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It's been several months since I've arrived in Japan. I arrived during the height of festival season, so I spent my time going to the many fun festivals that my region had to offer. Now as we slide into autumn, viewing the leaves has taken up the remainder of my free time. One smaller painting has been completed in Japan; now I just have to resume my mythology series.
I've also decided to take on nanowrimo (November novel writing month). Just hit the 12,000 word mark. Hoping I won't go insane as I take on painting and writing.
I've also decided to take on nanowrimo (November novel writing month). Just hit the 12,000 word mark. Hoping I won't go insane as I take on painting and writing.
HALLELUJAH
I've finally finally finally finished my poppy painting. Thank goodness. I'm so happy that it's done. I was getting a little worried I would run out of time before moving to Japan. Apparently when you are moving and possibly have to leave your watercolor pad at home you reallllyyyy work hard. I seem to remember doing something similar in college (and also staying up past 2 a.m.). I don't mind very much. I've decided that sleep is irrelevant at this point. I have far too many things to do at this point. I have made the decision that I'm going to do everything in my power to bring my 18 x 24 pad to Japan. Yikes. Wish me luck~
update on poppies
I finally finally finished the poppies tonight. I was just going to finish up the washes, but I ended up really powering through. I was feeling it today. My whole day was essentially spent painting--except when I went to the dentist. I loathe it enough when I go in for the standard cleaning. Today I had to get all numbed up for some fillings. Not very happy. My mouth felt all wonky for four hours afterward. They made sure to tell me that I could eat and drink--Oh, the joys of attempting to get sustenance when your lips can't move.
I'm kind of bummed that I waited so long to continue on the poppy painting. I am worried that I'm forcing myself
a month to go
In a month, I'm going to be moving to Japan. It's finally becoming real, which means I'm getting more and more nervous; it also means that I'm starting to realize / blow out of proportion the amount of things I still need to do in order to be ready to move my whole life abroad for a year. Luggage, suits, winter gear...the list goes on and on, and it seems to grow everyday. I have lists for day to day things and then I have lists for the big picture.
A year. That's a long time.
I just am getting all tightly wound up about everything in my life. Every little struggle / thing I have to do seems like it's this big monster that I have to defeat.
I be back!
Finally finished my Medusa painting and was semi-motivated, so I posted it. My second piece is going to involve poppies, which traditionally were involved with death: final sleep, drug sleep, eternal rest, yada yada. I did some research, but unfortunately I don't have it on me at the moment. The title will reflect the myth of the poppy somewhat. That's how I'm feeling right now about it.
I used to think that sketching people was the hardest thing to do (take a look at my old drawings, ha!), but now I realize that I was horribly wrong. It is far worse to draw something over and over again until it becomes a blur. It didn't happen when I was
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