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Tag: painting
Painter Files Podcast episode “Skeleton Bob”
Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Painter Files Podcast 2.0 “skeleton bob” https://anchor.fm/jawara-blake/episodes/Painter-Files-Podcast-2-0-skeleton-bob-e4ht40
here are some links to merch and paintings for sale and my art book.
https://www.patreon.com/JawaraBlake
http://jayisapainter.storenvy.com
https://society6.com/jayisapainter
http://www.blurb.com/b/8829360-painter-files
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/painter-files/id1412300309?mt=11
tchau,
Jaws
Painter Files Podcast is coming back!
Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Special thanks from Painter a Files Podcast . Season 3 is coming https://anchor.fm/jawara-blake/episodes/Special-thanks-from-Painter-a-Files-Podcast—Season-3-is-coming-e4hsrb
The things are all rolling right and I must keep moving forward. I love that silly podcast and some of you do also. So I make it for us. 
Fireworks scare my dog.
So I’m not a fan of the 4th of July for many of the reasons a lot of people of color are not. The main reason is Junetenth is when Black people got freedom in America around 100 years later. British freedom only counted for people who were thought of as American and not property. Also my dog is freaked out by fireworks.
So we don’t really do parades as much as we do fireworks and cookouts. I use the day to sleep and eat really good food that I don’t have to cook at other people’s houses. It is perfect in it’s own little way.
My favorite fourth of July food is Tamales.
So I took my nap and now I’m ready to get back to fighting the good fight to get kids out cages. Because we can’t celebrate freedom if we are not all free.
Being mindful
It’s so easy with everything up in the air to forget to be kind. Not in a you have no manners but in a go out of your way to do something nice for yourself and other people. 
some times the journey is to just get to kind moments. It’s the journey not the destination to focus on. You will get there when you get there.
Makings
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Another 24 shots
I’m still learning my voice in photography. I know I really enjoy macro but my subject is always random. I’m working on it. 
Always something beautiful in a blink
I think I’m chasing a moment of peace and madness in my work. It’s that chance you get in making where the world melts and your focus is 1000%. It’s almost impossible but it’s the heart beat of my creative process. 
Rest is for the plain and plain is not sexy.
links
https://www.patreon.com/JawaraBlake
http://jayisapainter.storenvy.com
https://society6.com/jayisapainter
http://www.blurb.com/b/8829360-painter-files
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/painter-files/id1412300309?mt=11
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Q and A
Got asked a style question tonight.
My feeling on style is “it will come to you when you are no longer looking for it.” I remember running around like a headless chicken trying to be like everyone elese I thought had the best styles. They were this gold moon hanging high above me and then one cocky afternoon I saw the trickery in their style. How the had mastered drawing their own face in both genders or how the have let them selves daydream in their work. My life changed a few years later when I learned to love how I made things. How I practiced none stop only to see how I dropped my hand in a curve and used my shoulder was the right way to do it. How I needed to go bigger to balance my mind with my hands.
I hope that helps.
I get a lot of color questions too.
“How did you come across your color theory ? ” Is a frequently asked question. I read a lot of books on color honestly in college and then reread them out of college on my own at the beach in a very depressed state and it pinged inmy mind. If you swint; looking into the sun you see tons of colors… all the colors. Let that be your guide. Also walk away from art soem times and start soemthing new for a few months or if needed years and then come back to it. You will see something amazing in your work. Time can be a bandaid for self doubt.
Last tip; numbness can be the beginning to work you love. You will not wake up everyday and feel inspired. YOu might even makea bit of work and at the end feel nothing. It’s more normal then you think. Inspiration is not an infinite coffee cup. It needs time to fill it self back up and it doesn’t fill back up while ou watch it being emty.
tchau,
Jaws
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