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Bug-A-Day Zero: Happy New Year!


With a New Year comes the desire to improve oneself...in other words...Resolutions. For starters, I've decided to renew my Bug-A-Day project and see where that takes me. Maybe I can get past the three-month mark this time. Maybe I won't make it past one. ;) The goal is to complete a year.

So this is Day 0, because it's December 31, 2019, not January. I was really motivated this morning and eager to get started. It took several hours to color this "metallic" wasp sketch (I think it's one of those solitary parasitic wasps, which are frequently metallic). I saw the photo and was dazzled by its pretty colors.

Moving forward, not everyday will be so elaborate and time-consuming, but the most important thing is just to complete something. And it isn't perfect, but that's also the point. Perfectionism can be a killer - it can prevent you from completing things, or sometimes even from starting things.

I will be posting them on here and my Tumblr page to help keep myself accountable.

New Year Resolutions for 2020:
1. Bug-A-Day, to help keep the creative juices flowing and hopefully increase my skills
2. Do a better job at keeping in touch with friends. I've been horrible at it lately and I miss my friends!
3. Exercise more/get outside more. I feel a lot better when I do.



[December 31, 2019]

This is available as an ACEO giclee print HERE

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