Jinx Cute'ture

>> It is an extremely warm day today and now that Spring is in full bloom it seems more & more colors explode from every plant and garden in the city. Baby chicks are hatching, growing and posing in honor of the Easter season! (Pictured below is Sam, a chick at the wildlife refuge who's rescue I assisted! Too cute!)

Springtime has especially brought attention to my love of palettes! Whether eyeshadows, watercolors, or even paint samples from the hardware store, the more options and shades the more I must have it.

 

Yesterday was exciting because I finally had prints made of two of my paintings so far. They are the first prints I've ever had created and I am so excited. Now that I know what I am doing, I am going to have the rest made.  Yay!

Now I must get to work on the custom painting for my dear friend Amanda and her lovely little girl. It is helping me to look for inspiration and be creative again since things have been so stressful for me lately! 

I've spent most of my life being an unintentional perfectionist/super-neurotic. I even went so far as to purchase a journal intended solely for DESTROYING! That's right, it even comes with page by page instructions on things I must do to mess it up, tear it, crumple it, spill on it, even bury it for three days. >> I find it liberating since all of my work focuses on details, details, details! (I did, however, feel guilty for scribbling with markers all over the perfectly pressed pages.)

Now off to lunch - for I am desperate for an iced tea.

Most Affectionately Yours, 

Rae