I wish it was next week...

WARNING! A slight rant is included today. Once again, this is my blog and if what I say politically offends you, you are warned not to read to the end. 

 Jake wants his belly rubs every day, whenever I sit on the couch. But he wants me to lean down and do it, not get up on the couch next to me. We call this controlling mom, and it always brings his sister over to my left side for a back rub. People ask how I spend my days now that I'm not working. Dogs. That is my final answer.

I posted the flower vase on Instagram. Did a background of acrylic paint, then drew a rough vase and some circles for the flowers. Created the flowers with pieces of washi tape, and added tape to the vase as well for texture. This was all inspired by Gulfsprite. Added paint to the vase, some Arteza brush pens for shading, and when it was all dry, finished with a coat of Matte Medium to hold the tapes down. I am working on another spread with the same technique. 

The Dylusions journal with the double girls was all acrylic paint. Not happy with it.

The single Canson Mixed Media is in the big 11x14 journal. Started drawing the girl in graphite, then coloring in shading with Prisma Colored pencils. Another Gulfsprite technique, I then added Liquitex white acrylic ink to an empty watercolor brush pen, and worked that over the pencil. DID NOT get the same results as the speed video I watched on YouTube, so switched to acrylic paint in SunKissed Peach. I am going to try this again, but use my watercolor pencils instead of the regular colored pencils. 

Last is a Kuretake water color girl who ended up with a super high forehead, so she received a giant piece of jewelry. The designs in the background are white acrylic paint through a stencil, let that dry, then water color over the resist. 

Weather permitting, we walk at the dog park every day. I art journal every single day. It is the only way I am able to function through this incredible dread of impending doom. We have been conditioned to expect the absolute worse in this country, week after week, for the past four years. And as the actual election day draws near, I am more afraid that evil will win. There is now a Supreme Court Justice who firmly believes in the federalist interpretation of our Constitution. How ironic. If we, as a Nation, were to adhere to that thinking, women would not be educated, nor voting, nor be justices. Yet here she is on the highest court in the land. The Republican party has moved into such a state of hypocrisy, representing the minority thinking of our population, that it is doubtful the party will ever truly recover should trump lose the election. 

But what if he wins? I hold onto the fact that the House and Senate will be controlled by the Democrats. It is looking good for that to happen. Which means trump will be impeached. No doubt in my mind. Pence will end up being impeached as well, because his thinking is more warped that what people who support him realize. And the trump supporters will riot. IF Biden wins, the trump supporters will riot. Either way, this country will no longer exist as it has in the past. The next year is going to be rough, my friends. I hope we are all prepared for a ride that no one has ever seen nor experienced. Linda