Bloggers Who Inspire Me

I thought I'd share a quick, short list of the people (blogs) I look forward to reading every day:

Amy Karol at Angry Chicken (I have her book too)
Alicia Paulson at Posie Gets Cozy
Nicole Balch at Making it Lovely and Pink Loves Brown
Jessica Jones at How About Orange
Von Glitschka at Art Backwash

I read many others, but these are the folks I most look forward "seeing." They are all inspiring creatives!

Western Spaghetti

So clever, Thanks Poppytalk!

The Girl Effect

From Poppytalk

Tunnel of Fudge

The batter of the Tunnel of Fudge cake I made last week. No photo of the finished product, it didn't last very long.

Beginning Again

Sometimes life gets in the way of plans. I was on a roll drawing pretty regularly (most of it not such good quality, but good exercises) and I got interrupted. Granted, part of it was vacation, but I took my sketchbook with me, I just didn't draw anything.

Anyway, to get back on track ... here is a drawing (with color!) of my breakfast sandwich. I added the color because the line drawing didn't do it justice. For comparison, I took a photo of it (with my phone, the angle is a little different) before I ate it. By the way, it was yummy.



I have to say that food is an interesting subject. Each object is totally unique and much easier to draw realistically than a coffee mug. Asymmetrical is so much more interesting than smooth and symmetrical.

My plan is to get back to it. Even if it's once a week, that's better than not at all. Also, I'm going to do some screen printing. I haven't done any in years and I would like to because I always enjoyed it. I will share examples here when I have them.

Drawing What I See

Cream Cheese Brownie from Karsh's Bakery

For the past week I have been working on drawing what I see. Just pen drawings, no color, no erasing. This is something I have never been very good at ... drawing what I see from real life. I have always preferred to draw from photos. It has been a good exercise to be patient and draw the lines as I see them and to complete it in one sitting. I tried to draw Addie laying on the floor, but I rushed because I was afraid she would get up. The proportions turned out pretty hinky. I decided it's best to keep practicing on inanimate objects for now. Once I get better at that, I can work on things that are more fleeting. I did manage to draw Robb while he was watching TV. It's kind of rough but, in my defense, he did move a couple times.

Robb watching TV

I realized something about myself a few months ago. I've taken countless art and design courses. I've always done reasonably well in them. I've loved drawing and making things since I was a kid. People have always said I'm the creative one. But, I've always felt that I don't fit with those I view as creatives. The weird part about me is that I've always been good at math and paperwork and linear things like that. I'm drawn to creativity and I love to drink it in.

So, I am working with drawing what I see. Let's see where that leads me.

The Beginning

So, this is my first blog. I'm not going to presume that anyone is interested in what I say or think. So, I am using this in an attempt to feed my creative spirit.

to muse a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction. I feel like I am always in search of inspiration. I like "dreamy abstraction," it sounds ethereal.

Now I have to figure out how this thing works ...