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*waves* I'm still here! Just been working on the 'zine...it goes to the printer on Monday!!
While working, I'm wondering...would you like the option of getting a digital copy? While I adore printing and sending out copies, it may be easier for international people and others to get a digital copy instead of paying postage. Opinions?
On Friday, after an early viewing of The Dark Knight (have I ever told you I'm a HUGE Batman fan?), my mom and I went out for lunch. It was one of the few times I had funds enough to pay for lunch, and I was feeling a bit better (though later, I crashed hard), so we gabbed over salads.
I got to telling her of my frustration, my absolute fury over being sick for so long. "I have no energy," I told her. "I go to work, then sleep. I haven't even had time to work on my art."
We'd been talking about how my copy of Altered Couture should be coming soon, my contributor's copy, and about my new workshop, and the 'zine. She was telling me how proud she was and I was brushing it off, as I do.
And then she said, "Your art comes first."
I was so happy, I could have cried.
Her declaration came as a surprise -- I work a part-time, minimum-wage job to make ends meet. I can't pay my bills. I irresponsibly don't have health insurance when I have a physical disability. At 24, I still live at home. But I spend my time playing in my journal, drawing, painting, sewing odd stuff -- I create my art. It makes me happy. But there's a little part of me...okay, a BIG part, that thinks me a failure for having a college degree and not doing what I 'should.' Like making more money, or giving up on this flight of fancy to work full time.
But hearing her say that -- to have her recognize my joy and reorder things from my perspective -- I feel lighter. Braver. I want to write more and create more!
If only I could get better....I am SO ANGRY at my body...my new medicine is making me sick, so I've gone from no energy to energy and sick. But I'll get there - I HAVE to!
It's raining!!! Or else I'd be outside playing with spray paint and some canvases and having a grand old time. Damn! Means I'll have to wait until tomorrow...again!
I'm pleased to announce that you can now get copies of the first two issues of Page by Page as e-copies!
I have to switch printers after this issue, so getting reprints of the first two is going to be a bit difficult. Thus, e-copies.
AND! Go reserve your copy of Issue #3!!! It ships August 15th. An no, no payments until the printed copies are in hand...I've learned my lesson!
Also, remember those cute things I made while on cam a few Saurdays ago? They're now available in my Etsy shop. Go take a look!
Sign ups are now open for the second session of the Artistic Alchemy class!
This one starts August 11th. So if you missed out of the first one, here's your chance!
I'd really love to teach an in-person class....I have one already put together. I daydream about the supply packet and the fun and the laughter and all that...I want nothing more than to get together with a group of fun artsy people and create!
Does anyone have any advice on how to get something like this together? What kind of place I should go to? Anyone have someplace where I could possibly teach?
Watch out! I got a new digital camera, so this post is image-heavy!
I was on live cam for 5 1/2 hours yesterday!! Phew! It was tons of fun -- first, the party hosted by Suzi, then working on projects and such while jammin' to some tunes. It kept me working because I knew people were watching! HAHA. If only I had that accountability all the time! *laughs* I'm still sick, though...coughing and all that. It's moved into my throat; I haven't had a sore throat and swollen glands like this since I was a kid....
First, the finished products of what I worked on yesterday.
"Even Faeries Have Cell Phones"
Mixed-Media on foam board
Yes, foam board. Because it was the only thing big enough in my room for this drawing. I am SO HAPPY with how this turned out...I have a whole bunch of ideas (and as I'm home sick, I shall sketch some more modern faeries!). I love when I make something I love. She's willing to go to a loving home, though, and would love to answer your text messages for you...won't you let her come to stay?
Here's the tote! Cute, ne?! The embroidery around the wings took FOREVER...sorry if you were watching during that!
And I FINALLY took pictures of my pages in Dawn's 1000 Artists' Journal Pages. I was so giddy to see these in there...I sent the journals off eons ago! And she listed Page by Page in the resources section. How cool is that?!
Journal Pages!!!! WHEEE! The journal I'm using was originally bought for 2008...and then I stopped using it. A few weeks ago, I found it, and I'm really in love with it. It has a fake suade cover, has nice paper, and is the perfect size for me (7x9). When you hold it in your hands, it FEELS like a journal. So lovely. I'm in love. Love love love!! <3 <3 <3 <3 So here are some pages for you to enjoy. See ya soon!!!!
(I really had a backpack like that!!!)
I don't have a camera, so here's a live feed as I paint and play! And drink tea since I'm sick!
EDIT: okay, the cold's knocked me out and I ran out of medicine, so I'm off for the day. come back soon!
Join in the fun tea party hosted by Vanessa!
Phew! I've been cleaning ALL DAY; my room/art space had gotten to the point where I could no longer find anything, and I hadn't done art in weeks because it was too much of a battle to get to my desk, and when I got there, there wasn't any room because of the clutter! My shelves are now all clean, everything in drawers -- making labels is next on the list. But I decided to take a little break since I found some journal pages I haven't posted yet...I think...in some of the journals I discovered under all the mess (read: mostly laundry).
These were from around the time my mom was in the hospital last Christmas, which is why I can't remember if they were posted or not....my brain's all muddled from last year's hospital visits (for two immediate family members), drama, and a car accident. Anyway, I'm sure the pages reflect all that 'cause, well, it was all on my mind!
This one was abandoned. Not because it's no good -- I did the whole thing, including the watercolors, in a doctor's waiting room -- but because I was focusing on being there and sleeping when I wasn't. I bought a new journal with Christmas money, looking for a fresh start, and never looked back.
This was made more recently, the image one I'd had in my head for weeks...I think it turned out all right!
And here are two pages from my CURRENT journal that are just waiting to be filled. More doodling, coloring, writing, all that fun stuff. But I just wanted to show you some pages in-progress to get an idea of my process. ;) (view them on flickr for notes on the process)
Well! I'm back to cleaning! I found a painting I started a month ago that wants some love, too! *laughs* I'm sooo still in my PJ's and haven't taken a step outside. Time to re-charge and re-fill and get things in order so I can make it all a mess again while working. ;)
