11 Days and Counting
30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day 11
Women in Red # 11 © 2014 Susan Lobb Porter
For the little girl I need to hold right now. xoxo
Technical details: Digital painting created on my iPad 2 using the Procreate app.
Try Try Again
30 Paintings 30 Days, Day 10
Sometimes I’ll spend hours writing a blog post. I’ll work over that sucker till I’m sweating cyber blood, pulling cyber teeth, mixing metaphors and cliches like there’s no tomorrow.
I do it in the name of literary perfection. And whenever I write something like that, it sucks.
Happens with art too, like that painting over there (arrow pointing RIGHT and UP)
But then at the last minute, before I hit the publish button, I’ll open a new draft and write what I meant to say with a whole ‘nother voice. With MY voice. The words are fresh and come easy-peasy with no inner critic tripping up da muse.
Happens with art too, like this painting (arrow pointing straight DOWN)
Women in Red # 10 © 2014 Susan Lobb Porter
I LOVE it when that happens.
Be back tomorrow with another painting. Meanwhile, I love to hearing what you have to say in the comments below.
xo
Technical info: Digital painting created on iPad 2 using the Procreate app as part of the 30 paintings in 30 Days Challenge
Eight Days
30 Paintings 30 Days. 8 down. 22 to go.
Women in Red # 8 © 2014 Susan Lobb Porter
And so it continues. She-of-the-short-attention-span is foregoing shiny distractions (Oh, look, a squirrel!) and is pulling theses images out of her iPad every day.
And the fact that I’m talking about myself in the third person means it’s time to go to bed.
Good night, sweetums. Or good morning. Whatever time it is when you’re reading this. I’ll be back tomorrow with # 9. I hope you’ll join me.
Time to Play
30 Paintings 30 Days, Day 7
Quote stolen from fellow artist and internet friend Judy Shreve.
“Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.” –John Cleese
Oh man, I needed that today. I was beginning to get lost and frustrated in the digital side of the 30 Paintings 30 Days challenge. And that’s not what it’s about.
It’s about having fun and showing up every day.
So tonight I pulled out the iPad.
Women in Red # 7 © 2014 Susan Lobb Porter
And had fun.
Seven down. Twenty-three to go. Love to hear your thoughts about this.
Switching Things Up
30 Paintings 30 Days, Day 6
She’s not like the others. Where my previous Women in Red are bold, this one is a whisper. She was created on Procreate, like the others, but in a format that I didn’t realize at the time only allows for two layers. And so she’s stuck here.
Women in Red # 6, ©2014 Susan Lobb Porter
I rather like her, absolutely love the line quality and the smudges even though some people (talkin’ to you, Dear Daughter) say she looks like she was on the losing end of a bar fight.
She’s different than the others because I created her a few days before the challenge, when I was getting my digital toes wet, so to speak.
This is all a learning curve. I think today I’ll spend some quality time on app forums and see what I can learn. Because everything I’ve done so far has been by the seat of my pants and I’m sure I’m missing a lot of what can be done.
As always, sweetums, I’d love to hear what you think in the comments below.
xo