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Not that it matters much, but as February comes to an end, I am a little bit proud that the cleaned and organized spaces here have, for the most part, remained clean and organized.
The studio table that was completely covered with art supply clutter is now covered with a large sheet of printing paper - a pastel piece in progress. And two other sheets waiting their turns.
The spaces on the kitchen work desk are pretty much as they were at the end of January. The wooden box of stuff still needs work but the main surface is all useable. And the shelves are still good. Yes, a drawer that shall not be named will be attacked some time in coming months, but as it is mostly filled with older journals, calendars, and DIRECTIONS to places, I feel it is not so much cluttered as simply full.
I am hoping this bodes well for the rest of 2018. A lesson learned is Look at the surfaces and spaces every day. I forgot to do this and last week had to set the timer for twenty minutes of Put Things Back Where They Belong. But that was all the time it took. And now the coming week can be put to other uses.
Here is a little peek at a bit of "real" art and a month-long attempt at getting a model horse painted for NaMoPaiMo - National Model Painting Month.
Yes, the cross-hatched bunny is again vertical. I simply needed a something for the background. Art Bunny to the rescue!!
It truly feels good to be motivated to create some things of beauty again. The brain took a much too long "vacation" from caring about things like that. Now to see how long the "CREATE STUFF!!" hangs around.
Having just cleaned the driveway and roof of the recent six-inch snowfall we are not looking forward to a larger dumping forecast to start later today. But there is a celery plant rooting, and sunlight feels warmer on those days we see the sun.
May the day treat you kindly. Dare to goof off in the manner of your choosing? (Do it... It'll be Fun.)
Fare-thee-well,
Sue
Once upon a time I re-painted model horses for a living.
Now, because of an event that runs though the month of February, I paint one model horse a year.
Event: National Model Painting Month, or NaMoPaiMo
Hundreds of people around the world, really, create a new coat of color on a plastic, resin, ceramic, or other kind of model horse. Yes, from around the world. In just one year NaMoPaiMo has become a wonderful thing.
Here I am looking concerned over the Breyer horse that I will be working on, off and on, through this coming and way-too-short month -
This IS going to be Fun. I promised this little piece of plastic that it will be.
On to our personal Grand Adventures!
Fare-thee-well,
and wish me luck!
This month is going to be a wild ride -
Sue
Much of the month of February for hundreds of model horse hobbyists has been been taken up by NaMoPaiMo - or National Model Painting Month.
We were invited to join Jennifer Bray Buxton to join her in finishing a customized model horse sometime during the month. She'd hoped for one hundred painters to join in the adventure. Instead over six hundred brave souls from all over the world have signed up - either by the official deadline (eligible for prizes) or later - as inspiration to start, keep going, and/or finish work on a particular model equine.
Instead of working on pastel or acrylic or other kinds of bears I have been"treating" myself to re-living a life I lived many years ago. Painting in oil over acrylic I created the most basic of customized model horses - the simple "repaint." No parts moved, sculpted, or changed in any way. Because I used to use Breyer horses as the base for more customized models - living in a world of grinding bits, epoxies, primers, paints, and mohair, working on my little guy these past weeks seemed both easy and hard. Easy, because I did nothing to prep him but a little sanding; hard because I know how far the the best artists in the hobby have come.
Nevertheless, I started in, kept going, felt emotions I've not felt in many years, and finally have a little Appaloosa colt that, although may never win a ribbon in a show ring - does have a place in my heart.
Welcome to the herd, Sunshine's Phillip Under the Influence!
Because I was once a model horse judge - at national level - I do look at this little lad with critical eyes. But I won't for long - because now I prefer to try doing a few things just for the fun of doing them. THIS IS SO HARD!
And because my judge's eye and artist's heart are never satisfied I know little Phillip will have to be a different kind of model horse for me. I have not figured out what this is yet. He is less than a job but more than a hobby.
And I still don't know if he is done. His eyes are glossed, but he is not signed - silent LOL. Sue the Uncertain will let him sit for another day or two before entering him in the "I Did It!" Album on the NaMoPaiMo Page.
And then I will get back to the bears. Spring is coming. They are getting restless.
Fare-thee-well,
Sue
