Woe is me...

So I got the call yesterday afternoon, neither one of my pieces got accepted into the show and I am to pick them up on Monday between 10-12. *Sigh*
Actually, it really doesn't matter that I didn't get in. I got way too anxious over this show and I still can't figure out why. It was an art and craft show as well and I don't really like the idea of art, that is drawings, paintings and sculptures, being lumped in with crafts (quit waving your fists at me and yelling obscenities you silly crafters, you!) Also, they wanted to take a fairly large commission chunk so perhaps it's for the better. Yes, that's how I'm going to rationalize it and make myself feel better.
So, now it's on to the mad dash to get the art done for the Pet Wellness show coming up next Saturday. I think that should be promising because people looooove their pets (I think I heard them referred to as "fur kids" once). Pet people are an entirely different breed of crazy, myself included. That said, the pic above is of my Australian Shepherd, Rosebud, or as I like to call her 'Nublin' or 'Puppa' or 'BeeBee' or 'Wookie Woogy Woogums'...okay, I made that last one up but I've heard someone call their dog that before. Yes, I put those daisies on her head for the picture. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Hello dear reader. Just thought I'd do a little update before the big jurying tomorrow. Today is the day for submitting work to the show. In considering all of this I haven't been able to figure out why this particular show is causing me so much grief over having works to submit and making sure that everything is just "so". Part of that is just my overall nature but this particular event is making me very anxious.
This pic is the other work I'm submitting with the 'pink flower from Hell and a butterfly' work. Actually, I still haven't titled the butterfly pic but I really like the title I just came up with. I don't think it would go over so well though with the general public or the jurors (but that's another story).
I'm not feeling particularly coherent either because I didn't sleep very well last night. I was in bed by 9:00 which is a bit too early for me and now I've over slept and don't feel relaxed at all.
At any rate, I'll spare you any more of my rambling and hopefully everything will work out well for this show. Seacrest out.

You can't poop?

Okay, here it is... basically finished. I've darkened up the shadows on the flower and a bit of the background. It looks like poop but as I said to one person in regard to children eating artwork and green paint (okay, I made up the green paint part, long story): "Sometimes life hands us poop instead of chocolate."
Again, it's a learning experience and at this point I'm not even sure if I'm going to enter it into the show. I'm going to buy frames tomorrow and I will get a frame for this picture but I'm just ridiculously unenthusiastic about this one. It's a learning experience, it's a learning experience...

On an unrelated note on the radio they're reviewing the list of top un-Sexiest men and they were remarking how surprised they were that Brad Pitt was on the list (at number 100, mind you) but to that I say that I can understand. To me, Brad Pitt resembles a chipmunk. Now I like small, furry, tree-climbing woodland creatures just as much as the next person, but I don't want to make out with one. Just felt I should clear that up.

So this will be my last update until next week, and look! I uploaded two pics for your enjoyment. In fact, I'm not posting another pic of this work until it's done. This stupid pink flower has proven to be the bane of my sanity as far as I'm concerned.
Like I mentioned before, this has been a work that I've had to push myself through, I wanted to chuck it about 4 days ago but this show is coming up and it needs to get done. I'd still like to have another work to submit next thursday and I've started on another work of a macro flower image and so far so good, but we'll see if the time factor is going to co-operate with me.
On a completely unrelated note I'd like to share with you something the local radio station here does every morning on their morning show. They play a game called 'Impossible Trivia' and on occassion the answer to these questions is completely out of left field hence the name 'Impossible Trivia' instead of 'Completely Obvious Trivia'. This morning the question was something to the effect of 'What is one of the most common ailments vets treat pets for?' or something like that. The answer: Intoxication. Something to think over this week-end as you're sharing a beer with your dog.

It's The Little Things

Another update on my butterfly pic. Y'know, I was more worried about how the butterfly would turn out when really what I should've been worried about was how I was going to get backlit shadows on a hot pink sunlit flower. Gramatically correct? I don't think so. This is one reason why pink is definitely not my favorite colour. Alas, it is what it is and while I was ready to give up yesterday and just start something else I just told myself to push through with it. In the end even if I'm not totally happy with the final outcome at least I'll have learned something...quit doing pink flowers.

This is another backdated update since I've really done more on it than this. Maybe tomorrow I'll update with two, count 'em, two pics. We'll see how cheeky I'm feeling.

I'm still set on entering two pieces into this show but as of yet I'm still not done my first piece. I've picked out a reference flower picture that I think I can whip out in a decent amount of time and have it look good. I won't be documenting that one since time is of the essence and, clearly, I like to leave things to that last minute.

I need to go shopping today, buying toiletries and such (I know you're interested) and I also need to get some horsey stuff and some frames for these pictures. I didn't get a flyer from Michael's this week. No sales? I may need to wait until next week to get my frames. Leaving it to the last minute...again.

Have I got this figured out?

The answer to that is probably no but I'll give it another go. I'd also just like to make note that spell check is a beautiful thing...too bad I didn't use it last night. I digress...
I'm going to attempt to post my WIP again (sigh).

Hey! Look! It worked! My God, I must be a techno-wiz...or wannabe computer geek. Anyhoo, there she is in her beginning stages, coloured pencil on brown paper. Why brown? Well, it saves me doing a lot of work on the background and it was Easter when I started working on it and had chocolate on the brain. These things happen. At least I had chocolate on the brain and not something like sauerkraut or split pea soup, although that gives me ideas for other works.
I've done more work on it since this and I'll be sure to post my progress as I go. You, dear reader, will have to wait though.

On another note I will mention that I'm planning on doing more horse pictures and dog pictures (maybe a cat picture) since I have a busy summer ahead of me just getting myself out there. I can already feel the carpal tunnel syndrome setting in.

It's alive!

I forced myself to start the work for the art show that's coming up. My efforts will prove to be fruitful if I actually get juried into the show and if not then I'll burn the picture in effigy. Actually no...I'll just be kinda disappointed and I'll keep the picture in my gallery. The effigy thing had a nice dramatic flair to it though, didn't it?
I'm going to attempt to post the WIP (that's "work in progress" for you folks like myself that are confounded by acronyms) so you can join me in seeing this work come to life. Let me attempt to do this...
Hmm, something is amiss. I hit the picture button and nothing. I love dial-up... I'll try posting this and then coming back and editing it by adding the picture.

Okay, it's not working. Maybe I can deal with this tomorrow but not now. I'm hungry and I need to eat.

In The Beginning...

So I'm going to make an effort to post at least twice a week about all my artistic (and occassionally life) happenings and misadventures. It seems that people are genuinely interested in the thought process, or lack thereof, of an artist. It would dictate then, that you dear reader are interested in my thought process. My first thought then is this: Why? Only you can answer that question since I simply don't have enough time to ponder those sorts of things.
It would seem that I have far too much on my plate for the next few months artistically speaking and I may lose the few marbles I have rolling around in my head. My first project to tackle is a piece I want to have done by April 27th for a local juried art show I've entered. It's a cutsey-poo piece (some technical artistic terminology there for you) piece of a butterfly on a flower. Cutting edge? Hardly, but the piece is difficult and will probably break me for a day or two and then it's right back on the wagon for a Pet Wellness Day event on May 6th. That and I have several commissions on the go that I should probably dedicate more time to.
So, enough with the typing and more with the drawing. I will be back to regail you with my stories in a few days.

PS- In case you were wondering purple does taste good. Many moons ago as a child I ate about half a purple crayon to see if it tasted different than the yellow crayon. It does, and it tastes better than yellow. I've said too much.