Practice at an an Eye

I am struggling with different features at the Open studio I attend. so upon my frustration I pulled out some old anatomy books I have here on my selves.. To my disappointment they focused on the full body,muscle and skeletal structure. Not so much on the facial features. I pressed on and found an ad in a magazine on how to put eyeshadow on. What great close up and clear photos to work from. These are in my moleskin journal, done in pencil over a watercolor background treatment that was done ahead of time.

A new journey with journal by side

I feel like I have been in another world. Oct 1ST -7 I spent with one of my 6yr old sons at Children's Hospital. He began having seizures on the 29Th as far as we can trace back. We are currently starting 'all over' with meds. As of so far the ones he has tried are failing to keep them away. But what does this have to do with my art...I would have told you a year ago- Nothing.

Now-I have developed quite the habit of keeping my journal with me. When we ran down to the ER I of course had it with me. And that is where the journal began it's partnership with me in a way I never imagined.

Page on left is some sketching I did while we waited at the Chiropractor. then we went to the Er after hearing from the doctors office. just a mixture of thoughts, information and items around us.

ALERT ALERT-do you get alerts?

I am reading the book " I 'd rather be in the studio" by Alyson B. Stanfield, The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self Promotion. I am enjoying it tremendously. I have gleaned so much information already to help my pen and ink illustration business that I can not get to the 'actions' as Alyson puts it, fast enough. Which brings me to: do you know what the Internet has to say about you? Have you ever 'googled' your own name or business name? If you would like to know where your name ,city, medium,competitors etc . might be apperaring out there in the internet world you can have it sent to you in your email through 'Google alerts'. Sign up is free and you can register any workd you want the search engines to track.

A little journal page abut school preperation.