Ok, so it will be one week tomorrow since I started this blog and it has been really hard to find time to get into my studio. I had high hopes for this past week but everything else seemed to take over. I did find one day to do some art and I drew for 4 hours straight. I don't have a completed drawing yet, although I am going to see if I can finish it tomorrow somewhere inbetween helping in one of my boys' class and my tennis lesson.
It's hard to eliminate things out of my life for the sake of getting in my studio and I haven't found the best way to do it. I am going to have to figure out how to prioritize, but for so long it has not been able to be a priority so it might be a struggle starting to make it one.
I have had an image in my head for a while of women jumping on trampolines so when I was drawing I was playing around with that idea. Whatever I finish with by tomorrow I will post... finished product or not. I love being a mother but I have felt a little trapped being taken over by motherhood for so long and I feel like I have slowly been allowed to start jumping. The freedoms of being a child again seem to surface. I love being a mother more than anything, but for some reason I had a hard time feeling completely alive when I wasn't able to do all the things that I'm passionate about and that make me tick inside. It's funny now as I think about it and put all these feelings on paper, because the freedoms are here, but yet I feel trapped by those as well! I felt so alive this week when I was using my pencil. It felt like I was in this other place where everything makes sense. It just felt right...
Monday, September 27, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Studio staging
Today I got my studio in a good condition to work in. I always feel overwhelmed in a space that is totally out of control where I can't find anything. My brain gets seriously overstimulated because of all that it has to take in. I am definitely not saying that I am an organized person because that would be a lie, but I like to see the floor. As I cleaned up the studio that is in our third floor, I saw all the half finished pieces that I did. I saw inspirational images that I love and pencils that were tired of sitting in the corner. Right now my studio is not being used hardly at all and I want it to be a space that I am so acquainted with because I am in there all the time. I want to be in that studio just as much as I am in the rest of my house!
I don't know what my first piece will be, but I do know that I am dying to use my pencils. Drawing is my first love and I feel like I need to use them for my sanity soon! I don't want to use them for grocery lists, math problems, permission slips, writing in my calendar, or anything else rather than drawing! What to draw? This is where I get overwhelmed. The blank piece of paper. So daunting, yet it holds so many possibilities! I feel like I should just start with some loose sketches and get warmed up. Ok, so tomorrow I will commit to drawing in my sketchbook doing some quick sketches and maybe more. That is a beginning anyway.
It is so hard to ignore the dirty dishes, laundry, phone calls that need to be made, flowers that need to be watered, floors that need to be scrubbed, etc. all for the name of art. This is what always holds me back. I know that as soon as I pick up that pencil I am letting things go and that quickly leads to chaos with 3 boys, 2 cats, and a partridge in a pear tree. I have decided that I just have to do it if I ever want to pursue an art career.
I have been reading this book, "The Artist Guide" and it has been a really helpful book to read as I have been gearing up to diving into my art again. The writer was also a mother and had to balance everything like I have to do and she really had to commit and ignore. I have decided that that is what I have to do.
The way I got inspired to make a blog is from the movie "Julie and Julia". It was such a good movie and I thought that a blog was just the thing I needed to spur me along, just like Julie needed. I hope I can keep up with the pace that I want to. I am excited to think that if I do, I will have created 52 pieces of art in a year! Now that is exciting!
I am going to go to sleep now and as I lay my head on my pillow I am going to dream of holding my pencil and sketchbook. What to draw?
I don't know what my first piece will be, but I do know that I am dying to use my pencils. Drawing is my first love and I feel like I need to use them for my sanity soon! I don't want to use them for grocery lists, math problems, permission slips, writing in my calendar, or anything else rather than drawing! What to draw? This is where I get overwhelmed. The blank piece of paper. So daunting, yet it holds so many possibilities! I feel like I should just start with some loose sketches and get warmed up. Ok, so tomorrow I will commit to drawing in my sketchbook doing some quick sketches and maybe more. That is a beginning anyway.
It is so hard to ignore the dirty dishes, laundry, phone calls that need to be made, flowers that need to be watered, floors that need to be scrubbed, etc. all for the name of art. This is what always holds me back. I know that as soon as I pick up that pencil I am letting things go and that quickly leads to chaos with 3 boys, 2 cats, and a partridge in a pear tree. I have decided that I just have to do it if I ever want to pursue an art career.
I have been reading this book, "The Artist Guide" and it has been a really helpful book to read as I have been gearing up to diving into my art again. The writer was also a mother and had to balance everything like I have to do and she really had to commit and ignore. I have decided that that is what I have to do.
The way I got inspired to make a blog is from the movie "Julie and Julia". It was such a good movie and I thought that a blog was just the thing I needed to spur me along, just like Julie needed. I hope I can keep up with the pace that I want to. I am excited to think that if I do, I will have created 52 pieces of art in a year! Now that is exciting!
I am going to go to sleep now and as I lay my head on my pillow I am going to dream of holding my pencil and sketchbook. What to draw?
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