My hump day is going to be a fun one! I have my dearest friend and her kidlets' coming to visit me. While it is tiring, it is truly fun and inspiring...not to reproduce...but to just enjoy seeing my oldest and dearest friend being a Momma and see her kids' just grow into themselves. I've never seen a kid put themselves in time out...yup that's happened. Licking the floor has happened, too. They are so much fun for me. Granted, at the end of the visit, it is nice to go back to the quiet energy that disappears when the kidlets' arrive. I am more suited to quiet energy. I think my biological clock got smashed into bits somewhere in my 20's. I love em' just don't want to have them on a full time basis. Before they arrive I need to do my torture, aka workout, and sneak some art in, too! Speaking of...
Yes, this blog is going all out of my normal order but I thought, let's stir the pot a bit...throw some stuff in said pot and see what sticks. Yes, note the lack of swearing, I'm getting in "being around kidlet mode". I usually can give a sailor on leave a run for his or her money in the swearing department, but not around kids. I respect the rules of my friend and most parents', even though I think swears are just words like any other. That isn't my call, and I do try and respect and in doing so when a swear is right on my tongue I sound like a complete moron with all sorts of nonsensical sounds coming out...which makes the kidlets' laugh.
I digress, I'm a bit hyper-scattered this morning. In arty art news. I have been working on my piece, it's very slow going but I wanted to go outside of the comfort zone and push myself using my plethora of digital mediums I have access to. I wanted a different look and feel to it. So far, so good. I've had to restart quite a bit, but I think the rough sketch is a strong composition. I kept that part, it's the breathing life into it that has me a bit in a curfunkle. I keep being very thankful for layers. Which is funny because I didn't like them at first coming from traditional. Now, I love them, they are an art saver. I still am not sure if it makes me a stronger or weaker artist. I do plan on doing some sketches, daily, in my sketch book again. To not get out of shape doing traditional. Plus, who knows what kind of ideas will spew out of my noggin' to be used for my digital pieces. You just never know...
Needless to say, the new piece is in the new genre, I am planning to try and add a bit of abstract in it...marry those two styles. Why? Well first, because I can. Second has to do with my store and how the minions there love the abstract but not the surrealism as much, even though it does look fantastic on products. Again, this is when art travels into that sticky, gooey, grey area of one man's treasure is another's trash. I am still sticking by my promise to me that I will do art that makes me happy. I know it's selfish, but for me art isn't just arting, but it's also an escape into another world, my world, and I need that feeling and that satisfaction to keep me sane-er-ish. I'd say sane, but as an artist I think the first prerequisite is not being quite sane. I'm good with that. I have always been an odd one....even before I started arting.
In other and final news, I just finished tweaking...((sigh)) the game, even though I actually finished it on Monday...just a few minor tweaks, or that's what I keep telling myself for the game session for this Sunday...which is going to be interesting with the springing forward, I'm trying not to get on a rant about that, I'll just say I'm in the belief we should leave the time alone!! That is all. I promise. Not sure if we have a full group or not, but one of our original members is coming back and I'm really excited to see her. Yes, her! I will no longer be the only female. Makes me happy on many levels, that she is a, what the hep kids are calling it, an "OG" player...or original for all of us that can actually type a full word. Did I type that out loud? Meh, whatever. If I offended you, sorry, but life kind of has a way of doing that...it's not easy, young minions...it doesn't get easier, you just get Stockholm Syndrome and move on. The older minions, I'm sure you can understand exactly what I'm dishing out. Grumpy Pants Pie...lol.
On that Grumpy Pants Pie note, I will leave you with a happy day that is hump! I will see you all on Monday, I doubt I'll be blogging on Friday. I have a busy week ahead of me and I need to squeeze the week's time out like a sponge, getting every second out of it. Ewww. I just got a visual there...bad when I can gross myself out...just inspired myself, too...hmmm. On that note, I bid you a hearty adieu until Monday!