I've still been working on and off my zazzle shop when I have time. I have sort of a assembly line going on. Though I haven't got to work much the last couple of days and probably won't get to much this week. We are planning on going to our old home and start working on it.
While working on the zazzle products, my mind tends to wonder off, LOL. I have thought a lot about uncompleted projects and what I should be doing at this point with my business. Even though I've been in business since 2005, I still feel like I'm in a learning stage with my art and business. I think my websites and ebay will be what I concentrate on in the future. I was going to draw some aceo's for ebay, but can't seem to get the desire to draw them. I'm wondering if I should continue on with drawing them? It is so hard to fit detail into such a tiny space. Right now I'm not going to decide anything with the aceo's. However, I was thinking a lot about uncompleted projects again. I don't like the fact that I get burnt out on projects easy. I've started so many series and either didn't get any of them off the ground or maybe one or two drawn and then got bored with it and moved on. I guess moving on for a little bit and coming back to them later would be fine, but I never come back. Another thing I've had a tendency to do with the series is; my mood will change and there are no similarities in the pieces. They look so different they can't be related. Back in the beginning, when I first started my business, my technique and style was a lot different. I could get three 12"x9" paintings finished in a day. I wish I could get one 8"x10" finished in a day now. My attention span only seems to be good for about a day or two with any painting, and I can't paint 12 hrs a day 7 days a week like some artist do. I guess I enjoy other things in life to much. My kids, my husband, family, friends, going for walks, the outdoors, singing, and even playing some RPG's from time to time. Plus I have a lot of back problems and I can't set for that many hrs. I usually set for a hour and then take a small break, get up do some laundry or play with Savannah. There are certain pieces I've done that I really really like. "Pure in Heart" and "Valentine" are two of my favorites. I like them, because of the colors, the clouds and I like hearts. I think I want to do some more angels with hearts and clouds or maybe other objects or symbols, like moons or stars with clouds. I also really like "Beautiful, Beautiful" I love the butterflies. It was actually supposed to be a first in a series. I was going to do others with butterflies, but different colors. I would like to try to do these drawings. Maybe I should try to put the icarus board to use. It cuts drawing time in half. Plus it would be good to try out those Neocolors I bought awhile back.
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