2010 review

I did this kind of a photo-review last year and liked seeing everything in one place so much that I decided to do it again. I think that it might be interesting for some of the new readers of my blog, and maybe not so much for ones that followed me through the year. I hope you have fast web connection and a cup of something warm beside you. 

January

January was so long ago... I remember how I sketched the little girl and bird while on my day job, daydreaming about my studio. I painted my first journal page ever with oils, played with our friends' dogs and dug the world's smallest radishes. I also held my breath and posted my first video on YouTube. It seemed like such a big deal at the time.

February

I enjoyed Sharon's workshop, continued painting angels, and encouraged by comments added more videos to YouTube. This one is my shortest (1:25) and I think my most favorite.

March

In March I played with rosin paper, used crackle, planted a vegetable garden, and was interviewed by Magickal Meliss (here).

April

Celebrated Easter, painted very unblended portraits, explored crackle paint and wrote about different cackle products here.

May

I picked up the biggest rose ever, purchased pan pastels, painted purple hydrangeas somewhere (I don't know in which journal and I can't find them). 

June
 June was super cool. Baby boy graduated from college and made us all very proud, the weather was beautiful so I sketched outside, I went crazy with all the beautiful Pan Pastel colors so I created a ton of same faces just so I can enjoy blending and combining the colors.

July
 In July I painted with light from my camera, rocked my Vibram shoes, jogged 20 minutes without stopping for the first time in my life. I was unbelievably proud of myself!

August
I failed at trying to capture Hana and her red hair (not red anymore - she's black-haired now), had a little talk with a bird, enjoyed my camera. I also visited Grand Canyon for the first time, almost lost my head from all the beauty and didn't post one photo... I couldn't pick the right one from hundreds I took.

September
This was a difficult month. Not one of my faces was happy. I was mentally and physically exhausted. I stopped working at my day job and the day after painted my lion lady, trying to give myself some strength.

October
I stopped drinking coffee and mourned it (so I started again in December), painted a lot, made the best ice-cream with only two ingredients, created journals with a secret, re-opened my etsy shop.

 

November
In November I made many, many little ACEO/ATC cards. I had so much fun with them! I also made digital ATC collage kits and heard very nice things about them from people that bought them. I loved seeing all the creative ways my images were incorporated in someone else's work.

December
I think I cooked much more than I painted in December... I also launched my first online workshop. I should have probably waited for January, as almost everyone is too busy in December, but since it's an ongoing workshop, with all the videos readily available online I thought that any time would be fine.

Did you make it through? This was my longest post ever, longer even than last year.
I liked this year. It was mostly kind to us, and I can't wish more for the next one. With that said, I wish you a happy, healthful, prosperous and creative 2011!
xoxo