Wednesday's Photo

The photo prompt this week at life through the lens is what thing can you not live without?  It's not about children and partners, but material objects.  I thought about it; I do not consider myself a material person, but I do have things that I would not want to live without.  I realized that I would be sad to lose many of my treasured possessions, but I would carry on.  The one thing I have to have is something to create with.  Odd....I just realized that the things I can't live without are all replaceable and the things that are not replaceable I could manage to live without.  If I lose my favorite mechanical drawing pencil, I can go get a new one.  Same with crochet hooks.

Last week I started attending a life drawing session.  It dawned on me that it had been two years at least since I had done any figure drawing.  How could I let that much time go by without doing something that gives me such joy?  True, I draw, but not like this.  Nowadays when I draw there is some ultimate goal.  I don't just sit and sketch for the sake of sketching, and I should if I want to grow as an artist.  When I gathered up my tools - pencil, eraser, drawing board stacked with an assortment of papers - I had such a feeling of comfort and security.  It was like coming home after a long absence.

I am committed to attending the drawing session each week.  DH has expressed a desire to learn to draw, so I've started giving him lessons.  In the process of teaching him, I am relearning techniques that I haven't practiced.  I'll have to post some pictures of our attempt at blind contour drawing.  I love this exercise, because it really takes the pressure off of having to have a "good" drawing at the end, and you can draw just for the physical pleasure of it.  You are not allowed to look at your paper while you draw, so this is really good for making a connection between you eyes and your hand.

Gotta run take DH to his physical therapy!  He's really coming along with the healing.  I think today they will let him put 50% weight on the leg.  Off I go!  Have a great day and I'll see you Friday:)