Woohoo! Here we are. Ten years! Kind of a BIG DEAL for me!
This is post number 311!
My blog has been my patient friend. It knows that sometimes life gets distracting. Even when I'm not paying as much attention to it, it doesn't go away. It's there for me when I'm ready. My friend waits for me to work through creative block, and doesn't roll its eyes when I promise to blog once a week. My friend says, "you do you, Tracy."
I started Wet Paint primarily to be able to participate in Illustration Friday. Unfortunately, no longer with us, it was a site with a weekly one-word prompt. Illustrators had a week, from Friday to Friday, to create a piece based on the prompt, then share it, receive comments and encouragement, and dole out the same to other artists. It was great! And it existed at the perfect time for me. I was getting away from fine art and working to be a little more creative, free, and illustrator-like.
Ten years is a long(ish) time and I've been through ups and downs with my creative work. I had 45 posts in 2018 and only 6 in 2020! I'm up to 39 this year already, well on the way to my best blog-year yet!
I've shared paintings, and craft projects throughout these 10 years. I've written a few children's book manuscripts: a chapter book, that I shared here in February, and 2 other picture books that I plan to share before the year is up.
Wet Paint is my catchall. It really doesn't care what I'm doing as long as I'm happy doing it. It's here so that I can share with you. "You do you, Wet Paint." Thank you!
And thank you to everyone who stops by from time to time to check it out! I truly appreciate it.
As usual a couple steps in the process:
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