I totally get the idea of the sign in the background....funny
The picture looks good.

Thanks. It will probably go in scraps shortly. I'm feeling very un-arty at the moment.

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You're experimenting The sign is hilarious.. reminds me of one that said "SALE - guns, liquor, wedding dresses" that I always thought summed up America pretty succinctly.

I miss your semi-daily updates! Where you been, girl? I miss you

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Haha! That sign is priceless.
Nice energy and colour in this sketch

I've been sitting in a hole, feeling like not doing art. I dunno! I might be just going through a rough patch or something... but nothing I touch seems to be working right now, and it's so frustrating! I've started loads of things and finished none of them, because none of them got to the stage where I thought, "wow, it's actually looking good!" Y'know? So I'm either being impatient or just... uninspired and lacking in energy, one of the two.

It might be partly to do with the fact that recently I've upped my expectations slightly, looking at the work of artists I admire and identifying things I'm still weak with (mainly implying distance, for some reason - and texture - partly how I screwed up Painter... it's more specific in my mind, and I've got a ton of examples by other people in my 'inspiration' folder on my desktop... I just describe it badly). Which makes me think everything I do is shit, and I work hard but can't reproduce what I see and know, if that makes any sense? Very frustrating, because I feel I'm just a tiny step away from being as good as the people I so admire - just one teeny hop - and I can't cross that last bit. Probably because I suck and am not even half as good as I imagine. Probably. (Isn't feeling depressed with art rubbish?)

So I need to buck up and start working and failing and learning again, I guess - and enjoying that! Instead of wanting it now and stamping my feet because I've worked hard for years, and tired of working now please, and I want it right now! (Childish, I know!) I forgot my purpose a bit, and need to remember. I guess I'll do that at some point.

Existential art crisis ftl! Sorry for ranting on for ages. I've felt crappy about being away, too, but I can't very well post art I'm not making. :<

In the meantime, I am doing a lot of knitting (because I am an old lady in disguise), and a bit of very crap acrylic painting which I hate all of and therefore throw away into the bin, hurrah!

In completely different news, I saw a sign last weekend that said, "EW CHILLI CHEESE FRANKFURTERS!" which I thought was marvellous! I wish I'd had my camera with me! I also saw one at a church last year that said "BODY PIERCING SAVED MY LIFE" but I think kids had got to that one...

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Some of the colours are okay, I guess! I hate all the rest! :<

Huge art crisis going on. I would repeat myself, but it's boring... and I don't wanna bore you! I posted it all above in response to *thundercake... if you wanna read... and might make a boring boring journal about it at some point.

And the husband just turned to me and was like, "you're having an art crisis?! And I didn't notice?! Aww, I suck!! " He's so cute. XD

Ow are yew?

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I go through periods like that, always after I see lots of really great work. It feels awful...kinda like walking up a huge hill and then getting to the top and seeing another, much more bigger hill. I actually went through one of those very recently..

Lower your expectations for yourself! It works like a charm What I did actually was just spend a while sketching and looking at art.. not doing any finished paintings or anything. Switching back to traditional was...weird. But it did me some good. I think a change of scenery could help.

You're also in a new place...I dunno how much this might have affected you, but you did move pretty much across the world. Change like that can shake you up. It happened to me when I moved to richmond. I didn't even touch my tablet for three months when I moved! Just be patient...you're a really creative person, and it wont be long before you're on the ball again

Also, lol @ the signs.

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Yeah, you describe it perfectly... I wish I was at the top of the hill already, because I've done SO much climbing! Will I ever get to the top? On good days, I know I don't really want to, because the journey's the interesting bit and once I get to the top, if I ever get there, there'll be nowhere to go. I'll just camp up there or fall off the other side, or whatever. But on bad days, all I want is to be up there, and I'm annoyed at myself for not being there. And then I start to doubt that I'm any good at this at all, because so many other people are already there. SIGH.

I need to just start working again, and stop complaining. Last time I got into a funk like this, I resolved it by making a huge breakthrough and improving massively within the space of about a month. So maybe I need to change direction or something, I dunno... I guess it'll come with time.

Thanks for giving me the chance to vent. I'm sorry to dump all this on you!

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Don't worry about it! I am a designated dumping area. (that sounds bad!)
Maybe you need a break from painting people? I'm starting to draw animals because I got sick of people..

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