...girls art night ended for me around 3am. Straightened up a little, washed my face and went right into a deep sleep. No dreams. But for whatever reason I woke up at 6:30ish and just felt this urge to get up, get ready as fast as possible to drive to the beach and draw when the sun came up. I could not say no, had to go. The sun came up before the 7:03 time I found on-line...but it was pretty close. I just wanted to feel the sun on my face and on my paper as it was just coming up to start the new day. Many times when I have a creative night the next morning I wake up early, inspired...then drift off into a little period of void where I am not getting anything done...well, I guess I am, maybe not physical artwork, but the things that go along with it, like organizing, and writing about the work...editing photos. Same today. After working on two drawings I came home, picked up some martini glasses to paint, some pink glass paint, more wooden plaques and then...its not like I stopped, but I did get distracted... mostly working on the slideshow that I added in the last post...kind of my way of reflecting on the creative night with friends. But I still have daylight, which I feel like I need to go out and soak in while I can...gonna be awfully cold back home in NC when I go home. Then, maybe I can focus again later. ...so another art night...this time I hosted...tons of creativity, chaos, sparklin' and general awesomeness...eight gals, two cats randomly running around...moustaches, skulls and evil eyes on stemware and ornaments (Jess)...assorted tissue paper flowers (Sofia)...patterned wine glasses and msc. bedazzlin' (Me)...artist's assistant and butterfly painter (Estefania)...card writing (Siddhi)...scrapbookin' (Giselle)...wedding picture sorting (Jen) and msc. ornament painting (Ashley)...whew! We got stuff DONE!!!! Can't wait til the art event this coming Wednesday! (Make sure to turn sound 'on', added a good jam for the slide show!) ![]() ...all done with these...sparkles are glued down...and they are off on the long journey to Hawaii...hope she likes them!
My friend Jessie shared the link below with me...apparently I made the slide show!
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/slideshow/harry-potter-night-by-art-nouveau-respectable-street-35585355/ One of my paintings, 'Muse', made it into the FAEA Virtual Exhibition! Hooray!
...painting still sitting on easel...pretty sure those eyes are glaring at me now...but...I just got....distracted...some more...
![]() Per usual...awake at 7am. What in the world is wrong with me that I can't sleep in?! So I head to the 'studio kitchen'...take a look at the chaos...straighten up a little and think to myself...today I am going to paint that big canvas. Maybe I will finish. So, sun is up, I am up...the stage is set to be productive...(right) ...well, then....I get a little carried away organizing...I am such a visual person that I can't start working until there is a little order, even if I know I am going to make a total mess...so here I am, shifting, sorting, grouping...some time passes...and then I decide I need another table so I don't keep hijacking the one we use for the laptop...so I set that up...and the 'studio' is creeping into the dining room... ![]() ..and then I decided that I had to get all of these paintings up and on a wall somewhere, so I made an impromtu art gallery in the second bedroom......and then...painted some wooden plaques... i...am...easily...distracted.... ...so then...why not decorate for Christmas? Sure! ...ten wooden plaques, seven 12x12 holiday trees in progress, a Chi Omega plaque for cousin Jen...assorted sparkly things all over the apartment to signal that the holidays are here...and the painting...is just...sitting there. on the easel. so forgiving. sigh.
![]() ...my BlackFriday? Admittedly, I did venture out, well, to Michael's. Only because I woke up at 7 from my turkey and stuffing-induced coma...and only because I can walk there. I must say, it wasn't bad first thing in the morning. Hardly anyone there, got some msc. sparkly items and made my way home...only to move almost everything from the 'kitchen studio' to the porch...kind of a mini pilgrimage of sorts...guess I started to paint around 8-9am? Can't remember. I worked on the large tree painting, some 12x12 holiday trees, my wooden plaques...got side tracked with fur and sequins...ran out of hot glue...made two additional trips to Michael's...think I even passed out on the couch for twenty minutes at some point...and stayed outside til the sun went down, felt like a kid playing outside til I heard mom yelling for me to come in...finally hittin' a stride with my painting...then I packed it all up, moved everything inside, prepped a small travel art bag and headed down south for a girls art night with the other Tipsy Art girls...that was my Black Friday. Below...pics from another fabulous, sparkly art night. Friends, paint, rhinestones...what's not to love? |
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