{"id":9110,"date":"2022-08-11T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:01:36","slug":"my-1-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/my-1-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"My #1 Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, my thanks to those of you who commented on my last post with your own reading recommendations. If you didn’t see those contributions, be sure to check them out<\/a>. I have one more quick addendum of my own: the Strong Sense of Place podcast #65<\/a> centers on museums and includes an intriguing line-up of museum-related reading to dive into.<\/p>\n

\"Kind

Kind Eyes<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a92022 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 8.5″H x 11″W<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, I’m feeling pretty good about having taken care of a necessary chore by weeding through and reconfiguring the portfolio section of my website. Doing so is one of those time-consuming admin duties that accompanies uploading a chunk of new work. One change inevitably leads to another, so making these edits is always a bigger job than I anticipate – which is why I tend to drag my feet getting started. Spending days in a row at the computer feels like such a waste in the moment, but I have to admit the results are very satisfying once the job is done.<\/p>\n

\"Daily<\/p>\n

As I began, I took a step back to try to see the big picture and it occurred to me that pretty much everything I make falls into one of two categories: “Daily Rhythms” or “Portraits”. So this time, rather than organizing my work chronologically, I’ve grouped all series under those two umbrellas. Ostensibly it may seem like just a menu change, but there’s a lot more behind the switch. The results feel crisp and concise. I invite you to explore the new drop-down menus to see what you think<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Portraits\"<\/p>\n

Lastly, I’m doggedly plowing my way through the Stillman & Birn Beta sketchbook<\/a> that I’ve devoted to portrait sketches this summer. With each new addition I learn a little more and feel more confident in the results. Practice makes for progress, and as I work ideas are beginning to hatch in anticipation of completing the last page and moving forward toward stand-alone pieces that incorporate stitch.<\/p>\n

\"Confident

Confident Smile<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a92022 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 8.5″H x 11″W<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been concentrating on these two projects since mid-June and working on them has reminded me that the most important investment I can make in the studio is simply time. Time to practice, time to think things through and reevaluate, time to make mistakes and definitely time to experiment.
\nOverall, I think it’s starting to pay off.<\/p>\n

\"Pensive

Pensive, detail<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92022 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor and pencil on paper, full size 8.5″H x 11″W<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, my thanks to those of you who commented on my last post with your own reading recommendations. If you didn’t see those contributions, be sure to check them out. I have one more quick addendum of my own: the Strong Sense of Place podcast #65 centers on museums and includes an intriguing line-up of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,17,863,862,1144],"tags":[1360,999,1335,1359],"class_list":["post-9110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion","category-process","category-sketchbooks","category-textiles-and-drawings","category-work-in-progress","tag-museums","tag-stillman-birn","tag-strong-sense-of-place","tag-website"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5kO5z-2mW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9110"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9153,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9110\/revisions\/9153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}