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It's Been a While!

Journal Entry: Thu Sep 23, 2010, 6:42 PM
  • Mood: dA Love
  • Watching: Merlin Season 1-2
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I miss you guys!


So, as the title says, it's indeed been a while.

I haven't posted any actual fullblown art since late June, early July, but my reason is quite legit: my sweet baby girl. She's an angel like you wouldn't believe. Hardly ever cries, always smiling, does her nights (7 hours!) and is overall a pleasure to have around. The labor and birth were not easy but they were more than worth it. I don't know how I lived before she came along.

That being said, I miss drawing. I still do, but completing one piece is difficult and while I have a few that are partly done, none are finished and I admit I feel a bit discouraged. When I was in university, one of the teachers said that an artist needed to draw everyday or they would lose the touch. I wish he had not said that because it stuck around and now I'm afraid I may be losing my touch. Still, I push on. I'm gonna try to have something done before the end of October (lol!). I might ask one of the gramma's to babysit if that's what it takes but I WILL do it! lol

Otherwise, life's been good. I don't go out as much as I'd hope, but it's alright. It's been so hot this summer that staying in with the air conditioning was really the way to go with a newborn lol All this staying home and breastfeeding every 2-3 hours during the day has made it so that I watch more tv series now. I watched the whole series of Lost with my boyfriend this summer. I'm also in the process of watching Merlin and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, as well as Doctor Who. I had started Supernatural and now I'll definitely continue the series, especially now that season 6 is starting next week.

So anyways, any tips from DA mothers when it comes to drawing a little more? Would be greatly appreciated lol

I can't believe it's already been 3 months (well, almost)! I'm also working on a music compilation for the 90's, 00's and now I'll go year by year. This is for me, but also for my daughter in later years. I'm trying to pick up the best and leave the crap out. I'll post it here!

Anyways, better get going. Thanks for reading!

I miss you all! :heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

Luv,
Maria



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~TheWiseWeirdProphet Sep 30, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
That CD is a really good idea, and should be mandatory for every mother to do so!

Good job!


But really, it´s a good thing you´ll let your kid be introduced to good music, they can always choose their musical preference later on anyhow, atleast this is some way to let them get ackquainted...
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*MariaSunderland Oct 7, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hehe thanks :)

Well I remember I didn`t like my parents' music and I expect her not to like mine. Still, she'll have to deal with it on Saturday mornings LOL
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:iconmelanophrionsa:
Oh wow! I haven't been about/able to journal surf since your Philanthropy journal! CONGRATULATIONS ON MIA'S BIRTH!!! Very happy for you :p
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*MariaSunderland Sep 27, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hehe thank you! :D
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*Yzabel Sep 25, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hmm, I'd say it's true that you 'lose touch' after a while. On the other hand, it's nothing you can't get over. As far as personal experience goes, at least, I definitely lost touch, but when I started drawing again, at the end of 2009, I think I managed to get back on track and improve after a while. ('Course my sstyle being what it is, and my own take on it being 'for fun, not for career', maybe my standards are pretty low. Nevertheless, I still think I did improve. ^^)

Anyway, welcome back. :)
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*MariaSunderland Sep 27, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks :)

And yeah I guess it does come back. I think I'm more impatient than anything else lol
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:iconyzabel:
*Yzabel Sep 29, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
That's understandable. :)
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:iconkdlala:
Glad to hear things are going so well for you ^^
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*MariaSunderland Sep 27, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you! :)
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~KidcatGemini Sep 24, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oh man, I hear you about the art thing. I actually STILL worry about losing my touch and I actually lost confidence in my art skills after Xander was born and ended up in a big art rut. I'm finally starting to gain my confidence back now though. It's true that it's like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it and when you have the talent, you don't lose it. The problem we're having as moms is that by the time we can actually sit and work on something, our time is so limited and we're so tired that we end up losing patience and putting a lot more pressure on ourselves without realizing it. So even if it DOES feel like we're losing our touch, we're not ;)
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