Feeling a bit Crafty

Hi All,

I know I have kind of disappeared for the past couple of months. There really hasn't been anything new going on. Work has been super busy. Mom is pretty much doing the same, she is hanging in there. I have been so tired lately and my emotions have been all over the place, that I haven't been feeling very creative. I am trying really hard to make myself do something. 

I have been feeling a little more crafty than artsy, so here are a couple of projects I have been working on. Last week I decided to finally try some wire wrapping. This is something I have always wanted to learn how to do. I don't think I did to bad for my first time.

This week with it being the beginning of the harvest season, I wanted to learn how to make a corn dolly. My friend Tracy came over and we made little Witch Corn Dollies together.

 

I hope everybody is doing well, and I am going to try to get back to the creative part of my life.

Until Next Time!

Creatively Tara

War Memorials Book Design

I wanted to show these off for the week of Memorial Day. I am very proud of the way these came out. I really focused on making them interesting for the kids to read, but enough respect that if a soldier picked it up they would enjoy them also. Some of the pictures that I found for the books actually made me tear up a bit.

My Sketchbook #13

I am still working through the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book. Here are more of the exercises from the book. I really had to force myself to do these. I still feel a little off, but I figured if I made myself do them my interest will come back.

Exercise #5: This was about practicing different stroke techniques.

Exercise #6: This exercise was about practicing symmetry and working through the confusion of shifting from the left to the right. I always have a problem with symmetry so I should have practiced this one some more.

Exercise #7: This one was a little confusing for me. The idea was to draw the image upside down so that you couldn't understand the parts of the image. The book suggests that most people can't make out images upside down or reading handwriting upside down. My problem with this is I can make out the images and I can read upside down. So I really tried to not pay attention to what the parts of the image was and focus on the lines of the drawing themselves.

Mini-Break

I have taken a mini-break. I had a bit of a hard time dealing with Mother's Day and then this past weekend was Mom's Birthday. Plus we have been super busy at work.

I try very hard to not let any kind of depression get me down for too long. The way I like to deal with it is usually either sleep (which I haven't been getting enough of) or I check out of reality and read a book. All I have been wanting to do is relax and read. I just haven't been wanting to draw much the past couple of weeks. I know in my heart my Mom wants me to continue on and I will.

I am going to try and get back next week, I just have to give myself a mental break every once in awhile.

Until Then!

Creatively Tara

My Sketchbook #12

This is Exercise #4 of the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Book. I had to draw a corner of the room.  This is the corner of my living room. The bear is really dark and it was hard to see all the lines in it. I did want to get a couple more of the exercises done, but got busy and didn't get to them.