January in Review
- ArtbyCarissa
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min read
A day late.
I do not have a good reason for not posting yesterday. I was creating art and time got away from me. There were a few other things I wanted to do yesterday as well, but I ended up doing them today. All because of the art.
I am transferring the video files from my camera to my computer so I can edit video as well. I hope to have something for you tonight.
Today is a good day to cover all the stuff I did in January.
A lot of it was work at my part-time job.
I also had 4 interviews for more stable work (these take a lot of energy.)
I created three Valentine’s Day themed paintings, two ink wash and one gouache.
I created three Music themed Skull paintings, ink wash.
I did two small acrylic paintings.
Ordered postcard sized prints of the Valentine’s Day things.
Updated the e-shop and gallery.
The rest of my “free time” was spent streaming TV, reading manga and just avoiding working on art.
Looking at this list it feels like I did not do much.
I have to remind myself that I did not do anything much during the first two weeks of January, just streamed TV shows, read manga, and was generally unmotivated. I went from dealing with one frustration to the next and then trying to escape for a while.
Almost all of the art came from the last two weeks. Once I started on the Valentine’s Day art I just could not stop. I just kept going. I was inspired and the motivation to create just kept coming.
I created 7 new things in two weeks (one of the paintings was done in early January.)
February looks to be quite busy also.
I am trying to find events to vendor at.
I have made “dates” to have coffee with some new friends.
I should be starting a second art related part time job. I am super exited, I have been looking for an art related job for ages.
I am actually reading books! I am also taking a lot of old books to a second hand book store to see if I can get a few dollars for them. Any amount helps to turn things into art ;)
I also have a few ideas for other arty projects. I just have to figure out how to make the upcycling bit of the project work with the arty part of the project.