I want to be an "Artist"!

On October 10th, I shared a blog post titled "I want to be an "Artist"! I ended that post with these words:

"I have a goal in mind right now and that is to create a piece that can be used as the front page or cover of something, I am not sure what that something is yet.  I want that front page or cover to be a back view of me doing something somewhere that brings joy and makes my heart sing." 

I pondered which photo of mine should I turn into a painting for a front page! I perused my hiking albums and the Waterton National Park ones kept jumping out at me.  There were many photos in those albums from all the hikes I did that would fit the bill of what I was searching for. There were three albums that contained photos of when I was standing at the viewpoint looking out onto Upper Waterton Lake with Glacier National Park at the far end of the lake. The photo that I kept going back to was in one of those albums and one I already painted which I shared in that October 10th post.  When I look at the photo and that painting I did of it, I feel a feeling that tells me yes that is the one! 

So, I already have a painting for a cover of some sort.  What should that some sort be?  I noticed these past couple of weeks, some sites that I follow of artists and photographers, show 2024 calendars for sale.  The calendars contain their works.  It has been a number of years since I used an old-fashion paper calendar, either to hang on the wall or place on the corner of my desk.  A calendar may be the route to go, I could put it together easily, I already have more than enough paintings to use and it would not be costly.  That's the route I took!

 🖌 My calendar arrived!  🗓

It was such an enjoyable task picking out a painting for each month. Many memories came flooding back. Choices were made on a font to use, colours, a background, caption, placement of the painting and few other small details.  I opted for a desk calendar and it will sit on the corner of my desk just below the basket that you see in the above photo.  

I took a photo of each month. 

I am so pleased with how the calendar turned out and the quality of it.  

When I flip through the pages, I feel like I am an "Artist", 

if only in my own mind!