i am going to explode with anticipation!!!... 2 more sleepy times and i start the lilla roger's e-course--  Make Art That Sells.  she seems to really know her shi shi and i'm blown away by the impressive group of artists that work for her ... i am going to learn so much ding dang cool stuff... i really don't think i'm going to be able to sleep...oh how i love me a great art adventure!! WARNING...watch out for high slingling paint!!   :)

                                      "fat bottomed girls they make the rockin' world go round"
                                                                                                              -Queen

peppery finish

thought i'd show you my latest.
been playing around with my canon scanner.
much fun.
love you all.
cindy.

Super excited to be taking MAKE ART THAT SELLS, the new e-course from Lilla Rogers.  Lilla is one of the world's top illustration agents, representing 38 artists internationally.  I am going to soak up every little tid bit I can from her.  If you are a fellow artsy fartsy please JOIN ME in this big adventure!!!

http://lillarogers.com/make-art-that-sells/

this month's sketchbook challenge is Shelter.......so....i challenge you to go create whatever comes to mind when you think of that word...go to  http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/  and enter your creation....there are prizes involved....yay!!!!!!

a modern whittler

to all of us "self-taughters"...i am always sucked in by the craft making of art...i like the physical act of smearing and rubbing, splashing and dabbing....this artist whittles...oh i'm sure the art galleries have a schmansy name for it...but i'm gonna call it like i see it...and i see it as current and timeless...someone getting their hands dirty and , in andy's case, even cut once in a while....when asks how he learned to work with wood his answer rings very dear to my heart "i ask furniture maker friends for advise..or i just bungle my way through"....now that's honest...no bullshit about training with "world acclaimed artist blah blah blah" or "i studied at the blah blah blah of the whittling academy"....nope...."i bungle my way through".....nice!

http://andy-rosen.com/home.html

Painter's Block? Well then you won't have trouble finding time to read The War of Art

if only a "swoosh" could make us "just do it".....or a genteel first lady make us "quit" by "just saying no" we could all conquer the world....and then there is reality.....the day to day...the getting in the studio when i don't have one damm idea in my head....or when the demons are saying " oh there are already a million paintings out there" or " you don't have a degree in art, who do you think you are" or or or......so the author says .....go do the work.....show up.

this dude is not your average motivational speaker ( that lives in a trailer..down by the river)(thank you mr. farley)....he is cerebral, humorous and transparent.... so, if like me, your big girl pants need a swift kick...give this a read...and then GET TO WORK!!!