Finally, yesterday, last night to be specific, I made it into the studio. I was seized with such excitement to get back to work on something! Anything. I just wanted to hold brushes, feel the paint. I knew it had to be fast because tomorrow before the crack of dawn I fly to my daughter’s in Colorado. That means no studio work for another couple of weeks. It’s OK.
But I had to do something, anything. I picked up my art journal – it felt so good. I got out the watercolors, shut my eyes, and picked three tubes. A brown, yellow and blue. So be it. That would be my background. I got out my art papers and picked one blindly – it would work. Did my senses guide my hand to colors that worked? Then I grabbed the vintage crate labels. What did I want to use? I needed some sparkle…my glitter eye shadow. Why not? What statement was I making?
Turned out it was a simple statement – life is OK.
P.S. I added lots of photos to my ETSY store, SusanReepPhotoArt! And new ones coming soon on susanreep.com.
Tags: art journal, Creative Every Day, life is ok, vintage crate label, watercolor
I’m excited to see more of your artwork and know more about you as an artist! You’re so creative in so many ways!
what an appropriate selection process! i know it did feel good to be one again with paint and paper . . . even if only for a short little time. love the message, too. i ‘spect you needed to hear that.
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