I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want this blog to be. I feel like I'm trying to make it into something it truly isn't. Trying to jump way ahead of the game, when I just need to be happy with where I am right now in this moment. Still an artist starting out on her journey, still confused about exactly where she's going, but defiantly happy with what she's creating and where her life seems to be headed.

  Beyond even the blog I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing. I'm studying to be an art teacher, that's for sure and for certain. I've discovered a passion for sharing art that I never knew was in me. I already have ideas for things that I want to do with my future students.  However, where I will go to college and where I will live is still sort of up in the air. It's difficult to be a mom at 19 and still live at home. I'm grateful to all of my family for all they have done for me and my son, however, I cannot wait to be independent and moved out with my lil family of two.

  I'm also trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with my art. My pieces are turning into things that I never thought I could do and I'm constantly getting excited by what I'm churning out, but it's still nerve-wracking for me...

  Recently I've been confronted with some pretty big choices about where I'm going to go with my life from here. While these choices scare the crap out of me, I know I need to make decisions soon. A way in which I sift through my thoughts is my art. I know a lot of artists say this, but it's completely true. My sketchbook is a safe place where no one can judge me but myself. If I don't like a page I can turn to the next blank page and move on. I can get out my anger, frustration, sadness, anything on a clean page. It may not be the nicest work you've ever seen, but it helps me work through my issues. 

A little sketch I did of Maleficent. With her new movie coming out Maleficent drawings are all over the place so I thought I'd give it a shot and go with my cartoony style. I enjoy how it came out. However, I might revise it and work on it some more.

  I found this quote on pinterest months ago and it really resonated with me. There are so many of us creative types out there who wonder what classifies us as a true artist. Is is selling a print? Having a show in a gallery? It certainly can't be enjoying what we create and creating fantastic things can it?

  It is my belief that every artist has this self doubt. They know that they can create things and they know that they love to do it, but they don't know if they are truly an artist. Well, I'm here to tell you that you are. We all are. Wether you like making paper mache poodles, graffiti, or are a performance artist. You ARE and artist.

  The dictionary has many different definitions for an artist. From: "a person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby." to "a person skilled at a particular task or occupation." I don't think the dictionary does it justice.

  I think that an artist is anyone who creates. Wether it be drawings, paintings, sculptures, websites, movements with your body, anything you create can be art and you are the artist who brought it into this world.

  Being an artist isn't something anyone can define you as, it is something you must define yourself as.

I've been messing around with watercolors and a uniball pen. Crazy things are coming of it.