Rachel H. White
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(from 6/14/6)
those are the words of the week. Mom found somehow that these words are the most-searched-for-and-least-found keywords on the net. (That's the short version. If you're stumped, do ask, I will try to 'splain). So I've been sketching and planning and today I was painting! I would post a pic but I haven't scanned anything and Mom's on the 'puter with the scanner tonight writing a paper for her class so I won't trouble her. I have several ideas and room for more so this should be way fun. I've also been setting up my cafepress.com stuff (I have a calendar for sale now! 
so wicked cool!) but it's not all done yet quite. Tonight I've been playing around a bit on a new site called deviantart.com (which took up more time than I meant it to but oh well). Not sure I like it yet but I haven't taken much time to look around. One thing I will say there's some killer artwork there unlike some other build-your-own-gallery sites I've seen.
I will be away from home next week as I finally made up my mind to go to GA with my mom to the Southeastern Writers' Association workshop in St. Simons Island. I won't really be attending the workshop, tho' just staying there and writing/arting with whatever I can carry with me. Since I'm planning to do a good many of the d.g.d.a. with colored pencil, that operation should be portable enough. Got to get some colored and black paper to draw on tho'. Having said all that, I will be back Friday the 23rd in time to hop into another car and cruise up to Charlotte for the charity screening of Serenity the movie (http://shindig.ash1.com for those who haven't heard yet and are interested assuming there's anybody else out there reading this
) I will still try to blog something next week but I might forget or just put it off til Saturday.
6/21/6
Hi from SWA in SSI,GA (Southeastern Writers Conference in Saint Simons Island, Georgia).
Started this week on my first "dark gothic dragon" piece, and it is marvelous! (you can see a good picture on deviantart.com, which I recommend). 
It is an illustration of a dragon of night, but as for a title I may call it Draco Nocturne or some such like that. It is almost finished, only needs some touch up work, which I'm going to do when I get home. So now I am starting the base drawing on the second piece, a sexy romantic fairy man, and working on some scenes from Body & Blood as well. These are scenes in between the major scenes but that are vital because they build setting and character and all that stuff that strings the major plotline together and makes you live in the story.
It has been horribly hot outside and, naturally as a result of this, like an icebox in every building I enter, but aside from my tempertural discomfort, all is groovy. I'm very much enjoying the conversation with my Mom, and our buddy Chris, who I don't get to see often enough at home because we're all too busy, and Holly, who I never get to see simply because she lives here. Lots of esoteric, spiritual, profound, and hilarious shit. Best conversation to be had anywhere. Only thing I'm missing this year is something is up with Chris's tendons in his hands so he's not been able to be playing his guitar much, and anyone who knows me well knows how much I adore listening to live guitar played by a good friend. So let us all pray and light candles think good thoughts and send happy energy to Chris's tendons so he can keep up the good music.
P.S.: turns out I will not be attending the Serenity screening as Mom is not driving back Friday. She and I are going to a workshop for SWA this weekend with one of the teachers from last year (he's a screenwriter and a really good teacher and I thought his thing this weekend would be canceled but it's not so I wanted to go and I'm going and the charity screening's already got my money and it's not like I didn't already see the movie so I'm staying here and nyaa! so there)
so yeah that be it for today: XOXO -- Rachel
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