If you would like to know who won the Yoga Gypsy calendar, please have a look over at the Skyblue Facebook Page! (you can go straight to the announcement post here. You’ll enjoy my goofy video.)
…That whole contest thing was a little stressful. Any time I do something new or outside of my comfort zone, I pretty much freak out. Hives, burning ulcer, sleepless nights… it’s not easy being me. But how terrifying, to put my art out for everyone to see, offering it for free! … and knowing only like 2 people would care. But those are the type of thing I must do. Hopefully you will be a witness from my humble beginnings to my wild success! LOL
And art is one of the many things I do to combat the paralyzing anxiety i can get. Anxiety, depression, blah, blah blah. There… now you all know. I’m a hot mess. Besides the yoga, dance and all that jazz…the art has been some of my best medicine. It’s helped me on my darkest days, and it definitely beats any prescriptions they put me on.
I’ve always been drawn to gypsies… specifically what I imagined they would wear, or what I would wear if I could be a gypsy of some sort. Coins, hip-scarves, long flowing skirts… and then I got to drawing these awkward figures, with their quirky belly dancer outfits and dangly jewelry, and well… the only thing I could think of that they were gypsies. Anyway, I just found some photos of the original Yoga Gypsy drawing… before she got glued and painted into the painting seen on the December page of the calendar.
Also you’ll find some of the other gypsies from my sketchbooks. I hope to get some of my other drawings out there and available for your collection. 🙂
What would we find in your sketchbooks?
xo skyblue
Beautiful….
Thank you! 🙂
I always found any kind of artistic endeavor was great for calming and settling. You have some awesome talent.
I think we may be lost sisters!
oh i love that! especially since I am an only child. :=) Do you have a blog Karen?
Your Yoga Gypsy is one cool character.
lol, why thank you 🙂 sometimes i think she’s gotta be a hot mess on the inside. Happy New Year!
Your comment about a hot mess on the inside has stayed in my head for several days now. I think that describes a lot of women who are passionate, interesting and fun.
you are too kind Scuba! Passionate, of course! Interesting and fun? … let’s put it this way… it’s Friday night and i’m home under my blankie with my two cats watching CNN and reading blogs. what i wouldn’t do to see the things you see! no wild life here! 🙂 cheers! and thank you
It could be a lot worse than being home with two cats. Be thankful. A lot of it isn’t what you see but how you see it. Keep inn touch with the Yoga Gypsy. Meditate on a vision of the ocean.
thanks Scuba… I needed that. 🙂