AN APPLE A DAY...

 

    Throughout my life, from grade school on, I identified as a writer. I never used the term author because, although I had written books, I had not published them. I wrote books, poems, articles, blog posts, children's stories, and thousands of letters. I never tried to specialize. I wrote.

    In recent years, I have identified as an artist. I play with graphite, charcoal, pastel/chalk, pastel/oil, ink, acrylic, watercolor...you name it. I try it. The above drawing was done with Prisma Premier Watercolor Pencils. I chose to leave the drawing as is rather than add water to it.  I am new to many of the things I am attempting. This is the first drawing I have done on black paper. I usually use a photo reference:

    What I draw or what medium I use is not important. What is important is THAT I draw. I find it comic that daily discipline is necessary for me to enjoy the results of what I play at doing. Disciplined play! I don't have to be good at what I am doing. I need only to keep doing it and trust that I will improve with practice. 

    I came to this stage late in life so I have decided I need to live a very long life to achieve goals that would cause me even greater joy. The more art I create the more hopeful I become. My inner child has always been a joy lover and she is, at last, out to play all day long. 

    Join Me!