Normal?

If you're feeling a little down or maybe like you're just not like everyone else, you should read Suzi Blu's post http://suziblu.typepad.com/a_lovely_dream/2013/01/what-would-it-feel-like-if-you-painted-your-dining-room-walls-pink-and-put-all-your-art-supplies-into-the-china-cabinet.html

The artwork above is hers, and as usual, everything she does makes me feel happy!

Bunny Rabbit

Oh no. This is what retirement has done to me. And it's only been two weeks! Actually, I'm taking another Suzi Blu class. The first picture has a bunny in it. Hers was pink, but I just didn't feel like working with a pink bunny. When the multi-media picture is finished, it's suppose to have bee wax on it. It should be pretty cool. I'm putting the bunny on my blog, well, just because.  I get happy when I'm finally able to make myself draw something.  :^)

Real Mermaid

Well, she's real in the sense that she was hand drawn and hand colored. Yay! I hope Suzi Blu will be proud. She has plenty of flaws, but at least I did it physically instead of digitally. Now I feel like I can call myself a real artist.

Mermaids?

Yep, I'm drawing mermaids. I'm taking Suzi Blu's current class on drawing and painting mermaids. This is another attempt to get myself back to creating physical art. Suzi is a wonderful, talented artist, and such a crazy character! She could easily be one of the CocoRosie sisters.

I stayed home from work today, because I've been feeling lousy after getting a flu shot on Monday. (I always get a mild case of the flu after getting the shot each year. It's sure better than how sick I'd be if I got the full-blown flu!) I was able to beat my inner critic down for a little while, and was able to draw a full mermaid. Here she is:

She didn't scan very well, but it's good enough to see. The next step is to start shading the picture using Prismacolor pencils. Supposedly we will be painting a seascape background on a piece of wood craft board, and then glue the mermaid on. If I can even get my final painting looking half as good as Suzi does, I'll be very happy.