I have not been blogging the past couple weeks for no other reason than the summertime blogging blahs. Some people get the blahs in the winter. I seem to get the blahs in the summer. I'm not a big fan of late July and August. I just tend to not feel like doing anything during that period of time, especially creative stuff. The heart of summer just tends to zap my creativity away to who knows where. Buzz buzz. I think a big part of the issue has been that this summer my car AC is no longer working. I'm not particularly hot when I'm at home and I don't have that big of a problem with heat, in general, but having to drive around in it without AC has been particularly brutal, especially this past week when it's been extremely hot and humid and I've been doing a lot of pet-sitting. I think the sun and the heat while I'm in the car fries my brain and steals any of my remaining energy. I have not been enjoying it. Fortunately, I'm at home now and I won't be having to drive all over the city because of stupid detour in order to get where I have to get. I'm done pet-sitting for the week.
Anyway, I have a painting to post today. And I have done a few other drawings during the time I haven't been blogging, so I do have other items to post, if I feel like it. My friend's daughter asked me to paint her a hippo. This will not be the one I give to her as it was an experiment with a different painting surface. It did not pass the test, so I will be re-painting the hippo on a more traditional canvas. I used illustration board for this, which is more of a drawing surface, and the paints didn't really soak in or flow like they are supposed to.
2 comments:
I heart the hippo. Feel for you with the heat and love to read about vegetables. I heart veggies too.
I agree with you on late July/August. It is not my favorite time of year. Summer weather is getting tiresome, the heat and humidity are stifling and I so love fall and am impatient for it to arrive.
Blogging blahs do come and go. I hope, for my sake, that yours lift soon as seeing your art work is always lift my spirits when I am experiencing blahs of any sort (there are so many kinds of blahs to have aren't there? today I think my blahs are of the nonspecific, general malaise variety....)
I feel for you about not having air conditioning in your car in this summertime heat. I almost got sick when riding with my daughter. They don't have air conditioning either and the passenger window was stuck so I couldn't even roll it down and feel the warm air so it was stifling inside. Remind me to drive next time! Let's hope cool weather comes very soon.
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