art quote – Doctor 1.14.2021

The creative life is not a straight line. There is no map for making, only an orientation. It’s a poetic, unpredictable spiral. It’s the discipline of returning to the same practices again and again, regardless of circumstance. No matter how flourishing your life as a maker is, or how successful you are, you don’t ever …

#81-100 self portraits 7.11.2019

Here's another post about my 100-day self portrait project. I've completed the 100 days, so this post includes self portraits 81 through 100. You can find the first 80 in these posts: #1-16: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/04/18/1-16-self-portraits-4-18-2019/ # 17-34: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/05/09/17-self-portraits-5-9-2019/ # 35-50: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/05/23/35-50-self-portraits-5-23-2019/ # 51-65: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/06/06/51-65-self-portraits-6-6-2019/ #66-80: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/06/20/66-80-self-portraits-6-20-2019/ You can also find them all on my Instagram stories. …

#66-80 self portraits 6.20.2019

Here's another post about my 100-day self portrait project. This includes self portraits 66 through 80. You can find the first 65 in these posts: #1-16: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/04/18/1-16-self-portraits-4-18-2019/ # 17-34: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/05/09/17-self-portraits-5-9-2019/ # 35-50: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/05/23/35-50-self-portraits-5-23-2019/ # 51-65: https://rachelimsland.com/2019/06/06/51-65-self-portraits-6-6-2019/ You can also find them all on my Instagram stories. 66. buoyant, oil pastel67. as child, watercolor68. as snake …

the 100 day project 3.7.2019

At the beginning of 2019, one of my goals was to draw every day. And I haven't done that. I've practiced creating almost every day, but not specifically drawing. I learned about The 100 Day Project somewhere on the interweb, and think this will be a good challenge for me. Here's the link if you …

4-year review 10.4.2018

This blog turned 4 years old this week:) I wrote a 3-year review post last year, and an 18-month review in 2016. Today, four years after I first started writing this blog: I practice art - ceramics or painting - almost daily. This summer, I took a beginning watercolor class, and now have a table …

art quote – Hamilton 8.9.2018

“One doesn’t arrive—in words or in art—by necessarily knowing where one is going. In every work of art something appears that does not previously exist, and so, by default, you work from what you know to what you don’t know. You may set out for New York but you may find yourself as I do …

200 days of yoga 7.19.2018

Today marks 200 days in a row of my yoga practice. Most days I practice for about thirty minutes. A handful of times I'm at the mat for less than 10 minutes. But when I think I only have 10 minutes to fit yoga in to my terribly busy retiree days, that 10 minutes usually …

3-year review 10.5.2017

This blog is 3 years old! Looking back over my posts, I find that I've never written an "annual review." I did write an 18-month review. When I started blogging 3 years ago, I wrote monthly reviews. I wanted those monthly check-ins to help keep me accountable and on track for following up on my …

eighteen month anniversary 3.30.2016

Today this Rachel as Artist blog is 18 months old! I know there were a couple of lapses in posting over that time - one for five months! But that happened for a good reason. Looking back at my very first post I see that I planned for "monthly intentions." That fell by the wayside because …

still here 3.18.2015

My new and temporary role as caretaker to my healing son is taking up much of my time. I haven't been able to draw and paint quite as often as planned, but am still here, working in small chunks of found time. And those chunks are getting bigger and bigger. This is a watercolor I …