Thanksgiving Doodle ~ My Family Of Friends…

It was a funny, odd way of doing things (which is the way most things I make are.) First I just scribbled a continuous line of swirls and shapes until I filled the page. I had to just look at it for awhile and think. 

Then I decided to take my oil pastels and color in all the shapes. There. That was done. NOW WHAT?

And then for no specific reason I just started drawing an odd assortment of facey-kind of faces. And then I knew I was drawing my dearest friends, which for me means that some are real, some are imaginary, some are fantasy, some elemental, fairy creatures, and most are people of some, perhaps, unusual sorts.

My friends are every color of the rainbow, every race, every gender, real, make believe, from every country and cultural and spiritual path and way of living and being around the world. Some are friendly spirits that live with me, some are creatures I have known in my dreams, some are always here in my studio, whispering to me. People sometimes feel sorry for me because I am elderly, disabled, and alone. I have to laugh at that. Yes, there are hardships. but lonely? Almost never. My imaginary world is bigger than the planet. There are so many beings here in the studio with me it can get almost too crowded at times. Right now it is quiet, and peaceful. The out of town family that came for Thanksgiving have gone home and we who live in this town are getting back to whatever is normal life for us, though no one has EVER called MY life normal, ha ha ha. I take great pride in that. I took a life filled with abuse and scary things, mental illness and physical disability, and made it my own. and Disneyland can’t touch the wonders of the world I have created. 

I am curious to see how this week of doodling through the holiday to help me steady my nerves and feel less anxious will affect the art to come which tonight I return to. But return to what? I haven’t a clue and it doesn’t matter. I am a self-taught, outsider artist, who draws some sweet things, some scary things, and some things just to help me figure out what direction my life should go. I never know, and it’s taken me a very long time to realize it just doesn’t matter.

I am making this a Public post on Patreon so feel free to share it. I am doing this in the hopes of bringing in more Patrons and gifting my family of friends of every shape, color, size and dimension, real and imagined, with a piece of my heart. And mostly, I am sharing it just because it makes me happy! Patrons this month are going to receive several free art downloads  because I have created such an odd assortment of wild, unruly and unrelated art this month. I want them to have the links to them all and take whatever they like. And thank you for being my friend, whoever you are. I just love you madly and appreciate you so much.

Blessings and Love, Always and Always…