Art Alert: Yes, there IS art on this post. Scroll down if words are not your thing. I won’t be offended. Honest.
A long time ago, like last week or something, I declared to the WORLD (or at least the readers of this blog…but then again you guys are the world to me) I declared that I would devote 15 minutes every day (no more, no less) to getting rid of the crap clutter in my life.
And I would blog about it every day. With pictures. Proof and accountability. Really, some people will do anything to get a clean house. Like broadcast their slovenliness on the interwebs for everyone to see.
And thus began the Clearing Space Challenge.
But you know what? Writing those tidy-girl posts every day was a stretch. I mean, how many ways can you list piles of crap and make it sound interesting?
So now I’m switching things up and changing da rulz. I can do that, it’s my game. The 15 minute daily de-clutter practice will continue because the difference it’s made in my house in just 10 days is amazing. I mean you could drop in unannounced (please don’t) and I wouldn’t be embarrassed about the mess…because there is NO MESS, at least in the living room, dining room, kitchen. But bedrooms, closets, drawers…(shrug) well, that’s another story, one I’ll share with you as it unfolds but I won’t blog about it every day…cause I gots me some art to do!
Drumroll–now to the art!
I was watching an interview on a DVD when I was struck by the colors of the set and the clothing. There was a bright yellow sofa involved. Turquoise clothing. Dark walls. Colorful flowers.
So I did a quick little sketch, some arty shorthand to imprint the image on my mind. Then I pulled out the iPad because it was too dark and cold and rainy to work in the studio, not when I had a lovely fire in the woodstove and a couple dogs who wanted to snuggle. I hadn’t gotten far when da Muse popped in and added her two cents.
She didn’t like the dark walls. So I changed them.
River City 2014 Susan Lobb Porter
As usual, she was right.
This is the piece as it stands now. I’ll be offering it as prints soon. I’m also considering it a study for a larger piece. In fact I’m heading out to the studio to work on it right now. Because today is bright and sunny, a perfect day for all those studio skylights and windows.
I’ll take photos of the process. Come back tomorrow and check them out. And take a minute to say hi in the comments below. I’ll eat some chocolate for you if you do. And maybe some cheese. Happy face emoticon here.
xoxo
You continue to inspire and make me smile. Love your latest piece of ipad art. The colors are sweet and uplifting.
If I’m inspiring you and making you smile then I’m doing my job, Marcie. Considering how much your work inspires me I’m doubly impressed 🙂
/me waves/ Hi! Good. all that tidying was getting to me … almost … but not quite … raising the possibility of guilt. But I can cope much better with you doing art. 🙂
Waves back atcha, Sue. No guilt, like I sorta said up there, I’m doing this (shaming myself in public) because I’m desperate for a clean house. But it’s getting there 🙂
Your ipad artwork is just getting better and better, love it! Can’t wait to see it in paint.
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Paint won’t look exactly the same, Sue, especially since I didn’t bring the ipad into the studio and was doing it from memory… and my moemory isn’t the best these days 🙂 I should have some works in progress shots tomorrow.
Ok so we’ll carry on cleaning in silence. I took a few days off – gasp- and worked like the great Canadian beaver that I am most of yesterday. Lots and lots of pitching and sorting going on. Good to hear you are still at it as well.
Love the colours in your new piece. I’m a huge fan of colour. Huge. My mom always says “never be afraid of colour.” Have I told you that before? If so, just ignore.
It’s a lengthy comment so I qualify for both the cheese and the chocolate.
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I ate a piece of string cheese with your name on it, Kelly. The chocolate will come in the morning otherwise it’ll keep me up muttering about taking one for the team (team being you).
I’m not going to be totally silent about the cleaning. I’ll still do the daily 15 and once in awhile I’ll jump up and down and shout out to the world what I’ve done…if for no other reason than to instill guilt in Sue Cottle 🙂
Hrumph! No fair! And what’s string cheese? And if I don’t already know, should I not be asking?
And ……. why the overwhelming need for a tidy house? I have developed the philosophy that if YOU don’t like the state of my house, YOU (which is generally the MIL) can clean/tidy to your little heart’s content.
And ….. having said that, I was down on my hands and knees last night, with the rake brush, brushing up yellow dog hair from the floor, and then from the dog – enough to make a rug with!
hahahaha—Sue! Trust me, my standards of clutter and cleanliness aren’t the most stringent in the world, Having been domestically challenged for most of my life I’m like a convert to some fundamentalist string cheese eating cult. String cheese, by the way, is nothing more than mozerella fingers you peel apart into strings. I believe in NZ they probably call it sheep nuts. Or something.
As for the dog hair, well there are some things I simply choose to overlook, dog hair being one of them. Bits of hay another. XO dearie 🙂
This is so beautiful…it seems filled with hope of spring. lol Of course, many things do these days. But really…this lovely!
Thank you, Cittie. Heart emoticon here 🙂