2013 - Just A Little Late

 

 

Goodbye, 2012. Sure, it's February 6th, 2013.

 

This could be perceived as a serious "who cares" bad attitude.

I do care. And I have a really good excuse. I got sick on

January 5th and today is the first day I've had the energy to

put together a blog post. I had viral meningitis. It takes forever

to get out of your system. I take a lot of naps. You never want

to get it. Enough said.

 

You would think that after spending an entire month in bed,

 I would have lots of new ideas and sketches. I have nada.

Not one new idea. This week I am finally back in the studio

and working a little bit. It's slow and frustrating.

Ideas have never been an issue for me.

 

Before the big bug got me I was experimenting with vintage papers

on black grounds as a drawing surface. Like this:

 

 

I started playing with graphite, caran d'ache and water soluble pencils on

the layered papers. I love the results so far. And it doesn't take two

weeks to finish an image. Woo - hoo.

 

Here's today's result.

 The Polka Dot Pig and Two Travelers.

It makes me happy. I'm so glad to be on the mend that it

doesn't take much to put a smile on my face.