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I did eat this one and it was to die for.
Polychromos on board, the usual

What else is there to talk about today? Not much.
My first rose is blooming, which is cool. A red one. Don't ask me what variety. All I know them by is their color. I have a lot, and I didn't plant any of them, so I'm clueless.
The weather is sort of grey, and the air has that feeling like something is about to happen... like we're all just waiting. I kept getting up and looking out the window today, for what, I don't know.
Maybe I just have the "working all alone too many days in a row with no one to talk to" thing going on, and I'm going a little nuts. Yes! I think that's it.

But my "Magic, Witchcraft and Religion" class is on tonight (on cable, from Sacramento State University). I now know how actual zombies are created, and what the whole lore is behind vampires. Plus a lot of other cool stuff. The teacher is this guy, and he's great.

Maybe I'll pick out one more truffle, just one, to nibble on while I sharpen my brain. Chocolate is good for you, you know.

Well that was weird. Blogger was just dead for I don't know how long. Did you notice?

But its OK now, and here I am.

So like the title says, this is a blueberry truffle.
5 x 7 on illustration board, Polychromos
Not for sale. Yet.

I haven't figured out what I want to do with these. I might make a series, what'ya think? But then do I sell them on ebay, have a show someplace and do them that way, wait until I have a whole "set" and sell them to See's to hang on their corporate wall? We'll see.

This is just what I felt like doing. When left to my own devices, and when I don't have an assignment I have to do, or specs to fulfill, or anything like that; when I'm just doing something for myself, I tend to do a straight on, presentational view of things. Like this.

This is a little bit larger than life. The truffle is twice the size it is in real life, which makes it interesting. I drew it from life, no photo reference. Then when I was finished with the "whole" truffle, I cut it in half and did the cross section. It was fun to not even know what the inside looked like until I opened it up!
And no, I haven't eaten it yet.

I used a whole bunch of colors, and didn't know where I was going with this until I got started. It ended up being very rendered, but I didn't use any solvents, just did lots and lots of layers. It took a while, but I enjoyed it.

Yes, I think I'll do more.
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This brings up another thought. Sometimes when I know I want to do a new project or piece, I don't know what kind of piece to do. Do you do that? Since I work in different areas or fields of illustration, I have trouble deciding who I want to be as an artist at times.

Should I do a children's book piece and make it about kids eating chocolate?
Should I be a "weird" fine artist and do the truffles tied up with yarn? (I came very very close to doing that)
Should I do something "design-ey" that can be used for licensing somehow?
Should I do (fill in the blank)?

I came up with about a hundred clever ideas. Then they'd seem unclever and just forced after I let them incubate a while. It was driving me nuts. So I settled on just doing a straight rendering, and felt better once I'd made up my mind.
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And I can NOT get used to this bloody time change (for you not in the US, we are now on Daylight Saving Time which means we had to set our clocks ahead one hour Sunday morning, hence, losing one hour of sleep. Except for people in Arizona I think. Its all just mental.)
Are we all tired and cranky and "off"? I'm guessing so.

I've been a bad blogger this week, I know, I'm sorry.

I have some new art started, but I don't feel like showing it yet. Its all at that 'ugly stage', you know what I'm talking about.
I CAN tell you that the truffles in the picture are reference for some of what I'm working on. YUM. Who doesn't love a good truffle?

I wish I had something educational or insightful or... just plain interesting to talk about.
I've been reading some good blogs this week ~ the kind where people "learn you" something, or have something useful to share. I'm very impressed with that. I don't know how they do it AND do their art as well. A few:
The Extraordinary Pencil
Making a Mark
Maggie Stiefivater

I've started reading The Golden Compass, and am loving it. I want a daemon now. (No, I haven't seen the movie, didn't want to spoil the book.)

I promise I'll have some art to show this week, promise. Something. No more yarn ACEOs I don't think, I'm tired of doing those. But more yarn, yes, but just different. You'll see.

So yesterday was the anniversary of one of the most amazing musical moments of all time, the release of St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album kicked off the Summer of Love (we can only hope this summer is 1/10 as exciting) and everything changed. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the American National Biography celebrated the event with an interactive album cover. To trip just click.

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