SKETCHBOOK GLIMPSES, A FEW MORE PAGES

Thank you to everyone for your kind thoughts and good wishes.  When she was not well my dear Mum always used to repeat 'Every day, in every way, I get better and better', and I follow her example.  There is power in positive thought.  And I also think of Frida Kahlo and her determination.

This was the last sketch I did before the pain hit me on Sunday 18th

Coloured pencil 

Normal creativity is beyond me just now, so I am sharing with you what I call 'real' sketchbook pages, rough drawings.  The following sketches were all done for Lynn Cohen's Paper, Paint, Pencils and Pens blog where artists share quick sketches to a theme - well worth looking at and joining, I love it.

You can see what I mean when I say these are 'rough sketches'.  The current theme on PPP&P is 'My Daily Life', and I was determined to do a very quick sketch almost every day.  It's amazing how focussing on drawing can mask pain for a while, though I was pretty-well zonked out anyway.

The first thing I always do every day when I get up is look at the sky.

When Dev got me up for early pill time I quickly sketched

the unusual cloud formation in coloured pencils.

My new digital radio, which helps to pass the time.

Dev had bought me a huge bunch of carnations.

I didn't think I'd be able to draw them

but I was very pleased with the result in coloured pencil.

With Dev's help in running errands to choose a few pieces of pre-gelliprinted papers for me,

scissors, glue, and anything else I suddenly needed,

I managed this simple collage of a Windmill Flower.

And finally, one of my silly doggerel doodles:

MRS MOPP

I brush, I mop, and then I clean,

Swipe away any dust that can actually be seen.

Stop for a drink, a ciggie and a rest,

I may not be good but I'm doin' me best.

When I've banished all the dust and fluff,

I'm all worn out, and I think I've done enough.

Just wash the windows, no more time,

Say I'm finished - and they'll think it's fine.

Just the one sketch a day was all the creativity I had energy for in one day, but it did me good.
I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into another of my many sketchbooks and I hope you are all well.

Linking to Paint Party Friday,  and Manon's Paper Saturdays