My. Sewing. Machine. Broke. Late. Last. Night. Just when I was putting the finishing touches on the last of my stock for the Annual Fine Craft and Art Fair. Whimper.
Author: VickyTH
athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *
It's all in the approach
I’ve been working more or less flat-out for the past several weeks and have discovered how intensely exhausting and gratifying that can be. I’ve also figured out that the key to overcoming the mental anguish involved in creating artwork for public consumption is indeed found in the following quote from Charles Kettering; “Believe and act…
Katherine tries out realism as an artform
Most of Katherine’s art is very impressionistic. Her crabs, for instance, reflect rather her feelings about crabs than any real crabitude. They’re red and huge and have very pointy claws, but the shape is somewhat amorphous. I’ve been trying recently to show her how to see shapes in things and to draw with some attention…
What gives? Something had to….
Life around this house has been a non-stop whirlwind of activity for the past few months. There is rarely an evening in which John and I are not both working and the days are equally full. Weekends have become a “cram in what you can” time for me, as John’s around to wrangle Katherine. When…
Discipline, self and family
If one more person says any variant of the any of the following to me, I might just have to strangle them: “Oh, how lovely that you can be at home with your child. I’ll bet that gives you lots of time to dabble in your art.” – Really? You try getting as much done…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 