art challenge – Minerva Cerridwen

Wow, have I really not written any blog posts since February? Oops…

Well, hello! Time sure is flying, and lots of things are in the works, though none of them have come to the point of any Big Announcements yet. If anyone is making lists of skills writers need, don’t forget to add “having patience”.

I’m writing to you today because I gave an interview! Book website Bookstr asked me and 4 other asexual authors all the same five questions about the reasons why we write and our experiences, and I found it very interesting to read the answers of the others as well. You can read the full interview via this link. Enjoy!

I also wanted to tell you that I participated in Workshop Week last week and made quite a lot of art! You can see all the results on my Instagram; I learned new techniques for handlettering, watercolour painting, portraiture, and sketching flowers, and had a lot of fun with all that! I’ve already been applying what I learned to some new cards today.

Tonight I participated in the end-of-schoolyear performance of my spoken-word Storytelling class, and I’m very happy with how it went. I can feel how much I learned and improved since we started last September, and can’t wait to see how our skills will evolve as the class continues. Even in my writing, I can feel its influence.

I hope to be back soon with some publishing news. Fingers crossed!

Love,

Minerva

Yes, it really is December already. And yet I’m here to talk about… the October drawing challenge that involves ink, generally known as Inktober. Oops?

Anyway, I can proudly say that I did finish Inktober now, as promised! It took me until yesterday, but that’s not what we’ll be remembering, right?

Finishing Inktober: Choose Your Battles

This piece holds the final week of Peachtober prompts: there’s a “castle”, a “robot”, “land” and “sea” coming together on the right, the ivy on the T is my “plant”, and the final prompts “whale”, “pet”, and “sleepy” all come together in this cute whale on its fluffy pillow, because who wouldn’t want to pet that?

You can find the original Peachtober22 prompts here, and my earlier Inktober pieces are all on my Instagram.

Yes, this piece is a tiny little bit ironic. And yes, I’m proud of it and will be putting it on my wall as a reminder. Thank you for following along on my Inktober journey, even if it was a little longer than intended.

Love,

Minerva

P.S. The first of the month also means a new edition of Paranatellonta! Meet our cute little ghost in number 343.

Tag: art challenge

A Bookstr Interview and Lots of Art

Happy December!