This is my first professional illustration job. I certainly hope it leads to many more!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Whimsey Wednesday: The Queen is now amused!
Well, here she is! In all her glory! She's waiting for her subjects to return with the day's food. They adore her. She's a good queen and a great mother!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge: Dreaming in Color!
I do! I do! I really, really do!
But, right now, I'm groovin' in shades of grey.
I won't go into details too much because I don't want to spoil my weekly challenge week, coming up soon.
But for now...
We just dug out (or I should say, 'he' dug out! Thank you, honey!) of a 30 inch snow, the day after Christmas. That's a lot of snow, for us!
I love it when it looks like it might snow, how steely the sky looks! Either a flat, even grey, or those wonderful billowing sooty clouds that skud across the sky! I love it while it snows. I love it as it melts off my roof and fringes my windows with fantastic icicles. I am exceedingly grateful to my hubby for his fabulous shoveling skills, and also to our friend, Jack, who plows us out. (Our driveway is almost a 1/4 of a mile long!)
Have you ever noticed how many shades of grey there are out there? Put your seeing glasses and count them!
☃☃ This image is a portion of a painting that I made, featuring my kitten, Angela.
You can see the whole image and purchase it as a blank note card in my Etsy shop; ☃☃
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors......
Today I broke one of the ten commandments. Although, maybe not, since the person who had what I coveted, which is very real, was not a real person, but a fictional mouse.
I am a person who "inhabits" books. And most of the time I find the movie to be less wonderful than the book. This is true of this movie. but it was a very fine adaptation, nonetheless.
My husband and I went to see the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is my favorite of all the Chronicles of Narnia. And, as my husband puts it, "Everyone loves Reepicheep!" But when he got into that little coricle and paddled up that wall of water, fearlessly, with grave yet joyous anticipation, I wanted to go too!
I, like Lucy, Edmund, Eustice and Caspian, have to wait. And I know I have work to do until I meet Aslan on that sandy strand. Everyday has it's own special adventures and my job is to meet them,whether they are sweet or darkly sour, with grace, learning what I can and looking for opportunities to share what I learn.
I think I'll know when the time is right.
But I envy Reepicheep!
and I can wait. (I hope I get a little coricle of my own!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge: Well, how did it go?
What were my artistic objectives in 2010?
The first one that comes to mind is that I wanted to make canes and sell them. I wanted to know if I had truly latched on to an idea that would satisfy me and that I could sell enough of to allow me to continue to make them.
The conclusion to this resolution:
I've sold right around 20 "Inspirational Puzzle Canes".
I did my first "Mega Show"
I didn't sell enough to cover the cost of the show, I did sell enough to convince me to keep on trying! I know what to do to be more successful at the show I'll be doing in March.
My second objective?
( my "Alms" bowl; Throw your spare change in,
and when it's full send it to the charity of your choice.)
To call myself a professional potter.
I bought a kiln in October, 2009.
I started reaquainting myself with the medium in December, 2009.
I bought a kick wheel in April, 2010
My year end conclusion?
I have developed the biginnings of a line of ecumenical ceramic pieces that I hope to refine and present for sale in 2011.
I've also taken several custom jobs, providing folks with pottery items that are
"just what they wanted!"
My third objective:
To move into the little cabin I own, which I've had to keep rented in order to pay the mortgage, and to make enough art to pay the monthly rent. I use it as a studio. I don't live there, but I sure could!
The conclusion:
Well, not yet. I only moved in in September. But I'm well on my way! And the joy I feel while working in my special place is, indeed, priceless!
My fourth objective:
To treat my art as a full time job.
To have a "Place to Go" to get away from phones, friends, family and concentrate soley on my "play". It takes up many hours. (Or, rather, the time I'm not there takes up many hours. The hours I'm there fly by like minutes!
So?
As a Christian, my goal has always been to hear what the Lord is saying to me and to do His will. I think, maybe, I'm finally listening!
I don't think I could be much happier than I am right now!
It's like I've found the life I've been looking for all along!
There is a contentment in my center and an anticipation of continued success.
God is very, very good to me!
Whimsey Wednesday: The Queen is not amused!
I have been commissioned illustrate a little book about the ant and the grasshopper, or in this case, cricket!This is a rough sketch of the "Queen Ant".
By the time I'm done with her, I'm sure she'll be Opulent!
Maybe I'll have her finished by next Wednesday!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Illustration Friday Challenge: Winter
This is my kitten, Angela, during one of her more quiet moments. Usually she's what we affectionaly call "Superconductor Kitty"Right now she sits quietly on the window sill and waits, waits, waits. It's as if she's asking, "What time does the show start?" Answer? Not until she stops sitting there!
This print, with two others are available for sale as blank note cards in my Etsy shop, at
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tea, Anyone? World of Whimsey enty
I've been doing a whole of Alchemy searching lately. I've been accepted to a show in March that costs $595, which means I gotta do a lot of art to pay for the space!This is one of the sillier ord
ers! My customer is a college student who wanted me to paint a particular dinosaur on a tea cup. Her friend eats, breathes, lives dinosaurs and he just started a tea cup collection! Go figure!
I've been having a wonderful time fulfilling folks wishes, the crazier the better!
Do you have something off the wall that I can produce for you?? Just let me know!
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LIFE IS JUST SO FULL OF COOL STUFF!
- Judy Goddard
- Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States
- My nane is Judy and I've been a christian for more than 3/4 of my life. I believe in redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, that God, the Spirit lives in me and gives me the power to do His will and to live a joyful life. I have a Godly husband, a grown son and daughter. I live on a farm with 3 goats, 2 chickens, 2 horses, a cat, a dog and a python. I am an artist and a singer. I was a full time stay at home mom, the hardest job you'll ever love! I have two handmade shops on Etsy. Leaning on the Promises www.leaningonthepromises.etsy.com (Hand Painted Walking Canes) and Beaver Creek Pottery www.beavercreekpottery.etsy.com and an Etsy shop for selling Vintage and Antiques. Jersey Pine Pickers www.jerseypinepickers.etsy.com I post about my relationship with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, about the things He teaches me, delights me with and how He uses me.