trees with family names painted in the ornaments, shoe paintings that spell out names, random fun shoes, various fun and funky angels, painted stemware, and also hand painted ornaments. Some prices are listed below, contact me with any questions. Most 'available' art in my CED blog (originals unless otherwise noted, not prints) is available to purchase, inquire about specific pieces for pricing info. And I do commissions, they start at $100 and then go up depending on how much work it will be for me, size, materials, etc. Contact me with details about what you want, including size info and I will give you an estimate. Once I receive the $50 deposit I will begin the piece(s). I have a few commissioned pieces that are on my drawing table now, if you are wanting delivery by Christmas I would need your order info as soon as possible so I can do a good job and get it to you in time. You can also purchase adult or child art lessons, or contact me to find out about fun at-home art parties, a venture Jessie, Sofia and I like to call Tipsy Art. There. That's it, I think. If you don't buy my art, buy someone's- support your local artists. We are putting ourselves out there, making stuff with our own hands and just doing our thang ; ) ...two and a half day work week, I'll take it...my students were total rock stars today, making some awesome cards to send to the troops...today was made for artin'...document camera turned on, the hum of pencils, markers and crayons drawing on paper...and I was even able to draw some myself, a working studio. Finished up CED #324, then my two Harper's Bazaar-inspired fashion illustrations, with input from the kids, my biggest supporters and critics. Love it.
But...ummmm...I am a little...okay, waaaaaaay behind...on the inventory. Hence the 'lament'..I am regretting deeply my lack of organization/keeping up with all this art. Let's just say that the last time I sat down and really did inventory, yeah...looks like that was in...gulp...August. OMG. Seriously. Making the art, that is easy. Trying not to step on the mounting stacks of drawings and keeping track of it all...that's a little tougher. So I took a picture...it really doesn't do justice to the amount of pieces I need to catalog. It is daunting and motivating at the same time, seeing that work. Not going to happen all tonight, but I can at least get started. I have a few side projects to work on tonight...so looks like I know what I will be doing over Thanksgiving! |
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