The most busy time of year for me are the summers. Almost all of our family's birthdays are in the spring and summer and we kick it off with March and move throughout the entire summer with party after party. It is a beautiful thing. There is nothing more important to me than those people whose birthdays we celebrate with our whole hearts. We celebrate with elaborate food, icy drinks, swimming, presents, fireworks, warm nights filled with lanterns on trees, music, love and pure joy. I spend most of all this time getting ready for these events. Yesterday was one of those great events. It was no one's birthday, but a family get together with my brother who lives so many (hundreds of) miles away. I relish and savor the time, knowing there are only so many of these moments we get in life. One of the things we did was go into my studio and look at my art. One of my adorable nephews had made me a BEAUTIFUL drawing. Everyone wanted to look at art. He is so wonderful, he loves art and music. I think he is going to be so good at it, and my brother kept saying "he doesn't get it from me..." Everyone was so encouraging about my art that I realized that I don't encourage myself enough. I abandon this blog for months at a time...I abandon my art for months...I actually sit and stare at paper and I want to make something...but I can squeeze nothing out. Do any of you experience such things? I make my living in visual communications and sometimes I think it is enough...but no, not really...it's not. So I think I should promise myself that I will spend more time creating...if for no one else...myself. Recently I bought myself some new paint...I think I will celebrate!
A little girl I was making...experimenting with new gouache paint. I really really really like the paint. I will let you know more about what I like about it when I have used it a bit. One of the best things about it is that it is opaque.
Gouache.
Acrylic (some cheap paint from the hobby store...but look at the fantastic colors!
1 comment:
Oh yes, I definitely see signs of an Art Supply Lover here, Sarah. They are *so* delicious...how can we art-makers turn away??
I, too, get lost away from my paints and paper for far too long sometimes, mostly these days because I am trying to get the word out about my illustration work, and also because I've begun writing children's books: so fun to be * both* writer and illustrator.
But there's more to Life than time in our studio, or time at our art tables, and really...it's ALL Art, when it comes right down to it. Just as long as we make whatever we do beautiful!
Thanks so much for your appreciation and comment on my recent blog post! Best wishes, Susan
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