When packing to visit my Mom, I made sure to bring my paints and sketchbook. I would have time and energy to work on my art and write a few stories.
Original Sketch
An issue I have while making art to go along with stories is once the art is complete, the story leaves my head. Yet, there is no written story to go along with the artwork I have just made.
When I sit down to write out the story living inside my head, my brain tells me the story is complete, and no words come to mind for writing the tale. I knew this was a problem back home. I didn't realize what a huge problem it has become until it happened while visiting my Mom. Many stories are sitting around me at home in a box, waiting for their time to shine.
I started the painting with watercolors
While visiting, I have slept a ton. I have not written much or done many videos. My body and brain have pretty much shut down while I have been here. I needed a more extensive rest than even I knew. Sleeping ten to twelve hours a day for days in a row should make a person feel awake at some point. Yet I don't.
Colored Pencils added the details
I have been living in a state of kind of awake the whole time I have been visiting Mom. I made a few sketches of events that have happened to me while I have been here. The artwork you see is one of the sketches I decided to paint.
Little by Little the artwork came into focus
The artwork came about when I first arrived at Moms. I tried to sleep at Midnight and had zero luck. Getting out of bed, I wandered around the house for three hours, trying to find a place to sleep or something to do while brain dead.
Three in the morning came. I decided to just lay down in bed again and hope for the best. It was a beautiful night with breezes blowing in the open windows.
3:00 AM
I will let you interpret the rest of the story.
Help someone smile today. It can not hurt you.
Snook
All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.
Oh dear @snook
I am just here to give you a hug
And say I am glad you have a creative outlet though it sounds like a wonky phase in life
<33
VERY!! It is driving me a bit batty!
I will take that hug!! Thank YOU!! <3
Is that a special kind of paper? I see dots all over it in a uniform fashion. I picked up a 'painting pad' for Luna and it didn't have anything like that, just seemed like thicker or something.
The sketch was made in a dot grid journal.
I painted the art on a different piece of paper after I drew the outlines again of what I wanted. So you got your daughter the correct paper. Dot journals are for all kinds of stuff.....
Those are excellent cardinals.
well Thank You! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
FYI: there might be more than one red bird. :D
Thank you for sharing this amazing post on HIVE!
Your content got selected by our fellow curator @kaerpediem & you just received a little thank you via an upvote from our non-profit curation initiative!
You will be featured in one of our recurring curation compilations and on our pinterest boards! Both are aiming to offer you a stage to widen your audience within and outside of the DIY scene of hive.
Join the official DIYHub community on HIVE and show us more of your amazing work and feel free to connect with us and other DIYers via our discord server: https://discord.gg/mY5uCfQ !
If you want to support our goal to motivate other DIY/art/music/homesteading/... creators just delegate to us and earn 100% of your curation rewards!
Stay creative & hive on!
So glad you have the chance to rest up at your mom's house, and do some therapeutic art.
This post has received a 100.00% upvote from @fambalam! Join thealliance community to get whitelisted for delegation to this community service.