November, December and early January are super busy months for me. We have all family functions at my house because it can fit everyone, so that starts with Thanksgiving at my house and preparation for that takes a few days. This year there were 23 family members over here. As most of you know, once that's over, the Christmas Craze is on. Even though I buy 95% of my gifts online, it is still really time consuming. Then the actual day is held at my house, so there is a lot of preparation to do for me. It can be exhausting! Two of my sons and myself have birthdays between Dec. 1 and Jan 7, so those birthdays are held here as well. For the week after Christmas I am totally exhausted. Last year, I was in bed for a week, as the stress of it finally caught up with me. This year it wasn't quite a week, but my body just quit and said "No more!". So, as far as progress, I had little work done in the studio for the month of December.
However, I started back on Aerosmith's head the week after Christmas (in clay) . Still getting the eyes and both sides of his face to match up. Lyme does weird things to your brain~I am convinced! One day it looks perfect and great, the next, I see all sorts of mis-matched areas. So the past few sessions, I have taken to sitting at the window with no light on in the studio so I have one source of light and it's natural lighting. That has helped and I finally have his face right! I made his ears smaller, and am carefully referencing pics of his nostrils, etc. to get it all right.
I was just reflecting yesterday on how slooooowwwww I sculpt now. It's frustrating to feel like a tortoise trying to circumnavigate the globe, but a great day for me is actually getting to sculpt. I feel like a different person at the end of the day if I have gotten a few hours of sculpting in because I feel like I am moving toward my goal. It is a victory. I know I will get him done, it's just taking SO much longer than I wanted. My goal, of course in 2014 was to get him done, and I was convinced I would. I feel so discouraged that I failled. Yet another year has gone by and here I am, still working on him. But I am going to press on. This year, I really KNOW I am going to get him done! I am so close, if I just keep on keepin' on, he will get finished. Thank you again for your patience. I really want him off my plate so I can move on to so many other projects I desperately want (and need! For my sanity's sake!) to start! Happy 2015!
However, I started back on Aerosmith's head the week after Christmas (in clay) . Still getting the eyes and both sides of his face to match up. Lyme does weird things to your brain~I am convinced! One day it looks perfect and great, the next, I see all sorts of mis-matched areas. So the past few sessions, I have taken to sitting at the window with no light on in the studio so I have one source of light and it's natural lighting. That has helped and I finally have his face right! I made his ears smaller, and am carefully referencing pics of his nostrils, etc. to get it all right.
I was just reflecting yesterday on how slooooowwwww I sculpt now. It's frustrating to feel like a tortoise trying to circumnavigate the globe, but a great day for me is actually getting to sculpt. I feel like a different person at the end of the day if I have gotten a few hours of sculpting in because I feel like I am moving toward my goal. It is a victory. I know I will get him done, it's just taking SO much longer than I wanted. My goal, of course in 2014 was to get him done, and I was convinced I would. I feel so discouraged that I failled. Yet another year has gone by and here I am, still working on him. But I am going to press on. This year, I really KNOW I am going to get him done! I am so close, if I just keep on keepin' on, he will get finished. Thank you again for your patience. I really want him off my plate so I can move on to so many other projects I desperately want (and need! For my sanity's sake!) to start! Happy 2015!