Art show time - GET INSPIRED ALREADY!!

So, it is 3 weeks before an art show and I am struggling with inspiration. A friend recently told me I should get out of my comfort zone and paint things I've never painted before. She said, "no trees, plants, swirls, thick lines and textures, black outlines, bright colors, and no mirror."

Yeah, right!! There would be NOTHING left of me if I didn't have those things. They are who I am as an artist. My "style" is thick texture, bright colors, swirls, plants, and definitely the MIRROR!

So I looked around on the web at some cool art. My favorite website I came across was www.ipaintfish.com

Fantastic stuff! Very inspiring.

Another way I try to inspire myself is to buy new supplies. Kind of silly, but new supplies makes me wanna play! New toys! Today I bought LOTS of different size canvas, spray paint, round mirrors, and a new bottle of black paint. I love AC Moore and Michaels! Now I wanna play!

I am super excited about the upcoming art show. This year, they are having a whole week FULL of art related events, through theatre, dance, poetry, parade and art. Sounds like it will be an awesome thing to be a part of and I am proud to say that I am.

http://www.artblastwilmington.com

The 9th Annual Downtown Wilmington ArtWalk is

September 11th, 2010, from 10-5

CoolWilmington.Com in sponsorship by the Downtown Business Alliance of Wilmington presents the 9th Annual Downtown Wilmington ArtWalk. We close down Front St.(which is the main street thru downtown Wilmington) and set up the artists down the middle of the street, for 6 blocks. Pedestrians stroll down thru the area to explore all of the wonderful items on display. In the past, this event has drawn over 10,000 people throughout the day.

It's going to be an awesome event. I hope you can come see me. I'll be the artist with the "trees, plants, swirls, thick lines and textures, black outlines, bright colors, and mirror."

My coffee shop experience with the new laptop

So, you are probably wondering why I am bothering to write a blog about sitting in a coffee shop with a laptop, because thousands upon thousands of people do this and it's nothing new.



I did mention I was a dork, right?



This is my first laptop ... it's actually "our" laptop, but for the time being, it's mine ... and I've decided that when she is with me her name is Zoe. Don't ask ... I name stuff. Probably because I talk to them and it makes sense they have a name: the mac is Penelope, the cellphone is Trudy, the car is Echo. Since I have to share this laptop - hence the "our" - she will have to have multiple personalities, because she is Zoe when we hang out.



I can hear the Husband protesting before he even reads this. hee hee!!



Anyways, off topic. I am sitting in a coffee shop for the first time ever with my new laptop.



I feel SUPER COOL!! YEAH!



I brought it with me today to do research for the ever-evolving, mostly procrastinated business plan that I need to be writing if I ever want to find out if I can work for myself full-time - a mind bogging concept.



Of course I ended up checking my facebook and responding to emails, and blogging about it.



Not sure why, but the laptop intimidates me. Like a newborn baby with a rolling head, I think I'm afraid of breaking it, dropping it, dumping water or coffee on it, pushing the wrong buttons, etc. Not that I want to dump coffee on a newborn baby. That reads funny.



The more I use it, the more comfortable I will become. Zoe and I are going to have some fun together.



Off to be productive.