Howdy friends! I feel like I blinked and it was suddenly June! There’s been a lot of things we’ve been celebrating at the end of the school year for the kiddos.
Last weekend we took a trip to New Mexico because my oldest stepson graduated! 🥹🥳
Congrats M! We’re so proud of you!
On the drive there, we saw a turtle trying to cross the road so we stopped to help it across safely. :)
I was soaking up the sun in New Mexico in the back yard of the Air Bnb we stayed at. I doodled a little bit. It was nice getting to spend time with my in-laws too!
This last Friday I met up with one of my best friends from high school before he moves to Washington state. He’s one of those friends that even when we don’t see each other for YEARS, we just pick up where we left off. It really made my heart so happy to see him and spend time together.
We took this in Georgetown in front of a cute store called Cozy Cannabis.
some Art/business things!
I’ve been super fortunate to have the connections I do thanks to the ~10 years I spent in roller derby. The last two weeks I’ve been having coaching calls with Chris (click his name to check out his blog and read his story) and it’s been really great for me. I appreciate that he’s taking the time to offer these coaching. It helps keep me moving forward onto the path where I want to be, which is with a sustainable art business that will allow me to live a more meaningful life. I’ve shared with him a lot of the things I struggled with and just with these conversations, I’ve cleared up a lot of space in my brain and energy and it has allowed me to forward on things I haven’t been able to for many months.
I’ve come to the realization that I need to think bigger, in many ways, and that is including the actual size of the art that I make. So I pulled out some old pieces of art I haven’t touched in a while and decided, I gotta get the reps in somehow! I love the little magnets I’ve been working on, but they come with some limitations and I larger canvas allows for me to create differently.
I originally wanted to fix just the face on this but then decided to change it completely.
I flipped over the canvas and changed the composition a bit.
It took a couple of days but slowly she started to appear! I want to add more stars in back but I’m happy with this!
We’ve been having a lot of stormy days here in central Texas, so when the sun is out I take advantage of the light! Makes for cute pics too hehe.
Here’s another old piece I started last year of Qveen Herby (She was my top artist on Spofiy last year and will probably be this year too haha). I put down old pages from a French poetry book that was falling apart then painted on top.
This is where I stopped originally. I do like certain aspects of this but I wanted to flesh it out a bit more.
I love that you can still see the words peeking through the paint here.
I really love the texture of this piece. I think I captured her likeness a bit better in this version.
Another big thing I’m trying to work towards is my Youtube channel. I have mentioned before I am a recovering perfectionist… I actually have recorded a few times in the last two weeks but didn’t feel it was “good enough” to post. So yesterday morning, I took a little time to record and edit and POST A VIDEO!!! Check it out here!
I have some other things in the works, and I am trying my best to make it all happen! This week is going to be a bit different for me because we’re hosting some guests who are coming in from out of the country. But I am excited and it feels really good to be making the progress I have been and I am catching that wave of momentum.
Thanks for reading!