I woke to my brain yelling "YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW TODAY!" . . . sigh. Yup, Open the Sketchbook Day aka D(raw) Day aka Aaaaaagh Day had arrived. I was thankful today's incredibly busy work day kept my mind off the looming first page.
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The perfectionist in me wants to point out
mistakes, but I'll just say that those are kids arms,
not little extremities growing from her shoulders. |
I arrived home later than usual, ate chocolate, put on comfy Fall socks and picked up a relatively "new" sketchbook with three drawings in it - from 1998, 2000 and a few months ago. Now what?!? I stared at the beginnings of a nose I'd been sketching from a magazine ad. No more thinking! Just grab the 4B & start shading already! My first scratchings brought annoyance & impatience for the page to be done and perfect. Then the familiar mantra crept into my brain - forget what it is, just stick with the lines and shades.
45 minutes later . . . time to be done. Ah - back in the groove and I've brilliantly let you know so I can't start slacking off already. However, in an effort to avoid driving you nuts or bore you completely, I will initially post 2 or 3 times a week, maybe less if that gets irritating. Whatever the results - comical or sad or wonderful - I'll share stories or photos or both as we trek forth.
PS - Did YOU draw/sketch/doodle today? Smiley faces, stick figures or random designs count too. It's not what you do, but that you JUST DO.
3 comments:
Glad you cleared that up about the arms, I thought I was looking at the new Alien Movie.
In all serious, you go girl. Get your sketch on.
ooohhh love it!! I'll pull out our sketch pad tomorrow and give my little Alex some paints. You are a very talented writer and artist! Very very nice!!
Thanks for the encouragement! Cathy, that sounds like a fantastic plan & I bet you both had fun!
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