Priscilla Doll and Sunflower

Priscilla and Sunflower
Priscilla and Sunflower

I’ve had the itch to sew for a good month. I’ve finally gathered the dolls I’d like to complete and started adding their final touches.

This young lady is a handmade African American rag doll with a hand painted face and handmade clothes. She’s a lovely girl, a shelf sitter girl to be added to your collection. Although she is sturdy, she is not meant to be a toy. The Indian doll is not for sale, the pendant she’s wearing is in the Etsy shop. .

Soon Priscilla will have her shoes and will sit in my Etsy shop along with this dried artichoke presented as an ornamental sunflower. Expect her to have a light scent of lavender. If you’ll notice, she’s sitting against a wall of lavender.

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The Reconstruction of Sundrip

There is a lot of restructuring to do as it relates to art made available for sale. There is a lot of work involved in just getting art on the net. It needs to be photographed or scanned then filed in individual folders. After that I have to resize, crop to show detail and mark them as the exclusive property of Sundrip. Then each painting has to be uploaded to my Etsy shop with appropriate categories and keywords. This can be a long and tedious process.

While I lay in this very spot for several months it occurred to me that art should be signed and sealed before it even hits the net. I should have pre-cut mounting boards and stabilizing cardboard. It would also be in my best interest to standardize art sizes. I was good for painting on just about any surface but that complicated things for me. If I stick to standard sizes for pre-cut boards I think that will be a great help in getting orders out faster.
And dang it, I need a stapler! I keep saying I prefer not to use one but I’m gettin’ me a stapler, now dang it!!

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Between the brush and life

Joyful Garden - detail tease

There’s a lot of work to be done on this blog. My art has changed making it necessary to reorganize the galleries and even add a few. I’m excited about it but at the same time it feels daunting. A little at a time I suppose. And it’ll have to be fit in between painting and living, between the brush and life.

When I feel,  right now there are many reasons for strong feelings, then I paint.

I try to keep this blog updated but it doesn’t always happen because I’m being treated in home for disabilities and I’m painting to manage the emotions associated with the illnesses as well as emotional difficulties stated in my bio on the About Me page. There is so much going on that I’ve come to realize one thing: I’m like everyone else.

Time is a commodity. Heck, time is currency. 

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Time for a Vacation

This art website as well as my Etsy shop will be on vacation starting December 1st, 2012 until January 1st 2013. If there is an order you want to place through this website or on Etsy please do so before December 1st.During vacation you may at any time visit my Redbubble shop to purchase prints and postcards.
As of Friday, November 30th, 2012 the Redbubble  shop has been updated and is more consistent than before.Thank you.  See you soon.
Through most of December, Redbubble will offer free shipping with codes that appear at the top of the page. Use the provided code on that website and take advantage of the cost reduction.

Faith-Magdalene Austin
SUNDRIP- Art for Life