the challenge continues....
it has been a bit since I have written anything here or even posted to my YouTube page which I REALLY need to fix….. life has been a little wacky and I really didn’t to post a bunch of commentary on covid etc…..over that by the way but not over it in a way where I want to run out and lick a light pole to prove cant get sick!! LOL…anyway…the last post spoke to the challenge of the creating the art journal……and how I had found it daunting….well we had class on Wednesday evening and I will be honest…..I sat there thinking “why the fuck did I sign up for this damn class?”…..also thinking…”have I lost my damn mind? this is nothing like I do….I dont work this way….”……….HOWEVER……I powered through the class and even “met” with the professor after……oddly….we were asked to provide some work for comment etc…but when it came to my pieces…the professor…moved on….no comments….and I was thrown…..I know this professor and she does nothing without it being her choice….so I was really wanting to hear thoughts etc…..but nothing….HOWEVER…throughout the evening she would reference my journal page that I was able to show……or she would comment on the mural I am working on in the basement……. subtly….not all like AE THIS IS GREAT….etc etc…so after class she and I spoke….keep in mind she is an old college professor of mine…..and so I get where she comes from and understand her “speak”……..and as I asked questions and she spoke to me…..something clicked….I am not sure what happened but it clicked….and I found myself thinking again about the process I was about to begin in my art journal…..and how I was overthinking…I am a virgo damn it…we are good at that…hell we are GREAT at it! LOL…..anyway…………so after class I decided to stay in the studio and use GUACHE!!!! yep…..I dabbled with it earlier in the day however it was time to go all in and make a mess……..and what I discovered was a new medium which freed me up from being so “perfect”….it forced me to allow mess….allow bleeding of color……much like water color but the feel of it is more like acrylic….for this painters/illustrators out there………and my work has been flowing out of my hand ever since…….and I could not be more excited about it…..BTW re: the mural….she wants to see final visuals for it….she loves it and thinks that is a great piece ….she wants me to come to Richmond and do something great there instead of the album cover art that seems to be populating their city! :)……….wow…… the challenge was accepted and I am throwing that bitch to the wind and saying…..”got you bitch…..NEXT!” @
