I've been so busy this spring, but it's finally letting up. Still not an excuse for my lack of updating, but there you have it.
The little bunny above is a small spot illustration for a big ol' job I was working on for a couple of weeks. Still doing a few corrections, etc., but man! It was my first real illustration job and it was: fun, hard, stressful, a lucky break, and a total learning experience - in a good way. I can only hope for more.
I'll be posting more from the job in the next few posts. It was such a cool experience because of the nature of the project - more details on that, too.
I'm in a time of stuff wrapping up, and have lots of pictures and tales. The large mural painting project I was working on at a local elementary school is almost totally wrapped up, my teaching for the semester is over and I love the projects my students produced! It was a very busy spring, sometimes in a bad way. I felt, at times, that I was just running around like a crazy person, doing all the weird stuff I have to do as a freelance art teacher. Mix up the paper mache paste, get plywood cut, buy chicken wire, and on and on....
I'm totally grateful that I get to do all that as my job, and I can honestly say that of all the jobs I have ever had, I have *never* been bored with this one. Frustrated, tired, frayed, hoarse (yes), covered with paint and paste: yes. Bored? Never. Which I can't say for any of my other jobs, ever. Isn't that sad? I think about all the years I sat at a desk dreaming of the day I could do what I'm doing. Thank god for the internet. Don't judge me, I'm not ashamed.
But even with this illustration job - which had me sitting at my desk a whole lot - I still had fun. Yay! Do what you love - it's worth it!
The next few weeks before summer art camps start up are pretty free. I have a few plans, one of which is finally setting up my fancy printer. I want to sell prints in my etsy shop, so that is a priority. And I'm working on some fun stuff - I have a bunch of sketchbooks going, which I'll share. And a friend and I are starting up a collaborative art journal thing where we'll trade off and practice techniques, etc... We are binding our books on Monday, and the camera will in heavy use(if I can find it?)!
And there is always more......
