I’m not entirely convinced that August ever actually happened but APPARENTLY it’s September now so…I guess it did…
Let’s do a little recap, yeah? Let me try to remember what happened in August.
It started off as a pretty slow month. I did a good bit of updating my website, which you may have noticed. I made a lot of big business moves. Since I graduated at the end of May I’ve been taking my time just getting used to being in the “real world” and working my part-time job, but in August I started painting again. With painting for the first time in months has come a lot of growing pain. Every time I take some time off from painting I find myself having to re-teach the muscles in my hand and arm how to put some marks down and blend colors, and re-train my eyes. It’s both exciting and incredibly frustrating, so maybe I should stop taking such long periods of time off from painting.
While I got back into painting I also got back into posting on social media more consistently. One day I was touching up some old mini panels I had painted last year and the response to them was really positive. That was a nice push to really jump into work. So a couple of days later I went to my local art supply store, picked up a couple of new surfaces and brushes, and got to work on a new series.
I’m going to keep the details of the new series a secret for a little bit longer but I will tell you that I’m going to have a lot more mini canvases available and I’m VERRRRYYY excited about it all. I will share more details with you soon but you’ll get the secrets a lot sooner if you sign up for my newsletter *hint hint*.
New work has really been the most exciting thing to come out of August. It’s just a matter of keeping up this momentum and not doubting myself! Also - I went to the beach for a couple of days. It was magical. Please take me back.
