Critiquing My Sketching Style and Why I Need to Change It
January 12, 2023Hi everyone! Last month, I looked through my old sketches. Some of them I really like while others I really despise. I know if I sketch for a job, I can make it look good. Yet, when I sketch in my personal time, they look bad. Not every piece artists create will look good, especially if it is meant for fun and not for public consumption or work. Still, the art I looked at looked especially bad. This is not the first time I had problems with my sketch style. When I was a teenager, I had problems with my…
New Flannel for a Quilt and Plans for It- Part 2
Hi everyone! In a post earlier this week, I talked about red and white flannel I purchased to make a quilt out of. In the same order, I purchased navy blue colored flannel and flannel with a marble print on…
Pop Culture Conventions and My Wanderlust for Travel
Hi everyone! This year, many people will have the freedom and ability to travel without restrictions. This will be the first time since the start of the pandemic that travel will be similar to what people knew before the pandemic.…
New Flannel for a Quilt and Plans for It- Part 1
Hi everyone! Back in December, Joann Fabric and Craft store had a great sale on flannel. I wanted to make a flannel quilt for years, but I never purchased the fabric for it. When I saw the sale, I decided…
Where I’ve Been, Why I’ve Been Gone, and Plans for 2023
Hi everyone! It’s January 2023 and I can’t believe it! For me, the past year has gone by both slowly and fast. Even though I wanted to write more posts at the end of the year, I decided not to.…
Why I’m Not Posting New Arizona Desert Photographs
Hi everyone! After a lot of thought, I decided to talk about my photography and why I haven’t posted many photographs of my favorite desert scenery. I already mentioned earlier this year that my favorite photography spots in Arizona are…
Thoughts on Buying an iPad for Art Purposes
Hi everyone! For quite some time, I wanted to talk online about my thoughts on art and other art related topics. I always decided against it due to three main reasons: My desire to do more research, lack of confidence…
Where is Sketchtober and My Art Posting Plans for 2022
Hi everyone! It’s almost the official half way point of October. So far, I have not mentioned a favorite online art tradition of mine: Sketchtober. Every year, I write a post of Sketchtober artist prompts for that year. I planned…
Navy Sweater: Knitting the Body Is Finished & Ribbed Knit at the Bottom of the Sweater
Hi everyone! After I published my last post about the navy sweater, I decided to finally finish the body. I had to put it down for a few weeks to let my hands rest. Around the time my last post…
Navy Cardigan Progress- Mistakes, Fixes, and What Needs to Be Completed
Hi everyone! In my last post, I mentioned the white cardigan is not the only cardigan I am working on. A second one, made out of navy blue yarn, is also a work in progress, but is more finished than…
White Cardigan Progress- What Needs to be Finished & a Yarn Dye Lot Mistake
Hi everyone! As I write this, I’m starting to run out of things I knitted but never talked about online. Still, I have two more projects that I would like to talk about. The are both cardigans, but I never…
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