Be Mused Art

Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman’s Inspirational Story
I just got through reading the book Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco. It is a really good book on childhood bullying and I strongly recommend it for parents and teachers. Between reading this book and the roller-coaster ride of trying to find [...]

ea Dragon’s Quest is done. I went back and darkened the background blues. And there are sparkles in the water and on the dragon and star that just don’t show up properly in a scan. Okay a digital scan just can’t really show off the beauty of any original painting. The [...]

Between trying to clean my Rapidograph pens and packing for the MileHiCon and Necronomicon, I have actually gotten a few drawings done.
H1N1 is probably the grosses thing I have managed to draw yet. For me he is a Kawaii blob of snot with a pig nose to represent the illustration friday theme of “germs”.
The [...]

You might have noticed that the art postings have slowed this week. Well, I am in need of an artist date. You know that weekly getaway proposed in the Artist Way, that is supposed to refill the creative well.
Like everyone I have had to tighten my belt and work within a much smaller [...]

Today, I saw a comment from someone that got me to thinking about what really is the difference between the hobbyist and the professional aritst. I am not sure it really has anything to do with any natural talent, outside accomplishments or anything like that that is so easy to measure. I think [...]

I haved a very limited knowledge of Lupus. Despite growing up with a cousin who was diagnoised with this chronic illness, I never knew much about it. Tammy’s legs would flare up, she had to have medication and had to keep out of the sun more than the rest of us. And [...]

It feels weird not being able to show off my latest drawings. I miss my computer, more for it’s ability to be used to scan my art than anything else. The computer a friend loaned me doesn’t have a USB port that fuctions so I can hook it up to my scanner. [...]

It has been a crazy few weeks. Seems like everything is just piling up on us. First the tree grew through the water line. Then the computer crashed. Then the cat got sick. Then the cat died. Then I got sick, thought I was being a baby about allergies. [...]

to the tune of $1500.00.
I convinced James that we really deserved a bit of ice cream tonight. But just as we were about to head out, we noticed a huge puddle of water by the sidewalk. We quickly figured out that we had a water line leak. And considering that it made a pretty [...]

James bought me this thing just a few days ago.
I hate it with a passion.
In my attempt to find a basic graphics program that would so the limited editing I need to do with my images, I have managed to lock the thing up several times a day and crash the programs daily. These [...]