Am I Deserving???

So....this happened to me this week...

A special thanks to Nate William @n8w and Illustration Mundo @imundo 

To be featured on a site that promotes artists to Agents, Editors and Art Directors is a BIG deal.

To have been hand-selected by such a talent as NATE WILLIAMS is an EVEN BIGGER DEAL.

AND

then I did these...

 and got frustrated...

and wanted to go hide in a hole...

& someone said they 'looked forced'

and wondered if I was deserving of any sort of feature/highlight/accolade...

or if I will ever figure out my work...

or how to paint...

or really quit giving a s**t and just 

LOOSEN UP AND CREATE LIKE A KID AGAIN!!!!!

Will all this gnashing of teeth one day lead me to greatness??

WIP Wednesday 7 AUG 2013

I've been slowly matriculating my blog postings to my website in a effort to cut DOWN on the number of times and places I need to login.  

I will post here on a weekly basis my most recent WIPs.

I hope you will continue to follow along.

Love & Hugs!

Jenn

Slow and Steady...

has helped me find my groove, my aesthetic & my favorite tools.  Now I am finally figuring out how to work it.  If I have one word of advice to the newbie/novice/more beginner than me types it is PATIENCE!!!!!!!!

Keep working at your own pace.

Know that the work you are doing today may not be your best work.

Keep at it.

Don't show it all...

Listen to your gut...it knows if you aren't being honest!!!!

   

A Work In Progress! Never Give Up On Your Dreams!

This month is my 3 year illustration 'dream' anniversary so I thought I'd show you how far I've come. They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words' so here is the one that started it all.

On a balmy night in June 2010 I dug out an old sketchbook, Sharpie pen and Prismacolor markers that, surprisingly, still worked 17 years after their last use in college.

I haven't been able to stop drawing since...

My style has evolved - A LOT.

But I still look upon this sketch with a great deal of love, for in it there was a tremendous amount of joy, humor, selflessness & abandon!

So here is how I've progressed...

Amazing what practice, patience and persistence can do...along with a whole lotta vision, faith and desire.

The dream is still progressing, bigger goals still need to be reached...

don't stop climbing.

But every once in awhile take a look down & see how far you've come!!!

IF: Yesterday

"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground"

~David Icke

Working on painting a commission piece based on one young lady's many yesterdays with her dad

who died a few years back.