Grayson Studios Blog

Another quick image from my iphone (hence the graininess). . . . Whew! It’s been a busy month.  Atlanta’s National Black Arts Festival is just around the corner. I am printing my last batch of cards and stuffing and dressing the last few dolls.  I actually have thirty five dolls in various stages of completion.  [...]

I took this photo with my iphone so it’s a bit grainy. Okay, I will spare you the “I can’t believe that it is June already!” comments.  Yes, I think we are all surprised to look up and see that we are already half way through the year.  For those of you who follow this [...]

I love that I get to make and share art. What a blessing!  Over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to travel to share with artists and designers from all over the United States.  I was truly inspired by their creativity and generosity of spirit.  I came home a  bit tired but [...]

Happy day, happy day. Our first 80 degree day in Atlanta.  The sun just energizes me.  As you read this post I invite you to sing or hum Dream Come True by the Brand New Heavies (click on the link and scroll to hear a sample).  Just wanted to share my happy day by sharing [...]

My goal for March was COMPLETION! Here’s how I did. . . Continue my declutter project.  It is so freeing to just let stuff go.  ONGOING I discovered something wonderful in my studio in March: THE FLOOR!   I have completed another large section of the big declutter project.  I didn’t know that I would get [...]

Ive been working on my goals for February.  I’ve cleaned half the studio (je je –I haven’t seen the floor in a while). I found a scrap piece of peg board and hung it up so I could have my tools handy (because I can’t stand hunting for misplaced tools). As you can see, I [...]

Like a lot of you, I can’t believe January is already gone!  I belong to a fun group of business minded artists who have joined forces to share their art goals each month.  I will start with a recap of  my January goals and then move on to lovely February. January recap: spend at least [...]

I’ve been back in the studio for a week now following a little holiday relaxation. It was nice to take a small break but I was ready to get back. I needed to download all of the images I had been storing in my brain during the holiday (okay, I know, cheesy metaphor but work [...]

Writing my goals took longer than I thought.  I think it is because I can feel that 2010 is going to be wonderful.  I don’t want to miss a thing. Without further ado here are my 2010 themes and goals for making art. Color for the year:  GREEN. I guess you can tell by my [...]

For the last three years I have made a point of stopping to celebrate my accomplishments or wins for the year.  I got the idea from Alyson Stansfield who writes the Art Biz blog.  As Alyson points out There will always be more to do–more than you have time for. Instead of thinking about what [...]