Just one? I need to borrow lest one of the nine muse's. Maybe that is what I should do to inspire one to sit on my shoulder. I should seek Mnemosyne's mercy. I struggle with putting pencil to paper constantly for six months now. My beloved Art corner that I grew so invested in and loved is no longer accessable. My table is in two peices. I am reduced to working with a clip board that rests on my thighs with a chair before me to act as a brace for the clip board, and a tray art box. I have no corner of reffuge as all my creative private inspiration was hatched there as I learned. There is no corner that is bright and cherry as the one I had in this new home. I am on my knees here begging that some mercy is shown or that I can find the spot that is strongest in inspiration to put my fingers and mind back to work. Should that I create an assignment for myself maybe?

Pick one of the nine daughters of Zues and her speicilty.
Draw about her inspirational insights.
Make your drawing the very meaning, a part of your art and tell an emotional or insightful story all by images.


That is a pretty frightening assignment when ones has not been able to make the mind connect with a pencil and move across paper for a very long time.

THE LIST

c.1374,The names of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (q.v.), and their specialties are traditionally: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry, lyric art), Euterpe (music, especially flute), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy).

Well my last project was painting the Celtic ruins. an entire room from floor to celing. We finished it and got a few pictures. But sadly the nice man who hired us to pain his room was diagnosed with intestinal cancer two weeks after completions. After undergoing serious sergery they removed what they could but had to leave some behind due to its location on an artery. After spending a good month and a half at their home in their company getting to know what neat people they are really is a low blow to see them suffer this much. He is in mass kemo right now and is pretty sick but hanging in there. I dare not ask to come and take pictures of the finished room with the new floors in. Since I have kids it would be a really bad idea expecially with school seson about to begin. His imune system is very fragile right now. So hopefully one day I will be able to get professional images taken of the room but for now it must wait.

So it is finaly done. for anyone that wishes to see a few sneak preview images of the painting I've been working on with a freind follow the ling to my Deviantart page. http://koolaidmaid.deviantart.com/gallery/ I uploaded there because It isn't furry related and I don't have the time to upload in several differnt places. :D Hope you enjoy them. I am very pleased with how the room turned out expecially the ceiling with clouds. I will have more updated images soon. images that are taken with a tripod and every peice of furniture in place with the new wood floors in place. I wish that this ment i would have more time on my hands but it doesn't. I have to still finish my home and get it on the market and attend a few pirate events my troop is involved in. :D I wish I was more prepared. Aw well. Hopefully in another month or two I can post more art work.

Just a note to all my watchers and those whom I watch. Its been really busy for me so busy that I have to schedual time off for myself. My parents home finally sold so now its my turn. I am currently trying to fix up my home by sanding all the wood floors and refinishing them, trim everything in the yard and plant a few flowers, paint the outside of the house, the inside of the house, and lay new lanolium. Its hard work and I'm beat everyday when I do get a chance to breath. I work usually from 8 am till 3:30 pm with a half hour break for eating before I have to run off with my freind to paint a neat room for a couple in the next town over from mine. We were commisioned to paint castle walls with stones and then put faint celtic knots around the room hidden on the bricks with moss. So far we have been painting for over a week and our evenings run really late. we don't leave till about 10 pm sometimes 11 so by the time we get home its nearly midnight. Needless to say my life is at a grinding halt till all this blows past. I miss my art table but only a little. Its fantastic to go and paint on someones walls and make it look like a real castle. when its done I'll posts some pictures. The guy loves celtic things and Irish items seeing as its his heritage. Hopefully in the next month or two I will have time to post art work. Take care everyone.

Well I've been asked or better yet suggested to draw a Tallship. for anyone that doesn't know what a tall ship is, its a three masted old wooden vessel sometimes two masted. I've never set foot on one and only have very little image refrences mostly all the same angle so this really poses a problem for me. I am going to give it a shot but with haveing never seen one in person it makes drawing all the intricate detailing nearly impossible. Not to mention that tallships are covered in small peices and parts when it comes to drawing it. I may dummy it up a bit and just draw basics. Well have to see.

To really get all that detail in I may have to go and buy a 20x36 piece of special drawing paper. I just can't decide yet. I am suposed to put it on cloth for a flag so that means drawing line art and I am terrible with line art. I always draw with shading.

So here is what I am thinking. Prayer. Are you really ready for prayers to be answered? I sure wasn’t and maybe I’m having a little fun with this idea but it sure helps me to keep from feeling picked on or overwhelmed with self pity.

I have been praying off and on for a little help with something that concerns me deeply. I wont lie I’m a little overweight. I’ve a problematic back problem that flairs up with just the littlest bit of extra weight that really becomes an issue and often times I end up walking with a cane. *chuckles* really not my favored assistance tool. I managed to carry three children despite this, but by six months I was virtually laid up on bed rest for the following three and a half give or take. This back issue sent me into pre labor often and really packed on the pounds because I couldn’t get up and walk or if I did was steps no wider then toe to heal. I was even passed in the mall by a little old lady in a motorized wheel chair and she turned around to laugh at me trying to walk and excersize during my first pregnancy. That memory was despressing at the time but now I find it funny and worthy of remembering. I decided three childern was plenty and no more due to pregnancy troubles. I have been working hard to loose those unwanted pounds and restore my endurance back to its former glory. I had wanted to work with the fire department or even be a paramedic. I would have passed their endurance tests and weight lifting but now I would fail miserably, and now that I know I have a flawed vertabrae it would be bad to suddenly be unable to move or have my leg buckle under me. Its been a real bane in my self esteem and a hardship on my sanity. Here comes in the prayers. The list as follows, Help me loose this weight, help me exercise each day no matter my fatigue or disinterest, Help me eat only what I need. It goes on in many different forms and always ends by your will it be done.

Well by his will its been answered to some degree. *chuckles* We have been in serious financial limbo due to sudden emergencies that have cost us though sands of dollars. Not to worry we have weathered it with uplifted hearts and hope because it is not permanent or by any means our last stand. It also helps to have a husband with a rock will and comforting embrace.

Well after falling into debt a good 20,000 we come to find out our septic has failed. By this point in time I am ready to start bawling like a child and seriously ponder if we are going to make it. For a day we rushed three kids to local stores to use restrooms while we forked out 700 bucks to pump the system and have the lines jetted. No good… They where not only clogged but the lines where collapsed. Estimates to fix a failed drain field begins at 10,000 dollars. I was ready to die all over again. It went from bad to worst. Not to fear my prayers remember those? Well instead of paying someone to do it we had no choice but to dig our entire back yard up the good old fashioned way, hand and shovel. You see we only have a four foot clearance on either side of our house due to the design of the neighborhood. I hurts so bad its not even funny but look what its doing for me. I’m exercising like I’m in boot camp and I eat only at meal times and only enough to keep me going because I just don’t have time. Were racing the weather you see. My endurance day by day is increasing and I find I can shovel longer periods without stopping to rest. My back muscles are increasing and I can walk without my leg collapsing out from under me from that awful extra vertebrae. Its half formed and pinches a very vital nerve without warning. No hope of surgery just weight loss and muscle tone is the only thing I can do.

So we have dug our fifty foot trenches, four feet deep pulling up old piping, and three feet wide this far. We are now shoveling rocks and pouring them into the pits over the new pipes. The next project is to put all that dirt back where it belongs. I had to pray for help and I do believe those prayers where answered. Some may think, surely God wouldn’t punish you by something so terrible at such a very bad time. Maybe so but I am sure he knows me better then I do. Had he or has given me an opportunity to workout and feel good about myself, I probably would not have seen it clearly or I would have put it aside because it was not a pressing issue. This way he knew I had no choice but to put everything superficial out of my mind and concentrate on getting our wonderful very appreciated modern convenience as a toilet back up and running. I feel good at night and sleep soundly despite my back bothering me and my arms aching like never before. I wake rested despite all that pain ready to begin the day anew. Makes you wonder just how many times we call upon God to help us but we don’t really want to listen till his hand is forced to give us a good kick in the butt and say. Hey stop asking me for help like a little child and listen when I show you a way.

Hello everyone.

I have been a fan of Furaffinity for a very long time but I've never done anything about it till now. So many great artits about I finaly decided to join the comunity to chat and otherwise enjoy everyones company.

A little about me.

You might say rp extended my talent and intrest in art. I was inspired to begin drawing others characters trying my best to create what the players themselves discribed and also on occassion takeing a bit of artistic licsence when necessary. But overall I have done my best to keep to the spirit of players imagination.

experience with Art.

I've been drawing since I was 4 but not really takeing it serious till I was 13 years of age. I'm now 30 years old and still learning things despite having come so far in my life dealing with art. I believe Art will never be mastered as its always evolving and always suspiring me with dropping a whole knew idea or sudden secret I can learn. Even those we call masters often times declined the title always claiming there is something more to learn or afraid that if they reach Master status there no longer is a challange and Art becomes flat for them. I know for a fact I have a long ways to go and feel I am only a journeyman but I am pleased with my style and confident in what I can acomplish. I hope those who visit my corner of Affinity will enjoy their time here and get some inspiration to pick up what ever artistic tool they use be it paint, drawing, sculpting, or writting. I've two collage semesters of fine Art but no degree as of yet. Being a mother of three young childern makes attending class very difficult as well as finacial famine.

Intentions for my talent.

I plan in the near future to go pro and begin seeking work related to art. I have a very intence desire to be an illistrationist for book covers, books, and maybe even comics. I plan to soon open up commissions but I have yet to really nail down the price and means of payment. I do very detailed work that takes a good deal of my time. Alot of effort goes into each image this poses an issue of cost for me and the resulting cost to those that might commission me. I do not work on small 8.5x10 pages. I use anywhere from
11x14
14x17
18x20 sheets of quality paper. I have drawn on slightly larger but that coast a whole lot in graphite, paper, and when it comes time to framing I might as well apply for a small loan.

I have yet to take any class that deals in digital art. That is something I only dable in and not very well at that. I would like to one day take a few classes and learn to color a few images but for now I'll stick to traditional art done in Graphite. I have a few peices I've colored both digital or colored pencil but not about to take it pro till I have more experience in that department.

Were I live.

My location will remain pretty much a secret but I will say I am surrounded by forrest, ocean, and the most creative people I've ever met for miles around. Every where I go there are artists of many differnt Genera, some I've never even considered.

So now you know a little about me. I don't write in journals often but hopefully with my next update I'll be opening commssions. Till then Inspiration to you.