It's been (yet again) a very busy week at my house. We hit a landmark here - Valentine's Day is the official last day of high calorie eating for the season. Yay! While I've enjoyed all the good eats from the last few months (maybe a bit too much) I am very excited to start working towards fitting into my jeans again :)
On the art front, for my birthday my wonderful hubby got me a copy of the book "Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make drawing Fun" by Carla Sonheim. The first exercise is to take about 10 min or so and draw as many cats as you can. Judging by the examples in the book, I took this to mean that you should stretch your skills and NOT try to draw a super-realistic one. Here's my attempt:
What I thought was so amusing about this exercise was afterwards, when I asked individual family members which were their favourites, everyone chose different cats! There didn't seem to be one uniquely popular cat! It was LOTS of fun to do, and I can't wait to give 10 min to the next exercise :)
Earlier this week I did one of those online quizzes, something like "Which Jane Austen Heroin Are You?". I got Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility. But that wasn't my point. One of the questions was "what would you do on a Sunday morning?" with various options to choose from, one of which was "Sketch". I thought this was such a lovely and romantic idea! Something I've always wanted to do without knowing it! So I decided to incorporate it into my Sunday yesterday. I didn't try to overcommit myself. There was no set amount of time I had to fill, but I did have an objective: to draw the goldfish in our aquarium.
I don't get a lot of opportunity to draw live creatures. There's got to be some sort of trick to it, or maybe fish isn't the best creature to start with. Anyway, the biggest trouble with drawing a living creature is that they move. A lot. And perhaps they were excited because they thought they'd get fed or something because they were particularly active when I sat down. Consequently I didn't get as much drawing in as I'd hoped, but it was still fun!!
On the courses front, I have completed 3 tests (some with better results than others :P) and 1 assignment. It's reading week this week and I will be taking the time to catch up on my studies and start work on the 2 essays that are required. I'm actually looking forward to this. I know essays can be very dull and boring and hard, but, if I can get past the hardest part, determining a thesis statement, the rest can be full of creativity and excitement (I know, nerdy right!?).
Have a great week all! I hope you find some way to express your creativity this week!
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