Checking in

Nursing school is going well.  I’ll soon be on site at my first clinical experience.  I’ve learned to do amazing, healing things with my hands and I get to use my skills to help people.  It’s pretty damn exciting. I’ve lost so much weight that I had to buy new scrubs.  My prepregnancy jeans (circa 2003) are [...]

You see why I get nervous?

Progress, originally uploaded by alexcateye. 35% of a portrait is enough to feel skittish. I love what I’m working on right now, though. This is a woman and I felt like my military artwork was too much of a sausage fest. I actually met this woman on my wedding day, so she’s extra special to [...]

Judgement

I’m trying not to hate my work, even though I always hate it at this point.  I have too many pieces abandoned at this stage.  I am holding on and keeping faith.  Maybe someone else will see what I see. I’ve decided to strip off the insignia and make this portrait more anonymous than the [...]

Handsome Devils

Kalashnikov is about 50% done.  I’m pondering my next “ancestor.”  I appreciate you, dear blog readers.  You are welcome to use my knitting and crochet patterns.  You can copy any garment I sew.  You can use the spinning techniques and the recipes.  These are all crafts, and I love sharing them.  I get a special [...]

I’m working on lots of things these days.

After finishing my Tinker portrait, I gained enough confidence to tackle other people.  I’m working on a series of portraits now.  My newest man is Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK47.  I love the idea of having stiff, formal portraits of men who have influenced my life as much as a family member, yet are [...]