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rain and rainbows

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I drew in my art journal again tonight. I didn’t know where it was heading but it got there in the end.

rain and rainbows

The handwritten text says things like “the clouds of responsibility bring the water for life” - with the words on the edges of the clouds being: work, life, read, relax, magazines, photos, craft, art, sewing, blogging, draw, write, think, work, children, husband, home. I guess that about covers it!

The rain is falling from the clouds and yet the puppy is still playing happily. More scribbled text says “why are there so many songs about rainbows?” and “the lovers… the dreamers, and me”

Also “the rain brings relief - washes away the grime of the every day” and “gone are the dark clouds… it’s gonna be a bright sunshiney day”. [click to view it bigger]

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long neck

I drew again tonight.  Here she is - girl with long neck:

girl with long neck

Drawn in my art journal - crayons, tombow pen, and white pencil on top of orange acrylic background.

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about time

It’s about time! Okay, I am going to get my act together a little bit and start posting here more regularly.

tReally I will.  In blog droughts of the past, I have set goals like “I will post every day for 21 days in a row” and it is a great way to get going again, but I’m not going to do that this time.  With my job taking up a lot of my time, and watching TV on the couch taking up a lot of my other time (let’s be honest here) I don’t want to set a goal if I don’t think I can stick to it.  Anyway, what I will be doing is making much more of an effort and you can’t ask for more than that.

So tonight, while watching some quality entertainment on the couch, I drew in my Analog Artlog!  10 points if you know what that is.  You must be a long-time reader (and thank you for that!) because I checked and I haven’t drawn in my art journal in almost two whole years!!!  Way too long.

No matter, for tonight I drew.

girl_with_paintings

Tonight I also took a photo of the art journal spread, sorted it out in Photoshop, uploaded it to Flickr, uploaded it to DeviantArt and even wrote a quick journal entry over at DA.  And I am writing this blog entry.  I am on fire.

While I was on a roll, I even updated the photo of me over on the right column there.  And I updated my profile pic on Facebook too.  Phew!  I think I have to go and have a little lie down now after all that effort.

No really, did you like the drawing?  Remember, I am at the beginning of my drawing journey.  It will be a milestone when I no longer feel compelled to add that caveat when showing you my drawings.

I am quite happy with how it turned out anyhow.  Constructive criticism (or whatever) always welcome.

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digital drawing

Before I begin, let me just say that this IS most definitely still a craft and sewing blog, just exploring other things too.

So, I have been working on my drawing, and I’m still learning the basics. I wish I had done art at school but hey, it’s never too late huh?

You might remember the drawing I did the other day of the Prime newsreader. I know it wasn’t great but for me and the level I’m at right now, it was good. One of my commenters didn’t agree: “No offense, but that picture is ghastly.” Gee, why don’t you tell me what you really think?!? I replied, reminding him that I was learning to draw!

Anyway, moving on… I took that same drawing today and redrew it digitally with my tablet and coloured it and shaded it.  I took the chance to fix up a few problem areas while I was at it so she looks a lot better, especially in the face.  Her arms, still a bit odd looking. Her hands - still working on that!

prime_news_again

Here they are side by side for comparison.

prime_news_together

Digital is very forgiving - love that Ctrl-Z.

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