Contest closed last night. Tomorrow I draw the numbers and hopefully contact all the people for addresses and ship it all out Tuesday. Thanks for participating! I had very good turn out and hope for good results! Keep your fingers crossed. I'll pull the drawing tomorrow in the afternoon!
Another nice sketchbook video.
Carnet Bleu fait รก Paris from Carly White on Vimeo.
I find this an interesting idea. This guy locked himself in a gallery for a week and did nothing but sleep, eat and paint there. As much as I wish I could do something similar I know I'd not want to do it when it came down to it.
I have several places in the house where I make art. One is in my studio, another in the office in my comfy chair and on the coffee table in the living room. Lately it's all been in the office. I've got a ton of journaling supplies and what not up here and I like it. Well I was in my studio looking for paper not long ago and pretty peeved at myself, the place was an abysmal mess. It had sort of become a dumping ground for my art supplies and anything C might think was an art supply.
So i headed down and started cleaning. 2 hours later I have my bench cleared, well, mostly. Some book supplies moved to where they should be, some paper stored where it should be. Paints put away. Glues all in one spot and the recycled materials put where they should be. I've got a ton of materials for books covers and no matter what I do, unless I cut them to size they look like trash… Maybe becuase in some sense it is trash.
I realize I need 2 of those 4×6 foot metal garage shelves to really store some of my crap in a more organized way. that's not a thing that will happen until next summer I think but it will need to happen, eventually. Right now I've got some of those plastic storage drawers but they don't deal well with the weight of paper… I used to have some of those metal storage shelves. I had them painted blue and my roommate said they made my room look like a warehouse. When I moved they did not survive. Too bad I could use those now.
I've got a lot more cleaning to do but I'm glad to have a really good start on what i need to do for tomorrow.
Another quick sketchbook video
showing the sketchbook from aka_ratt on Vimeo.
Okay so I've been working on a ton of videos lately. My latest is somethigntaht I've been stewing on for quite some time. I wrote about it probably a month a go and after an interaction with the ever lovely (and my very own personal internet stalker :P) MaraSpires I decided I had best get my Junk Journal video up and going. So I did it. It looks like its going to be a 3 or 4 part video from the looks of it. I've got part 1 up now, which is a video of how to make the journal. Currently loading at this moment is a video on how to prep the journal for use. the next few videos will be of me further prepping it and of me using it. It's a small journal so I don't expect it to take too long to fill. I think I'm going to use it as a smaller journal to insert into my larger journal. I'll add it with a pocket.
Here is the first in the series of videos.
Vimeo is like a whole new world for me. It's got lots of videos I've never seen so… Lots of new videos for my blog. I think that's good all around!
sketchbook_2007 from Francisco Martins on Vimeo.
love the pale blues and red colors.
The last 2 weeks have been a whirlwind for me. Taking care of a parent, even with a "routine" but major surgery is difficult. There are so many things to expect and not expect that essentially you are on guard all the time. Though I technically was "off duty" in the evening I did not sleep well due to a combination of worry and an unfamiliar bed. I did not do the amount of work I had hoped while I was there. The Ning site did not blossom as I had hoped as I was too busy to sit and work on it consistently. I've also found I need a specific setting to work on stuff like that and a desk it is. I did not journal as much as I had hoped either.
I did get a couple of good videos of the experience and I'll be repeating it again in 2 weeks. I suspect that I'll be able to do a lot more work on everything then as the progress my Mom made over the course of the week was visible and pretty much amazing. So I suspect that when I return I'll hardly be able to keep up with her.
I wanted to take a moment to thanks everyone ( you know who you are) for the amazing support I've received from everyone on twitter, facebook and here on my blog. The well wishes, prayers* and comments helped to keep my spirits up during this very difficult time. It's simply amazing to me that people all over the world have wished my mom and my family well. So really I appreciate it more than I can express and more than more than you'll ever know.
I've received 5 donations total to help with the running of the blog. I appreciate it a lot. It is sometimes hard for me to believe that I put content out that people are willing to help me continue putting that out there. I will continue to keep putting out free videos on technique and art creation. You guys rock.
You'll also notice the "eyesore" on the right hand side of the blog. It's my project wonderful box. It's paid advertising. It's mostly art related. There were a few really great blogs linked up there, so help a girl out and click a few of the links and give them a read. IF you find something offensive let me know, I said no pr0n but okay'd online comics and uh, we know how some of those are…
Additionally I'd like to thank everyone for coming out to purchase during my Black Friday special. It was amazing. I made a lot of sales and those sales are going toward upkeep of the blog, ning and videos. I'm hoping to do another couple of videos this week but I've got a lot of stuff to catch up with here in my house. Its amazing the stuff you forget about when you are gone for almost 2 weeks. Like that milk in the fridge- ewwwww!
That hard part is over and now life and slowly go back to normal.
*Though I'm not a believer I appreciate the sentiment
Check out this sketchbook video I found on vimeo.
sketchbook from Maarten Donders on Vimeo.