Happy Monday Evening!
So the prom finally happened!! Feels like we’ve been talking about it forever and just like that, now it’s done. Here are my three favorite pics of Amanda and Dan from Friday night.
From the dress, to the hair, to the nails, to the flowers it was all picture perfect. I was over the moon for these two.
On Sunday I headed out to Joann’s to pick up comic show fabric and some sketching supplies.
I’m taking Paul Heaston’s Sketching The Everyday class on Craftsy. I’m only on the third lesson but I certainly enjoyed shopping for the supplies! Here is my homework assignment from the second lesson. It’s not great and I’m hoping to improve over time. The main idea in this class is to sketch something every, single day. Here’s my Bromelia sketch…
I bought a small sketch pad for my purse so maybe I’ll make the goal of every day. The next homework is to use pen and practice adding texture with cross hatching. I think the class is interesting but I was hoping for a bit more instruction about actually drawing. Maybe that will come in later lessons. I’m a bit spacially challenged and drawing in 3D is very hard for me. We’ll see….
Lately, I’ve become a fan of James Clear who is a motivational speaker. He wrote this very interesting article about cultivating habits and the use of the paperclip strategy. I think it’s a great idea and could easily transfer over to quilting. Imagine having a cup full of paperclips representing projects. Take a read, let me know what you think.
http://jamesclear.com/paper-clips?__s=bvjaetktaqrnxxuphyop
On James’ website you can find two free ebooks about setting goals. I like his approach to easing into a new habit and setting reasonable goals that can be built upon. It is helping me with my Couch To 5K running and lifting some arm weights. The Couch To 5K program works on that premise. It has you run just a few minutes to begin and when you have that mastered, it has you run a bit more all the way to 5K. I’m adding in some light weights for my flabby arms and as James suggests, I’m setting goals that are easy enough to accomplish so that I don’t lose interest. It’s good stuff…worth the read.
Have a wonderful evening! It’s Disney night on Dancing With The Stars!! Yippppeeeee!
2 responses to “Sketching, Prom & Paperclips”
Those pictures almost made me cry! It was no nice seeing you with your hubby and the kids! Good luck with your goals, I am the worst goal person ever! 🙂 Let us know if the sketching class gets any better, I’m interested to see! Shopping for supplies is always fun! 🙂 your sketch looks pretty good, and that bromelia is gorgeous!
Good for you for trying new things. I think it is important to decide what you expect from drawing. If you look at some of my creative prompt project responses you will see that you know what objects or scenes I am drawing, but they are not perfect renderings of the real world. I am ok with that. I have had a lot of art classes, but none have said “you draw a hand like this”, so I have had to make do with what I can do.
Practice definitely makes perfect. I recently started up drawing responses again and I am definitely rusty and out of practice. I did four drawings in one day and could see the improvement. The most important thing is to have fun. Your Bromeliad looks really good!