I have too many stories swirling in my head. Some of them will stay unpublished. Some are just depressing. While I do not find anything wrong with writing about how you feel, I know for me right now; I need more positivity in my life.
I have finally started wanting to make art. It has taken almost a year to pick up a pencil and want to draw. I have been following my heart and working on what meant the most to me at the time. I have a few surprises going out in the mail very soon.
When thinking about what art project I wanted to start next, I was at a loss until the magic of Hive happened. I ended up in a DM with one of my favorite people, @Wesphilbin. He and I had a great talk about many things. He offered me advice when I told him I was getting into vaping.
Between Wes and my computer guru friend, I learned more about vaping than I thought possible. The more Wes and I talked, the more I knew what I wanted to try making next. At one point, I was having three conversations and smiling thru it all.
Wes was trying to help me develop a story to accompany a drawing I had just finished coloring. He is very subtle when it comes to helping with things like this. I will slowly get sent gifs, knowing one or more of the things Wes sends will spark something inside my head.
He knows me well because what he sent between our vaping conversation pulls out a story I want to write and will go perfectly with my art. The problem with that story is being able to quiet my mind enough to do it justice. I have tried several times since that night, but that story is not ready to be written yet.
What made me itching to start a new painting was trying to draw and paint a realistic person's face for the second time. The last time I tried this, I used my son as a reference, and no one thought it looked like him. I thought it did, but what do I know?! It was now time to try again, and who better to do a portrait of than our Wesphilbin?
Below is the final painting. I am very proud of how it turned out. Are there things wrong with it? Well, yes. I never said I was an artist. I am a person that wants to be able to paint what I see in my brain and will not take You can Not! as an answer.
So I will keep trying to teach myself. People will keep having slightly odd things happening to their faces until, one day; they don't.
A huge "Thank you!" to Wesphilbin for being there for me. I hope you can see past the oddities and enjoy what I have made.
Help someone smile today. It can not hurt you.
Snook
All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.
Nice work, my friend! It's always such a treat to see your creations. Happy Solstice to you! 💖
Thank You!!
and to you also!
When do I get to see your wood fairy photos??
HUGE HUGS!
Wood fairy? Like me dressed up as one and galavanting along a trail with my dog?
I would need a photographer for that...
Hugs back! 😇
Yes in your new clothes LOLLL and boots :D
You never let me know how they were :D
I know! Stories incoming...
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COOL!
Well done, miss.
I enjoyed this one.
Thank you kind Sir!!
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I love it snook. The painting, the story, all of it. I would love to be able to draw but I seem to not be able to let myself fail so I can learn. Keep it up :D
Thank YOU so much!!
sorry I am so late replying. Lot going on in RL....
If we never fail, we never learn. If we never fail, we never have any great stories to tell of how dumb we were back when we were younger........and that my friend just sounds boring.
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Do whatever makes you happy.
I so agree with that!!
Keep doing what you are born to do! @snook
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Thank You!!!
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You're welcome, Sis! ❤🤗💋
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I love it! You have amazing skill, for this being only your second facial portrait!
I never progressed beyond black-and-white drawing myself, because I don't enjoy the practice enough to actually develop skill. But the most valuable piece of advice anyone ever gave me (because I had a terrible time with faces, in particular) was to "draw what you see, not what you THINK you see."
My tendency was to draw noses as nose-shaped, mouths as mouth-shaped, etc., and they never looked right. When I learned to just start drawing in the shadows that defined each shape, rather than the shape itself, my drawings made a marked improvement. Still nowhere close to good, but definitely noticeably better.
No clue if this might help, or how it might translate to painting, but thought I'd pass it along!
THANK YOU!
I do not like practicing either, so I just...... go for it and learn along the way. I do not let myself stop in the middle or stop. I think each thing we do teaches us something even if it is to never give up :D
And GREAT advice!!! I will be coping that and putting it on the wall :D
HUGE HUGS!
I mean, "just going for it" is the same thing as practice, if you think about it. Every time you learn something, you're developing more skill. I'm super happy you've found a way to enjoy your practice, but I'll stop calling it practice before I make you hate it. 😂
Funny, I see words, but I can not read them.......it's all jumbled letters above. Have you been messing with that blue goo again? 😹
Oh, and Morning!
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Morning!
erm..
Evening!
Blue goo? What? No, that's just 80s eyeshadow. 😋
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Very beautiful art!
Thank You!!
I think it's a most excellent drawing, and I also think @wesphilbin will be extremely proud of this as well, and I know he'll feel honored.
This is a perfect tribute to him!
Thank you!!
He is very special to so many of us!!
#hugs!
That is a beautiful paiting you made there.
Wes is certainly a very good person, even though I have not talked in Dm, but he is very helpful all across the Discord Server.
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Thank YOU!!!
and yes he is. He makes Hive a great place for all of us just by being him.
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Hello lovely lady! 😊
That looks like a fantastic portrait of @wesphilbin, I bet he likes it a lot. You did an amazing job, so what if it may not be perfect, it's way better than the stick figure I would have drawn. LOL! 😊
You keep being your fabulous self and painting/writing/creating to your hearts content, we love you just the way you are and are happy to watch your artistic side being released, no matter which way you let it out. YOU ROCK! 😊
Sending you all the positive vibes, love and HUGS you can handle! 😊
God bless you and your wonderful family. Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! 😊
Thank you so so much!! I think I am VERY lucky to have found a place where I can be me :D
and I hope he likes it!!
HUGS!
You're most welcome! 😊
Those of us that know you would never want you to be anyone other than yourself, you make us smile and giggle with your posts and your little characters. 😊
I know he's going to love it! HUGS! 😊
🤣😂 FUN!!
As I read this I started to imagine what it would be like if everyone regularly drew a picture of @wesphilbin. 😄
As another Wes Wednesday rolls around, let’s see what the “artists” of Hive have created this week…
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@dfinney...
Ha!! Easy now! You know... in the beginning, the #thoughtfuldailypost "movement" started from my love of the #thoughtfulthursday TAG. Add some gentle (but loving pushing) from @brittandjosie... the Thoughtful Daily Post was born. But if people start a #weswednesday... I know where you live!! LOL (Ok not really... just teasing you!).
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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! You had way too much fun reading this post :D
I LOVE IT!
HUGS!
I smiled throughout this post...and that's saying a lot today 😄
I hope Wes felt.so.loved seeing this memorialized on the Blockchain hehehe. it couldn't have been for a better person....that guy is so special 🥰
and so are you!!!
I just drank a double dose of NyQuil...lol
I'm hoping it makes me unconscious very very soon ..this brain needs rest!
I love you!
I love you too!!
and I pray you are sleeping!!!!!!!!!!
Well, that's a lot better than I could possibly do! Keep on keeping on, and it will just get better and better.
Thank You!!
HUGS!
Sketching is the most difficult thing for me and I always try to ignore it as much as I can. But it seems easy for you. Your sketching skill is impressive and I liked your sketching very much.
Thank You!! I just try and draw/sketch something every day.
Hehe. It's the most difficult thing to do for me because I get very few times. But I can practice sometimes when I am Free..
You not only have a way of putting words in print, you are a pretty good artist. I see nothing wrong with your drawing of @wesphilbin. You should be very proud of it.
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And I am proud of it.
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The painting is beautiful and of course Wes is an awesome human! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!
and YES he is very wonderful!!
That is amazing talent you have @snook. Looks just like Wes. Glad he was able to help you out too with the vaping thing. He is such a helpful human. Hive wouldn't be the same without him.
Thank You!! and no, I can not imagine Hive without him here.
hugs!
I think it's fantastic! What a wonderful tribute to a wonderful person.
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Thank You!!
and he is, isn't he :D
#hugs!
This is really great. Keep going br....
thank you!
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