afternoon in the studio

since there was no nap today, ada and i did some "collaborative work" in the studio. 

while she was working away on several watercolor masterpieces, (at MY table and in MY chair of course), i was working on some new ideas for some bigger paintings across from her. (more on those soon)

 

i look away for just a minute, as she says:

"mama, your studio is the best place for little kids to come and paint their skin” 

why yes, yes it is. ahem. 

we had literally just come from taking a much needed afternoon bath.   

but, since you are only almost 3 once, well, i just let her go at it.  she proceeded to paint black stripes all over both arms and on her hands, i may have cringed a bit, but boy was she happy. she then asked to have her picture taken, just like this:

and since part of my may challenge involves more letting go and less thinking, well, today was a good lesson in that.  

happy weekend!  xo, *s

all sorts of flowers

{day 2 of every day in may}

today was a busy one.  this evening, after wrangling (literally) a cranked up toddler to bed, i tip-toed down the stairs and i poured myself a glass of wine.  just as i was about to collapse onto the couch, i remembered that there was that thing i challenged myself to. yep. so off i went to the studio, wine in hand, and worked on a few doodles. it wasn’t much, but i almost didn’t want to stop.  now there are a few pages of doodles of all sorts of random flowers to add to yesterday's poppy.  there’s no turning back, i think some flower paintings just might be in my future! 

i’m SO thrilled that so many of you are excited about this little every day in may challenge. be sure to follow along and join in! 

so far, so good :) 

xo *s

a challenge

that's the goal! do something creative/inspiring every day in may. i always feel like a good little push will help me though some of those days when i feel like there’s “just not enough time” between being a good mama, wife, friend, exerciser, housecleaner, showerer, (seriously) you know, all that STUFF of LIFE that can come before the oh so important creative ME time.  or YOU time.  so that’s my challenge to myself, to squeeze in at least a little bit here or there EVERY DAY IN MAY and blog (and intstagram) about it. gulp.  it’s happening... you in? wanna join me? #everydayinmay on instagram or link here in the comments.

for me, this means doing something fun/exciting/playful in my studio that has nothing to do with any “real” work deadlines...  seems so simple, yet these days i find myself “just painting to paint” less and less, so i’m trying to find my way back and make it a part of my everyday. it’s OH so important and i’d like to make it a regular part of my studio time again. 

here’s a little snapshot or two from my creative time today. there wasn’t much as i’m on some tight and stressful deadlines, but i did manage to steal away a bit this afternoon.  i used my sketchbook to work on and record some new ideas for paintings. 

i also played around a bit on my giant chalk/idea/inspiration board.  it helps me sort out how/what i see in my mind, like a BIG sketchbook, it’s one of the best tools i have.