I wonder....

My backyard yesterday, prior to mowing. Those are trees!

100's of maple trees, all over the yard

My neighbor and I dug this up from the side of my house 3 years ago, when it was 2 foot tall

To protect the tree roots, I told her to take the Siberian Iris with her. She has more than I do!

Sketches of body parts

ditto

Brown stabilo pencil on acrylic paint

Caran D'Arche gouache, some pen work

I have been drawing, and painting, and thinking about what I want to create. But most importantly, doing. It may only be for 15 minutes at a time, but I am pulling out supplies and using them. And I feel better about what I create. It is what it is.

Watched a fascinating video on YouTube yesterday from Gulfsprite - Christy Sobelewski. She often doodles on flyers, old book pages, lined paper from a notebook, etc. If she adds color to the drawing and likes it, she will cut it out and paste it into a background in a journal, then finish the piece so it appears to all have been created at the same time. If there is just a part she likes, like an eye, she will cut that out of her drawing and just use it. I am going to try this. Mentally, the pressure is off when you are just doodling. Why not use it? And the art journal is not suppose to be finished ready-to-sell art. It's for whatever you are feeling, want to experiment with, testing new products, whatever!

So go create something. Enjoy.
Linda