craft vs. art vs. just going ahead and cleaning up the studio....

my artsy self has been busy doing exactly what i'm supposed to be doing ... but of course, i neglected to take any pics!!

on saturday, little.e.beck.artist and i totally cleaned up the basement .... that includes the art studio, the sitting room, the christmas wrapping paper, dress up clothes, and incredible amounts of mess ..... we even re covered the work tables with fresh paper .... and immediately felt compelled to deface it with doodles ....

i have two paintings started (nearly finished) ... one a commissioned piece, the other a donation for an auction .... and i have a couple at the beginning stages ....

and today? no art... just craft ... at sunday school this morning, my fourth graders made god's eyes ... do you remember those? did you make them at camp when you were little? the kids loved it ... loved it so much that it will probably be part of next week's lesson too ....

tomorrow i plan to finish one painting, maybe two .... with my plan being three completed this week ... do you have an artsy plan?

the ides of march ...

today is the ides of march ... depending on your era, that means we should either have a celebratory parade for our government, army and politics in general ... or we should be mourning the day of caesar's death ..... not particularly in the mood for either of those, i'd like to point you to the top(ish) of this blog page .... there are tabs(ish) at the top ... you are on the blog page ... if you click the last tab it says 2011 books .... earlier this week , in my daylight savings stupor**, i wrote out the books i've read thus far this year .....mostly for me to keep track ... but partly so that anyone who wants can browse for a good book .... so ... click on it .... and here's a link in case you can't figure what i'm talking about!

**daylight savings time messes me up .... it makes me feel so jet lagged.... and then you have to wake up in the dark .... where's the joy in that? i get that we'll have sunshine til later in the day, but just waiting for that natural progression seems much easier .... if anyone starts a B.D.S.T.group****, i am happy to join...

****ban daylight savings time