I was nervous talking to the camera. I felt a bit silly. But I did it, and now I just gotta try and do it again!
I have wanted to vlog for a while but i didmt have the confidence to do it. My main reason was to share with you all what i have been upto, and also give some behind the scenes to my FUNKY Creations.
I love watching Vlogs. People seem so good at it. My favourite vlogs are studio vlogs where you get to see behind the scenes and also whilst the artist is working. I love the little insights into their life. It feels like you really get to know the artist. I like that.
Here is my first ever Vlog. Be kind, im just getting to grips with it. And also gaining confidence in front of my camera.
Sometimes we need to step away from what we once enjoyed to try something new and expand on our knowledge and personal skills.
Then when the time is right we can come back to the thing we once loved with a clearer view, better insight and renewed inspiration.
(Stacy)
I have done just that. After a creative block/break I found myself looking for ways to break that barrier. It took time, time away from what i loved. But time can go quickly, when you fill it with other things and you try not to worry over what was. Just enjoy what is. When i finally broke through my creative block and i found i had a paintbrush in my hand again, i tried not to force the Funky GeeGee's. After all they are my favourite kind of art. What i love to let my creativity free with the most. But i still found them hard. At times IMPOSSIBLE. So much so I almost put the paintbrush back down, until i remembered how good it felt to have it there in its pride of place once more.
For many years i have blogged about the importance of finding that creative side of ourselves.
Being beaten by my own words is not an option. I picked up some acrylics, a few brushes, a couple of pallette knives and i filled my pan with water ready to bring some part of myself to the blank canvas in front of me. I let the colours flow and the paintbrush dance. Abstract is where i find peace. Where i can let whats in, out. Letting the brush strokes and colour speak for me, however i am feeling or whatever i am thinking at the time.
I will get back to creating my Funky GeeGee's when the FUNKY side of me comes back fully. I promise, soon THERE WILL BE a FUNKY GEEGEE. For now though they would just be GeeGee's and they deserve so much more than that!
I have had many an idea come to me (which is good) But translating those ideas with pencil, ink or paint is just not happening for me like it once did. BUT it will. I tell myself IT WILL. and until then i am just happy to have a paintbrush in my hand again. The music plays and i drift off.
Hi my Funky friends, long time, no hear. I am sorry for that. BUT I am back, hopefully and EVENTUALLY
As FUNKY as before!!
Its only a filler
I havent created a Funky GeeGee for many a month, in fact well over a year. I found creating so hard, even a stickman was trivial! I tried until i literally cried. Then i gave up for a while.
FAST FORWARD A YEAR OR MORE ~ I got this urge to create Funky GeeGee's again. They didnt come easy, in fact i found them so difficult i almost gave up trying. I tried to not get caught up in the whole 'MUST BE PERFECT' frame of mind and just tried to create them the best i could. I FAILED. MANY TIMES! I tried again, and again. and then BOOOOOMF I grasped it. I found my FUNKYNESS. Or enough Funkness to create a couple of paintings. Which i am happy with.
Bee is an appoloosa 17hh mare. She is 4 years old just starting her ridden career and ready to go have fun with. She is inquisitive, stunning, and SPOTTY!!! My word, what a challenge to create ~
Bee
This is Viv and Lily. Viv is a standardbred bay mare, she is calm and cool. Lily is a piebald cob x standardbred and is a little more erm . . . ON EDGE, Shall we say. Bless her!!!
I have doodled lots more, and had a play around with abstract and acrylics to just get back into the motion of creating art again. Its not easy breaking through Artists block but i think/hope/pray I made it :) All i gotta do now is KEEP CREATING. Keep imagining. LET THE IDEAS FLOW THROUGH, the pick up the paints or pencils and CREATE!!!
Sychronicity
Trance
ZEBRA
ZEBRA (C)Stacy Green
In my absence from art though i have had fun with this cool dude!!
Sorry for my absence, i am planning on trying to update regularly from now but please bare with me.
LOVE YA ALL MY FUNKY FRIENDS STACY (Miss Funky) XXXXX
The pencils, pens, paintbrushes and funky cogs have been working overtime this last week and i have managed to stick to my schedule (yes that is sometimes possible haha) and get through the work i wanted to get done this week.
I still have a few more to complete but i have managed to get the majority of my Festive themed GeeGee's drawn out and some have been brought to life and some are waiting eagerly for their colour. This feels good and productive and it spurs me on when i chuckle away in my little funky world and become surrounded by GOOGLEY EYES! :)
Its been hard to kick my hindquarters into gear with these dark days and nights though . . . COR BLIMEY i feel like it never really gets light enough to call it daytime, i must get myself sorted with a lamp or something because working in my kitchen the lighting is so bad and it causes mayhem when i'm trying to colour highlights. My hand becomes a constant shadow and i have to keep moving the canvas or paper around to try and see what i'm doing. NOT GOOD FOR FUNKYNESS.
I have also been testing out some pens sent to me from Uni-ball. Thank you Uni-ball :)
I received a lovely collection of shiny new pens to test out.
And if there is ANYTHING I LOVE MOST . . .
. . . It is letting those pens DANCE!!!
I was sent the uni-pin fine liner along with their uni-ball white signo gel pens and the uni-ball eye fine. I sometimes use white pens but mainly black so it was the black pens that would be getting their workout. And a workout is what i gave them. I had some sketched out GeeGee's ready to bring to life with the fine liners and the music blasting through my headphones ready to spur them on!
The uni pin's didn't hold up very well, they started out great, very smooth and good depth of black colour, and i was optimistic they would do their job as i really liked the look of the nibs. However they clogged up really easy and then started to just scrape the paper and not glide leaving gaps of no ink. Ahhhh how i hate that!! Unfortunately they only managed one painting before they were deemed buggered?! Maybe they would be better suited to just outlining when there is no water colour or acrylic paint involved?
The white signo gel pens worked beautifully, however i was not sent a black so i cannot comment on how well they work as i haven't used the white ones often enough to test them properly but so far i love how smooth they are and the white ink is really white and covers well. Ideal for SNOWY GeeGee's :)
The uni ball eye fine however flew through every test i put it through. Both canvas and paper. I work with acrylic and also water colour pencils. Pen nibs really have to be strong to work against the water colour that will lift off and try to mix with the liquid of the ink, and the Acrylic can be bumpy especially if i am using the pens on canvas paper which is abrasive. However the uni ball eye pens seem to be made of steel and they continue to glide right down to the last drop of ink. Most definitely one of my favourite in their range of pens. And i would definitely recommend them for artists that are looking for a pen that is both waterproof and strong and durable.
Here is a couple of cartoons i have recently finished using the uni ball eye and watercolour pencil ~
Watercolour pencil and Uni-ball eye pen.
Watercolour pencil and Uni-ball eye pen
As you can see the depth of the black is fantastic, and because they are so easy to use and glide effortlessly, this means i can freely express my FUNKY side, and i just LOVE PENS THAT LET ME DO THAT!! I really cannot fault them, well except for when they eventually run out :(
And here is a painting using Acrylics on canvas with the Uni ball eye pen and uni ball POSCA paint marker which is also a fantastic product made by uni-ball which has the added bonus of being varnish resistant which is something i am yet to find in ANY other pen on the market. ~
Funky GeeGee's ROAD TRIP ~ 50cm x 40cm Acrylic on canvas.
SO THE UNI BALL EYE and the POSCA PAINT MARKER win the day, and the best thing is you can buy
them almost anywhere!
WHERE DO I BUY?
I get my pens from CULT PENS ~ Click here to be taken to their site and the Uni ball eye pens. HERE
They also stock the paint markers I use, Uni ballPOSCA PAINT MARKER. Another fantastic product that lets me express my FUNKYNESS with NO LIMITS :)
My next blogpost i will be reviewing my favourite WATER COLOUR PENCILS, pop back to read more ~
and the pages fill with colour, Cartoons suddenly come to life,
Bring a 'GIGGLE' to share with each other.
Hello everyone, here we are at the end of Summer and into Autumn we start to glide, suddenly long leisurely hacks are replaced with muddy boots, spiders loose their summer homes as the rugs come back out for winter, and water troughs suddenly become grubby and full of leaves.That gleaming coat you have been taking photographs of all summer suddenly looks like a raggy teddy that has been hung out on the line too long!
I know both our ponies are looking VERY fluffy again, Smurf is starting to grow his mustache back as he does every year, he looks so funny. I love my little FUNKY ponies.
I have started this blog post with not really much of a plan of what to write, I haven't done very much 'arty' this year until this last few weeks when i have felt those funky cogs start to work again. It was nice to feel them, even if they took some getting into momentum . . . They were of course seized shut from being locked away for so long, BUT they are moving, admittedly at times rather CLUNKY and they heat up easy and i fear lost bolts, BUT moving is momentum, momentum is good.
So then what have i done with my 'MOMENTUM' ? Well after a summer of PONIES and our second summer with Sparky pony and the inspiring collection of memories stored from days with the kids and ponies i have been sketching down ideas for future cartoons, lots of giggles, many a smile! Along with this Smurfmy little rescue foal is now all grown up and can you believe he is 3 years old! What a life we have had together so far, so many memories, we have also come through so much together and i feel this incredable bond with him i have never felt with a horse before, he really is SPECIAL. We have mainly spent our days chilling together in the field and i have been enjoying playing and running with him on the lovely summery days we have been having. The times i have with Smurf fill me with joy, and Sparky she is just such a gentle and loving character with a lot of cheeky-ness thrown in!
Add the pair of them together and there is some serious amounts of HUMOUR!
My cartoonwork i feel has a fresh edge to it now that i have the opportunity and privalage to have the ponies to inspire me, my work will have a more personal feel, a new edge. I always got attached to my Funky GeeGee's when i created them but now that i am creating them with all these personal memories and feelings attached to them and now with them being MY ponies i am creating for my new collections . . .
. . . . Well that just makes them even more personally FUNKY! :D
My newest collection of paintings are based around the ponies, the first collection is SMURF and his pre-school updates as he gets ready for 'proper' school next year.
I'd love to share with you the few i have done so far, hope they make you GIGGLE~
He really is a FUNKY little GeeGee!
I also plan to create a collection starring Sparky pony and the troubles of a first pony which i will launch later in the year. I hope to share many giggles and the ability to relate to the comical side of our GeeGee's. I as always am very thankful to all of my followers, i love to know my work is also enjoyed by others all over the globe and i feel privileged to have you all join me on my FUNKY journey, wherever that may take me.
To end this blog post i'd love to share with you a video of my cartoonwork over the last couple of years, mixed with an insight into my Funky life and the ponies. I plan to move forwards with all these new FUNKY ideas that are wizzing through my head at the moment and also plan to get back into writing and releasing all these funky ideas out onto paper, YIKES . . . Best go buy some more, oh yeh, and where did i last see that pencil sharpener? Hahaha, Hope you enjoy my video, thankyou all :)
