Month: January 2026

Busy

I’m rather pleased with this one. It also helped me realize that I don’t always explain what I’m working with. This time it was Sharpies (one fine point), a Crayola marker, and a white pen for the shine in the eyes, on a 3×5 index card. I have some nicer materials, but I also want to use up the old ones, and sometimes I just use what’s on hand like the last two. So, because the quality of your materials can effect how the quality of your work is perceived, I will try to let you know what I was working with at the time from now on.

Now for the update on stuff and things

Classes: still have not signed up for. (I’ll get there… eventually)

Social: still no link for it, and it may be a while before I do link one, as I want to figure out some things first. I will say that I don’t think short form videos (and maybe even long form with how I’m set up right now) are the thing for me right now, even though they are very popular, as editing takes me forever and thinking about how it looks on camera interrupts my flow state.

Painting: finished two more, meant to post one today, however the options to do so were either a picture from my phone or going and getting it to scan and then taking it back (I do not have a good storage space for them here at the moment). The first one requires a cord or doing this from my phone, both of which I do not want to figure out today. The other requires a vehicle, which is hard enough on the regular, however we are now down a vehicle as of last night (which seems to happen every winter… at least we’re not down to one… yet). So little drawing it was!

YouTube: I feel like what I’m going to say is going to make me seem a bit all over the place (which is not an unfair assessment), so please bear with me. I’m going to try streaming, not my art (at least at first), but video games. Reasons being: It won’t leave my head, I don’t have to edit it, it’s a bit more interactive, if I get a laptop I can do it while pet sitting sometimes… there’s a lot of reasons why I think it is the path for me right now. If it’s not your thing, don’t worry, I’m still going to be working on my art and posting here. I’m just trying to figure out the best way for me to put myself out there.

Other than all that… I’m going to try to update somethings with the website, hopefully I don’t mess everything up.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Eyes

Got a bit smudged in places while working on it.

I don’t have much to write about, especially since at the time of writing I should be asleep because I have to be up a LOT earlier than usual for me, as I am pet sitting in the morning, but this managed to slip from my mind until midnight, so here I am.

Classes: found one, have not signed up for it yet.

Social: Posting a little bit (less than once a day), however no link for it yet, because I’m like that.

Painting: Finished four so far, and it is very different for me.

That’s all I feel like elaborating on right now, as this has taken me about an hour from turning on my computer and I should have been asleep about four hours ago.

I hope you all have a wonderful week, sleep well, and enjoy the picture! I am going to bed!!

Glasses!

Couldn’t find my index cards, so I cut some cardstock to the same size, hence the pink color (and what ever colors may show up in future).

This one is a little rougher than usual due to a variety of factors. It’s been a little bit since I’ve drawn like this, I did not have a very stable surface, and I very VERY recently got glasses and they make everything go a bit like this \ /. So that’s going to take some getting used to.

As for the percolating idea for putting myself out there that I mentioned last time… I’m gonna try to do more with social media. I’m also looking into local art classes after a talk with my dad (for a longtime any I saw were for a different age group or the timing didn’t work, so I had stopped even considering the possibility of one), so we’ll see how that goes.

Anyway. Hope you all have a wonderful week!

meditation

I used another glitter pen, and it did not turn out as well as the last one when scanned.. oh well.

Ok, I said I would think about goals for my art, and I did write down a couple.

1st, is 10 Cute or Creepy paintings. I haven’t done much painting, however I have some acrylic paints, and this gives me a way to explore it without it feeling too serious.

2nd, is 10 Landscape paintings. This one… there’s a few reasons for it. I want to stretch myself by trying to make what I see, rather than whatever pops into my head. I also understand that most of the things I make are rather niche, and when you combine that with how hard I find it to put myself out there, it’s rather difficult to make any money. Do I think landscapes are going to be a magical fix all? No. I do think I would feel better about taking them to a local art gallery, which would be a step forward.

Other than that… minorly contemplating something to help with putting myself out there, however I am an anxious bean and it will take a lot of courage on my part, so I’ll see how I’m feeling about it next time.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Happy New Year! (2026)

Wasn’t sure how the gold glitter pen would turn out when scanned. I’m glad you can kinda see it, however it does look better in person.

As for the New Year… I hope it is a good one. I know many people have their resolutions and whatnot, but I haven’t really thought about it this time. I have things I’m working on, like my art, and sewing, and myself. I haven’t really written down any goals for them though, so I’ll see what I come up with this week.

Hope you have a wonderful week, and a happy new year!!!!