Slacking...

The other day my husband told me I should make videos of the DIY stuff I do or when i'm creating my paintings. I then had to explain that half the time I do all this stuff by myself over time. Not like a week but sometimes i'll work on something for like a month.Yet there are some things I knock in a couple hours. I also do not own a tripod nor is my "art room" set up for me to film anything. Basically I'm just making stuff as I have time or materials and then I come back afterwards and write about it on here. 

Lately i've been slacking though. I have painting i've been working on for months. I started calling it "Black Girl Magic" and I have no idea when i'll be done with it. I just keep adding layers and staring at it for a few days. Yet this year I have given myself the goal of completing 10 paintings. 

This will be interesting. . .

Screen Print VI: My Poster

Photo by Chris "Nova" Smith 

The final screen print I did ended up deviating from the "portrait" series. I decided to make a poster tha could be used for my growing collection of dresses. I named this collection Salvation Couture. As I was printing the monotypes the image changed and colors mixed and by the end I couldnt choose a favorite so I kept them all. 

The First Monotype

Second Monotype

Third Monotype, changed the colors

Forth Monotype, at this point things go a lil messy 

The Painting Struggle... I Need Your Help!

After waiting most the summer to re reunited with my paint brushes and paints I FINALLY got to make a few strokes. Now I sit at the awkward point of do I keep adding paint to this piece? OR Left it alone. Being that I'm no longer in school I can't just drag them to class and ask a room of 15 of my peers what they think. SOOOOO like many struggling artist I turn to the internet for opinions, critique, & criticism. 

Tell me what you think.....

Add thicker paint or leave it flat?

Refine the upper body then leave it along or add more?

Except for the unfinished elephant, Should I add a layer on each of those canvases or  only some or none ?

More ELEPHANTS !

Bunch of elephants and elephant related things I made in one of my last collegiate art classes. It was a human figure class but I managed to find a way around that. 

Figure study with an elephant head

More figure studies and little elephants I sculpted 

my portrait bust 

Everything all painted and glazed on the final day