Day 18 and Still No Birds!

Still no birds so here is one of my stock photos from 2011.  Yesterday started out sunny with a biting wind that ended heavily overcast and a bitter wind.  I did enjoy the clouds they appeared to be back lit with a dark indigo blue coloring.

Hopefully tomorrow there will be some birds to observe.

Day 16 The 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

Goose Flight patterns over a field north of town, (Days 13-15) looking at them on paper reminds me of mountain peaks.

Geese headed to Little Wall Lake north of Gilbert, Iowa.  The dark area at the bottom represents the field they were lifting off from.

I'm behind here in my posts.  I'm not in sending out the challenge newsletter, but, somehow or another I got swept up in a book I was reading and poof two days were gone!

Day 12 The 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

This was my goals sheet for 2014, and in retrospect it was a great idea, in reality it lacked one crucial element, two actually.  One: a schedule.  Two: accountability.

Day 12 Challenge:  What are your dreams for 2015, what goals, and actionable plan do you need to implement to accomplish your dreams?

I accomplished some of my goals for 2014 and these are not finite goals but year in goals, meaning I need to be constantly making new art, new collections, etc., and with the continual updates and changes within Adobe I've resolved to learning it as well as  I can and to continue to try and keep up with the tech as it changes!

One of the best decisions I could have made last year was to close The Natural Surfaces Academy, it was simply costing me too much time and money to keep open for zero return.

So this years biggest goals are income goals this will be my make it or break it year, consistency i.e., make and keep an actual schedule, and accountability I God just plopped into my lap an accountability partner and I wasn't even looking for one and I'll know more in a week about that situation.

So what does this have to do with birds?  Everything and nothing!  Without the accountability, and consistency there won't be any wondrous birds coming from my studio or any art for that matter!

Day 11 The 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

Day 11 Challenge

Make a list of activities, people, birds, and/or animals that inspire you.

Georgia O'Keeffe - She overcame in an era when it was common to put women in so-called their place; she had pluck and in spades!

P. Buckley Moss - She never lost her identity or her vision and unknown to many people has two completely different bodies of work that are highly collectible!

Crows - for their intelligence, humor, tenacity, and loyalty.

Day 9 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

Day 9 "D" is for Downy Woodpecker

It's not a secret I love birds and I love pattern so I reduced one of favorite birds down to bits of vivid color and pattern.

Day 8 the 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

Day 8 "R" is for Robin!

I started this spread in my journal last night, capturing the best qualities of what I love about Robins, I plan to finish the spread today after I finish this mornings writing.

Acrylic paint on Bristol board using my hand personal stencil designs.

Days 6 & 7 of the 60 Day Bird Journal Challenge

Playing catch up today, for some odd reason I thought I posted yesterday!

Day 7 "I" is for indigo bunting. I love the iridescence of the indigo buntings feathers and I love mother of pearl so these mother of pearl beads are the perfect fit for my artifacts box.

Day 6 "B" is for Bluejay.  Bluejay colored threads for creating a stitched rendition of a jay.