Today I am not feeling like myself. I am a bit bummed out, a bit sad and anxious. Its just one of those days I guess. I don't even want to create. And yet I know that would help. Instead I went out for a walk alone with my ipod. It worked for awhile but then the yucky stuff came back on in.
Anyway, I was happy to share this latest sketch with all of you. I did this one the other day in a 9x12 sketchbook which I have decided is rather large! However it did give me ample space to fill in her crazy hair. It was fun taking the graphite pencil and just scribbling. I even had it on my tabletop easel as I worked on the hair. I loved creating the smudginess around her eyes.
I am sharing her over at Sunday Sketches. Hope you are all having a joy filled day.
xo
Oh she is really lovely! The hair is perfect and like what you did around the eyes. Hope you feel better soon. Hugs. :)
ReplyDeleteI love her, the heart necklace is to cute. I hope your yucky day is better, or will be very soon.
ReplyDeletesomedays you just have to let the sadness flow...it's really not a "bad" thing. Hoping for a brighter tomorrow for you my friend. xo
ReplyDeletesorry you're feeling a bit down, this work is beautiful though, her eyes are lovely.Please be well and happy.
ReplyDeleteSorry YOUR day wasn't 'joy filled', but there's always tomorrow!...In the meantime, how nice to have the sketching of big hair scribblings to take your frustrations out on! ^_^ I've done some scribblings like that on certain days myself...but a pretty girl never came out the other side of one of mine! LOL
ReplyDeleteHope your day is better today and that you wake up ready to take on the world... that hair looks just like my daughters on a humid day... It takes on a life of its own... xx
ReplyDeleteyes, sometimes the "yucky" stuff gets to all of us...I know what you mean....this is a great sketch to portray that feeling...
ReplyDeletehope the walked help - sometimes we just have to let those "yuckY" feelings come and know there is always tomorrow!
hope today is a better one!
xo
Hang in there, Cathy. The uckies will pass soon enough. Find as many happy things you can to focus on. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, it is all about the hair! LOVE this piece. Well done. Also love her simple heart necklace.
Sorry for delay in responding. Internet issues. Grr. :D
Hello Cathy your sketch is really lovely, a lot of feeling in her beautiful eyes. Sketching her must have helped you a bit...sometimes we just have to accept and go with those negative feelings. I was sketching during the week-end and ended up geting really frustrated at what I was doing...I feel that sometimes paint is more of an outlet for me, just splashing on the colour. Hope you have a good week with more fun creations!
ReplyDeleteWe all have days like that. Hope you feel better soon! I love the sketch. I love to do girls and hair and eyes. You are a definite talent there!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we all have one of those days every now and then.
ReplyDeleteBut your sketch is cute. I like the smudginess.
I hope you're having one of those other days today.
there was this time when i was so used to drawing on a 9x12 sketchpad that when a friend of mine gave me a 4x4in notepad with 500 pages and challenged me to fill it with drawings, i was daunted. i'm somewhere double digits now. when working on a 9x12 sketchpad nowadays, the task felt tremendous... i mean... how am i going to fill up much space?
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