My weekend devloping bryankite.com

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So a majority of my weekend was spent working on my web business items, updating and fixing them such as ArtFire. Working on my ArtFire webstore made me realize I really need to start exploring what I can have my blog become beyond the blog. The wordpress format that can be run off your own database open a world of opportunities for having a pretty dynamic website, and once I started exploring it I am wondering what to do with Dreamweaver. I found a Plug-IN that makes having a commerce store that works like ArtFire or Etsy super easy and there is a free one (e-commerce) or you can upgrade for $25 or the full full one for a total of $40. I have not upgraded yet because there is one other one out there for a $55 price tag that one guy said was much better. That one guy might work for the company and so I need to research before I pay for anything.

Anyways, for those whoo have been to my site before I hope you like the changes because I had to take a starting theme Prosumer made by Nurudin Jauhari which I really like his starting theme , but insted of the content being surrounded by a column on each side. I wanted the content to be bumped to the left with a two column structure next to it. This wasn't really a big necessity for the blog or about pages, but the store page and its parts it was hard to focus on the product. I am no pro at CSS because I haven't messed with it enough or had the need to do much with it until now. With the plug in for mozilla Firebug it became much easier to understand the calls and how Nurudin wrote his perimeters. There were many issues such as designing a custom template to have it now load for any reason, than after a million searches just happen to stuble upon a little blog about a bug in WordPress 2.7 templates. You need to load or activate another theme and than go back to the theme you were workign with and the templates will show up in you page attributes section. If you have this problem slow down,let the new theme sit for at least a minute than reload the original theme and let that sit for a minute, and than go ahead and change your page attribute template.

I do hope you enjoy my hardwork and come back often for updates that will be arriving in the stores, and to see my ratings and findings about commerce plug ins. If you see where I can impprove things for you visually please just chime in and leave a comment to me, I however do not need any Viagra at this time than you spammers.

Saturday

Today after nursing a bit of a hangover that keeps coming back I mainly worked on my ArtFire site to add a few items and update other images.

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I also updated things on Etsy as well and began putting items into imaginary digital frames because they inspire and I must say they do look good. I have also decided to update my static website and make it into a store that is more in a list mode. I have also decided to focus on selling prints of my original work this way anyone can afford to purchase and get them framed. I also need to thank printsy for putting me on their blog this week for recognising their members with work on Etsy.

New Treasuries

I am looking forward to going to Rockefeller park today because it is supposed to be 64 degrees out and it does feel like it will reach that goal. I can not wait for the constant 70 degree weather to start. Bixby will be very excited because that means longer walks and more running with him.

I made another treasury today and you should click HERE and check it out!

I am also in another Treasury and hopefully this will lead into some form of a sale.

I did call the consignment lady and had to leave a message on her machine, but I also tried to email her and the address bounced so that does not seem good. Also, found out to be a substitute in the great state of New York you have to have certification. My question is if you have certification why are you not teaching? Usually it is maternity leave or can only work a few days, beyond that I am confused. Oh well, not sure what I can do here but cross my fingers and hope someone says well you are supposed to have it, but you are so great Bryan that we decided that you do not need it.

Not much else is going on here, so I am going to sign off for now.

Sunshine is coming

OK I became really depressed this afternoon and was not my bright happy self after looking at the calendar and seeing the end of the month coming on fast. After a bit of whiskey, a beer, and a happy dog chasing I am back in decent spirits. Also, Tom Conrad friended me on facebook and than I found out that he did end up marrying Melissa Knifke which is pretty cool. High School sweethearts that made it through all these years, and I really liked both of them, they are good people.

I am having a sale on Etsy this weekend for 25% off of everything so if you are reading this you should go to my store now and buy something. You will get a quality piece of art, and it will make me a bit happier about life. Tomorrow I am going to try to overcome my wimpiness and call a consignment shop about selling in the store, she advertised in Craigslist a while back and I keep writing it down on my to do list and yet I never do it. I also need to call a friend of a friend's girlfriend who is a vice dean and says she has advice for me. This was told to me through a mutual friend, but I have never talked to this girl and I am terrible about cold calling people and saying that Nick told me to call you. I had a job in high school at this place called "The Survey Center" my brother in law and my sister both worked there and I still think it was the worse job I have ever held. They paid real well, but you had to call people and convince them that even though they just got off work they should hang out on the phone with you and answer a survey that might take an hour. I felt so awful and then the people who want to do this are completely off their rocker or feel so bad for you that I then feel even worse. I lasted two months by taking bathroom breaks every 2-4 minutes, seriously I would just go in there and sit on the lid of the toilet and count.

I am heading to bed and I hope some of you visit my store and buy something, hint hint!

Tuesday the real beginning of the week

I really have no idea what that means, but I did get another treasury on etsy today that is dedicated to the fine art of printmaking because I love printmaking and I am finally printing again. I am almost done printing a edition of a small woodcut (3.5" x 5") that is a butterfly, figured I would start small after not printing for a year. It took me awhile to get going because I bought the daniel smith oil based relief ink, and really needed to modify it and couldn't remember what I used to use. I eventually remembered I add a 1/4 amount of etching ink to the relief with some miracle gel.
Here are some pics of my printing
first the press



Next the ink slab, block, and brayer



last the prints drying





I also spent a good part of yesterday morning retaking photographs of my paintings to show what they look like in a room, and the sides. A woman on Etsy recommended it plus she said the backs of the paintings too, but I can not imagine why you need to see the back so I said forget about it. OK I am going back to printing after I look again for jobs, anyone want to hire a print shop technician I am ready to move where ever you need me. Bixby my dog said he is packe dan dready to go!

Saturday

Just another Saturday of chores and maybe a little fun time by going to the gym and taking the dog to the park. I started off by finishing up the dog’s haircut which really looks like a hack job, man I am going to feel sorry for my kids if I ever have some. The 40 year old virgin is on and it is at the part where he is getting waxed, and the best part is when the waxing lady starts getting into it and calling him names. Any hoo I am trying to create my own frame strips and staining a thin pine runner with graphite powder, some black ink, and brown ink mixed into water. The color looks good but the wood warped and I am hoping it settles down after it dries. I have to sand the edges and stain it again before I am sure how this is going to work. I will update or you will see my paintings with some nice framing strips on them. All right back to the chores and maybe I will check in more later.

Oh yeah prices have been lowered on my paintings in Etsy!

Friday, you ain't got a job you can get High

I am eagerly awaiting the UPS man because my relief ink is supposed to come from Daniel Smith finally, even though I just started cutting a small wood cut yesterday and it is not ready to print. I did finish two more paintings in the last couple of days since I have written and updated everyone and no one about my happenings. The first one is another 12" x 8" acrylic on linen, a nice cutesy decorative bird painting



The next is a sunbird, well orange bird on green background and is much larger at 18" x 24". It is not huge but can make a nice visual on a wall by itself.



Apparently Linda Miller wanted to let me know she has the lowest prices on Viagra.

I also learned yesterday on a critique board that my banner I use is not flashy enough and I should make a new one. The people have spoken to me and I shall get to it when I have a chance, but first I must look for jobs, carve wood, and give myself and the dog haircuts. I hope everyone has a great day!

Hump Day

This is gonna be short because I have the car today and have errands to run, mainly Home Depot and that seems to take forever to find stuff there compared to a Lowe's. I finally got back into my Flickr account after a million days of trying to remember my user name and password. There look up system sucks and I don't use yahoo mail except for my user name. Here is the link though

Flickr Me

Getting in helped me determine when I get a source of income again I am going to purchase the Baby Press. It seems to take good impressions and since my studio is in my basement it will be perfect. Then (look Ali I remembered) when I open my educational print shop I can get bigger presses, but for now it would just be awesome to be able to print again.

I did finish another painting yesterday, a little 12" x 9" that I have not documented as of yet. I am planning on finishing a larger one today, but I will see because it is another day with a lot of little stuff to finish. I will leave it here and be off to the land of Home Depot, on my quest to find perfect quarter rounds.

St. Paddy's Day

I believe this is how it is supposed to be for an artist, but I mainly find myself doing the opposite. Writing and applying to teaching positions, applications to different studies, grants, and of course the blog. This weekend though I was able to complete the painting i had told you about on Friday and my technique .

I think it came out pretty well and it began another series of simpler paintings while working on the bird drawings, and soon will start a series of woodcuts that have NO birds in them. The other small paintings and this one are listed on Art Fire and 1000Markets right now, and will go up on Etsy when there are enough people online.



Not much has happened beyond the standard normal affairs. Saturday went to a dinner where the host was on an Atkins diet and found out that I don't like whipped cauliflower or blood meat soup with broccoli. The steak was good, but I could have used a couple of beers. Seriously the "We hardly ever drink alcohol" gets pretty lame, or "You are going to drink the whole beer by yourself?" , yes I have been asked that by certain individuals here in New York. Which leads me to let everyone know the Ecuadorians love the Irish. Happy St. Paddy's Day!!! I love the Irish, in fact my Mom's family comes from there, but at the same time FUCK all the Irish living in America! Your family came here how many generations ago? If you showed up in Ireland they are going to call you a Yank, and will never see you as a fellow Leprechaun. I do like the Irish though especially when they are passed out in doorways, it makes for an amusing sight. You want to see this? If you are in the south suburbs of Chicago go to a town called Oak Lawn, take a left from 95th st heading South onto Ridgeland Avenue, and right after the train tracks on you right hand side (West) is a bar called the Fiddler's Elbow, and if I said the name I would have to do a jig while grabbing my elbow , rules are rules, and in this bar you will meet some real working Irish right off the goddamn raft they made and sailed to this country. I brought my friend here once who has no Irish blood, and he had a shoe thrown at him within five minutes of being there. He also for some dumb ass reason ordered a Corona in an Irish Bar? They were all confused and offered him a non-alcoholic beer thinking that was what a Corona is. I tried making him go dance for being such a dumb-ass and ordering that crappy beer, that stuff sucks.

OK, that was my ode of a paragraph to the Irish and my drinking.

I am going to go and take care of stuff, so I can get in the studio so Piece until tomorrow!

Friday and Technique

Friday you used to mean so much more when I worked for the man, but now it is like any other day and that is a bit sad. I have to say that it is harder and harder to keep getting up at seven with Ali because I am not driving or commuting anywhere, but if I didn’t that would be a bad routine to start. I just got done making my list of “Things To Do”, and every time I start with like four things on this list and it ends up being like 14. Most of the time it is a lot of stupid little items that I put on the list to make me feel accomplished, but still those things add up to a lot of time. The studio is of top importance today, and calling Tom Reed but he may have gone to the SGC conference because it was in Chicago. He usually hates conferences, but maybe he went to see and hang out with his Chicago friends, but I will call Island Press and see if he is there.

I started painting finally on the new painting. I am getting slow at taping and cutting out my stenciling of areas. I work like an idiot and most artists would probably say “What the hell are you doing Bryan Kite?” and I would respond that it is cheap in the sense and it works for me. This is my process of airbrushing and painting. I first draw out all my items on tracing paper (I like to have them for other things just in case) and then copy them onto Xerox transparency sheets because they are far cheaper than stiff acetate, but a little harder to work with. I than cut out the tracings so I can have the negative area for stencil, but I do hold onto the positive in case I need more over spray at the end. I do this process so that the stencil will leak a bit (overspray) onto the background of the painting creating a bit of a halo. I than airbrush the stencils, and than begin the process of masking taping over the images I just made. I use the cheapest masking tape there is that actually has a rubber based adhesive because it is fairly transparent. The problem here is do not leave this tape on your painting for a long period (72hrs) because that adhesive begins to bond otherwise it peels off pretty nicely. I than draw with a sharpie over the masking tape because I can just barely see through the tape. I than very carefully use my x-acto blade to cut out the positive areas and peel that away. I than tape over all exposed areas of the background preferring to use a better quality tape here, but not always depending on what I have available or how broke I am feeling. I am than ready to paint (I shall insert a picture here in a bit for everyone) and I first put down highlights using white, and than some darks with blacks just to start pulling the three-dimensional form out of the flat shapes. I than pause and begin to decide what color combinations everything will be because this will help me when I am laying down the color. I than move to begin laying down the most delicate of the colors first such as yellow or orange, and move down the line to colors that the least corruptible. I keep doing this building up color in many layers and developing dimensions through tints of the colors, until it is ready to be untapped. This is the best part because it always looks different once the background is revealed again, and than I add lines with a liner brush to make certain areas pop out.

I will add photos to document some o f my explanations, but that will be later today.
Thanks,
Bryan

Thursday - been gone for a while

The last couple of days have flown by so quickly and Tuesday and Wednesday were expected to be light on my things to do list. I can hardly even remember Tuesday, I did start a painting and cut new stencils, but after blogging in the morning I cannot tell you too much about that day. That always makes me so paranoid that I am getting old and senile, yes that may be the worst way to die - Alzheimer’s - that scares the crap out of me.

Wednesday I was set answer a few email than straight into the studio for an all day affair. Than I received a return email from my Mother who was talking about me returning to school and I realized I had not been paying attention to my calendar, and guess what the application to the program to obtain my teaching certificate was due this Sunday. So, I spent the entire day printing out all the parts I needed, creating a small web page portfolio to put on a cd, and writing the statement of why I want to be a teacher. By the time I was done it was time to pick Ali up from work, and I had rented Australia for a date night because we needed it. Although I have been the one mainly cooking because I am now working from home, I promised to make my tortilla dinner. All this entails is whole wheat tortillas, refried beans - made spicy, onions and peppers flash cooked in my homemade spicy olive oil, cheese, spinach - flash cooked. This then gets folded on top of itself with salsa (we each have our own kind) on top, fresh tomatoes, sour cream, and Ali made guacamole to finish it up. It was quite good I have to say, and than we watched Jockeys, which I do like but it is as bad as, an MTv show with the commercials and showing what you just saw when returning from the commercial. You basically watch only 8-10 minutes of actual fresh show in a half hour show. Than we watched Australia and I shall review my reactions for you in the next paragraph.

Australia I have to say was a wonderful movie, and I believe it only received so reviews. I really didn’t think I was going to enjoy it, but Ali really wanted to see it and so I rented it. Quite a surprise, and many tearful scenes, one being about the young star staring down 15oo hundred huge cattle with his back against the Australian Grand Canyon. I am not a fan of Nicole Kidman as a person and I believe I am not only because she married that douche bag Tom Cruise, but also as an actor she always seems to be pretty good and I believe she is the person she is portraying.

Monday Missed

I didn't blog on Monday at least not on my own site and I shall do penance for it later, actually probably not because I don't buy into the whole penance thing, I do fall for guilt trips and are they one in the same? Yesterday I had to do some major cleaning on the bathroom because it smelled underneath our sink, and Bixby put his head under the sink area and than he smelled a bit. After I was done there, I was like "Yes, time for the studio!", but no I went down there and the carpet around the closet looked wet, and when I opened it up there was about an inch of water in there. Luckily, the closet is not level and all my large drawings were on the high side, but all my packing cardboard lost about four inches in height. I spent three hours cleaning it out and mopping up the water and I can only guess that it is coming from a crack in the foundation because it keeps slowly coming in. I am going to call the landlord and he will get defensive about it and let me know if I broke something I am responsible for it. Seriously why do so many landlords not give a shit about their property? I had to find new creative spots to store everything that absolutely can never get wet, and than reload the rest back into the closet. This closet is important because it is 1 of 2 that we have, and neither is really that big.

This slow down at least made me take the time to look at my compressor that I accidentally stepped on coming off a ladder and I broke the plastic switch. I got the switch to turn the compressor on, but now I can only turn it on and off by pulling the plug out of the socket. It is working though which makes me happy because I do not have to buy a new one. I than went and worked on the computer setting up another shop on 1000Markets which is pretty new like Art Fire, but it also got me worked up do to some crap I read by a Market (markets are really just groups of shops). This Market has pretty boring art works and the big acceptance to be in their Market is that you hope to one day be in South Western Art Magazine or already have been shown in it. It also came with this written lecture on how each artist can only paint and draw one way and that is how you know they are ready for such a prestigious magazine. Honestly this whole group and the people who run that magazine should be lined up and slapped, and than put them on the side of a highway where people could drive by and throw shit at them! The whole market's work looked like a bunch of figure 1 drawings, oh yes this elitist bullshit really pissed me off. Am I a hypocrite? Hell Yes! At least be an elitist for the fact of being good or not good, not spewing the crap that some long dead boys club professor told you. When you make a mermaid and it is done badly and you made it because you think mermaids are just such an amazing idea, guess what you suck and the work sucks. If you make a mermaid with skill (don't confuse skill with realistic looking it's a fucking mermaid for god's sake) and you do it because of its history in tattooing, for the kitsch, it says something about something than I will respect it. Ok that rant is over!

I should have put this before the rant, but damn I had to get it out because that actually kept me from a good night sleep. I have to give props to two people today who are out there promoting and I really appreciate their efforts. The first is Lanee a person who crochets, yeah I don't get the attraction of the process but many people do, she featured me on her blog and used the letters WTF in reference to a giclee and I was the main focus of it. Thank you for noticing my work on Art Fire!

The next thanks go to Amie Roman aka Ploverwing at Etsy who invited Ali and I into the Printmaking group on Etsy known as Printsy. They can also be found at Flicker, BlogSpot, and she can be found at inkteraction (which I had never heard of) and she let me know of a printmaking forum on wetcanvas. Plus she would also like to interview us and thinks that print makers are interesting enough to interview. I have been to many conferences and miss being able to attend them, and let me tell you that I think we are interesting in that we act like we have been locked in a basement, and are let out for one week of the year kind of way. I will do the interview with real information, I did have the thought of making an alter ego so people would want to read it, but that would be letting Amie's hard work down. I am off to paint today and start a new drawing, so Peace until tonight's update!

New Treasuries

I am not even sure if Treasuries is a word, but I have made another one. I also have one made under my name but I did not make it. She did include me in her list so I am happy about it, but somehow I feel I will get a warning from Etsy for their little programming glitch. Anyways, here are the links to go check out the treasuries, and you should.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=44663

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=44735

I just released this new watercolor painting on Etsy.

"She Dances"

Watercolor on paper

11" x 8 1/2"

2009

This is an abstract image made up of butterflies to form a dancer. It is from the series I have been working that takes smaller images that can be seen as positive or negative to create a figure or figures.
Other pieces in the series are:

"The Kiss" and "The Cleansing Ritual"

this piece will come wrapped in glassine an archival material for separating and keeping artworks protected while storing them. It will be shipped in the glassine packet inside a cardboard portfolio. I ship with USPS unless you request different. If you would like a different carrier please let me know and you will be expected to make up the difference.

Really Short

cause I have to give the dog a bath. We went to Rockefeller Park in Sleepy Hollow (North Tarrytown) on this beautiful Saturday and we had a ball. Bixby went swimming, ran in the mud, met another muddy dog, and just plain out ran around like a nut. He is covered in sand however and it is time I took care of that with a nice soapy bath, and he does like baths until he realizes it is a bath and not swimming.

I finished another piece and will document it tomorrow, but it is not a bird piece but a color study for a larger painting. I imagine I will end up doing at least three of these color studies in watercolor, and than get back to the large piece. Update there are still no jobs to apply for and I do need to make some money while I am writing and proposing a business plan. Any suggestions beyond gigolo are welcomed. Good night!

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Another Spotlight Folk Style

Another Drawing done

The premise on this piece (the last of the gray scale images) is the cardinal which is thriving in the Midwest, but in the future the Midwest is a desert, thank you Global Warming. It hunts small lizards and insects on the sides of the cliffs and has developed eyes that come out on stalks to see underneath the cliff edges. This allows it to see its prey and the other birds that plan on getting it.

Also learned some new tricks to Etsy again of when to list and re list thanks to a little blog I found in the Forums of Etsy. I shall be listing her blog in my links or "blogroll" very soon. I am going to keep calling it links cause blogroll is pretty lame to me. The other thing that happened is I made it as ArtFire's piece of the hour which helped me ring in 5 more viewers. I was kind of hoping for better for such an honor, but hey I was picked and that is pretty cool. Well it is Friday night and the girl went to DC so I am going to have some cookies and than head to bed, yes I am so exciting. Goodnight all!

First Treasury

This is going to be another unexciting post but yet there is hope I did start another drawing. I didn't finish it, but I am hoping tomorrow I will not become distracted and I will finish the piece. The next ones after this piece are going to be in color because color is just a bit happier for everyone. The big news of the night is I was able to make my first treasury on Etsy and it is pretty hard and anxiety ridden to get a Treasury so you should check out mine at

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=43978

and I was also put into a Treasury so you should check it out as well

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=43965

I am ready for something to happen, but no idea what it is that should be happening. I do know we brought the crate out again and Bixby is sleeping in it because he has been killing us. I am looking forward to taking a couple of sleeping pills and having no interruptions from a nice sleep. I am ready to go and try this sleeping thing, so good night until tomorrow.

Wednesday

I had my first migraine in a long time and it completely shut me down from 4pm - 9pm, but before that I had a nice interview and am pretty excited about it, but I am not expecting much from it. But who knows maybe they will pick me and will start a whole new avenue for a job at the moment and one where I believe I would learn a lot from it. I still am working on the educational print shop, but I also have to have some income coming in the bank account. Of course if there are any investors who like to support a young artist (not so young anymore) in pursuing their dream of being an artist and entrepreneur I am available for you.

Finished a new drawing from my re-evolution bird series yesterday I haven't listed it yet on Etsy or Artfire, bit I will tomorrow because I have a showcase scheduled for tomorrow.

Another spotlight

New spotlight I made

So we are finally done cleaning all the crap out of Ali's parents house, but now I have to clean out the car and find a place to put it all here. Thank goodness we are not living in the tiny Brooklyn apartment cause we wouldn't be able to walk.

I put the new drawing up on Etsy today and the reproductions are available to buy.

"The best bread thief in town"

Also, out of the blue Eric Portis contacted me today which is great and I promised him a shout out, he came to my site because he is having issues coming up with a title for his short animation. You should visit his site and get him to start a contest to solve his problem of coming up with a title and the winner could win...... hmm I don't know a date with Eric or a couch to crash on when you visit Denver. Peace, it is Saturday and I am gonna go do something else. Talk to you tomorrow!

So it was a fairly nice day here today, around fifty degrees but than it started to rain which still wasn't that bad. I was able to stick to the schedule I made and I completed many things, but I always do it just doesn't seem to amount to anything that helps pay the bills at the moment. I did finish another bird drawing of a pigeon whose movement down the evolutionary lines was to gain hands so it can steal bread and eat it with ease. I do rather like it and if there is time and energy after cleaning out Ali's bedroom some more I will document it and post it. I will definitely have it up on Etsy by Monday because I am part of the art for your wall showcase for two days next week. I do hope it pays off in some way because it was probably the most expensive advertising I have done in a while.

All in all not a bad day, but not a whole lot to report at the moment. I feel I need to get more of these business books read, but they are similar to reading text books and that makes it hard to get into them. Have a good night.

First off wanted to show off the studio all cleaned up and ready for Bixby to come and hide bones all around it.
The Clean Studio

So there it is and I am feeling good about working in it again and not all cramped, but we do have to go get more items from Ali's old bedroom. It was a task given to us and let me tell you she was a pack rat as a kid.

Next thing is Ali and I just put new pieces on Etsy. Ali just listed her pod on a doily etching which I thinnk the drawing is pretty sweet with the tonal values she accomplished.

"Pod on a doily"

I put my new drawing from the re-evolution bird series which is a Swan pumped up and becomes more like a sea serpent. I figured Swans are territorial birds and pretty tough as well. The next step for them would be to take back the ocean and catch some meat. Their bodies would be ideal for a hard deep dive from the air, and strong legs could be great for quick chases of prey. The original is 11 x 8 1/2 and done with graphite, and I am selling the archival reproductions on etsy.

"Swan, Taking back the Ocean"

I have now bought a little advertising space so I can offer lessons in my studio to all ages. If you know of anyone who is looking to learn how to draw, paint, or airbrush please refer them to my site. OK time to go and read to prepare the business plan.

I didn't get into "Top Chef" until late this season because I didn’t really like any of the contestants, but I have to say by the last six I really was enjoying the show. The finale was great but I am tired of bringing back a few losers to be souse chefs, I want the losers to lose not because they gave into pressure at a time that yes most people would second guess themselves. OK enough of my rant on that.

Made myself a daily schedule to make sure I am even more productive than I usually am, and cleaned the studio so my dog can join me down there again. I also finished another bird of the future drawing - I do need to come up with a title for the series. Jason Hitzert also helped me big time by reading my facebook to Tom Huck about needing a business plan, and bam about ten minutes after my post he emails me a business plan to start off with and edit to my needs. I need to send him flowers if I can get this thing off the ground which I have to do this, otherwise what am I going to do with my life.

Ok this is short because I am going to go read a bit until I fall asleep, trying to cram my business knowledge into a very short time. I will put up the new drawing tomorrow and you can purchase a repo on Etsy real soon. Oh yeah check out Etsy because I listed two more items today.

So today was a bit of a let down and a very good day, but I am still waiting for someone to come home cause I (as usual) owe an apology. I can't stand when I am in trouble so I give in and try not to make anyone cry; maybe it is when I am at my best. So the let down I am over it, why even discuss it so you should move on as well.

Bixby and me - he loves looking over walls

I took Bixby (my dog) for a nice long walk today, clears my head and it apparently clears his bowels. Anyways, during our walk he let me know I should get back to the positive attitude I have had for the last couple of weeks, and put my brain back to action. So I came home and started some application material to get into a program at CUNY Brooklyn to earn my teaching certificate. The next big thing that happened today to me was I discovered blogs, I know I am writing one right now so what the hell am I talking about? I really never saw them as a place for advertising or marketing, but as someone like me writing away and maybe two or more people might scan through it. Turns out they are filled with possibilities and people who are excited about many things. I also found a new area on Etsy a very special showcase area. The more I explore in Etsy the more I become impressed with all the creative ideas going on behind the scenes.

So, maybe I will go to the gym tonight before I get to drawing. I am not sure what is on TV if anything, but it is nice to draw in front of an interesting program. This is probably the post of the day so I hope all is well with you.