anyway (i say anyway a LOT and i can't seem to kick the habit), i don't have anything finished but have some things i wanted to show. first up, i did take a couple of "process" pics when i did the love art journal page. they are pics from my iphone, not scans so the lighting is bad. this first one i took after i was done inking the page. i used 4 colors- a fading red, pink, light purple, and silver.
the lighting is worse in this one but you can see the purple a lot better here before i wrote all over it. obviously i took it after adding the title.
in my last post i said i was sure i had tons of unfinished knitting projects so i went looking for them. here's a few scarves and dishrags i was able to find. there's only 5 here but i know there's more somewhere! a lot of my crafting supplies are still boxed up in the basement so they're hiding. there's a couple things i can see in my head- one is even a blanket i started quite a while ago.
this last picture is a scan of a doodle i'm working on. i've mentioned it before- it's my hands.
remember i said my hands were small? i wasn't joking! i'm also noticing my knuckles are kinda big- must be from cracking them. i'm getting off track! basically, i don't know where to go from here and there's a TON of white space. i'm getting that white space anxiety syndrome. the fingers were easier because they were contained but now i need to figure out what to do with the palms and with the background. i've considered writing something in the palms- a poem, a couple quotes... not really sure. any ideas are welcomed!! (also, once again, the colors are nowhere near true to life. ugh!)
so, no achievements to post but i'm well on my way. not only am i pushing myself to finish the hands, but i'm also knitting while in front of the tv (if i don't have laundry to fold). plus i've got ideas for at least 2 more pictures (? drawings? doodles? don't know what to call them). what else am i working on?
well, the room that started out as the playroom which is now going to be my craft/art/writing/music (heehee) room is currently what i'm calling the junk room. see, i was going to use a room in the basement but i don't like it down there. most of my stuff is still all packed up and in the basement because i never felt good about working down there. but up in this room, there are boxes and bins and drawer towers and the old dressers from our master bedroom before we got the new bedroom set, etc. you can't really even walk in there. so i'm cleaning it out. i'm really not good at cleaning or organizing so it's really hard. plus, what's in there needs to go downstairs but what's down needs to come up. so the rest of my house will have clutter as things switch places. i have to go through everything, though, and throw out what's no longer useful. old magazines, old mail, things i won't use... it's a process. hmm, i think i'll count one achievement when it's cleaned out, and another for getting my stuff in it so i can work!
i'm still singing! and recording. haha, when my room gets cleaned out i'll be able to get to my guitar and keyboard! ;) oh, we are going to re-do the upstairs bathroom in a month or two so i'm designing that. i started taking measurements and researching flooring options and considering color pallets. also, i've been reading a book. i believe if you want to write, you must read and this writer really is a very good writer. i've never been interested in non-fiction and honestly didn't think i'd like the book but it's grown on me- because of the excellent writing! i'm learning from it and from the author. :)
i know my count is low- nowhere where i should be for being a week into march, BUT, not only do i have so many things almost done, i know when my room is done, i'll be so ready to work!! it's not easy being creative with a tray table in the living room, markers all over the couch, netbook on the floor, in a dining room chair. motivation to get my room cleaned out for sure! i just wish was better and faster at it...
