Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Life has a way of throwing a few curve balls. I made the decision in early August to get serious about a few things, one of which was daily blog posting. I made it through a little more than a month before my train started to derail, through no real fault of my own. I don't share a lot of my personal life, but this is overlapping my creative life and I felt you deserved a bit of explanation.
On the first of September, my wonderful Hubby broke his foot. Because we live in rural Alaska, there is a lot of driving involved to see all the specialists when working through this kind of injury. Hubby has been on crutches and in a walking boot for nearly four weeks, leaving the heavy lifting to me. It's really quite amazing how much we take for granted the simple things like taking a plate to the table or carrying a cup of coffee.
We are now a bit more settled into a routine now. I working hard to get back on track with writing after several weeks of needing my energy to focus solely on Hubby's needs. Next week there will be more posts and new ideas. In the meantime here's a shot of the studio table from a couple of days ago after a bit of work on the subject of abstract card designs.
I'm sharing the inspiration for this style of cards in Monday's post and Tuesday will have more examples to inspire you.
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