At the moment we are stuck at home most of the time, thanks to soaring numbers of Corona infections in Germany over the Christmas and New Year period. My neighbour reminded me today that although time seems to be dragging, it's still passing us all by. She's right! Where has this month gone?
At the end of last year I started drawing again. I've always wanted to retire and become a painter, and it occurred to me that I really needed to gain some new skills and refine some others if I was serious. Presently, I'm happy to wake up alive each morning, but as a middle aged chick with health issues, the timer is ticking so I'd better get a wriggle on if I'm going to achieve anything! Additionally, homeschooling two sub-human adults (ie, teenage smartarses) means that they are quick to sniff out any hint of hypocrisy, so I need to be seen diligently working on my own education and self-development as well, just to shut them up. Back to drawing. Last year I did a couple of online life drawing exercises and was introduced to using Pitt pastel pencils on tinted paper to study light and shadow. A quick hunt in the local arts supply store provided these materials and it was game on for a bit until I got busy. I'm pretty sure that I'm not using them in the way it was intended or described (the life-drawing sessions were back in the middle of last year's first lockdown), but what fun! I'll endeavour to record some of the results from my sketching in the portfolio here, and I'll share some of the thoughts behind them as well, at least while we are spending our time lounging around at home. Again.
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