Painting Challenge - Collages No. 6, 7 & 8

Let me just say that I love reading artists' blogs. I have found them to be informative, inspiring and also I have been lucky enough to get to know a couple of wonderful artists. But is it just me? Many of these blogs make the artists' lives seemed so perfect and have it all together. While this is one of the things that inspire me to keep pursuing my dream, I also feel helpless. I have been going through challenges in identifying my style and been consistent with it - I really have a hard time deciding and I tend to get off track easily. I have a full time job and I dedicate allot of my free time to my art. I have been fortunate to work on freelance jobs but I am still in this journey of finding my "niche". Because I think I have just been "over thinking" too much; I decided to start for myself "100 Bad paintings/creations challenge", for the solely purpose to go back to where I started since I was a little girl, enjoy creating and not worrying about where this is going to take me. Have you ever felt this way at one point of your artist life? Have you ever doubted where you life was heading? I read recently something that has resonated in me from Anais Nim: “Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”

Vacation! San Francisco and Maui!

It's been difficult getting into the publishing world and I feel I have lost the energy in continuing to submit and do sketches for proyects that don't go anywhere. I know this is a reality that most of us artists face at times but also it has been a learning curve to know when you have to move on and also how to choose the people you will be working for - no more freebies from me! Except for my favorite school Coral Way :) Because of this, I decided to give myself some time to have fun again and create, create more work, sort of let my heart and insticts guide me instead of just what I think it will be more marketable. Lately, I have been inspired just to paint, paint, paint. I came accross an amazing art journaling artist Teesha More, she's amazing! I wish I could take one of her workshops...and with painter Flora Bowley and of course mix media artist and founder of Papaya Greeting Anahata Katkin. There's just so much to learn! Inspired by one of Teesha's work, I finally confronted the "Big" canvas and did "my" version in a painting - please know that the quote is not mine is Teesha's (I hope she doesn't mind). See you back in September 15th!

Coming up next: 100 "Bad" Paintings Challenge - Would you take on this challenge? Many artists have. More to come September 15, 2011.