So there is no new art on Society 6 this week. There is a killer sale going on over there...I know, I know I always say that...but there really is. Check it out...it's a sale...need I say more? Well yes, but not about Society 6...
Okay, so this is going to get deep, but I am going to start off on a lighter note, and hopefully end on a lighter note. I have been practicing, learning, re-learning and brushing up on my human anatomy, kind of. There were a lot of bumps in the road...and a lot more to learn, and just practice...I am actually doing line art again...for now. I don't know if it'll change or I'll be happy with the line art. Right now the piece that I'm working on is in a very basic stage...no shading, no highlighting...just practicing...and getting used to the evolving style that is slowly emerging. It's fun. I still have yet to get the full program, so I am still accepting donations, up top under the Support tab...it's in USD, and beings I am not from the US the exchange rate is going to kill me. But I'm doing what I can with what I have.
Here's where I'm hitting the wall...as I am focusing on learning all of this for a huge project, I'm not able to muster the energy up to do any other art. It's not easy what I'm trying to accomplish and it's quite time consuming, and while it's frustrating at times, I am enjoying what I'm doing. I think I'll be focusing primarily on the learning process and who knows I may end up with something I can put on Society 6. But maybe not. I'm really trying not to market the learning process...which I have fallen back into....
I feel myself headed towards a burn out, again...I am putting so much pressure on myself to blog, be on social media (I suck at that) and do the weekly update I said that I wasn't going to do when I came back from sabbatical. Things have to change...I'm not sure how, but I am thinking for now, of just blogging when something big happens or I get a piece of art up on Society 6. Or if one of you donates...I have a piece that I am hoping to start soon as a thank you, to send to you...but for now, I am falling back into the same pattern that I was in before I had a major burn out and took over 6 months off. I don't want to do that again. I enjoy blogging, but it's also become an obligation to me, which I don't like. I'm almost, and almost is a keyword here, dreading the Monday updates. I really don't know how many people read this...how much time it takes to write these, is it wasted time? I'm really not sure. All I do know is, the passion is going away...down to doing the art learning process that I'm doing. That's not a good thing. Despite the being excited to learn, the passion is ebbing, I am worrying about too much other aspects of keeping my art going and the store, and everything else, that it's just sucking me dry...that kind of sounded dirty...
So here's my plan...and it could change. As of now, I will only be blogging when something big happens or if I get new art up on Society 6. I will be updating little snippets on Facebook and Twitter...you can find tabs to those up top. I need to step back from feeling obligated...and just focus...on the passion of art. It's not a sabbatical, as I will be still blogging just not as much, but I will update you on the two other social media sites, just not weekly...I fell into the weekly pattern and I'm paying for it. Something inside me changed when I was on sabbatical...so that's the news.
On that note, minions, I hope you have a fabulous week and stay out of trouble. Until next time, I bid you an adieu.