Thursday, November 11, 2010

So Excited!

HI everyone!

It has been a crazy, crazy two weeks! I have been pushing and pushing to get some work in the studio completed. I've finished building two sculptures, and was working feverishly on a new piece... a mixed media painting! It is for a fundraiser, here in Charleston for the South Carolina Aquarium, and I have had an absolute ball working on it. I can't wait to take a couple of good photos and share them with you. Maybe tomorrow or Saturday I'll have them and I will be certain to post them here.

It's funny, this whole sketching thing. I used to sketch all the time in college, and got a little out of the habit in recent years. I still enjoyed sitting down sometimes, if I was in the mood, and working on a piece, but I didn't do it regularly. Ever since our trip to San Francisco, I have been really, really enjoying working in my journal and my sketchbook. I think that it will be the lasting influence from those weeks in San Francisco - the drawing and the sketching. And I am so thankful to have rediscovered it! What a joy!

And so this piece that I have been working on came from my sketchbook. I did it while in SF and as soon as I heard about the fundraiser, I knew it was the sketch to turn into a painting. I love how it turned out and I cannot wait to share it with you!! Stay tuned!

11 comments:

  1. Oh, yay, Kelly! I can feel your excitement...it's contagious. Sounds like you've been creating like crazy. Can't wait to see!

    Sending love to you this morning.

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  2. Hey girls! Thanks for the support - I am so excited I can barely contain it! Feels so good to be working like a fiend~

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  3. I cannot wait to see it!!! Sounds like you are on a roll!

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  5. I'm on the edge of my seat. Quick, quick take those photos!!!!

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  6. I feel your energy and joy! So happy for you! I'll be waiting for the pics.. You know I love your work. I love sketching, too despite I studied engineering...only a little difference in the sketches! Keep enjoying it!

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  7. Dearest Kelly, so happy to be visiting you here after a long while. I love how your blog layout looks and your new banner is awesome. Im so excited and happy for you! Can't wait to see it! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to yoU!

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  8. OMG, Kelly, you've peaked my interest and I can't WAIT for you to post photos!!! So happy for you, and will anxiously await your next post. Wishing you well ~~ J

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  9. Thanks guys for your excitement! It gets me all fired up. And I'm about to take the photos now!

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