Back to Creating Art and Blogging!

I am getting back into the groove of creating art and other creative things... I will share with you on future posts:)  As you know I can be a serious procrastinator, so I have been searching for the cure- which I don't think there is one ... but there is help! This free app uses the Pomodoro technique :

The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo. Pomodoro enables you to take the stress out of deadlines by breaking down your day into segments, you work solidly during these periods and remove all distractions. At the end of the pomodoro session you reward yourself with a break.

Read more about the pomodoro technique… 

                              FREE Focus Booster APP for PC or Apple
 I will let you know if it helps me!
 Now I have a new art project started (to fill up the space above my bed in the master bedroom) and I have been showing  some of the stages on my FaceBook page  https://www.facebook.com/TerriWestArt
 I do intend to make a free PDF file of the project so that if you are interested -- you can get more info!
Here is where the project is right now:

 I already have the next painting that I want to do and it may turn into a series!- I am so excited!

I have to give credit to Sunu Philip of Clothed in Scarlet for helping me get motivated and getting me going on some changes that will be made in my business, blog, Facebook page and new products that I am developing. I had made the decision that the time was right this past New Years Day- God cleared a few things from my busy calendar and was calling me to come back. Out popped Sunu and her business and a cool art journal class http://shop.kristalnorton.com/e-courses/art-journaling-roots/ by Kristal Norton to get me going. Then I got into a group called Artist'sKiss run by Robin Pedrero and now I am busy! Busy!

“We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.” 
― Pablo Picasso

Sanford Art Walk April 2012

I have been working hard! One of my paintings        
(Florida Hammock II) is in the juried Florida Hospital Altamonte Healing Art Exhibit ( partners with Seminole Cultural Arts Council).
 And now Lemon Bluff II is in the juried Sanford Art Walk Exhibit along with 2 other paintings I dropped off today! The free reception for the exhibit in Sanford is at:
The Historic Sanford Welcome Center
230 East First Street
Sanford, Florida 32771 www.sanfordwelcomecenter.com
407-302-2586
 Reception is April 27, 2012 6:00 PM- 9:00PM.
 I hope to see you there!
 Along with getting ready for shows I have been working on new paintings and attending my art mentor-ship in Gainesville with Linda Blondheim at the Paddiwhack gallery.

I managed to make it to New Smyrna Beach for one day and got a cadmium red colored sun burn....now its in the itchy stage... But the day was an infinite beautiful inspiration for me. The water was cerulean blue ( which is rare if you know this beach...) and there was not a cloud in the sky. I saw two large live crabs, pelicans, sea gulls, and sand pipers...It was a wonderful spirit renewing day. While I was there I was thinking how wonderful it will be to bring my new grandson Wesley who is due to arrive into the world  in May... I am smiling as I think of the sandcastles we will build! Here is a link to the beach camera there for you to enjoy!