Plans.

I prefer to do posts where I can share some sort of visual. After all, this is an art blog - so it feels strange to just type with no image to lead the words. Even when what I want to type about are my plans for future art -  for images that don't yet exist.

So I went digging in my bag to find something visual to share. I'm not at home, so my options are limited to what I have on hand. Luckily, I found a paper I doodled all over yesterday - I know, it's a doodle, but still. . .  it's SOMETHING:

a close-up taken from my doodling with a blue-tinted shadow - a lot of my doodling looks like this

Ahh - a visual. Muuuucccchhhhh better.

Now I've met the requirements for an artistic visual, I can switch subjects back to my originally intended one -  sharing some of my art plans.

I have a confession to make - I'm in a very frustrating stage of life right now. I feel like no matter how hard I push, I'm stuck. Everything seems frozen around me and there doesn't really seem to be a way forward.

On the flipside, I've realized that the static (yet, STABLE) state of my life means there's room for artistic growth!!

It's weird, because I'm so eager for change. I so wish things weren't as they are, and my situation was different. But maybe wishing that is wrong, because I have a unique opportunity with things as they are. I've been sketching, recording ideas, and making lists of things to do with my art. Things that if my life were different I wouldn't be able to pursue and realize.

This weekend I'm planning to start setting some of those plans in motion. My first step is selling more of my artistic creations through Etsy - and doing it more confidently. I've also been doing some painting (props for a convention) and it's made me realize how much I miss, well, painting. So after this weekend, I plan to set up in my garage (as I intended to do over a year ago) to start painting. I have sketches and ideas and I know exactly what I'm going to start working on and what direction I plan to take it in.

I also have piles of self portraits waiting to be scanned (I'm a bit behind again, it's been a busy summer as I keep saying. . . ) - it's already been 3, going on 4 months of portrait drawing! Ca-ray-za-eee.

I'll share some pictures - when those images go from planned to reality :-)

~md