Day 9 - The Journey in Wonderment continues!

Still here. Con-sec-u-tiv-e days! 9 of em! Blogged for my pleasure! I am amazed at this. Almost didn't do it tonight...very late, much fun being had "not starving" good times indeed!

So, at the moment, it is sideways, but let's see if there is any mass outcry. I doubt it. SO. Here it stays. I like it. Blurry, sideways.Phantasmagoric! This is that elitist crap you read about! It has a meaning and if you dont understand than you are too STUPID. Ha ha ha. I am an arteest.

Day 8 - Peaky Blinders and over a week done.

Can't believe it! Over a week of solid resolution work. Expectations were low I must admit. So tonight I forgot to get an image of the white board, but hopefully it will be there monday? I hope it is, but no guarantee. Ah well.

So tonights doodle comes inspired by the Netflix show Peaky Blinders, set in 1919. I've always enjoyed that period and the style of the day if you will. Very Steampunkish, which I like. Do you care? no? Neither do I really. I am very tired so no B-Side. :p

Day 7 - Still on the road

Not too much, but it is here, created :D

Day 6, like rolling down a hill. Sufferin Suckatash!

Another day, still working on this. So far feeling pretty good about it. These days seem to be getting later and later. I'm finding that the white board drawings create a good bridge from work to home, a form of therapy in itself really. A way to destress. Sometimes the drive helps too, but this is almost a "farewell, see you tomorrow" sort of thing. A way to leave something for those who come before. Anyway, here is todays :D

 

Sufferin Suckatash...which, through the wonder of the internet, I found to be a milder replacement for Sufferin Savior. Interesting how the world works sometimes. I love the little nooks of knowledge you can find if you look in the right places. It isn't always online either. 

PS - See "prim" explanation below :D

-----B-Side-----

 So for the B-Side today( and maybe others...we shall see) I have decided to show the "finished" product of the day before(or todays, or whatever, it was the previous one) Co-workers embellish and express on the board as well and I always enjoy the back and forth and creativity that springs from it all. Note: Wednesday Addams is NOT Prim Dontcareaboutherlastname. So there. :p

Day is it?? 5? Why yes it is!

This is a good one in my mind. A work week in. The Whiteboards continue.

"Wednesday Wednesday"

This was suggested to be by a co-worker and it struck me as amazing. Despite the spelling error(craaaaaaaap) This is one of my recent favorites. I don't think many will get it but that is just fine by me. My only hope is to sneak in early tomorrow and change the error before most see it. Ugh. No B side today. I think I will reserve those for the weekend. Let's just get to 6 ok? Ok.

Day 4!! Rollin Rollin Rollin!

This is some sort of freak streak. 4 days and still on the same theme! This is the first of White Board Days in order.

This was, to say the least, and understatement. It was quite the day. Long and difficult but with a nice ending(plus a bonus nice because I am posting this! Go team!)

No B-side today...not sure if a B-side will be my sketch or something else? We shall see!

Day 3 - Amazing accomplishment!

Wow. Three days. That's three times longer than my last attempt! This resolution is rocking! Then why am I filled with so much doubt? Weekend drawings are easy. There is time. The true test will be this week. Add work and life to the mix. Let's see how things go.

"Down the River"

More abstract drawing today. Flowy and fidgety. Nothing of substance, but subtle things that take a once over to truly appreciate. Nothing profound or great really, just the mind wandering and I will leave it at that.

*-._ B-Side _.-*

"Jug"

You need more than that? Ok. I was attempting to draw stylized smoke but messed up so here is the B side of the day. Jug. Deal.

Day 2! We made it!

Isn't this something? I went two whole days of this new resolution. Better than last time. The word "whimsical" has been on my mind lately, and it may come into these sketches that I show.

"These lost and forgotten things"

We all one day will leave monuments of what we once were, however big or small. Those places and faces that we all touch and change and are changed by. That is what this is. Those lost and forgotten realms of those who came before, and all we can do is look at and wonder. One day that will be us. One day some curious wanderer may come upon our monuments, and although can sense and deduce our purpose and aim, they will never get our sense of our being in the moment. Sometimes I am afraid I think too much. It's just a silly little drawing for some silly resolution. Something to shift my focus when all my focus has been heavy things. Ah well.

Day 2 is done. Let's see how many more we can accomplish :D

Start. Stop. Start. Where is the time?

So this needs to happen. Now.

It's been what? Over a year since I "had to get back into this?"

Where is this desire?

I draw almost every day at work for a silly little white board. I think I will start posting them here for whatever reason, and then the weekend will be my time for "real art". I don't even know what that means any more. If something is created out of the imagination is that not art?

I just don't know anymore.

I hate new years resolutions. They never seem to pan out. It is the resolutions in the spur of the moment, those thought in the middle of the year.

This is not a new years resolution. This is just a resolution. A resolution to create, and share them here.

How many times has that been said? How many times has this been tried. I'll start with this backlog of images one will be seeing here, during the week at least.

The Goal? 52 works from my sketchpad, my mind, and my feelings. Thats 1 a week. I will try to do something every day and post it, but if not. Oh well. Let's get going again. Time to be alive.

As you can see. These are daily creations. Not all done by my hand, but I had some part(small or big) and it is my hope to continue this process as long as I can. I will share what I can, when I can, and make sure there are 52 weekly drawings. I hope this isn't the last post, let's see what happens tomorrow :D
~The Curious Misfit.

._B-SIDES_.

What? This is still a thing(you ask of course)? Yes it is. Here you go :D

So...what to do what to do?

I've stared and RE-started this blog I don't know how many times. My first attempt was the best...having a digital camera that works is apparently something you need to keep this going. Since I don't have one but have a loving spouse who does have a fancy-do-hangle smartphone, I might try this again soon. Motivation?

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What I don't like about it is that it becomes almost a chore to draw. That doesn't appeal to me.

BUT THE CHALLENGE!

I would like to be able to complete this task set before me. It is a bit of a marathon and I know it needs pacing...but...365 days of drawing/doodling? Can I do it? I would like to think I could.

Third time is a charm? We shall see. I need to think this over a bit more before I jump in again. Make sure whatever process I have to upload the darn things is in place to make sure I don't get discouraged or behind. I think this is something I need to do....

~The Curious Misfit~

Day 14 - Richie Havens

This was something I stumbled upon as I wandered the YouTubes(ha). Woodstock. What amazing music that was. What a slice of history that is so far removed from what is seen as talent and special today it is almost feels like fiction. Did that really exist? Did people play music until they bled without care for their wardrobe? Richie is still making music and pray that people listen. 

"Reach". Books are almost more important to me than music. I don't care how one reads, whether it be hard copy or on an "e-reader" which is the way the world is moving to, as long as one reads and explores imagination. I personally enjoy holding a book, a different book, in my hands every time I read. They take up space, yes, and can yellow and become old, but so will I. Words resonate and allow the imagination to soar in a way television stymies and dulls such things. Perhaps that is too critical of television. I do watch movies and TV all the same, but feel only a portion of what I feel when I read. Ah. I ramble too much. I AM getting old.

B- Side

Fires set

The world alight

He was not here

Nothingman Tonight

Shadows grasp

at daylight's heels

He burns them all

This man who  feels

Day 13 - OkGo

Managed to keep this day afloat. Listening to a whole bunch of music tonight, but OkGo was top of the list. It was an interesting experience because I did not watch their videos while I drew, just listened. They write good music(or good music is written for them?) on the whole. 

"One who wades" was somewhat traditional. All of them start out with random lines and move from there. I guess this is why I don't feel "legit" as an artist per se. I mean, most of what I do is random, doodlish, and looks somewhat unfinished. Is that art? Is that making a statement of some kind? Not really. I draw what I feel and move fast and without thinking. Something I don't do in my everyday life. Not everything I make is perfect and this allows me to accept this imperfection. A blank canvas is a scary thing. Once you make that mark, there is no going back. That's why I like drawing without an idea in my head of where I'm going. It allows the work to move and evolve, but on the same token, makes things look somewhat rushed and unfinished. I refine somewhat and could flesh them out into 'real" works, but I'd rather not. I almost never recreate what I doodle/draw/design. I move forward. I don't plan. Does that make me a crummy artist? Sometimes I think it does.

B-Side

Of course there is a B-Side! Tonight was more relaxed and I was groovin to the music! Long day today of moving boxes and other such cleaning activities. Rest tomorrow and recover. Enjoy the day. I drew patterns for the B-Side tonight. I'd give a 75%. Wasn't what I started to do but I liked the result. If you read what I wrote above you would understand that. If you're reading what I'm writing now I'm impressed you're still here. 

:)

 

"The Apparition Speaks" 

Words are like fire sometimes.

Day 12 - Neutral Milk Hotel

I love band names. Love them. I enjoy the imagery they convey. It doesn't hurt if the music is good as well. Sometimes they are like art pieces, long winded and hopelessly ironic. There's even a band called "The Band". How ballsy and great is that?! It's like naming a painting "The Painting". Amazing. This is a makeup day. Had to draw two pieces today.  I digress. Artwork heading your way.

"The Great Divide" is lookin' at you now. I went more my regular style today. It happens when I get tired. It's not that I mind drawing like this. Sometimes I like something different. I haven't drawn any birds mainly so far. I believe there was one a few days back, but not a regular. Maybe tomorrow. No B-Sides today. Too much to draw and I just wasn't grooving enough to add any more. Caught up though. Feel good. Long weekend. Feel GOOD about that. Going to need to ask for more songs/music. Running out and I don't want to surf YouTube for anything.

Day 11 - Counting Crows

Missed another day. Sometimes I care and sometimes I don't. I wish I could force myself to draw during the day but I find myself most reflective at night in the wee hours, and last night I was just too dog tired to do anything. It was a long LONG day at work. Is that an excuse? Am I trying to justify my lack of doing this? Yes. Not good. At least I am keeping up with it and not getting too far behind. I enjoyed tonight's drawing. It was very different to a very familiar song and one I quite enjoy. The results were nice. 

Not at all what I really expected. "Hills" came out of pattern. I actually drew this one "upside down" if you will. A doodle that I must say isn't totally terrible, and since I am the judge of that and will hear no objections, then it is so. hah.

Day 10 - Blind Melon

This is not so much about the artwork as it will be about the music. Blind Melon was an amazing band. My musical ignorance never ceases to amaze me. It seems if we only look to the surface, we miss SO much. The radio is full of so much crap I can't believe it. I spend a good part of my days in the car driving around, and I listen to the radio. Any given day I will hear the same song over and over and over and OVER again. No depth, very little change. MAYBE once a day will I hear a song that doesn't make me want to set the radio on fire. Blind Melon. Their only "hit" was "No Rain". Does not encompass the band as a whole in even the slightest margin! I'm listening to a song now..."Mother". It is amazing. I've never heard it before and it is over 15 years old. I'm doing this project not only to keep my imagination afloat but to expand and explore a depth of music that is so lacking. 

"The Offering" So many give all that they have so that others may benefit. Will anyone read this blog(Besides Elizabeth, I love you!). Probably not. I may show it to my children one day, a testament to what I once was.

No B-Side tonight. Tomorrow should be a fun day (a certain "letter" went out at work and is causing quite the stir!)

Day 9 - My Morning Jacket

These days come and go so fast. It is mind boggling how the time flies. It seems we just got done preparing for the holidays and now...they're over? The Grind is back? Work? It is relentless and thus my focus remains on doing something outside of work to maintain some aspect of sanity(video games help too, but I feel this makes me more present in the moment as opposed to the opposite feeling.

"You Do Not See What You Hold" Because who among us really do? Do we see what we have until it is gone and then realize how amazing it was? I realize nostalgia is the enemy and thwarter of progress but it hold a stong rope on our thoughts. Since the first ever generation looked at the second generation ever, the first has ALWAYS said "we weren't THIS bad!", but they were, worse even, in some ways. I look at the kids I work with and think "There is no way you will see 20". I must be getting old.

B-Side

 

BAM! B-Side! Whoooo! Art should contain humor sometimes. Not ironic humor that only deep thinking hoity toity types get. The base, silly, stupid stuff that every kid enjoys. Don't get me wrong. I love dark, humorous, ironic art as much as the next art school student, but I don't want to have my head so far up in the clouds I can't laugh at a fart joke. I may be old but I can still appreciate the absurd, silly things in life.

Day 8 - Muse

Ah, caught up again! Feels good. I don't want to get behind. It was strange switching music over like this but I felt that the change did me good. I shifted gears and spent some time on something different. I went more realistic this time. I like partials and doing some aspects of a person. Doing a whole form to me seems tedious. I think this way it's a tad more mysterious and strange. I think we all want to be that way but realize that we aren't all too different from other people.

I hate cliche titles to works. Someone might call this "Voice" or "Speak" or something and that would be all well and good, but it is what would be expected. On the opposite side of the same coin, I can't stand titles that make NO sense whatsoever, such as "The Belligerant Swan Follows the Dusty Path of Solitude into Frederick's Green Garden which exists only in his mind because Frederick is bug and DEAD." The title ALONE should be worth 20,000 BS points. 

I'll call this one "Untitled"

*gag*

Nah. How does "White Noise" strike you(me)? Good? Good.

Day 7 - Black Stone Cherry

So I missed my first day yesterday. It was the weekend and I was out of my rhythm(great hangman word btw). STILL

No excuses. I need to keep up with this no matter what. I will post yesterday's and today's post at once but will strive to leave no more days behind. 

I'm enjoying the music selections as I asked others what I should listen to. I always enjoy exploring new artists. No guarantee I will like them all but I will give everyone a fair shake (3-4 songs). 

"the Path" was drawn with the past in mind. Music guided me that way. Parts of the past are lost, but we have a dim view of how things were. It is dangerous to think that way. I try to honor the past without living in it. Too deep there. Deep Dish. The Covered Dish. Bars. Tater Salad. Laughter.

Much better. Nothing like a little word association to get me going again!

B- Side

 Yeah I have no idea what the hell this is. Bird Meets Fish? Got me here. Weird drawing that made the cut. Slippery little thing eh? I like the bird better than the fish/jar/whatever on the left...

Ah well.

Day 6 - Logistics

Almost made it a whole week without delay/incident/laziness getting in the way. Music helps. Short post tonight. Going to airport early tomorrow. "Lilly Among the Pads" 

B-Side

Still, had time for a B-side. The music really carried tonight and allowed some forms to flow. "Conversation/Argument" arose from the ashes of my burning embers.

Nothing much really.

Day 5 - A whole lot of Fleet Foxes

Early post tonight!

I think I will grow old drawing this picture. I have recreated this scene in so many different ways. Tree on a hill. My Tree as someone once called it. I don't want to be boxed in making the same thing over and over but find my lines finding the same form over and over. I must say I am relatively pleased with this piece. I'd give it a 70%.

B - Side

Yes! B-side tonight makes no sense! Just me playing with forms and puzzles. Kind of like a Celtic Knot Undone. Looking for a way to weave it all together.

 I think it is a mess. I'd give it a 20% at best. Like some of the forms. Probably shouldn't have posted anything and just let it go without. Ah well.