Close yet so far away...

My daughter felt that Mr. Snowman needed a Mrs. Snowman, with a bow.

Snowman's Lament

Royal Contemplations

It has been a month since my last post. Already I can feel myself saying, "See, you can't even keep it up." BUT I shut out that voice quickly. I've been learning to do that, lately, shut off the voice. The one that says you're a failure or lazy or whatever-else-you-can-think-of here.

It's been a stressful month. Family drama, death and work just seem to crowd out that small amount of time that I set out for myself. Responsible of me, I know but still, I wonder if it is irresponsible to ignore me.

I have been sketching in my art journal and already my fingers are itching to start my new one for the year. I went pretentious and got myself a Moleskien. Oh la la! So very artistic of me! My goal is to draw in it as often as I can making it a daily thing for me. Expression is the spice of life and who wants to live out their days with bland food? Not I, said the fly and the flea agrees!

Chronicle

This is a chronicle of my father-in-law's passing. He died On Sunday morning at 7am after a long battle with cancer. During the time we spent in the hospital, I sketched my heart out. It relieved my anxiety... these are the things I finished, with the last one being a sketched I had started during his dying process when I was alone in the room with him, just sitting quietly drawing. The sketches have no secret meanings, I just did whatever came to mind or at the suggestion of the children that were there.

mouse girl

I spent my whole day today in the hospital. You see, my father-in-law is dying, so many of our days are spent there with him. I get anxiety around so many people so I draw to sort of keep my mind off of things.

Creating without thought

Ever draw something and have it become something else? Yeah, me neither, at least not until now. I was trying to draw different type of hair and instead, it sort of evolved into a shawl. I want to write a little story about her because I feel she needs one but none come to mind.




I want to call this one a Lioness because somehow I've made her features turn out to be a bit animal like. Wereanimal, perhaps? Ooo, there is a thought. Hm.

Winter's Kiss

So, I've been sick yet again. My husband bought something called Airborne which he swears by when he's feeling a bit under the weather. Of course, being the eternal skeptic, I sneered at his attempts to make me feel better but took the dose anyway. Three doses and one good night sleep later and I hate to admit it, I'm feeling better. Hm... Tell the husband he's right? Oh, I so don't think so. *grins*

So, part of my blah day was spent creating this little 6x8 piece of canvas board. The colors are a bit off, I don't think the scanner liked the beading. :)