Dawn Blair's Blog, page 70

Peddling to nowhere

I feel useless, but I did learn things today. I started out so well. I woke up early to Coville sticking his face in my face. “Are you up?” “I wasn’t, but I am now.” Thanks, Whiskers! So I started audio editing. That went fine. That’s when the thorn struck and I had to go … Continue reading Peddling to nowhere

Evening lost

I fell into the rabbit hole tonight. At first, I was all like: Cool, it’s still early. Then it was: Okay, time to wrap this up and move onto other things. Now it’s like: WHEN THE HECK DID IT GET TO BE THAT TIME!!!!! Clearly I need to use my timer all the time. It … Continue reading Evening lost

A thousand leaves

Three hours and 14 bags. That’s what it took to rake up my front yard. Plus, there’s still a ton of leaves on one of the trees and the other is about half full of leaves. When I was done, the yard where I started looked like it needed raking all over again. I put … Continue reading A thousand leaves

The mystery of the cat chair prints

A few days ago, I applied gesso to a couple of canvases and set them aside to dry. I was worried about Temmy jumping on them, so I was trying to watch her while I painted. Apparently, I failed. There’s an old, brown office chair in my house that I keep around even though it’s … Continue reading The mystery of the cat chair prints

The last place

This piece probably should have been called my intervention piece. This was one I started shortly before joining the Create Anyway classes. (note: I looked back because I was curious… I started this piece a year ago and was putting progress pictures here on the blog.) I hated it. Hate isn’t even a strong enough … Continue reading The last place

Creator happiness

I’m writing on my phone tonight because my computer decided to freak out again. Poor thing. I must expect it to work way too hard. Actually, I think I just need to turn it off if I’m going to be away from it for more than half an hour. Tonight, I was working on the … Continue reading Creator happiness

Re-invention questions

Did you ever think about re-inventing yourself? What would you do differently? How would you be different? Would you like to be part of the crowd, or would you make the crowd? Would you dress the same or not? How about your choice of hair style? Would you even have the same type of hair? … Continue reading Re-invention questions

A Sun’s Pride

I wrote about this painting a couple nights ago. Here it is in an unofficial picture taken quickly: So far, I haven’t made any changes. But who knows, I still might. Just not tonight. Cheers.

Back to baby steps

I applied gesso to one of the large canvases that was formerly wrapped and sitting by the easel. That’s one step down. It’s really all I had time for today — and that is mostly my own fault because I delayed and took care of a couple other things (which were important, but I could … Continue reading Back to baby steps

Nessie Nebula

The colors of this one soften in dimmer light and really blend together. I find myself looking at this one often. I could just drift in space and look at this for a long time. Oh, look. There’s Nessie again. (grin) Cheers.