Make the Time

Art journaling PWYC this Saturday and Life

A WIP started in The Art Life: The Feminine in Color

Checking in.

We are still waiting here (hopefully within the next two weeks, we'll have answers to a very long and stressful 10 month long journey)

We have a lot going on at home this week which has prevented me from getting to my easel until this weekend's workshops:

SATURDAY, 9 May 2026:

Pay What You Can Juicy Journaling with a focus on exploring COLOR and MARK MAKING in this month's session

SUNDAY, 10 MAY 2026:

In this week's session of The Art Life: The Feminine in Color, we will be painting and thinking about brush strokes and Berthe Morisot (this work as well as the painting at the top are both WIP. We'll be talking about BRUSHWORK in The Art Life on the 17th.)

When I can't get to my easel, for whatever reason, I still have things that keep me paying attention, curious, seeking, thinking, and working.

I've stashed sketchbooks in every room of my apartment. I have two in my purse and one in the car. I have my written, catch-all studio journal by my bed.

I'm surrounded by books that feed me. I am reading and listening, staying informed and inspired by following artists, activists and news organizations I trust.

Currently, I'm reading and loving Molly Crabapple's book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund:

as well as

Berthe Morisot by Jean-Dominique Rey

All of this to say, I know that the world around us isn't always what we want and need it to be. As artists, we have the ability to inspire others to not only see what's in front of them, but also to dream bigger and work towards something different, something better. We encourage possibility. We give hope. We inspire action.

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"Radicals often suspect beauty of corruption. Uptight fuckers though they sometimes are, they're right in one thing: art alone cannot change the world. Pens can't take on swords, let alone Predator drones. But as disappointment and violence spread, the antidote is a generosity that the best art can still inspire."
Molly Crabapple, Drawing Blood

As a working artist...Thank you for your likes, your shares (sharing really helps!), your interest, your engagement. I appreciate YOU.

Thank you for reading this and being a part of the journey.

Look out for each other, create something, stay connected, and most of all, stay human.

Kelly

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