Art Every Day - Day 37 & 38 - mural and sketch

Spent the day with my sister, so just another quick sketch today.

OMG! - I just realized I forgot to post yesterday! How did I miss that! Sigh. I actually did paint yesterday too. I worked on the mural again see -

I repainted the entire patio area - again. I'm still not thrilled with it - but its better then it was when I left it on Friday. Plus once I get the tables and chairs on there and the window framing done, the patio will be masked some and not stand out so bad. At least that is my hope. 

So I have still done Art Every Day - I just totally forgot to post yesterday. I remember thinking it when I came home, but then I think I thought I had done it later on and forgot to check. Oh well. I'm still counting it - cuz I did actually do it.  haha. 

Art Every Day - day 36 - year in review

While I did paint a foam core cork board solid black for a project I need to do, I did not get anything else drawn or painted today.

I did however work on a project called the Holiday Council. One of the creative people I follow online, Molly Mahar of Stratejoy, does the program called the Holiday Council every December. This is the first time I have done it, but it seemed only right given all the transitions I am going thru currently. Basically it is 4 weeks of worksheets reviewing the previous year - business and personal life wise - what was good, what was not, lessons learned, etc - and then planning out the next year - goals for your business and life in general. This past week was all about reviewing 2015. I was not able to listen to the live podcast last Wednesday - so today was my day to catch up on that and start doing the worksheets. I still have a few things left to complete for week 1 but it's already late and I need to get ready for my week. So that was all the creativity I got done for today, unless you count cooking an awesome roast in the crockpot, doing 5 loads of laundry, cleaning house and designing a workout/food tally log for my upcoming workout challenge, being creative. :-)

Art does not always have to be painting or drawing. It can be writing and planning, researching and thinking. There is so much more to the creative process then what you actually see on paper, or canvas or a wall. So while some people may argue that because I did not actually draw or paint something today (tho I did paint a board black - I just didn't take a picture of it,) so therefore I did not do any "Art" - I say I did plenty of creative work today in reviewing my year of art and taking the first steps towards planning my artistic year next year.

Art is in the eye of the beholder! ;-)

Art Every Day - Day - 35 - sketch

Not feeling very Arty today so just did a quick sketch. Didn't wanna break my streak due to an emotional funk.

Art Every Day - Day 34 - mural

Today I worked on the patio bricks and slate. And I struggled. I did the brick parts yesterday but I didn't like it - so I repainted them today. And then repainted them again. I did the background for the slate twice as well - adjusting the colors then started adding all the grout lines. And I hate it. The entire patio. It looks fake and cartoonish. The brick wall looks great - I'm very happy with that. But the patio sucks so far. I keep making adjustments - and I keep not liking it. I know its the black grout lines (the wall has light mortar but the ground is dark )- but that is how it looks in real life. I just cant get it to look right so far. I finally gave up and ended my day early because it was driving me nuts.  So I decided to end the misery, give it the weekend and tackle it again with fresh eyes come Monday. Sigh.

Art Every Day - Day 33 - mural

Finished the back and middle ground areas. Worked on the brick parts of the patio and planters. 

Art Every Day - Day 32 - mural

Got the ponds and more middle ground tress and details done today.

Art Every Day - Day 31 - mural

I started on a new mural today. This one is on a wall in a windowless basement - painted to look like you are looking outside through a window. I got the sky and the trees in the background done, and the rest of the bigger areas blocked in today. More tomorrow.