what a day!

another drawing completed today! a calla lily! well, not actually completed yet, but i still need to think of something else to put in the background. maybe another lily? more leaves? eh, i'll figure it out. but i at least got the MAIN drawing out of the way. only thing that really sucks, is that my white chalk pastel is pretty much down to the nub. lol. so looks like i'll be making a run to the store pretty soon for more supplies.

other than that, its been a pretty peaceful day today. my son is with his grandma for the day, so i've had all this extra time on my hands. i should have cleaned somewhat today, but instead i fell asleep watching mrs. doubtfire on netflix earlier. didn't want to, but it was definitely worth it. now i think it's time for some music while i do some simple sketching of my next pastel piece. im really feeling ivy lately. i rarely see any painters paint ivy as a main painting, only as part of a background. makes me believe it's just THAT hard to draw, haha! but definitely ivy...with maybe some swirly's in the background? i will most likely change my mind before i finish my sketches -.-


also, heres another pastel painting i did a few days ago, my most absolute FAVORITE flowers, daffodils! i should have framed this one by now, but i've decided to hold off on framing any of these just yet due to the fact my son gets pretty curious, and will probably wreck them if he gets his hands on them. so they will remain tacked to my bedroom walls until i can find a safe place to put them away.

well, i suppose that's it for today! (=

hmm.

it's very hard to gain inspiration, and draw something when my son is running around like a complete NUT all the time!so, why not allow him to join in on the fun? cut off a big strip of paper for him, set it on his bedroom floor, and we used my chalk pastels to draw together. he LOVED it. i've allowed him to draw before with markers and crayons, but instead of drawing on paper, or in one of his coloring books, he decided to make his bedroom walls one giant canvas when i had my back turned! (this incident was a while ago, and i have not been able to scrub off the markers OR the crayons from his bedroom walls.) chalk pastels; SUPER easy to clean up for any parent that loves to draw, who has children that like to draw as well. especially if you have a little wandering artist who likes to color outside the lines like my son ;) i also found that if you do get a giant roll of paper like i do, you can tape it to the wall so they can stand and draw as well, and this way instead of drawing directly on the wall, they draw on the paper! haha!

anyway, since flowers are my go to thing to draw most of the time, i'm having trouble thinking of what i should draw next. artists block i suppose. there's a whole world outside my window that i can draw, but i usually tend to picture things in my mind instead, and then try and get it down on paper. my most recent drawing, is a longer, but smaller piece of paper than my last drawing. and i am currently trying to draw some violets, but they havent come out as good as i thought they would. oh well, practice makes perfect right? i'm positive i'm only having trouble with it due to the size of the flowers. i could start over and do a bigger version, but i don't know if i would continue to do the violets. maybe i'll switch to another flower. perhaps some orchids? who knows!

this blog is mostly going to be for my artwork, as well as some ranting here and there when needed. i will take pictures and post some of the stuff i have done when it is finished! (=