Chat in the Tavern - June

[bayoudragon]

Well, here we are, a brand new month. Hope everyone is planning on having a good summer. I only have two words to describe my summer... SUMMER CAMP!

I'll be working longer hours, so I'll be in and out. Hopefully I can at least get the CF done this month. I hate not having time for art. Oh well...

Anyway, hope everyone's doing well!



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[chaosia]

I have survived the horrors of being very ill XD Its just typical, i get a week off invigilatoring due to half term. I planned to get a heap of stuff done and bam! i get struck down all week and spend most of it curled up in bed trying to keep food down >.< So now i feel very weak, got to go back work tomorrow and I'm a week behind on stuff i planned to do. yay for life! -.-
Hope everyone else is faring better than me, and at least summer camp is fun distraction from artwork BD ^^

[eilu]

cats are on a diet and not liking it. I've instituted the 20-minute rule (if the food's not eaten in 20 minutes it gets put away until the next meal) to persuade them to tuck in. A few missed meals might to their tubby-ness some good. The hard part is resisting the cute pleese-to-fee-us-nao looks.

[W.J.Lexie]

OMG - June , the sixth month , half a year gone by already . " Summertime [ northern hem ] and the livin is easy , catfish are jumpin ..... "

[UpsideDownSarah]

I finished school for the year yesterday, so now I have to figure out all my summer stuff....some sleepin' in, some prep for my masters degree, some prep for next school year and....yes....wait for it....studio time!

Ang, I hope your camp ordeal turns out for the best.

[hrymfaxe]

I have had difficulty making time for art these past weeks, but now I have joined Nanomango over on livejournal - it is a challenge to create 30 pages of sequential art in 30 days. O.o! I just might be a bit in over my head, and I think I will be very happy if I make it to 15, but it is all fun!

I really like the creature feature this month, so we will see if I can squeeze it in somewhere.

[bluedaisy]

Well, things are picking up for me. We got a new computer! YAY!!! A Dell with a 22inch screen so my tools are now off to the side when developing art(thank you tax break) . My Mom has started selling some ACEOs for me on ebay. Most of those are nature and architecture inspired watercolor pencil but I've been sketching sea dragon/serpent/people stuff lately so some fantasy stuff may work in. It's too early to tell whether this is going to be profitable for us.
Chaosia - hang in there, I know what ya mean. My kids are finally old enough for a summer of swimming and I'm about to have surgery(hysterectomy). Guess the swimming will have to wait. It's funny how the doctors and nurses are surprised I was even able to have kids - I guess miracles happen every day. They're even CUTE miracles, except when whining!

[UpsideDownSarah]

Hope your hysterectomy goes well, Bluedaisy. I'll be praying for you.

[bayoudragon]

Oh, Chaosia, I do hope you are feeling better. And trust me, I would much rather be doing art... LOL!

A small number of kids is OK, 2 dozen at once will make you pull your hair out! It's not the same as school where they have to sit and work. You teeter on the line between chaos and control in order to keep the kids having fun. It can be rewarding, but it's very stressful (for me, anyway). We have 5-6 year olds this week. A lot of them pick on each other, and one kid spit on another today. Next week will be better, they're older, less whiny.


And it's good to see others making time for art!
- Bluedaisy, you will definitely have to share your fantasy ACEOs!
- Opal, have fun with the studio time!
- Marie, OMG! That is a quite an undertaking, but good for you! I would never make it. I've been working on the CF for three days now...

[bluedaisy]

Opal - Thank you. It's in a couple of weeks. I will love to see some of the work you produce this summer.
hrymfaxe - just wanted to say WOW! What a great way to hone your skills and improve in a short period of time.
bayoudragon - LOL I would pull my hair out too if I had 2 dozen! Good Luck!

A question for cat owners - what is your favorite breed or do you think all cats are the same? I'm planning on getting two cats(prefer sibs) later this year. I prefer purebreds but since Russian blues are more rare they are really too pricey for me. (I am considering Bengals but they might be too troublesome) Any thoughts?

[chaosia]

Burmese cats are very lovable, hehe i have two >.> but i do love the good old common tabby cat or tortishell's as their coat's are very pretty. Male cats tend to be soppy once neutered and pester for attention and females can be schitzo >.>
Russian blues are gorgeous! i want a bengal too but they also rather costly aren't they? Abyssians(i can't remember spelling) are meant to be good pets too. I'm trying to remember off the top of my head.
Is well at last but busy week and not got round to any artwork in over a week now

[Tayara82]

Hi there people. It's great to see you're all about and arty still. I apologize for my long silence. The job has been tough lately due to a massive increase in sick co-workers and vacations = = I barely had any time for art either, which is positively driving me nuts.

I hope I can be around more often again, but I, too will be in and out.

[bayoudragon]

Well, since I don't really have any artwork to share, I thought I'd show everyone where my creative energies have been going. Here's the pic, as promised!

The plants are in! Some of them have a little growing to do, and some of them already need trimming since I took this pic!

My 55 gallon experiment!

[chaosia]

Ooooo zee pretty fishies! yes i can act like a 10year old >.> I'd easily sit in front of that tank and get lost with the fish for awhile.

[bayoudragon]

Originally Posted by chaosia

I'd easily sit in front of that tank and get lost with the fish for awhile.

And I do, everyday!