UPDATE // first month of 2022 down! (Patreon)

We're already on the last day of January! Here's a little overview of how this month has gone for me:

SETTING NEW GOALS

It’s the start of a new year! In 2021, I finished off a lot of paintings that I had lying around for a while, and am starting this year with a clean slate. It is kind of daunting to start with nothing, and so I’ve been spending some time setting some goals for the kind of paintings I want to make. In 2021, I mostly took on new challenges by tackling them in my sketches and studies. This year I want to do more challenging paintings as well, featuring things like interiors, animals, visual effects like smoke and fire, and more lush and detailed settings. I already started on a few of these paintings and I’m excited to get to work on them in the coming months!

WORKING ON THE HOUSE

This month, I scaled down the amount of client work and other side projects I was doing, simply because the last few months were ridiculously busy and I needed a break. I’ve been giving myself more time to focus on other stuff. I’ve been living in my current home for almost 3 years now, but there were tons of things that still needed to happen that had been on the backburner since we moved here. So this month I’ve not only been creating art, but also working on finishing up my home! We’ve been painting walls, hanging up shelves and paintings, and generally picking up where we left off a while ago. It feels good to finally get started on these things again! 

Here are some pictures of some things we did! Left is the dark blue wall color I added to my home office (still need to put the frames up), and right is the shelving system we had lying on the ground for literally over a year that is now on the wall where it should be:

We also finally put some lovely art by our friend Menah on the walls:

And we painted the downstairs bathroom wall dark green and put up a new mirror! Next step is adding some frames:

So far, 2022 has been a lot about getting momentum going! How has the year been for you so far? 

As always, thanks so much for your support! I'll be sending out links to this month's google drive folder today. If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to share them with me through a direct message or e-mail to loishh@gmail.com. Any and all feedback is welcome! I hope you’ll continue to be my patron and enjoy the content coming up next month! ❤