On Friday I bought myself a sketch book, pencils and pencil crayons. Then I went to the library to get some “How to draw” books.
Drawing is something that I always think I want to do but then I don’t. Now following the 7 habits I’m trying to focus on things I want to do and drawing came up again. I’ve never been good at drawing. I enjoy it, at least I think I do. I haven’t drawn anything in years but remember really enjoying it when I was young.
Who didn’t? Back then it was colouring but now I’m older so we’ll call it drawing. Actually having given a few of the lessons a shot I’d call it crap. Even if you looked at my apple (it looked like an easy lesson) as abstract (which it was not meant to be) it would be crap. BUT I loved it, really enjoyed it. So much so I made time to draw again on Sunday. Still crap, one book promises I will improve. We’ll see.
What I have found is something that calms me and there is something very satisfying about completing a picture, even if it is terrible. The concentration and filling in a blank page is immensely gratifying. Look what I did!
One day I do hope I’ll do one that is good enough to hang on my fridge!
I’ll hang one of your drawings on my fridge
Okay I’ll hold you to that! It’ll look pretty shabby next to the girls wonderful drawings!
I took a drawing class a few years back & loved it. Gave a piece to my hubby & another to my mom. My son was freaked out by the one I gave my mom- it was pencil sketch of her and me. Let’s just say doing teeth was not easy- we looked a bit skeletal, perhaps Zombieish. His comments did not deter me one bit- it was to my mom after all and I was so proud of my beginner work. Alas, I seem to need the external discipline of a class to keep me going.
Keep embracing your inner artist!
I am so surprised by how much I am loving it! The drawings are terrible but at the end of each drawing lesson I take from the books, I look at my rendition (which looks NOTHING like the finished project in the book) I am so happy! Look what I did! Hopefully I will improve but I’ve found a past time that leaves me feeling really good and I’m going to keep it up! You should get those pencils out again and just see what happens, as you say EMBRACE YOUR INNER ARTIST! (I still have a ways to go before I even start to approach zombie!)