Hearing loss and living life
It is March and I finally finished a doodle challenge that was set for January, which I had a head start on in December 2021… Yes, better late than never I guess. But, I persevered, and I am quite pleased with the outcome.
I completed my first FYIC challenge in 2021 (here are some of the sketches).
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I learnt about the reinterpretation of famous works this week. I even tried my hand at it!
This is my tangle attempt at Starry night by Van Gogh:
And also the Bridge over the lily pond by Monet:
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I gave you the halfway update on my Inktober efforts and now we are almost halfway through November and I never concluded that post! Starting off I was diligently drawing a little every day, life however interfered and I realised that for the second half of the month that was not really realistic. I wanted to unwind, not be stressed out about deadlines – I have enough of that in my day job.
I, therefore, combined a few of the prompts into single drawings.
I loved Inktober. I loved it so much that I have been continuing my drawing, although not daily. I bought myself some water colour paint to see if I can combine some mediums. All in all I found an artistic side of myself that I did not know. I also loved how accomplished completing something small can make you feel.
Another lesson is that the creativity of others can be truly inspiring. Not even to compare but to incorporate, to learn and to grow.
These little zendoodles are definitely something that I will continue, after all, I have a whole sketchbook to fill.
When I started my planner I was truly inspired (and intimidated) by the beautiful page spreads that some people create. I wrote a little about this here. As much as I want to make beautiful things I know where my limitations are.
My first attempt at incorporating anything but my handwriting into my planner was a mood tracker with dutch houses. I was in love with the result but it was not something that came naturally to me.
I was probably one of the first people who bought an adult colouring book when they became available. It was in 2015 and I had just finished my Masters’ and I needed to try something totally different.
Only later did I realise that the images that I loved were the mandala ones, the paisley ones…
The idea sprouted that I could perhaps try to draw something like that. When typing Mandala doodles on Pinterest a whole new world opened up for me. The Engineer offered me his compass, and the first mandala was born. I even asked a friend to join me in the mandala challenge. Even though he later decided that it was not for him, I was hooked.
So that following month had a mandala theme in my planner… drawing which I spent more time on than actually planning.
And somewhere on my social media feeds I was introduced to Zentangles. After reading about it a little I learnt that this was a form of therapy as well and the notion of doing something that I really enjoyed and wanted to get better at, was something that could lift my mood… well, it sounded like a perfect fit.
Continue reading “Inktober 2020: Halfway update”