June 2024
Latest News:
No big news, just what I’ve been up to lately:
I’ve devoted some time this past month to trying to find more interesting and creative ways to present my artwork.
This is definitely an ongoing learning process, but I find it pretty interesting. A couple of recent posts did unusually well (on different platforms), which is encouraging.
Social media seems to get harder and harder to be successful with as time goes by, but I think that’s just because I haven’t understood it well enough. I have gotten a book that’s helping me a lot, but it’s a lot of information to process. I’m taking it in small steps and trying to apply it the best I can.
In The Studio:
If you have been reading past newsletters, then you probably know that I’ve been feeling very lost when it comes to my artwork for several months now.
While I’ve been enjoying drawing and painting, I haven’t been really excited about it. Like when I’m thinking about it all day and can’t wait to get home and work on a painting.
But I have had that feeling back for a couple of weeks now!
I had an idea for a digital painting (the Quiet Summer Evening sunset one) and making it made me really feel like myself again.
I don’t know why I was surprised that it was digital painting that brought that feeling back.
As an artist, I had been lost for decades, doing little to no drawing or painting for many years. I found myself again as an artist due to having discovered digital art. It started me on this journey. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to me that I’m finding myself again now, in digital art, after months of feeling lost.
While I do enjoy working in traditional mediums, I can’t allow myself to stay away from digital art for so long again. Being able to create beautiful scenes that don’t exist anywhere other than my imagination is part of how making art feeds my soul.
At Home:
At home, I find myself stocking up on goodies for the dogs to counter-condition all the bangs and booms that go along with the upcoming Independence Day holiday.
The little Chihuahua also has a new medication for us to try to help with noise phobia for fireworks and storms. The studies about it look promising, not too sedative, and it can usually result in needing less and less treatment. We tried it for some storms yesterday, and I think it will help her out a lot.
My little man seems to be doing OK. We adjust day to day, as needed, to make navigating easier for him. Hopefully his meds are still working. We will know more after his next ophthalmologist visit in the coming month.
All in all, we are enjoying the summer weather, I’m excited to be excited about my art again, and looking forward to the long holiday weekend with my dogs (although I wish it could be without fireworks).
I hope you have had a beautiful June!
God bless!
Jennifer