What do you love about making art? For me, right now, I love how I get lost in it. I can sit and mess around with paints for hours, unaware of time, feeling no need to stop for dinner, wishing I could stay home every day to keep working on it.
After touring all those great studios last weekend and the weekend before, I just had to do something with my workspace, right? Most notably, I needed some storage solutions, and to reconfigure my tables so that I could reach the storage area. (Minor detail - with the old configuration I was right next to the book case, but I had to either crawl under or reach over the table to get to the shelves!) So here it is. Plastic containers with drawers, on sale from Fred Meyer, are just right for storing paints, stamps, papers and doodads.
Another container with lots of little drawers is perfect for spools of thread, beads, and charms. Works in progress lie in wait on the table, finished pieces fill the walls. I know it would be good to have a design wall, but I like to see that I do sometimes finish projects!
This wall serves as the headboard to my bed - I like having flying dreams! 
Two weeks working in this new configuration, I can say that I'm really liking it. I can actually put things away at the end of a session, making it more inviting the next time I can steal away to my little haven.
Today's work was trying again to get Grammie's face for a Día de los Muertos tribute. First try: better than yesterday's attempts.
Second try: Hey! This one looks like her! I might actually use it.
This is a pencil drawing from the other day. I like it as it is. Sometimes I'm afraid to mess them up with paint.
Finally, this is a face that went terribly wrong today, so I decided to just play with it. Oh yeah, sometimes it's way fun to mess up! I'm loving mixing up paints, pens, stamps and crayons.
Hmmm... it's 12:44 a.m. now. Perhaps I should go to bed? Up bright and early at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow!
2 comments:
It is fun to see what you are up to. I like your space. So nice to have your own work place. I have been working on the kitchen table...big studio downstairs but not set up yet...funny. I am not sure how to even set it up...so much things for mixed media.....
I like your faces, I have painted 2 but both for the "Dreaming of Klimt" project, almost done with the one and one more to go, due Sat....I might come up to Portland to take it in. Maybe we could see each other for lunch and seeing your art in person? I could show you the work I finished. We could drive to Boring "Glenny's house" together...have you been to "I've been framed" art store?
I worry about you staying up so late, all your posts are at midnight! and I know you work early...sweet dreams...Blessings.
Hey there ms. moonwood....thanks for visiting my blog and so happy you enjoyed it. Looks like you are one busy lady and maybe should get some more sleep!
Enjoyed your work!!
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