Joining the Artistic Madness

[kerravonsen]

Okay, I have decided to join up with naarmamo. For the creative challenge, because I should be creative. Some things I create may be crappy, because I usually like to spend more than one day on them. Oh well. It is a challenge.

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so excited that you're going to participate. And I can guarantee that my art will make yours look wonderful by comparison (though I'm sure it will be lovely anyway).

[kerravonsen]

You can cross-stitch! I've never done that in my life!

[kerravonsen]

Er, what I mean by that is "Don't put yourself down, mon amie."

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I knew what you meant. But I'm not putting myself down. I'm good at a lot of crafty things, but nothing that requires the ability to visualize. I can't draw, paint, do computer graphics, or interior design, and it's not for lack of trying. I'm sure with enough practice I would improve some, but I doubt whether the ratio of investment to return would be a worthwhile use of my life, you know? Still, I am going to try to do some drawing and computer graphics this month.

And hey, cross-stitch is the paint-by-numbers of the needlework world. I'm absolutely certain you could do it; if you were here, I'd whip out my supplies and make you! ::g::

[kerravonsen]

And hey, cross-stitch is the paint-by-numbers of the needlework world. I'm absolutely certain you could do it; if you were here, I'd whip out my supplies and make you!

I'd never finish, I don't have the patience.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Cross-stitch is teh awesome (though I haven't done it in forever), because you can do it while listening to books on tape. There are precious few things I can do and still give said book the amount of attention it deserves--driving, knitting/crocheting, and cross-stich, pretty much.

Not that I do enough of any of those, except driving.

Sorry, random addition to the conversation.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Well, there's two answers to that. One is just to do small things, like Christmas ornaments and bookmarks; they don't take long. The other is to do it in little bits over a long time, while listening to a CD, watching a mindless TV show, waiting at the doctor's office, etc., as izhilzha says. Though it's true that the one picture I have on my own wall, I did pretty much non-stop during a week's vacation, but usually I do it while watching TV.

[kerravonsen]

I must admit that, if I could make myself take the time, I would rather do beadwork or costume-making than cross-stitch, because I can get something to wear out of it at the end...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yes, I hear that. I'd actually do more needlework of all kinds, if I could figure out something to do with it after. I don't want a house full of it, that's not my style at all.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I used to do a bit of blackwork... dunno if my eyesight's still up to it now, though...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

That seems an oddly appropriate hobby for you, given your interest in history. :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yep, I got into it by thinking how beautiful it was in Tudor portraits :) Not that I ever got anywhere near that level, but even the simple stuff is pretty.