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First, I would like to apologize for clearly being absent for a very long time. STORY TIME! Very shortly after my last post, I encountered a bit of a rough time as far as being an artist goes. Some topics I will not discuss, because they are private matters, but one topic I will talk about was LOSING MY SKETCHBOOK AND VERY IMPORTANT ART SUPPLIES! You see, I ride public transportation frequently for work and I was coming home after a very long day (and it just so happened to be the most important day of the year for my employer). I had a few things I was carrying and I don't remember if the weather was bad or not, but stupid me thought it was a brilliant idea to put my sketchbook as well as many valuable pencils into a garbage bag to carry home. Well, I was so tired and wanted to get home so badly that I forgot said garbage bag on the subway (or T as we call it). I was very distraught when I got home. I cried. And, m poor husband did everything in his power to try to help me to locate my things, but it was not no avail. My sketchbook is lost forever. I was upset about the pencils as well, but those are easily replaced (and at a much, much later date I discovered many pencils in another bag that I thought I had lost, so YAY I didn't lose as much as I thought I did). But, the idea of losing my sketchbook forever really broke my heart as an artist and as a person. I couldn't believe that I could be so careless with something that is so valuable to me. My drawing of Venus as Sleeping Beauty... gone, my AMAZING drawing of Princess Peach... gone ...as well as few others... gone. So, this event really put a curve into my art production for months. CHRISTMAS 2015 I have the most amazing family. For the first time in years I received art supplies for Christmas ^_^ INCLUDING MANY PENCILS THAT I HAD LOST! I was so happy. I felt so rejuvenated. The watercolor pencils are from my Sister and Brother in law and the sketchbook and other pencils are from my Brother. THANK YOU ALL! Ok, so the big event since Christmas was that I entered the Adult Coloring Contest for the CLO's production of FIRST DATE a Broadway musical. http://www.pittsburghclo.org/cabaret/buy-tickets/first-date-coloring-contest The deadline was the last day of January, so after many, many hours of tedious coloring I walked over to the Benedum Stage Door after work and submitted my piece. Unfortunately, I was not able to scan the finish product before submission, but I think my picture from my Samsung captures the colors very nicely ^_^ Well, as the title of this blog post suggests I WON! I was one of two winners actually, and as a winner I received two free tickets to see the show! I was so very excited. Not just because I was winner and got to see a show, but because two wonderful young women I went to college with are in this production!!! The two of them were absolutely incredible. I was seriously just in awe sitting in the audience watching them. So beautiful and incredibly talented BOTH OF THEM. I will I think dedicate my next post (which hopefully I can write soon) to my thoughts as well as pictures of this production, because I really want to write more about it, but I'm not quite prepared since I have to get ready to go to work soon... yay... lol Yep, here I am! Just in case anyone was wondering what I look like, haha. About a week or so after I saw FIRST DATE my Mom and I went to see the Symphony perform their Valentines Day tribute for the late Marvin Hamlisch, but we had a little time to kill before the show, so I thought I would show off my coloring skillz to my Mom ...not that she doesn't already know :P
Caitlyn was the other Contest winner, and I had the wonderful privilege to sit with her parents during the show. GREAT JOB CAITLYN! And, your parents are so very sweet ^_^ Recently, I also received a very wonderful gift from one of my teachers I see at the school where I work...
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Hey there! I'm Cindy Mae and welcome to my BLOG!
I am 28 years old, and I work full and part time doing Custodial/Maintenance. But, when I am not working I love to enjoy and experience the arts! I'm also a guinea pig Mom. ![]() ***SOCIAL MEDIA***
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