Friday night sketch session

Another late night sketch

To all the artists, writers, crafters, bloggers: When do you do your best work?

The fox and the snow

Yesterday I woke up to snow. Lots of it, which was perfectly fine with me. I love hanging out in my PJs with nowhere to go. Until I realized I needed to go grocery shopping. Until the toilet clogged and no plunger was to be found. It was time to drive to get supplies. Anyone who has lived with snow is probably well versed in the snow dance. First you bundle up, sweep(literally) the snow off of the car, scrape the windows, warm up the car, all without trying to freeze yourself. So I did that. Then there was the driving part. That was an adventure. No one can see the lines on the road under the snow, so it is kind of a free for all. I also know now, that when the snow is slushy from all the traffic, to drive about 20 miles an hour and that it is ok if everyone passes me. I take comfort in knowing that if I wreck it will not be my doing. I like the cold. The snow is just so new to me. I have lived in Florida for twenty something years and I have always known that I preferred the cold weather to the sticky, sweaty, humid Florida. Although, I do miss all my friends there.

I also did some painting yesterday. This is my second attempt at painting a fox. I didn’t get very far on the first one. It was a very rigid looking fox and looked very forced. It will be gessoed for a future painting. This is the one that I finished



“Fox in the evening”

11inx14in

acrylic on canvas

for sale.

To see what other things I am working on visit my facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HollyBroxson.Art

So, I just have to say sometimes life is uncanny or strange or any of those kinds of descriptions. Is there such a thing as fate? Do we really see signs of what is or what is to come? I have no idea. I only know that I got this fortune in my fortune cookie last night. And for a moment I was excited by the idea that it could be true:


I know it is just a factory printed fortune in a factory made cookie, but the odds that I, a self-representing artist, could get that fortune is pretty cool. And a little inspiring.

I also had the pleasure of playing with some pics on my asus memo pad, grand machine that it is.This is one of the ones that I did. A little disturbing, but fun nevertheless.



It is a pic of my face, distorted by a fisheye filter- then painted up like a scary carnival clown. Fun, isn’t it?

Thanksgiving and the Dragon.

I spent most of Thanksgiving resting. Since I am in Colorado and so far from my family, we just had a peaceful day at home. I did work on this, however.

I have sketched dragons in the past, but i have never actually painted one. I think there will be many dragons in my future.

This is a photo of the painting and it is for sale. As soon as I get a good scan, I will have prints available in my Etsy shop. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/FlutterblissArt

https://www.facebook.com/HollyBroxson.Art

email: flutterbliss@gmail.com

the inconsistent artist

I have, for the most part, been an inconsistent blogger. I will try harder.
    I have some new projects going on, right now. First of all I have moved to Colorado. That is a huge move considering I have lived in Florida most of my life. I love it. It is cool(literally) and the culture is different.
    I am also working on a website where I can display my art. There will be links to my etsy store and zazzle store. It has been a slow process, as there has been a bit of a learning curve as I work on everything. I am realizing that I cannot do it all at once. I work on a little and then move on to something else and then go back to the first thing I was working on. I am an artist. All the business/networking bits are new and I think that I should build momentum as I learn all the little things. I guess a regular day job is like that, too. The difference is I have no clock to be on and no one to really train me.  Anyway, I have some fun stuff that I have been working on. I have taken a little break from the watercolor work and have been doing acrylic paintings on canvas.  I find that the planning process is different. If you make a mistake with acrylic, you just paint over it. Brilliant! I will be doing some tutorials in the future along with some time lapse footage of my process.