Friday, September 18, 2015

The fall brings more than inspiration!!! It brings on the creation of "WONDER KITTY!!!"

Being an artist and a stay-at-home mom can be difficult. Difficult in a good way. I would never take for granted the awesome and wonderful opportunity that I have to be a stay-at-home mom. Trading my life of financial freedom for a life of non-stop cooking, cleaning, mind-games, whining, crying, temper tantrums and craziness has been worth the wonderful unconditional love and commitment. As much work as it is (not to mention the fact that being a single income family in the US, causing worry and overwhelming debt at times), no matter what it has been worth it. I would never go back in time and change my mind.
If anything, my art has become more meaningful to me. Every moment that I can spend creating something which reflects me, my personality and my dreams, I feel is a HUGE privilege. I feel that whatever I create now was completely predestined and meant to be. I have evolved so much and don't take one moment for granted. I am so privileged to be able to do and be all that I can.
The latest of my art (as most of my art projects) has taken a while. I sometimes have to put an art project on hold for days and maybe even weeks depending on my evolvement with the kids stuff, my small part-time job, holidays and other family events. So…When I do complete my projects, I get SUPER EXCITED.
My latest is ALMOST DONE! and I can't wait to see it when it is actually all done…
I'm thinking about calling it "Wonder Kitty"…Inspired by my life-driven goal to make my best friend love cats (she says that they are all evil aliens! LOL!!!)
So, in my pursuit I have decided to create the most obnoxious and AWESOME kitty picture. I've included my pictures from when I first starting sketching the kitty's head...

 and when I started coloring the kitty's head...




 …Viola! The kitties head is complete!!! Then I used my X-acto and cut the kitty's head...
 and my next plan of action is to put the head onto my galaxy background that I painted. This part was SUPER FUN!!! I got a few ideas from pinterest, but my favorite was a video that I found on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHM6GStV880&feature=share
You've gotta check it out!!!
So…this is not a permanently attached yet…but defiantly what will be happening. I envision some type of rainbow stripes too…
I'm also trying to work on some fun skulls for Dia De Los Muertos…

My lesson in life (from what I can gather) is to never stop doing what you love. There may be interruptions in life that may distract you for a little (or a long) time, but never give it up… You'll regret it if you do, but you'll never regret it if you keep it up.