As I have enjoyed reading all the amazing blog posts during Art Every Day Month I realized something about me. I have been hesitant to call myself an artist. I wasn’t sure why, but I have felt in my heart I wasn’t an artist yet. Now I know why I felt that way. I “can’t draw”. Somewhere in my mind I have a definition of what it means to be an artist (really realistic sketch artist). Now, here is the crazy part -that definition only applies to me. When I see other artists I don’t put that limiting definition on them – heavens no! Any way they create is art – I have seen stunning photography, body art, paintings, quilting, poetry, writing, and of course, drawings. Thanks to AEDM I know one of my limiting beliefs and can now begin to rewrite it and see myself as an artist. Thanks Leah and all the artists I have met this month!
Here is today’s art – arranging the mirrors – many thanks to my hubby for patiently working with me as I decided on the placement of these mirrors. Still have some mirrors to purchase to fit a few last spaces but at least they are up on the wall now! I smile each time I walk past them. My kids say that it’s taking them a bit to get used to seeing themselves in one mirror as they walk up the stairs. Sort of freaks them out that someone is there until they remember that it is them….
A quick journal page inspired by last night’s family trip to Wicked. One of the best parts of seeing a Broadway show is the drive home listening to the soundtrack. Hope you’ve had a great weekend!
So, it’s Art Every Day Month and I have doing a decent job getting art done. My goal was to finish something everyday since I have the pesky habit of leaving things half finished because my muse “leaves” me at about that point. Turns out my muse doesn’t go out to lunch and leave me – I kick her out with perfectionism. My muse was frustrated with me to the point she wouldn’t even show up. I gave up. I resigned myself to not doing any art today. I really gave up. Then my muse returned hoping I had learned the lesson I needed to learn. I don’t know if it is truly finished yet – but my time is up for today’s art adventure…looking forward to spending some time tonight checking out the art adventures of all the artists over at AEDM!
Rubber stamped on a canvas. No idea what it will be – so just random. Liked the imperfect impressions – added to my “who cares” attitude and rejection of perfectionism. Used a waterproof ink pad.
Grabbed a handful of prismacolor pens. I believe any alcohol based pens would be able to do this. Randomly colored – still no idea where it will go…
Used rubbing alcohol to smear the colors. Added more pen in places until I was happy with the colors. Did I know where it is going? Nope.
A bit of white painted dry brushed over it to tone it down a bit and cover up some of the stamping.
Added a few words with paint – of course imperfection – it didn’t go as planned but I liked it.
I decided I wanted shadows but instead of using paint to create it, I went for real shadows. A complimentary color of fun foam was die cut and the layers glued together so it was like custom made pop dots. I’m too cheap to use that many pop dots on one project!