Day 2 Many days later...

So much for writing sooner (never mind daily)! But I did manage to create something last weekend! I've been planning for years to design a Valentine card (one for every year), but I never do it. This past weekend I designed 3! (I made up for some lost years). Why I decided to do one a year, I'm not sure, but since I haven't done it for the past few years, I made myself sit down and so some drawing NOW. I just love Valentine's day, and I really wanted to come up with a line of cards that captured that brightly colored retro-type look from the 50s and 60s. The designs still need a bit of tweaking, but once they're completely finished, I'll put them up so you can see them. Doing that bit of drawing over the weekend has got my appetite started for drawing again, particular designing greeting cards. I really love that form of expression. What nicer way to circulate your art than sending a card to someone with your work on it?

First Day on my new blog!

Well, I finally did it! I've been told so many times that I should have blog, especially as an artist, that I decided to do it. This one seemed a bit easier than some I've looked at, and the layout easy to put together. (It had to be dummy-proof for me to do it, of course!). So now the pressure will be on to write something almost everyday - but that's okay, I'm at ease with random babble, especially when it comes to talking about art. Art is an endless subject. Artist's block? No such thing. Rather, sometimes I'm afraid of starting something for fear that it won't turn out the way I envision it. But that's silly - it puts myself as an artist into a very small box. The key is to start without a predetermined idea of what the finished piece will look like. An idea needs to be general enough to inspire a start, but vague enough to allow creativity to bloom.