The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

Today’s Inktober prompt was “spell” so I did someone casting a spell with a wand (how imaginative). Not very happy with my drawing ability still. It’s very hard to do it, but the more I practice the better I’ll get.

I haven’t been seeking out art to look at because I’ve been good about going on Instagram regularly and I follow hundreds of artists on there so I get to see art of all kinds. It gets easier to use it the more often I do it. When I go a few days without going on Instagram, I get really opposed to doing it at all. It’s good for me though and I don’t feel addicted to it at all because I can barely get myself to engage in what little I do on there. I probably spend 15 minutes total on days I force myself to logon which is around five days a week.

Today I am going to clean the downstairs. It has gotten pretty messy over the past two weeks. I also need to tidy my studio so I will probably end up taking a Ritalin because it really helps me do tasks I don’t want to do, like cleaning. The last time I took one was two weeks ago.

Taking antibiotics four times a day is hard to keep up with. I do take other medication twice a day so that’s fine, I can take an antibiotic with those meds, but the other two times are difficult to remember.

I am going to wear my renaissance dress for Halloween and Michael is going to be Carmy from The Bear. Well technically he is going to dress up for his work’s Halloween party on the 30th, but he should be able to put the costume on when it’s Halloween as well although I think the reference will be lost on children who trick or treat. Maybe their parents will get it.

My toilet keeps having trouble flushing. I hope something hasn’t fallen into it to block it. That happened last time it was not flushing properly. They found a bottle of disinfectant lodged inside the pipe. It had fallen from the medicine cabinet that’s right above the toilet.

It was chilly enough to put Margot in a Halloween sweater today. I have three different dog clothing pieces for spooky season. Two are sweatshirts with hoodies and one is a knitted sweater (pictured).

I didn’t run today because it’s supposed to rain all morning and I didn’t feel like getting wet. The weather improves tomorrow so I’ll do a 10k to make up for the fact I did not do a 5k today. Six miles shouldn’t be too much before a half marathon. That way I can achieve my 21 mile goal for the week.

Tonight is game night. We are having 4 friends over to play board games for a few hours. Usually we order pizza for dinner and have chips and dip. The chips will be impossible for me to eat, but I can cut the pizza into tiny pieces and eat that. The crust not so much, as it’s very chewy and thick, but the rest of the piece should be doable.

Intentions for September 30 – October 6:

(I’ll put an X next to the intention for every day I do it)

1. Meditate – 5 days XXXXX accomplished!

2. Take the dog on a walk every day XXXXX

3. Do art – 7 days XXXXX

4. Cook dinner – 5 days XXX

5. Instagram – 5 days XXXX

6. Run 9 miles this week before the marathon

7. Run a half marathon on Sunday

8. Play video games, read/relax for an hour – 5 days XXX

9. Clean the house (Friday and Saturday) X

Painting Schedule:

Outline photo, grid, print out gridded drawing, grid watercolor paper Wednesday Sep 25 Draw figure onto gridded watercolor paper Friday Sept 27 Outline drawing and paint in background. Saturday Sept 28 Paint eyes – Sunday Sept 29 Paint skin – Monday Sept 30 Paint shirt – Tuesday Oct 1 Paint hairnet – Wednesday Oct 2 Paint mask – Thursday Oct 3 Paint glove – Tuesday Oct 8 Paint long sleeve and knees – Wednesday Oct 9