in trying to learn how to get my artwork out there, i figured out a couple of things...first is this has to become a habit...(i know alot of you are like "really, you just now figured that out").......i know.....but anyway, i have to spend some time every day on the computer doing stuff...like uploading (is that the right direction?) my pictures, writing posts for this blog, reading info on how to market myself and my artwork..etc, etc, etc...................and second thing is, i have to give myself a time limit, cause i am serious... well not usually...but you can spend hours on the computer doing stuff......so while i know those are 2 vague , but brilliant ideas for myself...the light bulbs that are going off here, so bright, and very disco-ish....is that a word?...anyway its a start and gives me a direction to head in...ok if i have to go to the beach i will....well maybe not that direction...or maybe???!!! the other brilliant realisation i had was that painting for me needs to be a habit also...yeah i can paint when i'm "in the mood" but alot of times i'm just plain lazy, so waiting for "the mood" to set in....might be awhile......but if i make painting a habit, set a block of time, it keeps me focused, well as focused as i can be........ ya know i probably would have benefited from being in the military, the discipline, the orderliness......now the military might not have benefited from me being there....i mean how many colours can you paint a tank?! it could be painted to look like a forest, an egg, a large rhino, the possibilities are endless.......and on top of that...how bout shooting with a camera??!! man, the places you could go to get the shot are endless!!!! we all go about how we run our lives so differently....some are organized, some are grounded, some have a hard time keeping the train on the tracks...squirrel........it's like when my older sister was born, my parents molded her and coaxed her willingly into this box of their vision of great accomplishments (she later became a very successful person, but growing up she was quite the thorn in my side) , then i came along...and i said "what is this box you talk of?".......their worlds were shattered.........when my brother was born, they were so broken he got away with ALOT of stuff...i'm just saying..... so the point i'm trying to make is..... while habits are a wonderful thing to get stuff done.....when you don't play by the "rules" of "the box" ...i'm doing air quotes when i write these...too funny.... for me, it's harder to stick with a routine and /or habit, ...i'm great at starting stuff, its the excitement, the music, the confetti...... but when the beach is calling you and your supposed to be painting... that follow through is kinda rough. but it really.... i think... in the marathon...a marathon is a long run...ha ha , will benefit you...or me. so lets see if i can keep these habits going and achieve some dreams!! be groovy! let's also see if the middle picture stays where i needed it to when i publish it.
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hello again...so i'm trying to figure when to put this blog online... well on this website...ok so that is online...i'm so redundant ........anyway, back to my thinking.... so i was thinking i should wait till i'm home the majority of the time to put this blog online cause i'll have access to a computer. yeah i know your saying "hey you can use your phone to go online too." but i would say "i barely have this computer figured out, i have post-its and scraps of paper taped everywhere reminding me how to do this or that on the computer, could you just imagine what that would look like with my phone?" (see drawing above).......so back again to my thinking... and some people think i can't focus?! what?! anyway.
so then i thought i'll put everything online next week cause i'll be around. then i thought well i better wait till sometime in august because of vacations. then i thought maybe i'll wait till september cause everyone is kinda back to their schedule. but then i realized...hold up .....isn't that what this blog is all about??!! aren't i trying to show the journey, my process, the creative chaos of trying to learn this???!!!.....sometimes it takes me a minute or 2 or 10........wait... a post-it just fell. hello campers, and welcome to my very first blog. yeah!!! i know im starting this blog after the whole blog explosion has been happening for a bit now....but better late than never, right? i hope!
soooo this blog will be about my journey and the trials and tribulations of being an artist/ muralist. ive been a muralist for around 30 years, kinda fell into it when a friend asked if i could paint a mural in her kids school cafeteria. "sure" i said...how hard can it be, i mean ive been painting forever it seems, so i started painting the 3 wall mural and lets just say i believe you could probably peel the mural off the wall and it would stay together. i used tubes and jars of acrylic paint....just a little pricey. who knew...well probably anyone who paints murals. but its still on the schools wall, so i must have done something right! and a big shout out to God, couldnt do any of this without him! since then i have painted numerous schools, seems i have a knack for the whimsical. and colour, lots of colour!!! also lots of rooms in houses, businesses, churches, pools, lots of furniture, all my cars, washer, dryer, vacuum cleaner, phone....well you get the gist. if it dosent move too fast ill paint it. people sometimes want to know what goes on in my brain, how do i come up with these ideas, how much chaos is going on in my head....well ive asked my brain that too, havent gotten an answer yet.... wait i think i hear something..........nope..nevermind. on the painting front, this social media thing is kinda complicated, and trying to market myself has not been my forte. my kids and my niece tell me to instagram and facebook and twitter and on and on.....besides being overwhelming, you could stay on the computer all day trying to update and download and paste and share and flip and spin and do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around...etc. learning how to market yourself is a big help...trust me just sitting around waiting for someone to call you for a mural is not the best marketing strategy. did i just get a phone call? so i thought i would write this blog and try to post something at least once a week, maybe more, or less depending on my excessive crazy-ness. trying to rebuild myself, remake myself, market myself, and maybe this little journey could benefit me and hopefully someone else too?! so off we go into the great paint can (i used bucket instead of can cause i liked the word) to see what we will see. grab your brush you groovy readers!!!! lets paint!! hi mom! |
bobbi plentovichim bobbi from bobbis murals...muralist, artist, creative mess. writing a blog about the journey of a muralist/ artist and her quest for a place in the confetti coloured art world Archives
April 2021
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