October challenge

With one thing and another, I lost my momentum and the drawings from the last 5 days of October were a struggle! I tried to recover the flow that I felt I had achieved in the previous weeks, by going back a few steps but it didn’t work out as I’d hoped!

When I was at college in my middle teenage years, my English teacher in trying to encourage us to write creatively used to tell us not to use the holy ghost method of writing:

I have a dog. 🙏🙄 It is black. 🙏🙄 Its name is Rover. 🙏🙄 I take him for walks. 🙏🙄 and so on!

Now, that’s how I ended up thinking about my sketches! Then, looking up from my desk I saw my reflection in a picture; my own apparition. So I started drawing and the result is below.

If you passed me in the street, I’m certain you wouldn’t recognise me! I would recognise me although in this drawing I think I appear to be younger than I am, and feel.

So, 31 days of drawing are over; now what for November? Well, I think I will continue sketching although perhaps not every day. Recently there has been a flurry of paperwork: banks, solicitor and I still have some carving to do! More on that later.

For now, have a wonderful new week.

Ashley

The above sketches from last week

In the previous week I drew some little faces, thinking I might use them for a carving project, however, this week they have turned into something else and I’ve found myself reducing them into minimal drawings! What’s going on? I’m not sure, but I’m drawing regularly again for sure, and relying only on whatever comes into my mind. It’s been good fun. I’ve introduced a little colour in the last couple of drawings.

There are still a few days to go until the end of the month and the end of the drawing challenge, and as we move very close to another of the Celtic festivals, Samhain (1st November) I will be working on something to post for that day. I will try to complete the October challenge but let’s see how it goes!

Have a good week.

Ashley