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Anyone else out there tired of hearing the word pivot?

As a creative, pivot is something we do on a regular basis. It’s almost natural to us. Something we can expect to be a part of our story.

Whether we’ve changed our chosen medium (which as creatives is also completely normal), needed to realign what we do in order to make a better living (again, a typical plot twist for makers), or felt the burnout of working so hard for so long and just needed some space to find clarity and remember why we love this path we ...

Well, for the end of 2020, I decided to get my art organized. I had been researching taking photos of my artwork. I had been practicing and trying different things. I finally found what I think is the correct formula for me. Once I did, I set out to re-take all the photos of the artwork I still had in my possession. I spent a long time trying to get it right. I feel like it was worth the effort. I now have photos of my artwork that will print off just right. I also catalogued and made certificates for ...

Even though the month of October is over I haven't stopped doing digital art following the great video tutorials offered by BeeJayDel. Sometimes I followed the tutorial very closely, other times I used different pose references or went a different direction. Can you spot the differences? 

You may have stumbled upon a thing called Inktober, or Drawtober, on social media this month. New art, like fall, is in the air. I love it. I've been following tutorials by BeeJayDel on YouTube and have been getting amazing results. 

Practice is how you get better. I'm getting better every drawing. And I'm loving the Halloween theme! Expect more of these before the month is out. Hopefully, long after that ...

 Before I begin this post......does anyone have suggestions as to how I can respond to the comments left on each post. I'm at a loss. I use to get notifications via email but now.....NOTHING. It's frustrating because I really want to respond.  HELP!!!!!!!

Okay!

So, when I taught fourth graders, each Friday was art day. We had a blast. I'd stand at the chalkboard with a large piece of paper taped to it and all my pencils at hand. The kids were seated at their desks with all their pencils and colors. That's one ...

Winner of the drawing is shadesofrandom. If she does not send me an email till Wednesday with her address I will draw another winner. Thank you all!

Νικήτρια της κλήρωσης του διαγωνισμού είναι η shadesofrandom. Αν δεν μου απαντήσει μέχρι την Τετάρτη, θα κληρώσω άλλον τυχερό. Και γιατί φίλοι και φίλες από την Ελλάδα δεν λαμβάνετε μέρος, απορώ πραγματικά. Αν δεν ξέρετε τι πρέπει να κάνετε, πάρτε με ένα τηλέφωνο ή στείλτε μου μήνυμα να σας καθοδηγήσω. Κάποιοι σχολιάζετε αλλά δεν ακολουθείτε το blog…. Λυπάμαι πολύ πραγματικά. Στόχος όλων αυτών είναι και να εκπαιδευτούμε στα καινούργια. Όχι μόνο να γίνεται ...

Winner of the drawing is shadesofrandom. If she does not send me an email till Wednesday with her address I will draw another winner. Thank you all!

Νικήτρια της κλήρωσης του διαγωνισμού είναι η shadesofrandom. Αν δεν μου απαντήσει μέχρι την Τετάρτη, θα κληρώσω άλλον τυχερό. Και γιατί φίλοι και φίλες από την Ελλάδα δεν λαμβάνετε μέρος, απορώ πραγματικά. Αν δεν ξέρετε τι πρέπει να κάνετε, πάρτε με ένα τηλέφωνο ή στείλτε μου μήνυμα να σας καθοδηγήσω. Κάποιοι σχολιάζετε αλλά δεν ακολουθείτε το blog…. Λυπάμαι πολύ πραγματικά. Στόχος όλων αυτών είναι και να εκπαιδευτούμε στα καινούργια. Όχι μόνο να γίνεται ...

My sketchbook continues to occupy me each day, even when I was on holiday in Gran Canaria last month.

First a catch-up of the few days before we went.....

Rusting compound over stencil on watercolour background

Fabric collage with stitching and buttons

Wooden stamp with added pen drawing

Collage lettering on map background

Sketch in a box.

The beautiful Red Footed Falcon.

I am sharing the steps that I went through while drawing/painting this amazing falcon.

I hope that you fall in love with his beautiful colors as much as I have.

The head was a little too chubby in my first attempt. I did like the feet though.

This one looks much better but i ran out of room for the red feet!

So I've been a little pre-occupied lately with all this Drawing, Sewing, and Wedding planning. It's been crazy! Plus it's school holidays so I'm trying to get all the creative time I can in now before it's back to the paperwork of Doom!!! Duh Duh Duh.