thagandizzle

No art today; I'm working on another watercolor piece, but I don't have anything else to show for myself other than some really simple sketches that I don't feel like going through the effort of sharing.

J came down with a nasty cold on Wednesday and was out of work the rest of the week. Not a lot of sneezing and coughing--more just general body aches and tiredness. She's thankfully feeling much better and is going to try to go to work tomorrow. I did paint her a little Pumpkaboo for her to take into work to put on desk. We've been watching Pokemom Sun and Moon and, despite how ridiculously charming it is and how cute the Alola Pokemon are, Pumpkaboo is the Pokemon after J's heart. (I'm a Garbador girl, myself, because it is the GARBAGE POKEMON)

Around the same time J was out for the count, I had the WORST period. I have a Mirena IUD, so I don't get periods super often, and usually when I do, they're pretty low-key. Once a year or so, I get a doozy and this was one of them. So bloody, HORRIBLE cramps, alternately nauseated and starving... Altogether terrible! I feel fine now, but J and I were both out for the count most of the end of the week. Thankfully, we had lots of leftovers and I felt ok enough on Friday to cook up a big ass pork shoulder we had in the fridge. So far, I seem to have escaped getting whatever J had, but we'll see. I just wish I could convince my uterus that I'm happily committed to a loving relationship with a wonderful woman and we are blissfully childfree by choice and IT CAN STOP ALREADY.

I've been posting my art to a Deviantart account and have prints of my watercolor pieces available through Deviantart. I don't know if anyone will ever want to buy them, but it's worth a try! I am going, this week, to go to a copy place and make some really nice quality prints to send to my mom. She doesn't have any internet access so there's not really any way for her to see my artwork unless I send her copies. It was a lot easier when I was doing art before in high school since I still lived at home! I've been really proud of what I've made so far, so I want to share it with her. She's always been so supportive of me and my art. <3

Here's to a less crummy week!

I've been trying really hard to make myself draw more. It's something that I like to do, but I've fallen out of the habit of it and there's no REASON I can't spend 30-60 mins most days drawing. I watch a lot of YouTube videos and DrawingWiffWaffles is one of my favorite YouTube illustrators. She's inspired me to be a little more playful with my drawings and, because of her, I've been dabbling in drawing with col-erase colored pencils. I've really been liking the effect! I'm definitely a pencil illustrator and it's fun to play around with a slightly different version of a tool I'm already comfortable with.

So here's a couple of doodles from today:

( mermaid sketch )
( fairy )

It's hard for me not to be too critical of my own artwork (isn't the case with all creatives, though??) I see so much really spectacular art out there and my own feels really inadequate. But I'm pretty ok at drawing! And even if I weren't, I should do it more, anyhow, since it's something that I like to do.