I really enjoy the idea of this blog being just for art related stuff, but there have been so many unrelated things I've been tempted to post that I jus went ahead and made a Live Journal! See it all here: Not Art
My sister gave me The Artist's Way for my birthday, and I'm finally getting around to giving it a try. I'm supposed to write three pages of long-hand stream-of-consciousness whatever every morning. The three times I actually did it were not so hard, and yet making myself do it every day is. The book says if it's hard that probably means it's exactly what you need. That seems right, yet doesn't help first thing in the morning when I just want to drink my coffee and check my email.
I finally did some of the writing part of my ABC book, which now that I've started, I realise I was avoiding. the result? I just spent the last 20 minutes looking for reference pictures of anchovies. Go figure.
I am a writer and illustrator of children's books (no, not published yet.) I also spent several years as a pre-school teacher for children with autism.