♥ ♥ ♥ 50 + Days of Sketching Daily!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
I've been sketching every day for over 50 days now. Yay! Double and triple yay!!! Photo taken by my husband of me sketching a few days ago. My long running M.O. was to show up for sketching when I felt like it or had to get a project done; extended creative draughts of not creating for days or weeks that were filled with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, self-deprecation, leaving a wake of unfinished art challenges, missed deadlines, excuses and resentments. And that wasn't fun. Sketching was exciting when I picked it up in 2019, but recently not so much. I blamed stress, fatigue, depression, over extending myself and a growing dispassion for deadlines. I wrapped up last year feeling incredibly drained and it lagged significantly into this year. To return to joy in creating, I had a sense that I needed to just show up and sketch; that it had to be loose and practical, and that I had to enjoy it to make it a long term practice. AKA: focus on the next right step rather than...