ArtZpot http://artzpot.com/blog Photography, Art and Food Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:21:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mile 9 http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/mile-9/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/mile-9/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:21:50 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/mile-9/

Sometimes you just need to paint as fast as possible and be ok with the results!

]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/mile-9/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile 8 http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/marathon-mile-8/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/marathon-mile-8/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:21:18 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=42 Over the last few months I have had trouble finding creativity or time for myself.  Blame it on the need to please everyone else I guess.  After sitting down and thinking about everything I have decided I don’t want to be a I’ll do everything kind of person.  And it is ok for me to [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2010/07/marathon-mile-8/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile 6 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-6/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-6/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:36:21 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=39 If you want to make a mark you have to take a risk ~Terrence E. Deal

This is the quote that came with the mile and I really do agree with it.  If you never take a risk how do you know if you’ve made your mark in life?

I am all about taking risk.  Don’t get me wrong [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-6/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile #5 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-5/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-5/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:59:30 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=37 All of the mile emails we get have encouragement, quotes, poems and more. Mile 5 is dealing with our primative self that we are becoming more creative. Left brain looks at this painting and says “what?!?! a 5 year old’s painting looks better than this. You are so not an artist”

Where is that right brain [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-5/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile 4 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marthon-mile-4/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marthon-mile-4/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:38:40 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=32 I’m way behind on my marathon. I think she sent Mile 8 the other day.  I did this one last weekend.

Our company just got bought by another one and the mantra is “Do the right thing”, “Do what it takes”, “Have Fun”. I have this issue with I want to make my customers happy [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marthon-mile-4/feed/ 0 Food Styling Week 4 Lesson http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/food-styling-week-4-lesson/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/food-styling-week-4-lesson/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:32:37 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=29 Yes I skipped week three. I always try to do way too much in my life but I paid for this so I have to try and keep up. I’ll do week three when I get a chance.

The 4th lesson was to recreate a photo that you find. I chose this Chipotle [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/food-styling-week-4-lesson/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile #3 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-3/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-3/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:34:35 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=26 I’m really enjoying doing these paintings.  Making myself sit down and take a few minutes for myself.   I know some people will tell me that I bring things on myself and I create my own stress.  I do have a hard time saying no especially at work.  But with my job if I don’t do [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/10/marathon-mile-3/feed/ 0 Marathon Mile #2 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/marathon-mile-2/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/marathon-mile-2/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:05:25 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=22 http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/marathon-mile-2/feed/ 1 Creatively Fit http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/creatively-fit/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/creatively-fit/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:45:03 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=18 I am doing a painting marathon hosted by Whitney Ferré at Creatively Fit. It is 26 miles long and we paint over each painting so I’ll have 25 more paintings on top of this one.

This is Mile 1 of the marathon. I’m not a great painter but I’m trying to find a way [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/creatively-fit/feed/ 1 Salad Styling http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/salad-styling/ http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/salad-styling/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:23:14 +0000 admin http://artzpot.com/blog/?p=14 My first food styling assignment was to style a salad.  Hmmm.. I didn’t want to do a plain old salad and wanted to do something I was really craving so I looked through my Clean Eating Recipe book to see what they had in store.

There was a nice Greek salad with a photo of course [...]]]> http://artzpot.com/blog/2009/09/salad-styling/feed/ 0