Studio Prioritizing=New Series of Paintings

Shortly after returning from San Francisco, I posted about my realization I am not a fiber artist. Being tossed back into real life and real deadlines didn’t allow for much restructuring and prioritizing. It wasn’t until this past month that I felt like I was “caught up” and back into a good routine. I made a huge push to get all my deadlines done, and then instead of taking time off before jumping into the next thing, I kept working. I established a work day and stuck to it. It’s been great! For the first time since graduating, I took 2 weekends off in a row! It’s addictive. Having time off really allows for growth and creativity. 

{Last weekend at Center Grove Apple Orchard — that is a freaking goat tower! So neat!}

By having a work schedule, I’m working ahead in posts on Craft Leftovers – which has improved the quality about a million times over. And lead me to the realization that embroidery patterns are like line drawings. And also gave me time to finally reorganize my studio. I am so happy. Really happy. And well rested. I spent all day yesterday reorganizing my studio. I moved the loom back out to the garage and my painting supplies back inside. I cleaned out my drafting table and set it up just for drafting. And I moved a desk in from the garage and set it up as a computer desk. I put the fabric into the closet and my drawing supplies on the self. I grabbed the books about my favorite artists and added them to the shelves. I set up a peg board and filled it all the supplies I use regularly (and then it fell off the wall and we had to get some screw mounts, haha, it’s all good now). I even packed up my spinning stuff (which I haven’t used in forever) and returned it to my lys (I had been borrowing the wheel until the next time they needed it for a class). My space is now open and and filled with the things I use on a regular basis. I love it. I have a place for everything and everything is in it’s place

And now I’m painting again! Last night, after working all day cleaning, I was able to just play around with the idea of what I wanted to paint. What did I want to muse over and think about. I had the time to look through stacks of photo. I selected 6 that I took in San Francisco’s China Town, then choose the 4 I liked the best. I set up the space for drawing and painting. This morning I hopped right to it. 

I’m thinking about matting it so it will show like this:

But I haven’t decided yet. And I’m also thinking about working back into it with ink, but I haven’t decided about that yet. The fogginess around the lace is gone now that the glue is dry. And the netting sections of the lace match the background more. I’m thinking about going in with pen and ink. But I’m just not sure. I’m just going to let it sit for now. 

I’m excited. I do have to do some work today, but only a few hours compared to the standard all day every day I was working before. And I think I’m going to swing by Borders and check out the new magazines before they close. It’s been another great weekend!

Kristin

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