More Starry Night

My first ever watercolor. I like Van Gogh. I think 'cuz he's messy. I can do messy. Note to self...pencil lines cannot be erased after you paint over them. The micron pen came in handy though. Fun. I like playing with art.

Creative Wednesday...Starry Night

Yesterday was my birthday! Now I have to change the "about me" section to make it 41 instead of 40.

Spent yesterday playing with paint and playing with photoshop. Mom got me a tutorial for my birthday. Thanks Mom! Going to play with watercolors today, I think. That's what the sketch is for. Not sure how to make it look "Van Gogh-y" with watercolors. Thinking about maybe using crayons or oil pastels first. Don't know, we'll see what happens. Also thinking of trying to do "Starry Night" with paper as a collage. I think that's my assignment for awhile..."Starry Night" in as many mediums as I can think of. Just to learn and play and experiment and learn and have fun without any pressure. How many mediums can I think of? Acrylic (I used oil pastels and a sharpie on that one but don't tell), watercolor, paper, crayons, oils, fabric, ummmm, painting on glass, jewelry (??? how? I don't know), clay, print block- either carved or clay-sculpted, yarn (I'm not saying I know how to do starry night with yarn, I'm just brain storming), diorama-oooh, that'd be fun, markers, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, oil-pencils, oil pastels, scratch art whatever the arsty-fartsy technical name for that is...scrafito?, whatever., beads...really? how time consuming would that be?-flowers, food-frosting on a cake... food coloring on bread..., ooh, Starry Night using only things found in my kitchen, Macaroni art! I'm amusing the hell out of myself. Photoshop...that would kill two birds with one stone. Just thinking on the page. Time to go play now...

Progress Check

More than 7 weeks into The Altered Life Project... Progress check.

House is cleaner more often. I am excercising at least 4 days a week. Doing my morning pages every morning. More in touch with myself, I'm a little annoyed that after almost 41 years, I'm still "finding myself". Discovering what I like, what I don't like and getting more vocal about it. Becoming a little more willing to experiment artistically. Willing to make 'bad" art in order to get to "good" art. Example...

Conversation I had with Kelly last week...

Kelly: "What ya doin'?"

Me: " Makin tentacles"

Kelly: "Tentacles? For what?"

Me: " A shit monster"

Kelly: " Oh. A poop goblin."

End of conversation. I don't know if it's good or bad that she gets me so well. Who's ever heard of a shit monster/poop goblin? I hadn't until I started making one. Didn't use the tentacles. At least not yet anyway.

Safer art...