It has been a slow day so far. I have a few things on the agenda. I need to bottle beer, work on my drawing, and I also want to work on my web site. If I work constantly on my drawing I should be able to finish it tonight, however I think I will break it up into a few more days work and finish it by the weekend and get my site updated by the weekend and have prints available for sale by then.

I took a break earlier and wound some yarn for Jennifer while she was doing homework. For Christmas last year I purchased yarn winding equipment for her as a gift. It has come in handy, once it has been wound up it is far easier to keep tidy than if it were in balls. I find the winding part entertaining. Jennifer thinks it is funny that it holds my interest. It is a win win though, I help out and have fun at the same time.

I have a lot of stuff to do so I better get to it. More to come later.

While setting up my light box to take pictures of yarn for Jennifer, Wallace jumped into the box and walked around inside. Once inside I figured it would make for some good pictures. He was very difficult to photograph, he kept trying to escape once he discovered there wasn’t any toys or treats inside. I did manage to get a few that turned out.

Even though he was difficult, Wallace did manage to put his best side forward. It is good practice as well. I also tried to get the pictures as good as I could get them with the camera. I did very little adjusting in photoshop as a result. I tweaked the exposure slightly due to the filter darkening the image and boosted the color saturation.

In other news I completed more work on my latest drawing. I hope to have it finished by the end of this week. I am planning on offering prints of it and other works I have made for sale on my website. I am still formulating prices but more about that later once it is ready. I also have been pondering what I should produce in the future. I was thinking about various still life images of fruit, flowers, and other various decorative themes. I will continue with the works I know the best including aircraft and animals as well.

I have been busy working with my blog site. I have the formatting almost done to the way I would like it. I will more than likely change the photo as well as the text color. I still have a lot of work to do updating my web site. I will be adding art work I have done as well as making a portfolio of my work. I will also set up the shop space allowing for purchases. It will be small at first. I am very critical of my work and can feel like the stuff I have made for sale isn’t up to par for sale. I could be too picky though. When others view my work they tell me it looks great and they would purchase a print if available. I have one of my pieces I made in high school framed and hanging in the living room. I was offered $500 for the framed work. I am too attached to it to sell it, however it is inspiring that someone would be willing to purchase it after viewing it.

Lately I have been working on a couple different pieces. I am working on a painting as well as a pencil drawing. Out of all the mediums out there I think I prefer using pencils. I have the most experience using them so it only makes sense that they are very easy for me to use in making works of art. My art work is very broad spectrum. It ranges from wildlife, landscape, to aviation. I have also been working on photography, the reason for the start of this online presence. The pictures have been advancing as time has gone on. I have an account with JPG Magazine. Some of the pictures on there are good representations of my talent. Some I just feel don’t do my talents justice. It could be that I am being too picky. I do have some more pictures that I haven’t posted because I haven’t had time to edit them into their final form, mostly cropping and adjusting light and color. I have a few I will add this afternoon to JPG Magazine when I get a moment away from my drawing. It will be added to the website once it is completed. I better stop procrastinating and go back to working on my projects.

The title says it all!!!! I really need to pay more attention to what I’m doing. I am relearning how to do things on here. Hopefully I will have the formatting back to what I wanted soon.

I have upgraded to the newest edition of wordpress and still have to work out some bugs. Hopefully I can fix it quickly. I have been neglecting my website and blog. I have to get back to it. After the upgrade I will get to the updates with events going on. More later.