Monday's Are My Favourite

For the past week everything with me is feeling much better (apart from being ill thanks to my parents) and I am glad!

I have been reading most days and being able to escape into someone else's world for an hour or two has been so relaxing. Just what I need! It definitely helps me to get through the day. I still need to work on drawing more although I'm getting there; I've gained a few more likes on my Facebook page recently too and that's helped boost my spirits!

At the weekend I dropped off a painting at The Freudian Sheep to be put in their next exhibition. I am excited to be showing with them again; they really are doing great things and I am so happy for them! Hopefully if I'm feeling better I'll be able to make their opening event which is happening this Saturday (12th March at 3pm)!

See the invite below and if you haven't already, please take a look at this article - they had an interview with entertainment writer, Wayne Savage, from the East Anglian Daily Times during their last exhibition called MAD?. It's a really great read; especially if you're interested in art and/or mental health.

Something that occurred to me though when getting my work ready for The Sheep is that when pricing work, artists usually have to take into account any commission that would taken from the sale of the piece(s) and I don't think some  people think about that... They see the price and instantly assume it's too expensive for what the art work is. Artists also have to keep in mind the time it took to create the work, whether its minutes, hours or even days, as well as the cost of materials and I'm sure I'm not the only the one who sometimes lets my emotional attachment to the art affect the amount too.

Yesterday, I decided that Monday's are my favourite day is the week. You might find this strange as most people hate them, but it's the only day I get a lay-in with a chilled out morning and it's the day I volunteer at Banham Zoo Charity Shop, which I still love and means I get to interact with people and read some more. It'll be even better when it's warmer and stops rainging so much. The day is only ruined when I have to go to work that evening!

So, yeah, I've has my ramble but it had to be done! Thank you if you made this far!

J x

Don't Look.

'Don't look at me!'

Hello good people, it’s been a while once again and I apologise for that. However, I have had a pretty good week so far even though I haven’t been productive in an arty sense and thanks to a good friend, I have finally got the enthusiasm to do a little blogging. This drawing is from the weekend, it was the only thing I did because I wasn’t feeling well, I think I've had a cold… Trust me to get ill in the summer time!

As you can probably tell the illustration is a personal one. It is how I felt at the weekend and if I'm honest, at other times too. I looked a state and glad strangers didn't have to witness my face. Feeling how I did, I didn't want to move much or do anything and yes, if you know me personally, you'd say that was normal for me, but it wasn't good and the heat didn't help. For once I'm glad I'm not at uni, it would be unbelievably hot in the studios and even less than the nothing I have achieved recently would get done haha! I'm sure that you have wanted people not to see you at times and wished you were invisible. I get that too... Sometimes thoughts and feelings help art come about. It's good to get it down, I sometimes feel that my sketchbook is like a visual diary maybe and on occassion I'd rather keep it from the world, but it's good to get it out there.